Twice a 12 months, Maison et Objet, design’s reply to Paris Vogue Week, sees town flooded with trade insiders clamouring to unearth the most recent developments on the planet of interiors.
This 12 months’s first version ran from sixteenth to twentieth January, and Wallpaper* made its solution to the Parc des Expositions close to Charles de Gaulle airport to discover seven halls filled with 1,800 manufacturers exhibiting their newest collections, providing a vitrine into residence and way of life developments. Though Maison et Objet has misplaced a number of key exhibitors over the previous few years, it nonetheless attracts established manufacturers and serves as a platform for younger studios.
This version was curated across the theme of Sur/Actuality, drawing on the centennial of Surrealism final 12 months. The programme explored how immediately’s designers glean concepts from the motion to create up to date merchandise.
Listed here are our correspondent’s high takeaways from Maison et Objet.
Designer of the 12 months: Faye Toogood
Faye Toogood’s Womanifesto! presentation
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British designer Faye Toogood has titled her presentation Womanifesto!, asserting her unconventional and category-defying ascent within the inventive enviornment. Furnishings, style, rugs, sculptures and objects intermingle in day-and-night areas recalling sunsets and rugged landscapes. Depend within the iconic Roly Poly chair (2014) and Gummy assortment (2024) in spherical, plumps varieties amongst different items.
What’s New? In Hospitality by Uchronia
The Uchronia collective’s Lodge Uchronia
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The Uchronia collective, based by Julien Sebban and recognized for signing Sonia Rykiel boutiques as nicely a number of eating places, proposes Lodge Uchronia – a imaginative and prescient of maximalist exuberance encompassing contrasting motifs, floral thrives and Surrealist touches in collaboration with dozens of manufacturers. That is epitomised within the bed room, Uchronia’s chandelier with glass-blown flowers illuminating the round mattress surrounded by an abundance of velvet cushions.
What’s New? In Decor by Elizabeth Leriche
Elizabeth Leriche’s Maison et Objet presentation
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Development forecaster Elizabeth Leriche invariably units the tone for the honest’s overarching inspirations in her areas. The Sur/Actuality theme channels reflections on Surrealism by means of a maze, curiosity cupboard, chamber of desires and fantastical forest. Greeting guests on the entrance is Vetrofuso’s Eyes mirror – certainly one of many items tapping into concepts concerning the unconscious.
Rising Abilities Awards
Minjae Kim’s carved wood chairs
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South Korean design is spotlighted by means of the fragile and expressive craftsmanship of seven studios. On view are Dahye Jeong’s meticulously woven horsehair vessels that revisit a way practiced on Jeju island; Minjae Kim’s anthropomorphic, carved wood chairs, together with a crying face backrest and raised fist armrest; and Sisan Lee’s interaction of stone and aluminum slabs supporting a triangular desk alongside aluminum stools harking back to tree branches.
Serax
An owl-shaped vase by Marni
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The Belgian model has collaborated with Kris Van Assche, former inventive director at Dior Homme and Berluti, on his first foray into inside objects. The Josephine Assortment is impressed by his grandmother’s bowls and vases, and reinterprets these shapes by inserting squares into the crisp designs. Amongst different product launches are cute owl-shaped vases by Marni and black and white mussel-shaped objects by Wouters & Hendrix.
Tanama
Emeline Bosset’s sitting-and-standing desk
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Through the Covid-19 pandemic, then office-designer Emeline Bosset seen shoppers struggling with again ache while home-working underneath lockdown. She got here up with an ergonomic, mural answer whose rounded form opens right into a sitting-and-standing desk, full with an built-in area for a plant. On the finish of the day, the desk – conceived in Troyes and completely made in France – will be closed up, vanishing right into a wall sculpture.
Sfera by Victoria Wilmotte for pulpo
Victoria Wilmotte’s lighting assortment, Sfera
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Victoria Wilmotte bridges distinctive and industrial design along with her new lighting assortment, Sfera. Moreover a restricted version made by hand at VW Manufacturing facility in Paris, the French designer has teamed up with pulpo on a mass-produced model. Characterised by triangular metal frames punctuated by luminous glass globes, the geometric items are available “smoky gray, chrome, fango inexperienced and orange glaze”.
Hi there Once more for Seletti
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The Hi there Once more collective drew inspiration from the unconventional postmodern design of the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies for its Superfurniture assortment for Seletti. That rule-breaking quest for freedom is expressed in a variety of items, from bistro tables to beds, embracing daring eye-catching colors and playful, geometric compositions. Hi there Once more’s thought was about creating one thing that might be iconic, ironic and accessible.
Bluecycle
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After being a winner of M&O’s Future on Stage launchpad for younger firms in 2024, BlueCycle (based in Greece by Suzanna Laskaridis) returns with its personal sales space. The show incorporates a assortment of robotic 3D-printed wavy furnishings, Second Nature, and objects produced in BlueCycle’s laboratory in Piraeus, all made with recycled marine plastic waste from Greece’s delivery and fishing industries.
Superlife
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ECAL graduates Cyrille Verdon and Edrris Gaaloul took over Gaaloul’s father’s ironmaking forge to arrange their studio in 2014. Designed and made in Switzerland, it places performance entrance and centre. The primary-time exhibitors are presenting three households of objects: Mooma – a flooring lamp manufactured from luminous tubes inside a vertical vitrine; Romana – lighting primarily based on Roman columns and Memphis, and Cady – a steel-and-wire-mesh shelf.
Formar
Small-scale furnishings items by Fintzi, Adolfo Abejon and Ming Design Studio
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Inside architect and furnishings designer Daniel Fintzi joined forces with marble specialist Erich Heilemann to discovered Formar in 2018 with the purpose of repurposing marble offcuts. Primarily based in Hong Kong, Formar sources the offcuts from European quarries, primarily in Carrara, Sicily and Portugal. On show are elegant small-scale furnishings items by Fintzi, Adolfo Abejon and Ming Design Studio.
August Sandgren
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Former McKinsey marketing consultant Pia Kirkeskov Andersen acquired August Sandgren in 2019 to revive its legacy of impeccable handcrafted storage options. A bookbinder and box-maker, Sandgren (1893-1934) was a provider to the Danish courtroom. The reimagined model builds on that heritage to “de-clutter” trendy life by means of items equivalent to jewelry bins and notebooks, the most recent providing being the Weekend Bag – a tote bag within the supplest leather-based.
Presque
Antoine Crisias’ Presque lights
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With a background in making bespoke 3D-printed trophies, Antoine Crisias based lighting model Presque in Nantes final 12 months after conceiving objects for his personal inside. Constituted of PLA, a bio-sourced materials made out of corn starch, the clear desk lamps have a ribbed texture, denoting how they’re developed layer by layer, eschewing any waste.
Studio Fragrances
Nathalie Rias’ Sisyphe assortment
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Nathalie Rias left the world of latest artwork and performing arts to discovered Studio Fragrances final 12 months. For the primary assortment, Sisyphe, she collaborated with French craftsmen to create a wavy-bordered desk made out of responsibly sourced oak with tapered inexperienced marble legs in addition to chairs.
Conferences
The road-up of conferences delves into a variety of topics from the right way to counterbalance the influence of Synthetic Intelligence on retail and hospitality to using sound for tailored experiences. Additionally debated is a century of ornamental arts in France, the seek for uncommon supplies in luxurious, the significance of non-public tales, and merging custom and innovation in furnishings.
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