Under the general heading of Vivant (LIVING), this season the MAISON&OBJET Observatory has developed three broad trend themes around the concepts of “First Foods”, “Pioneering” and “Renaissance.”
Living
The art of living aspires to be the art of better living. Our dematerialized, virtual world is searching for a harmonious lifestyle that is more anchored in reality. Hinted at in September at the trend talks, members of the Observatory mentioned that you need a physical object to “fall in love” with and that part of the designer’s job is to make the client “fall in love” with the environment, object, the space. So, Vivant is about perfecting the riches of Nature. Design is recomposing our bio-inspired world. The world of the home, a true living organism, is part of this revitalizing effect- evolving and growing more beautiful with the clients’ additions, edits and use. We are rediscovering the primal forces. We are reexploring emotional comfort in which Beauty is first. We are reexperimenting with new fields in the sciences in order to lay the foundations for hope of rebirth. Living is a design manifesto for a better present, with the rallying cry: life to the hilt.
Nourritures Premières- First Foods
Elizabeth Leriche
From sprouts to meat by way of milk, honey, salt, vegetables and bread, our ancestral foods are becoming the raw materials of a design aesthetic that makes and are inspiring artists’ creativity. Our appetite for authenticity and materials with symbolic expressions and emotions that reinvigorate the body and mind are being fed by food and its intimate connection to design; it’s rituals and the sense of community sharing brings. Nourritures Premières celebrates the vital energy and the pleasure of the senses.
Vegetables by SCHOLTEN BAIJINGS
Pot o Feu by magali werhung
Renaiscience – Renaissance
Vincent Gregoire for Nelly Rodi
In the laboratory of our times, ideas inspired by nature and revealed under the microscope are invigorating design. A convulsive, fascinating, proliferation of blobs, gaseous states, x-rays, entangled fibers and molds are animating a world in constant mutation. There is an intriguing alchemy that is distilling the lines between material and immaterial, micro and macro. The science of metamorphoses is activating a design force seeking a potential rebirth.
Symboise by Bleu Nature
Andy Paiko Glass Wheel
Pionnier- Pioneer
Francois Bernard
We are feeling the need to reconsider our lifestyles and reconnect to material things. New behaviors are cultivating an emerging state of mind that champions autonomy and emotional satisfaction. The search for Beauty is ushering in a new relationship to time, in which everything remains alive. Nothing can be old anymore- it’s not an antique; it’s vintage. Natural materials give life to timeless, simple, luxurious objects. Craftsmanship is reactivating the grace of making things.
Lee Broom Crystal Bulb Shop
Benjamin Herbert Pod Chair
