The autumn window display at the Hermès Maison in Shanghai is a theatrical stage in the downtown area.

Poetic, innovative and mesmerizing, this season’s annual theme – “An Odyssey” – is conveyed through paper artworks designed by French designer, illustrator and author Julie Stephen Chheng.

The window space features elements of traditional Chinese paper art, such as paper fans and lanterns that form a vast and mystical world, placing Homer’s ” Odyssey” in a contemporary perspective.