Articles by Claire Tardy

The Maison & Objet design fair recently celebrated its 30th birthday in technicolor. Straddling nature and technology, as dictated by the Tech Eden theme of the Jan. 18-22 trade event at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, this year’s pal…

Design industry professionals gathered recently in Paris for the EspritMeuble trade show at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Four categories of home products from 350 brands were on display: furniture, bedding, decor and kitchen. Here are four tren…

Firms exhibiting new furniture and home accessory designs at the recent Maison & Objet trade fair in Paris brought out their most spectacular color palettes to create new chromatic pairings. “2024 will welcome a playful juxtaposition of invigorati…

Color was at the heart of the recent Maison & Object trade fair (Sept. 8-12) in Paris featuring the latest furnishings, accessories, textiles and tableware. “Today color is a powerful antidote against the incessant waves of crises,” says trend for…

The iconic Maison & Objet decor and design fair was held in March for the first time this year, having been postponed from its usual January date due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Houzz France editorial team was on site at the Paris trade show to …

Maison & Objet returned to Paris this month (Sept. 9-13, 2021) after having been canceled twice due to the pandemic. This long-awaited edition highlighted many of the big trends spurred by the pandemic, which continues to define home design in our…

Maison & Objet has returned to Paris with the first in-person edition of the decor, design and lifestyle fair since the start of the pandemic. The eagerly awaited event gave us a chance to discover the products and trends coming out of manufacture…

By definition, the role of an interior designer is to create beauty, comfort and functionality by playing with space, light, color, materials and furniture — all while keeping clients’ wishes and constraints top of mind. But are interior designers ess…

The Maison & Objet trade fair in Paris is an international meeting place for professionals in lifestyle, interior decoration and design that brings together nearly 3,000 brands and 90,000 visitors twice a year. Houzz editors were on the scene at t…