Paris 2019 – Until September 14, Paris Design Week 2019 takes over more than 200 venues across the city. Brace for unexpected installations, emerging talents platforms and national pavilions. The keywords of the 9th edition of the festival shaped around the district-based Milan Design Week format are metamorphosis, hybridization and sustainability… Starting from the working space!
Ublik’s giant stool at the Musée des Archives Nationales
Musée des Archives Nationales, 66 rue des Francs Bourgeois [Map].
Experimental design workshop and laboratory Ublik has created an algorithm-based gigantic stool in the courtyard of the Musée des Archives Nationales. The furniture-turned-monument aims to triggering a change in thinking and raise questions about the venue that serves as its backdrop.
Céline Wright illuminates the Musée des Archives Nationales
Musée des Archives Nationales, 66 rue des Francs Bourgeois [Map].
Parisian lighting designer Céline Wright teamed up with Spanish design house Grok to create a flurry of glowing sails in the main staircase of the Musée des Archives Nationales. Ten or so lights made from two rigid shells constructed from Washi paper dance through the air overlapping against the painted ceiling.
Design Italia
BHV Marais, 52 Rue de Rivoli, 75004 [Map].
Until September 29, BHV Marais celebrates Italian creativity with an exhibition curated by Milan design ‘pristiess’ Rossana Orlandi. On show, furniture by some of the most cutting-edge companies like Seletti, Delonghi, Artemide and Lagostina as well as emerging designers.
Sou Fujimoto @ RBC showroom
RBC Paris, 40 Rue Violet, 75015 [Map].
What happens when nature and use drive architectural design? True to its DNA, furniture retailer and workspace specialist RBC promotes culture, architecture and design in its Parisian showroom with the Nature/People/Architecture exhibition dedicated to the work of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. On show the recently completed White Tree building in Montpellier, the Thousand Trees in Paris and new projects unveiled the first time.
American Design thrives under the Eiffel Tower
Galerie Joseph Froissart, 7 rue Froissart [Map] + Triode Gallery, 28 rue Jacob [Map].
Maison Objet celebrates US up and coming creatives with the Rising Talents showcase. At Galerie Joseph Froissart glass is protagonist within an exhibition featuring works by established designers such as Lindsey Adelman, Gabriel Scott, Allied Makers and Roll & Hill as well as French-American collaborations. The Triode Gallery explores the phenomena of illusory perceptions through the work of Calico Wallpaper, John Hogan, and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio. All the exhibition are co-presented by MAISON&OBJET, Triode and Brooklyn-based platform WantedDesign.
Vertbois district
Northern Mairais, [Map].
Nestled between Place de la République and the Musée des Arts & Métiers and, Vertbois is Paris’ rising creative neighborhood turning its back on the somewhat chaotic years that triggered the area’s deterioration. Explore the district’s innovative shops and galleries hosting cultural events and exhibitions. The Vertbois also hosts exhibitions by French and international schools, such as The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and Design Academy Eindhoven and the Lille Métropole project, 2020 design capital.
Le Off – rising talents à la carte!
Ground Control, 81 Rue du Charolais, 75012 [Map].
At La Halle Charolais in the Gare de Lyon/Vertbois neighborhood, Le Off gives voice to young international designers with less than 8 years of professional experience. Discover never-seen-before collections by over 50 international talents shining a light on Millennials’ values through design.
Hartô and the office…
Hartô showrom, 52 rue de Turbigo, 75003 [Map].
Hartô throws open its showroom doors to present its new office furniture range epitomising the hybridization of living spaces. For a week the venue works also as a co-working space and a self-service workshop open to architects and designers.
Primordial Carpets by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
4-6 rue de Montalebert 75007 [Map].
Bespoke carpets manufacturer Tai Ping presents Raw by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. The collection explores the origins of our planet, the foundation of civilisation and the tension between tectonic plates. The designer demonstrates how Raw gleans its inspiration from the hardness of rock, then transposing it into something soft.
Theoreme Editions
Joyce Gallery, 168 Galerie de Valois, 75001 [Map].
THEOREME EDITIONS focuses on emerging contemporary French designers. At Paris Design Week 2019, the new French maison d’edition founded by David Giroire and Jérôme Bazzocchi presents works by Emmanuelle Simon, Francesco Balzano, Garnier & Linker, Joris Poggioli, Pool and Services Généraux.
