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Decorate your home à la Emily in Paris
by Pia Seidel
The best thing I've seen this week
14.9.2018
Translation: machine translated
The week is not over yet, but the big French trade fair for interior design is. The "best of" of what I was able to marvel at.
I am visiting the "Maison et Objet" furniture fair in Paris for the third time and wandering through the lavishly equipped exhibition halls. Every stand is different. Manufacturers set it up like a flat and show their collections for bedrooms and the like in the individual rooms. That's why you are immersed in a different world from brand to brand thanks to the different decorations and designs. Here is the first of my articles that gives you an overview of all the wonderful things I have found. I will be looking at other trends in detail over the coming weeks.
Feathers
The feathers for the "Plume De Panache" wall objects come from all over the world and are carefully cleaned and assembled by hand. The colourful compositions are flat and almost seem to melt into the walls. Other exhibitors, such as "Le Monde Sauvage", use feathers as three-dimensional decorative objects.
Fringe
I'm not alone in my love of fringes and "tassels". The trend is here to stay and won't be going away any time soon in Paris, one of the cities where tassels are still made by hand. Whether in an oversized armchair on which you could pose for photos - a clever Marketing move - or as an eye-catcher at trade fair stands, the beautiful fringes are used in a variety of ways.
Dried flowers
Creative solutions are needed to present new products in the best possible way. That's why it's just as exciting for me to see how individual designs are emphasised with styling as it is to see the product presentations. This time, vases are not staged with fresh flowers, but with dried ones. "Woud" uses individual flower branches for its entire trade fair stand. "We wanted to bring a little nature into the exhibition halls with the installation for our garden collection," one of the representatives tells me.
Sculptural
Lamps that also stand on their own as sculptures on the wall or on the shelf were my favourites because they particularly captivate me. This example from the Danish brand "Woud" looks like an object and creates a cosy atmosphere because the light is directed onto the wall instead of into the room.
Sample love
Thai furniture manufacturer "Yothaka" creates multi-layered patterns using different knotting techniques, while "Studio Sol Leccia" turns ropes into jewellery. The design swing "Nolita" by Swiss artist Ingrid Sol Leccia is an eye-catcher and can also be used outdoors thanks to its robust seat.
Exciting walls
The beautifully shaped ceramic tiles from "Mambo Unlimited Ideas" couldn't have been shown off to better advantage than on the wall. Sure, they're not normally in a picture frame, but they also have their charm as a picture.
Good prospects
Much to my delight, mirrors accompanied us in a wide variety of designs in 2019. Sometimes round, sometimes oval, sometimes in a wooden or metal frame. They look particularly impressive when a light hangs above them on the wall.
Pia Seidel
Senior Editor
Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.
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