Paris Dco Off and Maison & Objet 2025: An AD PRO Essential Guide
When it comes to accommodations, few cities come close to Pariss plethora of tony escapes. Recent luxury hotel openings include the colorfully crisp Le Grand Mazarin or the garden-inspired La Fantaisieboth visions brought to life by AD100 talent Martin Brudnizki. Theres also the newly debuted Htel de La Botie, with playfully chic interiors from AD100 designer Beata Heuman, or Fabrizio Casiraghis Htel des Grands Voyageurs for those coveting a quietly luxurious retreat. TheSaint James Hotel, imbued with an Art Deco flair by AD100 designer Laura Gonzalez, is also a delight.The 6 Most Luxurious Paris Mansions That You Can Actually Stay In: For a less predictable encounter with the City of Light, book a Paris mansion hotel with a pied--terre ambiance. Keep readingPhoto: Gregoire Gardette6 Secret Gardens in Paris That Everyone Must Visit: Tucked off the beaten path, see the City of Lights from a whole new perspective. Keep readingPhoto: Htel Particulier MontmartreDesign Happenings Not to MissAt Paris Dco OffIt wouldnt be Paris Dco Off without a visit to one of Frances heritage textile ateliers. We suggest Pierre Frey, which is celebrating citywide this season with each of the companys four showrooms (including Braqueni, Thorp of London, and Zuber), taking on distinct atmospheres for previews of the latest launches. The largest collection, Deserts, will bring reinterpretations of kilim patterns, Berber carpet archives, and more to the Htel de Guise, a historic Left Bank property, temporarily transformed into a veritable Pierre Frey town house (locations vary).Fair first-timer Delcourt Textiles will be showing upholstery fabrics that emphasis natural materials.Photography courtesy Delcourt CollectionKvadrat is launching its latest Sahco collection, Wild at Heart, which revisits the brands roots: Ulf Moritz, the designer who shaped the Sahco in the late 1980s, believed no idea was too wild to be executed as long as it became a perfect rendering, says Bengt Thornefors, Sahcos creative director. The collection will be showcased in a cinematic installation dubbed Hollywood in the Distance by Rafael de Crdenas at contemporary art gallery Galerie Dumonteil (38 Rue de l'Universit).Meanwhile, at De Le Cuona, corduroy, houndstooth, and other timeless menswear fabrics inspire the textile houses new collection, Natural Rebel, set to launch in March (12 rue Jacques Callot). LA-based interior designer Sean Leffers is showing his inaugural line of handmade natural fiber fabrics, which draw on his trove of antique Asian textiles (7 rue de Savoie; on January 16 only). And fair first-timer Delcourt Textiles will be showing an exclusive range of upholstery fabrics in natural materials at Passage Saint-Sulpice, a new Paris Dco Off pop-up space (La place Saint-Sulpice).Marquise Matsugae by Sean Leffers, whose inaugural collection will be available at Kneedler Fauchre showrooms in February.Photography courtesy Sean LeffersA first look at the romanticized florals in Ralph Lauren Homes Rue Bohme collection, which indulges in a palette of indigo, chambray, cream, and white.Other musts on our Paris Dco Off list: Ralph Lauren Homes Spring 2025 Rue Bohme collection, which embodies bohemian glamour with distressed florals and paint-splattered velvets (4 rue Vide Gousset); Loro Piana Interiors Pure and Pristine collection (19 rue de Saints Pres); and Schumacher, which will present panel sets by Libertine fashion designer Johnson Hartig, plus a new spin on the companys iconic Shivalik Hills Tiger fabric, and more. Dedar, too, never disappoints (9 rue Jacob).At Maison & ObjetLast year Surrealism celebrated its 100th anniversary, and in 2025 the artistic movements uncanny legacy continues to reverberate throughout the design world. This January, Maison & Objet and creative studio Peclers Paris invite you to their dream world with Sur/Reality, the design fairs latest theme. Immersive installations dreamt up by Elizabeth Leriche, Franois Delclaux, and Studio Uchronia are set to showcase the theme across decor, retail, and hospitality realms, respectively. For the latter, Studio Uchronias Julien Sebban has conceived the fanciful Hotel Uchronia (Hall 7). True to the Parisian firms signature aesthetic, the conceptual boutique hotel packs a colorful punch, amplified by lighting, fabric, design objects, and even a soundscape that plays via perception. In the imagined venues Caf-Bar, for example, day and night are reversed. Each of Hotel Uchronias three zones offers its own sensorial experience.