COLE & SON : Craft and collaboration

I’ve worked with wallpaper brand Cole & Son regularly since 2020, collaborating closely with Managing Director Marie Karlsson and her team.

After very detailed planning every image begins as an empty room, which is then completely transformed through wallpapering and styling - a process driven by our shared commitment to excellence and a love of craft.

There’s a joyful energy to every shoot, and a constant sense of creating something refined and luxurious - guided by composition.

Marie at the Paris 2026 launch of Cole & Son × Vivienne Westwood

Through Mel’s lens, ordinary moments become gentle proof that beauty exists everywhere.

What stays with me most isn’t just his talent, but his way of seeing the world - with care, curiosity, and a quiet respect for whatever is in front of him.

I don’t just admire his work - I carry a little of that way of seeing with me, and I truly love that.

– Marie Karlsson