S.T. Dupont x Orlinski Line 2 "Perfect Ping" — Red/Yellow Gold
Richard Orlinski declared: "To sculpt the wild is to give matter a soul." On the Line 2, S.T. Dupont gives that declaration a form.
Richard Orlinski
The world's best-selling French contemporary artist, Richard Orlinski is known globally for his "Born Wild" sculptures — monochromatic, diamond-cut renderings of wild animals that stand at the intersection of animal instinct and human culture. A former architect and interior designer, Orlinski works in resin, aluminum, and bronze to create bears, panthers, and his most iconic subject: Kong. His work has been exhibited at the Palace of Versailles, Art Basel, and the slopes of the French Alps. Influenced by pop art titans including Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami, Orlinski's vision is primal, precise, and impossible to ignore.
The 1970s Archive Guilloché
The Red/Yellow Gold variation is the collection's most historically grounded piece. Its diagonal guilloché pattern is drawn directly from S.T. Dupont's 1970s archives — a decorative technique from a defining era of the Maison's history, reactivated in service of Orlinski's contemporary vision. The interplay between the engraved surface, the red lacquer, and the yellow gold finish creates a lighter that reads simultaneously as a historical artifact and a living work of art.
Red / Yellow Gold
Red is Orlinski's color: bold, instinctive, and impossible to ignore. Against yellow gold, the combination carries the same energy as the artist's most famous works — warm, vibrant, and charged with the sense that something wild is just below the surface.
The Perfect Ping
The collection preserves the Line 2's defining hallmark: the crystalline "perfect ping." That unmistakable sound — produced when the cap opens — has defined the Line 2 since its introduction and remains the acoustic signature of S.T. Dupont craftsmanship.
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