Forget Fashion Week—We Spied These Interior Design Trends All Over Paris
This month’s Paris Design Week, which includes the Maison & Objet fair and a series of satellite events and exhibitions across the city, proved to be more locally minded than global, with a real focus on homegrown talent—and nary an English-speaking press attaché in sight, much to this writer’s chagrin. But that doesn’t mean the week was lacking in international scope or import; Paris saw its fair share of trending materials, mash-ups, and burgeoning movements. Here are a few of our favorites, from sandblasted aluminum to cast glass; rarefied embroidery to even-more-rarefied millwork; and classic forms to ubiquitous blobs.
Bubbly Silhouettes
At Expressive Itinerance Design, a satellite show mounted by Jean-François Declerq, Marie Godfrain, and David Herman, the gallery La Lune showcased undulating woodwork produced in collaboration with Heju Studio, one highlight of which was the Intervalles floor lamp. The same curves could be found in the legs of Batiik Studio’s lava stone–topped table, part of its exhibition “Dans le Sillage de Nérée,” which was installed at the Élitis showroom.
Aluminum Everything
Heavy metal was everywhere across the City of Light, even expressed in metallic Magniberg bedding as the centerpiece of “Les Décadents Festifs” section at Inspire Me!, a curated Maison & Objet booth from trend-forecasting agency Peclers Paris that unpacked the more scintillating side of design. Elsewhere, the young collective Meet Met Met curated the group show Feu!, featuring a range of ashtrays that included an aluminum option from the design duo Heim + Viladrich.
At an installation at Féau Boiseries, the Invisible Collection showcased makers from the Chanel Maisons D’art, including Studio MTX, Goossens, and Lesage Intérieurs, the studio of the Chennai, India–based embroiderer Jean-François Lesage. The artisan collaborated with Mumbai-based gallery Aequo on an aluminum-framed folding screen that showcases embroidery based on a commissioned drawing from the French illustrator Boris Bucher.
New Takes on Classic Seating
Simple geometric shapes evolved into an expressive chair from the studio of former set designer Mariette Sans-Rival, who designed a version of the piece for the recently opened Apollo Palm Hotel. Maison & Objet Rising Talent Awards recipient Timothée Leclabart riffed on similarly classic proportions with his walnut and rattan armchair, Canné, a piece that was recently recognized for its excellence and was acquired by France’s Mobilier National collections.
Expressive Glass
The designer Léa Zeroil collaborated with glassblower Tom Chevry on a set of undulating glass candlesticks shown alongside glass tabletops and a room divider at her installation, Lune Rousse, at Maestria gallery. Down the street, artist and designer Sophia Taillet’s Curve cocktail table was exhibited as part of Amelie Maison D’Art’s tribute to and re-creation of the David Hockney painting Interior with Lamp.
Ombré Glazes
The young firm Uchronia took over the orangery of the Hôtel de Sully to celebrate its collaborations with such storied companies as Prelle and Passementerie Verrier. The resulting installation, called Think Pink!, was a room chockablock with color, pattern, and sparkle. Just beyond lay its new collection of outdoor furniture, featuring the firm’s signature ombré on a suite of more hard-wearing tables and seating. Back at the Expressive Itinerance Design show, designer Céline Salomon showed the charming ceramic-legged Templus shelf and single-handedly made the case for two-toned glazing—and curves and aluminum, of course.
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