From 4–8 September 2025, Maison&Objet returns to Paris with a city-spanning autumn edition under the curatorial theme “Regeneration.” Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Paris Design Week and the centenary of Art Deco, the fair extends beyond conventional halls: historic palaces, galleries and hidden studio courtyards across the city will act as stages for installations, prototypes and cross-disciplinary experiments that interrogate how design can be renewed materially, culturally and digitally.
Maison&Objet has gone further than staging another product market: this year the event treats “design itself” as an exhibit. Rather than simply presenting finished pieces, curators will foreground prototypes, processes and system-based projects that interrogate how objects, materials and supply chains can be remade. The Paris programme spanning Le Marais, Saint-Germain, Opéra and Bastille turns the entire city into a sequence of immersive chapters, inviting visitors to experience regeneration as both concept and practice.
“This marks a new phase for Paris Design Week after its first 15-year cycle,” says Franck Millot, Director of Paris Design Week. “The Paris Design Week Factory will elevate emerging voices. Under the influence of AI, 3D printing and digital manufacturing, designers are starting from materials and processes to propose entirely new rules for production.”
Paris Design Week Factory: New Voices, New Rules
At the heart of the city programme, the Paris Design Week Factory will showcase some 130 designers, an editorial mix of emerging talent and established names deployed across galleries, concept stores and school platforms.
Notable highlights include Monoprix’s first collaboration with École Camondo, presenting top graduates (Blanche Mijonnet, Léo Achard and Stanislas Dieupart) while the Chinese curatorial project SHE will present a strand of female practitioners and artists that injects an Eastern perspective into the week.
Design sur cour: Heritage Recast as Contemporary Stage
“Design sur cour” returns, placing work within Paris’s historic courtyards and listed interiors to create dialogue between past and present. Installations range from Aude Franjou’s visceral textile piece Corals of Freedom: a white to red coral sculpture that gestures to death and rebirth to designer Lucas Huillet and perfumer Alexandre Helwani’s sensorial project Folie at Hôtel de Sully, a sensory lounge featuring a monumental chaise and bespoke scent designed to facilitate rest and reflection.
Global Perspectives: Paris Opens Up to the World
Maison&Objet’s citywide strategy brings international curations into local neighbourhoods: renowned Portuguese interior architect Nini Andrade Silva curates “Made in Portugal ” will promote Portuguese design across the Marais.
Hong Kong artist Stanley Wong stages “Hong Kong Walk On” in the 1st arrondissement, an installation of red, white and blue carpets that references luck and prosperity.
The “Blooming” sector in Le Marais will present Chinese design that negotiates tradition and contemporary practice, while Guatemala’s showcase on Rue de Turenne will present textiles, ceramics and woodcarving that articulate distinct Central American craft languages.
Centennial of Art Deco & Material Discourse
To mark the 100th anniversary of Art Deco, Maison&Objet highlights historical craftsmanship and material innovation. Lalique will unveil a crystal collection inspired by the element of air; Lainamac curates “Oh My Laine!”, a survey of French wool craft; and Pauline Carretta’s “Lux Naturale” brings together women artists working in paper sculpture, wool lace and timber to explore nature through tactile media.
Women & Collectible: Female Voices in Collectible Design
Building on last year’s Women & Design initiative, the “Women & Collectible” programme examines the market for collectible design created by women.
Featured projects include Juliette de Blégiers’ reinterpretations of childhood icons as collectible sculptures, Jimmy Delatour’s “Pompeii-X” (a series of furniture-sculptures in alabastrine and marbles evoking archaeological finds), Georges Mohasseb’s “Whispers of the Forest” (animal-inspired sculptural seating upholstered in fabrics from Dedar Milano) and a focused presentation by Margaux Keller at 31 rue Montmorency.
Maison&Objet Autumn Edition runs 4–8 September 2025 and dovetails with Paris Design Week activations across the city.
For schedules, participating venues and ticketing, visit Maison&Objet’s official site: www.maison-objet.com.
See you in Paris this September, for a season that is as much about remaking as it is about display.
Written by Lee Khe Ying
Images and information courtesy of Maison&Objet.
