MAISON ET OBJET PARIS 2016 ANNOUNCES “WILD” AS THEME

23 December, 2015

MAISON&OBJET announces the theme of the upcoming Maison et Objet Paris January 2016 show. The three trends agencies members of the MAISON&OBJET Observatory will take turns at each session to develop the theme, reflecting the collective work carried out throughout the year, in an expanded space.

The new Inspirations Forum, which will present the Inspirations Space by François Bernard, will be extended through the Wild Café-Bookstore, designed by Elizabeth Leriche focusing on the theme of the Inspirations Book, with select works illustrating the bibliography. Lastly, the conference space will provide opportunities to explore the theme in greater depth and reposition it in the broader context of latest trends.

Species, by Fredrikson Stallard & David Gill Galler.

The leopard cannot change its spots… Between threat of disappearance and hope for revival, nature takes over,
expressing itself in all its first states, from the wild to the sacred. Confronted with a world formatted by technology,
urbanization and excessive domestication, the imaginary gets wilder off the beaten tracks, and finds refuge in the
innocence of an essential, preserved landscape, untouched. Contemporary creation convenes wild spirits. We return to the forest to reset. Forms and materials reconnect with elements to be in line with Mother Earth. The wild poetic gleans the elementary, the raw, the misshapen, the corroded, the burnt, the scarified. We reinject some nature into the urban space, in search of new wastelands. As shamans, designers call upon the magic of spirits and supernatural forces. ReWild Yourself – it’s the statement.

Herbaria, by Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters for Thomas Eyck.

Elizabeth Leriche, from Elizabeth Leriche Agency, Vincent Gregoire from NellyRodi Agency andFrançois Bernard from Agence Croisements, are Members of the Observatoire and part of the three trend forecasting Agencies for Maison Objet Paris.

For the big opening, Maison et Objet Paris January edition’s Agenda has already scheduled to explore this theme on Friday 22th, with the Wild : the MAISON&OBJET Observatoire theme, hosted by François Bernard, Agence Croisements.

In 2002, MAISON&OBJET created a “Home Observatory”, which catalogues new trends in consumption and emerging lifestyles. During their work meetings, the Observatory members bring together their striking discoveries, their emotions and their intuitions about emerging lifestyles. This period of collective brainstorming helps define a unifying theme for the season. Emotions, Desires, Secret, Luxuries, Use, Intensity – the themes refer to major, all-encompassing trends, rather than simply to the whims of fashion. Each season’s theme is developed across three platforms: the Inspirations Film, the Inspirations Forum and theInspirations Book.