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To the maison!

Maison&Objet – the trade show to visit for high-end, design-centric pieces – returns this September and we couldn’t be happier…

September 2021 heralds the return of the great Maison&Objet with the French capital playing host to a global assortment of brands while simultaneously hosting Paris Design Week. The trade fair runs from 9 to 13 September with Paris Design Week opening on the same date and taking place until 18 September.

Despite enduring the same fate as other trade shows in 2020, Maison&Objet o ered innovative digital formats on its MOM (Maison&Objet and More) platform. MOM has recorded exceptional performances with over 2.7 million visitors in one year. More than 2,000 subscribed brands are now in permanent contact with 220,000 buyers and interior designers, regular users of the platform, worldwide.

To ensure everyone’s safety, entry to this year’s M&O is strictly monitored, attendees must have a health pass or proof of a negative RT-PCR test, Covid-19 recovery cert or proof of vaccination – full details available on the M&O website.

1,300+

the number of brands attending Maison&Objet’s September edition

Designer of the year!

Maison&Objet’s Designer of the Year is Franklin Azzi. The Paris-based architect has a diverse portfolio with projects encompassing everything from urban planning to interior design. His best-known is probably the metamorphosis of a stretch of expressway directly on the Left Bank of the Seine into a 2.5km-long pedestrian promenade. He founded his own agency in 2006, which now employs a sta of 50 housed in a former warehouse at the heart of Paris’ 2nd arrondissement. He considers himself to be an “architect-technician” and professes to not having a signature style. “For me, each project is totally di erent”, he insists. He also rmly believes that a beautiful building is not simply an aesthetically pleasing one. “It’s one that brings happiness to those who use it”.

By Room

Hall 5A Stand P76/Q75

By Room is a Danish company, with a high ambition of designing and producing as many products from recycled and sustainable materials as possible, while always focusing on the high quality that is inbred in their Scandinavian design roots. The focus is on creating sustainable products, where they reuse elements such as military tents and residues from clothing. A distinctive feature is the attention to the little things. There can be no design without focus on the details. Most of their products are unique in that they are processed by hand, leaving no two products 100 per cent identical.

Be Home

Hall 5A Stand O52/P51

Be Home provides beautiful, handcrafted products inspired by nature and with a purist design. Each home tells a story, let them help you write yours. New collections are developed each season in line with their values: handmade, responsible, and sustainable. They engage in partnerships with craftspeople from small communities around the world, encouraging them to keep their traditional practices and to nd a use for every scrap of sustainable material. Launched in 2006 in San Francisco, since 2019 Be Home is now also present in Europe from Belgium. Each product is handcrafted and therefore distinctive and unique.

Blomus

Hall 4 Stand F4/G3

Blomus is synonymous with intelligence, minimalism, and functional design for the contemporary home. Founded in 1961, and rooted in the German tradition of exceptional quality and highly skilled craftsmanship, the family-owned brand has built its success on a rm belief in the honesty of materials, the purity of shape, and the necessity of a passionate approach. This has made BLOMUS a leading provider of interior design, décor and accessories to last and be loved for generations to come.