There is a moment in any collaboration when the two parties have to decide what they are actually making. For David M Robinson and the artist Tony Green, that moment came down to a shared belief: that the story of a piece, whether it hangs on a wall or sits on a finger, only starts when someone takes it home.
Green is a British illustrator whose work is hard to mistake for anyone else's. His style is built on spontaneous mark-making and a bold, vibrant palette. He graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2010 and went straight to Paris to work with Sonia Rykiel, creating illustrations, collection designs and prints. Since then he has worked with Selfridges, L'Oréal, Free People and House of Hackney, with his work appearing in British Vogue and World of Interiors. In interviews, he describes his approach as playful and colourful, with loose lines and a romantic streak running through it.
David M Robinson has its own story of craft, and it is worth remembering that it began at a workbench rather than a shop counter. The company was founded in 1969 by David Robinson, who started as an apprentice goldsmith in Liverpool before opening his own business on North John Street. That goldsmithing heritage still shapes the business today. Alongside the watches and fine jewellery it is known for, DMR designs and makes bespoke pieces from its own workshops, working directly with clients on commissions that begin as conversations and end as objects no one else owns.
That shared grounding in making is what gives the Green collaboration its logic. The partnership has involved a series of window installations across DMR's UK showrooms, each one turning the display space into something closer to a gallery. Live painting events have brought Green's process into the open, letting clients watch the work take shape. Private dinners in Liverpool and Altrincham have turned the showrooms into rooms for conversation, bringing clients and the artist together over food and drink. The windows become invitations. The dinners become introductions.
The collaboration is inspired, in DMR's words, by a shared belief that the journey of a piece truly begins when it finds its owner. From the artist's studio or the goldsmith's bench, every piece is made to be lived with, loved and remembered. That phrase, the goldsmith's bench, is not decorative. It is the part of the business most clients never see. An artist works with colour and form. A goldsmith works with metal and stone. Both start with a blank surface and a set of tools and a person waiting to see what comes out. Both are in the business of making something that did not exist before.
The installations, live events and dinners across DMR's showrooms are an invitation to see that process up close. They are also a reminder that luxury, at its best, is not just about objects. It is about the people who make them, the stories they carry, and the moment they find a home.