Paris Design Week, which this year puts the spotlight on “desirable development”, is firstly presented in figures: for 10 days and 5 evenings, 200 places mark out 9 thematic walks in 4 Parisian districts. And this from September 9 to 18, 2021.
Design enthusiasts will then be able to discover the best of this discipline. Whether French or foreign, all will present their prototypes and new collections in four sectors of the capital:
Pigalle-Barbès-Stalingrad / Opéra-Concorde-Etoile / Palais Royal-Marais- Bastille / Left Bank.
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▼ Galerie Joseph Turenne: new publishing houses to discover
Enough to see Slean, the series of desks created by Désormeaux-Carette for teleworkers but also the aluminum compositions (furniture, accessories) by Mala Leche Design etc.
• Joseph Gallery
51, rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris
▼ Espace Commines: discovering young talents
Around twenty young French designers, including the winners of the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris Lucile Viaud, Rebecca Fézard, Elodie Michaud and Grégory Granados. His STEP project, a musical instrument too large to be handled by a single person and made from recycled and diverted objects, will be exhibited.
• Commines space
17, rue Commines, 75003 Paris
▼ Galerie Joseph Froissart: meeting the rising generation
Slovenian designers are thinking about the habitat of the future. The Brazilian delegation presents the work of ten of its talents as part of the Raid Project while Spanish designers present work on accessories and textiles. Cameroon is represented by the artist Pierre-Christophe Gam etc.
• Joseph Gallery
7 Rue Froissart, 75003 Paris
▼ Cor from the Lemoigne hotel: the pioneer of design vegetal
Alexis Tricoire, nicknamed “the artist with green fingers”, imagined a project to raise awareness of the protection of biodiversity. An entire dreamlike plant universe with plants and animals is enclosed in wooden architecture made from natural and recycled materials.
• Historical library of the city of Paris
24, rue Pavée, 75004 Paris
▼ Hôtel Coulanges: Where is the beauty?
Helene Aguilar, the founder of the podcast Where is the beauty? invites you to discover 40 designers committed to desirable development. Note the presence of Lucile Viaud designer, researcher, artist who collects marine waste, such as oyster shells, snails and even fish bones to transform them into glass or plaster.
• Coulanges Collective
35-37 rue des francs-bourgeois, 75004 Paris
▼ Hôtel de Sully: ultramodern design
The Sully hotel welcomes designer and decorator Pierre Gonalons whose creations go against the codes of the moment. THE Artistic director of the Italian publisher Paradisoterrestre uses decorative arts to sketch out demanding and radical work: a dialogue between trimmings and bergère armchairs with ultra-modern cutouts.
• Sully Hotel
5 place des Vosges & 48 rue Saint-Antoine 75004 Paris
▼ Arsenal Pavilion: solutions for tomorrow
Can we continue to offer flowers? How can we recycle digital technologies and our electronic devices? The Pavillon de l'Arsenal questions the winners of the Agora grant responsible for exploring solutions for tomorrow, such as micro energy sources for individual homes.
• Arsenal Pavilion
21 boulevard Morland 75004 Paris
Text: Katia Barillot
09.09.21
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