Two of Europe’s most vibrant design celebrations return this month. Each is a multi-day, multi-layered celebration that blends local characters with international creative talent. Paris Design Week runs from Thursday to September 17, with numerous exhibitions and events in museums, monuments, parks, squares, galleries and shops. The highlight is the Maison & Objet Design Fair.
Across the English Channel, the London Design Festival will celebrate its 20th edition from September 17th to September 25th. Centered around the Victoria and Albert Museum, the festival remaps London into 12 design districts with unique participants and flavors, including global design. Forums, conferences and second edition of the Design London Fair in North Greenwich (21-24 September).
Here’s a small sample of what you’ll find.
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The to-go coffee cup you threw in the trash this morning might be hanging in someone’s house. blast studio.
The Floating Trees luminaire is made by mixing paste from used carry-out cups with a 3D-printed extruded corn binder. Park Royal Design District During the London Design Festival. Prices range from £200 ($243) to £400 ($486).
Blast stands for Biological Laboratory of Architecture and Sensitive Technology and is a West London-based company founded in 2018 by Paola Garnousset in collaboration with Parisian architecture school classmates Martin Detoeuf and Pierre de Pingon.
“We wanted to do something that promoted sustainability,” she said in a recent video interview.
Cultural differences across channels helped inspire this project.
“Coming from France, we weren’t used to seeing people walking around with takeaway coffee,” she said. We knew it would be difficult to recycle because of the waste, but we wanted to give the cup new life and show you how to create beautiful crafts out of waste.”
The cups are collected from cafés across London, and the pigments determine the lamp’s final color. For example, the blue lamp can be traced back to his chain of Cafe Nero. (Do not use plastic lids.)
Where glass and copper coexist
Vancouver, British Columbia-based designer Omer Arbel is best known for his glass spheres. lamp It hangs like an icy berry and has a side hustle. He also created what is known as the “113” sculpture, which is a blown glass splashed with liquid copper. These two of his materials, he said, lead to a “kind of tenuous coexistence” that neither can be managed independently, creating a pleasing shattering effect.
The magic of their craft can be seen in the exhibition “Material Experiments” at the John Majeski Gardens at the Victoria and Albert Museum. london design festivalFrom September 17th to September 25th, Arbel will glassblowing live workshop, creates 113 pieces from copper and glass artifacts found at flea markets and second-hand clothing stores. His finished work, in a frieze arrangement reminiscent of Renaissance decoration, is displayed in the museum’s Santa his Chiara his chapel.
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Stolen dishes, grandmother’s camera, 18th-century sewing box, dog’s ball. Objects come with juicy stories as they are passed down through generations, but also collect chips, broken bones and tooth marks.
“R for Repair” Opens September 17 as part of london design festivalten broken objects donated by the public have been revived by professional designers in the sequel to the exhibition held in Singapore in January. Hosted and includes 3 items from the first show and 10 new creations.
The curators — Hans Tang from Singapore and Jane Withers from the UK — created a combination of designers and objects, such as putting London-based woodworker Rio Kobayashi in charge of repairing sewing kits and handing over dog balls. rice field.Designer Thomas Thwaites once herd of goats A few days in the Alps (he moved on all fours with appendages that imitated goat legs).
The ceramic plates that actress Jane Birkin lifted from Maxim’s restaurant in Paris in the 1970s were made by designers at Singapore’s Studio Dam using metal rivets, a traditional Chinese technique called juicy. repaired.
“We want to touch on emotional attachment and the real role this plays in making our possessions last longer,” Withers said. The added and “repaired” object is often much more interesting than the original. “
The exhibition runs until October 30th.
Art spaces in sleepy Paris
With a background in finance, Amélie du Chalard has an eye for aesthetics and a habit of creating welcoming art spaces that make visitors want to put their stuff down and stay for a while.
what they can do now.to make it in time paris design weekMs. Ducharard opened her third Ambroise Collection, a group of Parisian apartments decorated by contemporary artists and designers, available for short-term rental. Many of the works displayed on the property are created and sold by those represented by her Mr du Chalard in her gallery in the 6th arrondissement.
Origin of the Ambroise name Ambroise Vollard — a renowned dealer of European painters from Renoir to Picasso — she lived on the same Left Bank street where 34-year-old Du Chalard bought and converted his first property. She found her second location in the Marais district near her Center Pompidou.
The latest addition to the collection is an 18th-century building on rue de Celestins facing the Ile Saint-Louis, once the artist’s residence. Antoine-Louis BarryA two-bedroom duplex with an office featuring parquet floors, floor-to-ceiling windows and a staircase designed by the unit’s architect, Tess Wahlraven. Furnishings are a mix of custom wood chips and vintage finds, many of which are upholstered in custom fabrics. The kitchen has an 18th century tiled bar.
Du Chalard said the idea for Ambroise came from a number of collectors who stopped by her homely art gallery and offered to rent it for their own use. “When people ask dozens of times, I think it’s a good idea to create this experience,” she said.
Ambroise Celestins start at €1,600 (approximately $1,602) per night with a minimum of two nights. Optional private chef and tour guide are available for an additional fee.