Studio HAOS (Lisbon) presents Antimatière curated by SIZED (LA) featuring works by Omer Arbel (Vancouver) Rich Aybar (NYC) Katerina Jebb (Paris) Mariana Chkonia (Tbilisi) and SINOPLE (Paris) present Irida, photos © Depasquale Maffiniĭemisch Danant (NYC) and Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance (Paris/Lisbon) present Made In Situ, photos © Sean Davidson Glassware by Sophie Lou Jacobsen, textiles by Zain Ali, cast-metal furniture and objects by Conie Vallese / Here Between It All, hosted at Galerie David Ghezelbash Photos © Pauline Chardin MANIERA (Brussels) and Galerie Desprez-Bréhéret (Paris) present Juxtaposition I, photos © Sean Davidson Highlights included: a mixed materials mash-up from Brussels-based gallery MANIERA and Paris-based Galerie Desprez-Bréhéret, which placed contemporary pieces from Maniera - like an aluminum lamp by Anne Holtrop or a terracotta coffee table by Bernard Dubois - in conversation with historical pieces from the Parisian gallery, including a polished brass commode by Gabriella Crespi a collaborative installation in a legendary workshop between Georgian textile artist Mariana Chkonia and French gallery SINOPLE a poetic chair from Salem Charabi a SIZED-curated presentation of new aluminum and zinc works by Studio HAOS Thomas Hutton’s stone lamp sculpture install timed to the position of the sun a collection of fire-resistant cork oak furniture by Noe Duchaufour Lawrence and a Sophie Lou Jacobsen x Zain Ali x Conie Vallese show, which was as lovely and romantic as one might hope. Envisioned as an “idiosyncratic offering,” CONTRIBUTIONS - which will be an itinerant project - chose Paris for its debut, highlighting the work of twenty emerging and established voices from around the world with site-specific installations as well as panels. ContributionsĪ new indie darling on the scene, CONTRIBUTIONS was founded by consultant and PR whiz Anna Caradeuc, in conjunction with the French creative agency, Bildung. So, without further ado, here are the design gems from an eventful October in Paris that made our hearts and spirits brighten. Whether or not all art and design achieves this (admittedly utopian) framing (it couldn’t possibly), it’s the potential, that effort, that reaching that must be protected, and celebrated. It’s a means of envisioning new futures, of creating community, of speaking to one another about personal and collective experience. Nevertheless, I remind myself that art is one of our species’ best, most open-hearted and optimistic proclivities. It’s true that when the world is on fire, like it is now - like it so often is these days - thinking about design can feel (to me, anyway) a little hollow. During the second and third weeks of October, however, a flurry of design people - our people - popped into town for a fair circuit punctuated by the inaugural Paris edition from Design Miami/ as well as Paris+ par Art Basel and two exciting new kids on the block: CONTRIBUTIONS and THEMA. Paris has been host to a lot of action over the last few months: Fashion Week, the World Rugby Cup, and a certain creepy crawly who shall not be named among them.
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