Colin Eaton
Maison & Objet September 2016
The Future of Decoration: Play, Collaborate, Reuse
As always, the September edition of Maison & Objet, the trade-only home show held in Paris twice a year, offered a peek at the latest trends and innovations. The fair is organized into three main sections – Maison, Objet and … Read More
Maison & Objet September 2015
Inside the Closed Doors of Interior Decoration Show Maison & Objet, Paris’s biannual home-decoration trade fair, celebrated its 20th anniversary in September by changing its approach, focusing less on specialization and more on broad-based trends and lifestyles in an attempt … Read More
Maison & Objet
Design Trends At this year’s Maison & Objet design trade show in Paris, there was a strong focus on sustainable and ecologically produced products. After years of decadence, followed by the recession, maybe this is the new luxury? Favorite
Maison & Objet and Design Week
September was design month in Paris, with Maison & Objet, the home furnishing trade fair, at the Parc des Expositions and, for the public, Paris Design Week, with special events in 150 shops, galleries and design showrooms. Sustainability, the economy, … Read More
La Samaritaine
After years of neglect and disuse, the venerable department store La Samaritaine is about to get a new face. Tokyo-based Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), founded in 1995 by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, have been … Read More
Le Dauphin Revisited by an Architect
Architect Rem Koolhaas likes to play with planes and volumes Photo: C. Eaton Architect Colin Eaton offers a rebuttal to Richard Hesse’s description of the interior of the new Paris restaurant Le Dauphin, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Dutch architect Rem … Read More
Maison&Objet
Trendspotting at Interior Design Fair Vincent Grégoire’s “Elsewhere” installation for Nelly Rodi. Photo: Colin Eaton Trends come and go, but during the last few editions of the twice-yearly Maison et Objet interior-design trade fair in Paris, issues of sustainability and … Read More
Maison&Objet January 2015
Interior Decoration Trends: Making and Re-Making “Workshop Secrets,” a display at Maison&Objet. Photo: Colin Eaton The theme for the January 2015 Maison&Objet trade show, held twice a year just outside Paris to showcase innovations in home accessories and furnishings, was … Read More
Mohita & Bob
Paris Update Flash News TRENDY TAPAS The bar at Mojita et Bob on Rue Oberkampf. The lower stretch of Rue Oberkampf might well get its mojo back from the Belleville end with the recent arrival of tapas bar/restaurant Mojita et … Read More
Mama Shelter Revisited
Concept and interiors by Philippe Starck. Photos: Francis Amiand Why did I decide to pay a return visit to Mama Shelter? Because the mismatch between the high-design hotel and its location in a little-known area of Paris had captured my … Read More