Along Paris Design Week, discover the 2024-2025 collection of K-3 by Kenzo, CFOC, Lalique and AMPM
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In early September 2024, the new edition of Paris Design Week 2024 occurred, spread across several districts of the capital, inviting visitors to explore contemporary art galleries, designer showrooms and temporary spaces, specially designed for the event. This event celebrated the diversity of design, encompassing furniture, fashion, architecture and emerging technologies. A true tribute to innovation and creativity, this week attracted professionals and enthusiasts, paving the way for new vocations. Whether you are a novice or an expert, Paris Design Week always promises a unique immersion in the world of design. It offers an experience rich in inspiration and know-how, in an exceptional setting that is Paris, recognized as one of the world capitals of design. At this occasion, we offer you some new lines from famous design or decoration houses. By AL & ST
We start our decorative tour with, K三, pronounced as K-3, that recently presented a world premiere of a collection of unique pieces, including handcrafted surfboards, along some lifestyle and home decor collections, during this Fall Paris Design Week 2024. Co-founded by the legendary Japanese designer Kenzo Takada and Jonathan Bouchet Manheim, the luxury homeware brand is actually based in Paris’ 7th arrondissement, where the highly acclaimed showroom is settled. Therefore, those K-3’s creations, steeped in Kenzo Takada’s heritage, are characterized by varied colorful and refined designs (photo credits: AL).
Following the success of the first collection, this Season 2 features the Shogun Blue, Hana Pop, and Tora lines, which all include fabrics, cushions, rugs, and furniture, all united by harmonious palettes. For instance, the two exclusive surfboards, handcrafted from the sacred Sugi wood, are sourced from the Yoshino forests in Japan, showcasing a true commitment to sustainability and traditional craftsmanship. Each of these pieces, adorned with iconic patterns and golden lines, skillfully fuses ancient know-how and modern innovations, transforming functional objects into true works of art.
K三 showroom, 242 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris (France) / Phone : 00 33 (0)1 42 84 22 49. More details on their official website.
We pursue our tour with another Asian inspired Fall-Winter 2024 collection, imagined this time by Compagnie Française de l’Orient et de la Chine. This plural line evokes a luminous landscape, bathed in golden reflections, where numerous lights sparkle on noble materials. A good occasion again to highlight the interior assets of your home, while creating a warm atmosphere. This season, the tableware is mainly expressed through lacquer trays, stylized vases and comfortable sofas, available in soft colors, such as coral, honey and chocolate. Apart from this, embroidered and silk velvet cushions bring a touch of Orient, while the different textures blend together for a fascinating visual effect to contemplate. The Samarcande range in silk velvet offers chocolate and massala shades.
As far as we know, this collection establishes a dialogue between the shiny and the matte parts, but also the smooth and the irregular parts, thus offering an unexpected vibe. Inspired by the Art and Craft and Mingei movements of Japan, a main part of this collection enhances craftsmanship and folk traditions. Each piece, from ceramic tumblers to tea sets, showcases handcraft and celebrates the beauty of those decorated or engraved patterns. This Autumn, the earthy themed colour palette, including chocolate, honey and sepia, infuses each space with a natural warmth. This fall-winter collection showcases Asian artisans, with double-enameled Chinese saucers, as well as Indian wool rugs.
CFOC (Compagnie Française de l’Orient et de la Chine) showroom, 10 Boulevard Raspail, 75007 Paris (France)/ Phone : 00 33 (0)1 42 79 13 15. More details on their official website.
Then, let’s have a look at Lalique’s Spring-Summer 2025 collection, entitled Terra Minerale, that pays a true homage to the deep hues of volcanic lava and all forces of Earth. This collection explores new colors, such as Persepolis blue, which enhances a range of jewelry inspired by the Art Deco style. The Caldera vase, available from summer 2025, and the Magnitude vase, gilded with gold leaves and limited to 250 pieces (for 35,000 euros), are deeply the centerpieces. Thereafter, find some tealight holders, tinted with various colors, reminiscent of saffron and sea salt, complete this series. In addition, don’t miss the Alter Egos collection, born from the collaboration with architect Rudy Ricciotti, which mixes crystal and concrete in a series of vases, including the Edificio model in crystal.
Nonetheless, the Lalique jewelry line is also adorned with a new enchanting purple, notably through the Empreinte Animale bracelet, imbued with some poetry, and even the Larcade collection, in an Art Deco style, imbued with genuine softness. The finely striated crystal captures the light reflects with remarkable elegance. It seems that Larcade pays homage to architectural structures, skillfully mixing glass and metal. A touch of black lacquer sublimates this refined sense of aesthetic. Among the new products, a talismanic pendant celebrating the Year of the Snake, early 2025, is in preparation. Offered in two versions, it would surely embody the symbolic elegance of Lalique, with a taste for Chinese astrology.
Finally, rediscover the 2024 vintage, placed under the theme of Sand, Time and Men, celebrating again Lalique‘s expertise, inherited from the Wingen-sur-Moder factory. The Bacchantes vase (1000 copies), the Mossi vase (500 copies) and the Champs-Élysées cup (pictured below) embody this heritage. These masterpieces, created in accordance with tradition, require up to 18 days of production and the involvement of numerous artisans to sublimate crystal (photo credits: Lalique).
More details on their official website.
Then, for their Fall-Winter 2024-2025 collection, AMPM, as well marked by a sort of optimistic vision and Japanese inspiration, presents a selection of connected universes, where tradition and modernity make one, as well as comfort and sophistication. According to François Bernard, artistic director of the brand, these spaces are not only representations of well-being, but places to live and share, thus celebrating human generosity. The second atmosphere of this collection emphasizes the use of natural materials, such as wood, marble and plant fibers, thus creating a real cocooning environment. One more time, light plays an essential role, enveloping each piece and letting the beauty of those materials express itself.
Therefore, among blond oak, Havana leather and travertine, admire the fruit of this traditional know-how, bringing a rich and tangible sensoriality. Then, the rugs, curtains and seats, carefully woven and knotted, undoubtedly attract your eye and invite to touch them, while softened edges lighten the visible aesthetics of those different volumes. The last theme of the collection highlights luxurious materials, such as velvet, lacquer and acrylic. Indeed, each space becomes a sort of art space, evoking perceptible hues of water, air and greenery. Here, the shine of velvet, the reflections of lacquer and the intensity of acrylic generate fascinating visual and tactile experiences.
More details on their official website.
