Paris:
Maison et Objet - Part # 1. The Maison et Objet trade fair is the largest and most
beautiful international event for the home, bringing together emblematic brands
in interior decoration, upholstery fabrics, design, rare pieces, perfected
materials and cultural objects. And for
the fourth season, Paris des Chefs, where under the sponsorship of
multi-starred chef Alain Ducasse the event celebrates the exceptional explosive
alliance of cooking and design.
Maison et
Objet: Deisgner of the Year – Fernando and Humberto Campana. The Brazilian Campana brothers where awarded
Designers of the Year alongside Hubert Le Gall and Tokujin Yoshioka. The
creative duo developed their eco-design sensibility during their
craftsman-centric childhoods growing up in brotras, And, for their installation
at Maison et Objet they created a plantation of organic trees made out of corrugated
cardboard which seemed to spill from the ceiling, as where the gigantic green
lights.
portrait by Fernando Laszlo courtesy Maison et Objet
Fernando and Humberto Campana
photograph courtesy Musee d"Orsay
Musee d’Orsay:
Fernando and Humberto Campana. The Musee d”Orsay asked the Campana brothers to
reinvent the newly re-opened famous Café de l’Horologe. The décor was inspired by the travels of
Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
“Our work has always been broad-based and interior design allows us to
bring together all the aspects of our design work.” Explains Humberto.
photograph courtesy Maison et Objet
Maison et
Objet: Tokujin Yoshioka, Now! Design a Vivre 2012 Deisgner of the Year. Tokujin Yoshioka was the Designer of
the year for the Now! Deisgn a Vivre 2012 space. Yoshioka’s works transcend the boundaries of
product design, architecture, and exhibition installation and are highly
evaluated also as art. At Maison et Objet the "Crystallized Project"
explores the mutual dependency that exists between human's memories and nature
and he uses it as a creative inspiration, which tries to create a new
"portrait" of nature that shakes up the imagination of the person who
views it. In the exhibition Tokujin Yoshioka presents new works, the
crystallized painting series grown by the vibration of music by Frederic Chopin,
the crystallized chair, Venus Natural Crystal Chair and the crystallized
painting in the aquariums.
photograph courtesy Maison et Objet
Tokujin Yoshioka
photograph
Sophie Boegly courtesy Musee d”Orsay
Musee
d’Orsay – Galerie des Impressionistes.
Tokujin Yoshioka’s Banc Water Block, a representative work of optical
glass projects started since 2002, is permanently exhibited in Musee d'Orsay.
photograph Takuya Suzuki courtesy Maison et Objet
Maison et
Objet: Tokujin Yoshioka, Now! Design a Vivre 2012 Deisgner of the Year. Tokujin Yoshioka’s Banc Water Block.
Seen at Maison et Objet, design gallery owner Luisa delle Piane.
Maison et Objet – Eclectic by Tom Dixon.
Eclectic by Tom Dixon is a new accessories brand launching exclusively
at Maison et Objet. The first collection
of everyday home accessories, giftware and design objects comes after ten years
dedicated to creating lighting and furniture design. Using honest and resilient
materials traditional to the British designer, including copper, marble, cast
iron and wood. These products are made
to be used or played with, to be treasured or given.
Above. Bash Vessel, a brass vessel shaped by hand into an expressive
crumpled form and finished with gold wash.
Eclectic by Tom Dixon. Generously proportioned Stone Pestle and Mortar carved from a solid
piece of Morward marble.
Eclectic by Tom Dixon. Chop, three, rectangle, long and paddle shaped
chopping boards milled from solid oak with soft curved edge detail.
Maison et Objet
– Saint Louis. Charles-Henri Leroy is
Saint Louis’s commercial and communications director. Saint Louis is the oldest manufacturer of glassmaking in Europe. In 1767 Louis XV gave the company the prestigious
name of Verrerie Royale de Saint-Louis and later, the formula for producing
crystal was discovered. Today thanks to
advances authorized by chemical and mechanical processes, Saint-Louis has
introduced the most innovative techniques in coloring the crystal, hot shaping,
cold cut, the most sophisticated patterns engraving and gold ornament.
Above: Behind Charles-Henri Leroy is the Potiche vase designed by Laurence
Brabant.
