Maison&Objet’s Fall 2024 festival will celebrate its 30th year featuring a new theme: TERRA COSMOS. Running concurrently with Paris Design Week, Maison&Objet offers a comprehensive experience of design and creativity throughout the city. Held at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, the fair spans 19 categories and features over 2,300 brands from 147 countries. This synergy provides visitors with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the latest trends and innovations in the world of interior design.
Building on the success of the fair’s Spring TECH EDEN theme, TERRA COSMOS will explore the intersection between earthly elements and cosmic visions, creating a unique blend of products featuring natural inspiration and futuristic imagination.
Curated by Peclers Paris, a consulting agency in creative strategy and trend forecasting, TERRA COSMOS is poised to transform how we think about our living spaces. By merging the fantastical allure of space exploration with the tangible beauty of Earth, the theme aims to inspire awe and creativity.
“Our primary mission is to decipher and highlight the market trends that will drive the success of our customers in the future,” says Mélanie Leroy, Managing Director of Maison&Objet. “This means highlighting new markets and growth markets, and curating brands and products, as well as colors, materials, motifs, and inspiration, through experiential and useful events. With TERRA COSMOS, we are bringing another angle to bear on the re-enchantment of everyday life through the cosmos, the earth, and even our relationship with the beyond.”
Designer of the Year: Lionel Jadot
“My parents’ chair-making workshop was a playground where I collected treasures from discarded pieces,” says Jadot. “These rejects were like Kapla building blocks for me to build forts with. I also crafted my first stool at six.” Courtesy Maison&Objet
Maison&Objet will recognize Belgian designer Lionel Jadot as the Designer of the Year in the hospitality category. In addition to receiving his prize during the upcoming Maison&Objet edition, Lionel will be granted a carte blanche opportunity to create a space to reflect his practice during the fair.
“[This year] I am going to create a central pavilion that will illustrate my philosophy of hospitality, but in a more radical and experimental way,” Lionel says. “A whole series of artists will intervene, each with different techniques for processing recycled material. The idea is to appreciate the design and the way it was produced.”
A Preview of Paris Design Week Highlights
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- TARA cast aluminum chair. Finishes: raw, brushed or polished aluminum. Swivel or fixed. Courtesy Garnier & Linker
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- The chair features a comfortable, enveloping, pivoting shell supported by a central leg. Courtesy Garnier & Linker
During Paris Design Week, Garnier & Linker will present TARA, their inaugural chair crafted entirely from cast aluminum. Monolithic in appearance, TARA features a comfortable, enveloping, pivoting shell supported by a central leg.
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- The Solstice collection is inspired by the sun and stars. Art direction, Léa Zeroil and Minh Ngo; Photo by Clémentine Passet; Set design, Marion Di Rodi; Photographer assistant, Nicolas Darde
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- The collection draws from symbols of mythology and subtle shades found in nature.
The Solstice collection, borne from a year-long collaboration between Modern Metier and Léa Zeroil, draws inspiration from celestial bodies that herald seasons and mark the passage of days. Symbolism from mythology and subtle natural shades are reflected in the collection’s enveloping forms, using polished metals, noble wood, silk, and ceramics.
“Coming from Corsica and Western Australia respectively, Léa and I both grew up close to the ocean, where the atmosphere is very relaxed and endlessly sunny. The inviting spirit of coastal cities, woven with Mediterranean history and culture, was a departure point for the collection,” says Minh Ngo, founder of Modern Metier.
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Project 213A’s chair is part of the Foot collection, which is hand-carved by skilled artisans in Northern Portugal. Courtesy Project 213A
Project 213A will present their latest pieces and objects, including the Foot side table and the Foot chair, at the welcoming apartment of Arrogant Verneuil.
Fleur Delesalle’s work is a hymn to freshness, finesse, and lightness. Courtesy Fleur Delesalle
Fleur Delesalle will be debuting her new space opposite the Sorbonne for a press presentation at the occasion of Paris Design Week. She will unveil Odeon, her new collection inspired by Madeleine Castaing and Victor Hugo’s Hauteville House. With its rich fabrics and bold colors, the Odeon collection features some Fleur’s key pieces and includes some striking new ones, such as a console in leopard-print velvet and a large sofa covered in a richly colored fabric.
These new pieces are crafted in the Paris region by the talented hands of Entreprises du Patrimoine Vivant and in close collaboration with Pierre Frey, Métaphores, and Elitis houses.
The fair will take place September 5-9, 2024. Tickets are available at maison-objet.com.
