Déco off 2024 paris
I’m going to attempt to pick some of my favorite highlights from this year’s Déco Off in Paris but, full disclosure, I spent a week walking around to different showrooms, art galleries, attending dinners and special exhibitions so this will be an explosion of information along with a great photo tour.
day 1 - furniture & fabric
I spent the day walking from showroom to showroom and the occasional art gallery and old book stores. Some showrooms had artists there explaining their designs with great detail in what led them to each design.
Parete - Caroline Lizeraga, the artist who created some of the collection highlighted today. Wall coverings with a “painterly” vibe
Liberty of London - patterns play! Colors too! greens, blues (not navy though!) and shades of mauves flowing to the deeper burgundies are prevalant in this collection.
Fortuny - beautiful lighting as well as gorgeous pillow cases pre-made and ready for your home now.
Iksel - Handpainted wall coverings with pretty blues as well as shades of ocre yellow
Dédar - bouclé in cream tone on tone fabrics letting light shine through. Thick sweater like fabrics as well as gorgeous wide linens for window treatments.
Merida Rugs - They highlight their new technique using a red color yarn with a white thread of yarn running through its center then use different cuts to create movement and pattern. when it is cut and/or looped it creates a unique design as well as layering.
Marmi Marble - French vanities are mainly pedestals versus the vanities we normally use in most principal bathrooms.These are some of the most beautiful marble pieces starting with vanities, drawers and bathtubs cut from one slab of marble.
In the evening I attended a dinner and exhibition hosted by Jiun Ho, Manufactures Cogolin and Workshop Collection. The Louis Vuitton foundation currently has a Mark Rothko exhibition and we had a private viewing of it, which was so special.
I’m pictured here with Jiun Ho at the party
What I learned: Mark Rothko started out drawing figures like all the other painters of his time, which he never really enjoyed or thought he was successful at. In sticking with his drawings and paintings he organically went from detailed figures to less detailed drawings and eventually came to the famous abstract “squares” for which he is most known for. Please enjoy walking through the photos to see this transformation.
Day 2 - féau boiseries & galerie alain ellouz
Please click here to be directed to: the Féau Boiseries blog. There was simply too much to include here.
Galerie Alain Ellouz: Alain Ellouz is known as “The goldsmith of stone, the scenographer of light” Here you will see light fixtures that are truly works of art as well as graphite drawings done on alabaster lit panels. Truly something I had never seen before.
Days 3 & 4 - furniture, fabric & wall coverings
If you haven’t noticed by now, Déco Off requires stamina! During the last couple of days, I may not have felt my legs walking but they did take me around to some of the most fabulous showrooms!
Key moments around town:
Christopher Farr Showroom:
Their famous Carnival pattern makes a comeback with new colors. What a fun visit! Listening to Gary Searle talk about how they wanted to celebrate the 20 year anniversary by having 20 designers do their own colorway for Deco Off. My friend Gillian Gilles explained the motive behind her colors for the Carnival pattern. It was so interesting and she dressed to match her swatch, adding a nice touch to her delivery!
The new Fogo Island Collection is just perfect. Thanks to the collaboration of Zita Cobb and the Christopher Farr Fogo Island team, this small fishing island becomes the focal point behind the collection. Zita Cobb grew up on Fogo Island and is an entrepreneur who devoted herself to investing back into the small island she was born and raised on. From this, she founded Shorefast, a charity raising funds to help support this small fishing village and much more. To learn more about Zita Cobb click HERE.
Kravet
The Kit Kemp Collection remains at the top for me when it comes to color, pattern and is referred to as a “maximalist” design.
Loro Piana - A visit to their apartment highlights their new furniture, fabric, home goods and my favorite, their made to order throws in new fabric colors to customize. You choose a color as well as the stitching color as a contrast. They are fun and a fashion forward piece for any room. And they are in the most luxurious cashmere that you’ll never want to unwrap yourself from!
Harlequin x Sophie Robinson - I had the most colorful lunch with the fabric designer Sophie Robinson hosted by the Sanderson Group to show off her wonderfully colorful and patterned fabrics for their Harlequin fabric line. I wouldn’t believe you if you told me a fabric could encapsulate a person, but that is what Sophie achieved. She and her fabrics are lively, happy and colorful, i was so glad to have been part of this introduction,
Phillip Jeffries - It’s always a great time seeing their new wall coverings.Two of the most hard working people I know, I captured Philip and Jefferey simultaneously presenting their new lines! My favorite from the new line is called Lustrous Lines and its softly colored abstract wallpapers with a soft shimmer to it. It would be beautiful in a dining Room with soft lighting and candlelight.
Morris & Company - Is an iconic company staying true to their design style with new updated colorways to offer and refined modern patterns of some classics. It’s perfect for older, stately homes or if you want to use a simple colored pattern in a modern home.
Elitis - I have to say, some of my favorite new lines are here: One in particular, “Forms” which is linen over foam wall coverings in modern, art deco looking designs made for media rooms or any room you are looking for some sound softening. Also some hand painted, hand beaded fabric and wall coverings, too many to list!
Romo - Some new lines building upon their foundation, with some wild patterns to boot.
I hope you enjoyed a brief synopsis of my time at the 2024 Déco Off in Paris. A much needed reset and re energized trip full of everything in my wheelhouse and it gives me so much joy to share with you and my clients. Before you leave, a little snippet for you, Cheers!