Maison Matisse inaugurates its first design boutique in Paris
Inspired by Henry Matisse’s artwork, Maison Matisse opened the door of its concept design apartment and boutique, showcasing highly crafted wood, textile and ceramics pieces.
At Maison & Objet 2022 a ‘New Luxury’ trend redefines high-end design
Craftsmanship embraces high-tech innovation, bespoke design blends with pop culture. “Clearly, there is a new trend, a new luxury consumer, who is totally different to the ones we had a few years ago.”
Lacaton and Vassal win the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021
‘Architects should not demolish but always add, transform and reuse.’ Lacaton and Vassal win the 2021 Pritzker Prize with a human-based and sustainable vision.
The best projects of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureates are on Pinterest
Lacaton and Vassal won the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize. We have rounded up some of the studio’s most notable projects in a dedicated Pinterest gallery.
Almost rippling facades define Christophe Rousselle’s ‘The Courbes’ complex near Paris
The Courbes residential and commercial project welcomes to the city of Colombe, France, with a concert of ondulating balconies.
The new Notre Dame de Paris’ spire will be re-built ‘identically’
Despite controversial announcements, France President Emmanuel Macron said that the new Notre Dame de Paris spire will be built as a replica of the original one which collapsed in a fire last year.
Paris Deco Off 2020: Lou Reed’s songs, indigo monkeys, and an Art-Deco take on the Death Star
10 unexpected fabrics and wall coverings on show at Maison & Ojbet and Paris Deco Off 2020 bringing Persian bazars and graphical edens and Venician rippling reflections into the room.
Pinterest: discover our furniture design gallery from MaisonObjet2020
Archipanic is in Paris at MaisonObjet2020. Check our Pinterest board to discover some of the best design on show in the Ville Lumiere…
6 French rising talents at MAISON&OBJET 2020
Cotton and latex chairs inspired by rain and furniture betraying a certain fascination with heating… 6 French rising talents on show MAISON&OBJET 2020 in Paris.
Top 10 museums to look forward in 2020: from Edvard Munch’s tower in Oslo to Tutankhamen’s new giant home in Cairo
10 museums inaugurating in 2020: from Tadao Ando’s Pinault Collection in Paris to Foster+Partners’ museum in China but also Grimshaw Architects’ pavilon at Dubai Expo, Frank O. Gehry’s expansion of Philadelphia Museum of Art and more…
Paris Design Week 2019: 10 highlights in the Ville Lumière
A giant digitally-designed stool at Musée des Archives Nationales, Sou Fujimoto’s nature-driven architecture, emerging international talents in Vertbois rising creative neighborhood and more… 10 must-see exhibitions at Paris Design Week 2019.
BIG turns a 1930s bank into a mixed-used ‘retail laboratory’ and hybrid concept store for Galeries Lafayette in Paris
BIG’s new ‘retail laboratory’ for Galeries Lafayette was conceived as an urban room for the Parisians. A grand staircase doubles as an auditorium, a golden ring of perforated metal creates a series alcoves embracing the atrium, and more…
Miysis Studio envisions Notre Dame’s new roof as a ‘forest’ open to the people
Miysis has imagined to rebuild the recently destroyed roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris bringing together history and future.
Ongoing update on Notre-Dame de Paris’ devastating fire
Check our ongoing report on the fate of the Notre-Dame cathedral. The Parisian iconic landmark risked to collapse under a fire which destroyed its roof and iconic spire on April 15.
Asseyez vous – In Paris, galleries, designers and furniture brands celebrate the art of sitting
Lounge on a sofa tailored with a sustainable textile made from apples, lay yourself down like dandy on a pointe-shoe bench or flip the sofa-bed open like a clam for your guests… 8 innovative furnitures and exhibitions rethinking seat design.
6 architectural patterns for textiles, rugs and wallpapers thriving in Paris
From Renaissance perspectives to CAD software visualisations. 6 architectural patterns building up a trend at Maison & Objet and Paris Deco Off.
Paris Design Week 2018: 7 must-see exhibitions in the Ville Lumiere
A Japanese rising sun on the Tour Eiffel, Beirut’s resilience through design, 1.000 vases from around the world and more… 7 must see exhibitions at Paris Design Week 2018.
5 verdant skyscrapers aiming to turn our cities’ skylines into forests
Suspended green oases, energy-consumption extensions and wooden high-rises. Sou Fujimoto, Stefano Boeri, Stephan Malka, Big and Carlo Ratti designed verdant skyscrapers for a greener urban future.
Maison & Objet 2018: 5 eclectic glass designs by influential designers and architects debut in Paris
5 eclectic glass designs launched at Maison & Object 2018: from Kengo Kuma’s charred crystal vases to Zaha Hadid’s rippling vessels and Tom Dixon’s home terrariums.
The Best Of Maison & Objet 2018
Paris Deco Off and Maison & Objet 2018 took over the Ville Lumiere. Read our report of the Parisian design events and flickr through our dedicated Pinterest Board.
Maison & Objet 2018 is on Pinterest!
Back to the Ville Lumiere! Archipanic explored Maison & Objet and Paris Deco Off2018. Check what we liked the most on our dedicated Pinterest gallery!
Maison & Objet and Paris Deco Off 2018: 8 textile designs by Tom Dixon, Inga Sempé, Dimore Studio and more
Hand-knotted bi-dimensional universes, women-empowering knitted stools and hand-woven sacred geometries. In Paris, 8 textile designs celebrated the art of weaving.
MIRAGE space divider responds to millennials nomadic lifestyle to bring sky hues into the room
Juliette Le Goff and Nicolas Verschaeve design Mirage, a millennials-friendly portable soft-wall for co-living and co-working spaces.
Printemps renovation by UUfie features an Art Deco-inspired vertical dome
UUfie re-designed the interior spaces of Paris iconic department store Printemps inserting a vertical dome which creates a game of reflections spanning across 9 floors.
12 must-see exhibitions at Paris Design Week 2017 spreading creativity across the city
Paris Design Week 2017: a massive talent incubator, slow food dinner rituals and up cycling workshops but also a fungi light show, an olfactive installation and design urns. 12 not-to-be-missed events celebrating creativity in the French capital.
Ill-Studio redesigns Pigalle basketball court in Paris with 90’s-style iridescent hues
Brightly coloured walls and mind-bending geometric designs transform a Parisian basketball court sandwiched between a pair of apartment buildings into a futuristic sport venue.
Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal renovates the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris
Grand vaults and an alchemy of wood, cast iron and light. The historical site of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France has just reopened after ten years of renovation works by Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal.
Water mobility: self-driving boats and the internet of sailing, get ready for high-tech hydrodynamics
Water mobility: personal submarines and navigating floating gyms, the ultimate water-bike but also self-driving Roboats crossing Amsterdam canals… With 70% of the planet covered in water, the future of traveling might come as a gliding technology.
Reinventer.Paris: international studios re-imagine the city’s future
Reinventer.Paris: David Chipperfield, Sou Fujimoto, DGT Architects and others won a very ambitious competition promoted by Mayor Anne Hidalgo: reinventing Paris.
Périphériques Marin + Trottin Architectes envision a crowd-founded cluster of affordable Parisian buildings
With the PARIS PAR NOUS, PARIS POUR TOUS proposal Périphériques Marin + Trottin Architectes envision a crowd-founded cluster of Parisian buildings to return the city to its own people.