When London-based jewellery designer Jessica McCormack opened her flagship at Carlos Place – a six-storey 19th century Mayfair townhouse – back in 2013, she completely reimagined the traditional jewellery shopping experience. Styled to feel like a private home and art gallery, the space blends art, antiques and diamonds to feel more like a home than a store, showcasing her impeccable eye for interior design and curation.
Now, the New Zealand-born designer is letting you own a little of her world for your own home, with her first interior collection, designed in partnership with LA-founded design and fragrance house L’Objet.
“I've always been interested in creating things that people live with and enjoy every day,” says McCormack, whose brand grew sales 60 per cent in 2025. “I love collecting antiques, art and objects, and those pieces have naturally shaped the look and feel of our stores. They’re an important part of how we tell the Jessica McCormack story, so exploring homeware felt like a very natural extension of that.”
Centring on tableware, the collection explores a sea theme with shells, spiral motifs and golden marine ropes throughout. The highlight is perhaps a “caviar serving ritual”, comprising stainless steel champagne and ice buckets, platters and a steel shell-shaped caviar dish. Other shell bowls come rendered in fine bisque porcelain with hand-painted 24-karat gold interiors. “The sea has long been a source of inspiration for me,” says the designer, who grew up on New Zealand’s south island, close to its pristine beaches. “When I started sketching ideas for the collection, I looked to some of our core designs and the motifs that could naturally translate to a larger scale … shells, spirals, and marine ropes have a sculptural quality that lends itself to home objects while remaining both beautiful and functional. It has been exciting to see these ideas evolve beyond jewellery and take on a new life in a different context.”
Craftsmanship is at the heart of both brands. And for McCormack, whose pieces are all made on site at the in-house workshop in the basement of Carlos Place, the same principles apply whether she is designing jewellery or objects for the home: exceptional materials, thoughtful craftsmanship, beautiful details and proportion. “With jewellery, I spend a lot of time considering how a piece feels on the body, how a ring sits on the finger or how a bracelet moves on the wrist – for me it always has to be comfortable,” she says. “Working on objects for the home involved a similar process; how a bowl feels when held in the hands, or the balance and weight of a fork as it’s used. In both cases, it’s about creating objects that are not only beautiful to look at but are enjoyable and easy to interact with every day.”
McCormack built her business around the idea of “day diamonds” – a concept rooted in the idea we shouldn’t save our best for special occasions. “I’ve always felt that beautiful things are there to be enjoyed,” she says. “The idea of ‘day diamonds’ came from wanting to make exceptional jewellery part of everyday life. The same applies to tableware or any cherished object. If you love it, use it!”
Will we be seeing a lifestyle or interiors arm of the Jessica McCormack business in the future? “We’re going to be kept very busy with diamonds for the next while, so that remains our focus. That said, working on the collaboration with L’Objet has given me the chance to explore a different side of design and think creatively in a new way – which I have loved.”
The L’Objet x Jessica McCormack collection is available now.
