There are advantages and disadvantages to going to Maison et Objet in January. Among the disadvantages are silent fountains, leafless trees, and gray skies, which is not the case when the show opens in September each year. But attending the show in the fall means missing out on Paris Déco Off, which only takes place
We covered the color trends we saw in textiles in our last post; today, we look at the most prominent hues we spotted in home decor color trends during Maison et Objet. Continuing the trending of mossy green, cinnamon, mustard yellow and soft rose hues we pointed out in the previous post, the products were
January has been a whirlwind of design events with Heimtextil, Deco Off and Maison & Objet following in quick succession. We’re sharing a quartet of the most popular color trends we spotted at the shows. You can expect their broad appeal to continue since the fabrics and wallpapers that debuted in Frankfurt and Paris are
The Harvest Dome 2.0 first came across our radar in 2012 when the Trespa Design Center featured the project as a segment in their “Visionaries” series. Amanda Schachter & Alexander Levi of SLO Architecture envisioned and created the floating installation conceived for Inwood Hill Park Inlet, which calls attention to New York City’s waterways and
In 2012, architects Matt Compeau and Bi-Ying Miao, in collaboration with Levitt Goodman Architects, submitted a 3D-printed spinal sculpture using the shape of the Eames chair to the reDesign2012 project at the Textile Museum of Canada. The organic wrapping spiral evokes a number of delicate forms: the shape of a shell’s interior, perhaps, or a
When we strolled into Paris’ Centre Pompidou to walk through Patrick Jouin’s exhibition with the talented designer in 2010, we had no idea what to expect. The slim, handsome man was standing with a group of professionals, his dapper clothes contrasting the motorcycle helmet casually slung over his forearm. This pretty much summed up the