Maison
et Objet – Saint Louis. Four of the six
bulb vases in the Corollaire collection by Jose Levy. They are made of
colored or clear crystal and each colored model is released in a limited
collection of twenty-nine items. With Saint-Louis, for whom he has
already designed the Endiablés collection, José Lévy decided to pick up
the idea of flower vases, “A vase for violets or carnations: what really drew
me in was the idea of pushing function to the extreme and being dictated by the
very nature of the flowers themselves to create a complex decorative effect.
Here, the content dictates the container, a basic notion in design that takes
on a whole new dimension in the world of decorative arts and in the tradition
of crystal.” He explains. The result is
a direct corollary: six vases that form a group of strange solos, requiring new
color work with innovative overlay techniques. “Like crystal characters, these
pure yet abstract narratives reflect both the memories of tradition and the
unavoidable challenges of modernity.” Levy concludes.
Maison
et Objet – Saint Louis. Jasmin tea in Laurence Brabant white tumbler with gold
rim from the Theoreme collection for Saint Louis. Naturally she is a great
tea-drinker, after an initial morning coffee, her day is punctuated with
intimate moments stolen away to enjoy a green tea, black tea, or spicy evening
infusion. She holds her cups with both hands “That way, they are occupied and
don’t need to do anything else”. She explains that this almost ceremonial
gesture helps her to “feel, taste and smell the liquid and soak up all its
scents”.
Maison et
Objet – John Derian. John Derian is one of the few American designers showing
at Maison et Objet. The talented
designer started his career scouting markets for old prints, books, handwritten
manuscripts and deeds. These he cuts up, tints and mixes the images and the
calligraphy, creating beautiful decoupages on the back of plates, bowls and
paperweights and more. The handmade
decorative items are sold at the John Derian Company stores on the charming
Second Street in the East Village, as well as at his seasonal boutique in
Provincetown, Massachusetts. The busy and talented Mr. Derian also designed an environment-conscious
furniture line with Cisco and created two signature accessories lines for
Target, as well as a stationary collection based on decoupage and a collection
of ceramic tableware for the French
company Astier de Villatte, see below.
Above. John Derian is photographed
next to his Skeleton wall hanging.
Maison et
Objet - John Derian. The new decoupage
Bug plates. Decoupage is
the art of cutting and pasting paper images, which has its roots in the ancient
tomb art of Siberia and became a fashionable pursuit across Europe in the 18th
century. A small staff of artists assist John Derian with production and all
his decoupages are made by hand right on the Lower East side of Manhattan. The
handmade decorative items can also be found in many high-end boutiques and
department stores around the world and his own “shop within a shop” on the Home
floor at Bergdorf Goodman.
Maison et
Objet – Astier de Villatte. The John Derian designed tableware for Astier de
Villatte is called Marbre, the mug has the marbling pattern on the inside of
Astier de Villatte’s traditional white
glazed ceramics finish.
Maison et
Objet – Astier de Villatte. The new trompe-l’oeil
Wall-Vase plate.
Maison et
Objet – Astier de Villatte. The Astier de Villatte’s high-end vegetable wax
Scented Candles. Exclusive, natural and pure, these candles exude a delicious
aroma whether unlit or burning. They do
not contain paraffin or other petrochemical by-products. Their delicate and
evenly burning texture is due to a judicious mixture of soy oil, two secret
plant ingredients and tiny bit of beeswax, perfectly miscible with the
fragrance. They have braided cotton
wicks, they burn slowly and perfectly for about sixty hours and are
biodegradable and environmentally sound.
Quebec. An age-old perfume emanates from the steep lanes of Old Quebec
bordered by country homes and secret gardens. Rustic scents of forage plants,
the divine aroma of sweet grass, the Amerindian incense, sacred aromatic herb
that attracts positive energy and wards off evil spirits.
Broadway. Neon letters on theater billboards flicker everywhere, while
below the hustle and bustle of the crowd. Energy is at its peak. A curious
effervescent aroma, inspired by the secret formula of the legendary soft drink,
refreshing, citrusy and caramelized, delicately stings your nose.
Cabourg. It was here, under the flowering arbors of the gardens of the
Grand Hôtel, in the heart of this elegant seaside resort on the Normandy coast,
that Marcel Proust wrote Within a Budding Grove. A delectable aroma of wisteria
and a whiff of creamy jasmine accented by the freshness of ocean spray permeate
this timeless vacation spot.
