Our Top 10 Picks from the Paris Design Fairs Inline
Photo: (from left) Courtesy of Jim Thompson; Courtesy of Verel de Belval1/10Courtly Silks
Jim Thompson’s creative director, Ou Baholyodhin, turned to ancient Siamese royal colors for his first silk collection. Saffron, emerald, and amethyst chinoiserie toile motifs shone in beautifully violent color combinations. Créations Métaphores looked to Verel de Belval’s seventeenth-century archives and remade two different lampas, one directly lifted from an old document and the other featuring a leopard print within its stripes—a nod to designer Madeleine Castaing. Luscious and saccharine, the silks look like they could’ve been taken from Marie Antoinette’s boudoir.
Photo: Courtesy of Thomas Eyck2/10Thomas Eyck’s Withering Tableware
Dutch designer Thomas Eyck collaborated with Studio Maarten Kolk Guus Kusters on a series of porcelain titled “Withering Tableware,” which features an eight-piece dining set of plates, pitchers, and cups. The patterns on the china come from a hand-painted mold they created in order to cast each piece. After each casting, the glaze fades and the colors slowly disappear, emulating the transient beauty of the buds they depict.
Photo: Courtesy of Golran3/10Golran and Raw Edges
Milan-based carpet house Golran worked with Israeli design duo Raw Edges to develop what they call “a second reading of the Persian rug” with their Lake collection. Channeling artists who manipulate optical perception, such as Victor Vasarely, Raw Edge’s series features oversize motifs from traditional kilims and are woven in iridescent colors that change depending on the viewer’s perspective.
Photo: Courtesy of Pierre Frey4/10Indigenous Inspirations
Pierre Frey looked to Australian aboriginal art and motifs for its Origines collection of jacquards, embroideries, and printed patterns in bright and sedate colors alike. With modern-looking geometry and graphic forms, it’s little surprise that traditional African patterns like Kuba cloth still inform contemporary fabric. In this spirit, Larsen offers a stunning linen and large-scale woven stripe particularly striking in marigold and black, and Dedar’s new collection includes an urbane and masculine printed matka silk called Tangram.
Photo: Courtesy of Coralie Beauchamp5/10Coralie Beauchamp’s Résilles
**Coralie Beauchamp’**s structural orb lighting collection, Résilles, is sheathed in metallic grids and evokes the elegance and form of both Wiener Werkstätte and iconic Gino Sarfatti designs. While her chandelier “bouquets” leave a strong impression, it’s her desk and table lamps that seem to master harmonious scale.
