This January, Maison&Objet returns to Paris with a bold manifesto: Past Reveals Future. From 15 to 19 January 2026, the world's most discerning design audience will gather at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre to explore interiors and objects that respond to the contemporary need for meaning, sustainability, and authenticity. In a world increasingly shaped by ecological crises, overconsumption, and homogenisation, the fair offers a celebration of design that is lived-in, considered, and deeply expressive.
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The guiding philosophy is clear: furniture and objects are no longer inert, decorative artefacts, they are carriers of memory, tradition, and responsible innovation. Here, the tactile beauty of noble materials meets contemporary form. Visitors are invited to touch, imagine, and reflect on the exceptional craftsmanship behind each exhibited piece. Maison&Objet positions itself as both a platform and a storyteller, connecting creators with audiences, inspiring new ideas, and revealing what makes design truly enduring.
Four distinct trends punctuate the visitor journey, each offering a lens through which to read the present while imagining the future.
Metamorphosis champions transformation and upcycling. Objects that might once have been discarded are reimagined, gaining new functions, forms, and symbolic significance. Designers elevate everyday materials into totemic creations, showing that sustainability and artistry can coexist effortlessly.
Mutation is about hybridisation. Here, ancestral techniques intersect with innovative materials, creating forms that are at once organic and futuristic. There is a poetry in this approach, a space for fragility and humanity that speaks to our desire for meaning and connection.
Revisited Baroque takes the grandeur of the past and reinterprets it for contemporary sensibilities. Young artisans challenge conventions, blending theatricality with refinement, producing limited editions and unique objects that are collectible and aspirational. The Curatio space, curated by Thomas Hartman, embodies this dialogue between heritage and modernity, inviting visitors to reconsider the power of ornamentation in a modern home.
Finally, Neo-Folklore celebrates local narratives through contemporary technology. Ancestral know-how is reimagined using 3D printing, new materials, and digital fabrication, creating fantastical, imaginative works that refresh tradition without compromising its authenticity.
Central to the fair are the What's New? spaces, highly anticipated showcases that embody these trends. Elizabeth Leriche's What's New? In Decor immerses visitors in a hybridised historical journey, balancing tradition and experimentation. Interior architect Rudy Guénaire offers a vision of the future of hospitality in What's New? In Hospitality, while François Delclaux's What's New? In Retail creates a sensory exploration of physical and digital retail, where materiality and experience converge.
Maison&Objet 2026 is more than a fair, it is a reflection on design as a cultural practice, a forum for craftsmanship, and a celebration of the tangible and intangible qualities that make interiors meaningful. For European design professionals and enthusiasts, it promises inspiration, dialogue, and an encounter with the best of global creativity grounded in history.
Maison&Objet 2026 – Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, 15-19 January.
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