Pattern Makes a Comeback at Maison & Objet Fall 2023
The What’s New space at the recent design fair showcased geometric, floral, animal and other morifs on tap for 2024
Pattern returned in force to the recent Maison & Objet, illustrating the Paris trade fair’s Enjoy theme. Many of the booths relied on patterns to captivate, and trend watcher Elizabeth Leriche devoted her What’s New exhibit, The Pattern Factory, to the topic. “Since COVID, the context in which we have been living has been so difficult that I now feel a very strong appetite for fantasy. Immersive, even hypnotic, pattern allows us to have fun,” she told Houzz France. “We live with patterns — they’re with us all the time because they’re everywhere, from the most modest object or textile to the most sophisticated composition.” The key is knowing how to choose and arrange them.
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1. Urban Graphic
These patterns are inspired by architecture (Bauhaus, Memphis) and optical art (op art). Hypnotic stripes energized the space, combined with a palette of blue, green and red.
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1. Urban Graphic
These patterns are inspired by architecture (Bauhaus, Memphis) and optical art (op art). Hypnotic stripes energized the space, combined with a palette of blue, green and red.
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2. Floral Pop
This lively and fanciful universe combines flowers, stripes and checks. “We find the invigorating aspect of the ‘70s in Margaux Keller’s wallpaper,” Leriche said.
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2. Floral Pop
This lively and fanciful universe combines flowers, stripes and checks. “We find the invigorating aspect of the ‘70s in Margaux Keller’s wallpaper,” Leriche said.
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3. Ethnic Chic
This exploration of world cultures, between Africa and Asia, combines totemic forms, primary motifs and a wild bestiary. A leopard pattern covered the floor. “It’s never been out of the spotlight since Napoleon,” Leriche said.
3. Ethnic Chic
This exploration of world cultures, between Africa and Asia, combines totemic forms, primary motifs and a wild bestiary. A leopard pattern covered the floor. “It’s never been out of the spotlight since Napoleon,” Leriche said.
Photo from Aethion
4. Eden Garden
This grouping consists of a lush jungle mix of palm trees and unusual fauna, with geometrically patterned weaves and trellises.
Luc Deflandre’s Ballauff design is hand-painted with gold leaf inserts.
4. Eden Garden
This grouping consists of a lush jungle mix of palm trees and unusual fauna, with geometrically patterned weaves and trellises.
Luc Deflandre’s Ballauff design is hand-painted with gold leaf inserts.
Photo from Aethion
5. Arty ‘70s
The expressionist composition, based on free-form shapes, combines brushstrokes with stylized geometric forms. “My inspiration came from Pierre Frey’s Arty fabric, which covers the Togo sofa,” Leriche said. She combined it with CC-Tapis carpet.
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5. Arty ‘70s
The expressionist composition, based on free-form shapes, combines brushstrokes with stylized geometric forms. “My inspiration came from Pierre Frey’s Arty fabric, which covers the Togo sofa,” Leriche said. She combined it with CC-Tapis carpet.
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Creation by Adrien Testard for Moismont at The Pattern Factory
Leriche’s favorite patterns were those she installed in the center of the space: the pop motifs of Mapoésie Paris hemmed into the ceiling, the block print and Japanese shibori patterns framing the space and, her favorite, the latest textile pattern from designer Adrien Testard. The framed print, made in India, depicts a streamlined bottle dotted with several flat tints of purple and khaki (photo), a duo of hues particularly in evidence at the show.
The artistic director of the Moismont textile brand told us his inspiration for creating it, exposing the sensibility behind each motif. “I draw inspiration from my life. This one evokes the purple of artichokes and Granny’s cabin in Nantes. She left her house, and to create this bottle motif, I thought of the objects that defined her, like perfume bottles,” Testard said.
Leriche’s favorite patterns were those she installed in the center of the space: the pop motifs of Mapoésie Paris hemmed into the ceiling, the block print and Japanese shibori patterns framing the space and, her favorite, the latest textile pattern from designer Adrien Testard. The framed print, made in India, depicts a streamlined bottle dotted with several flat tints of purple and khaki (photo), a duo of hues particularly in evidence at the show.
The artistic director of the Moismont textile brand told us his inspiration for creating it, exposing the sensibility behind each motif. “I draw inspiration from my life. This one evokes the purple of artichokes and Granny’s cabin in Nantes. She left her house, and to create this bottle motif, I thought of the objects that defined her, like perfume bottles,” Testard said.
Mapoésie Paris fabrics in The Pattern Factory installation. Photo from Aethion
Don’t know how to use patterns? You can relax. The trend is toward experimentation as long as there is accumulation. “The use of patterns is being reinvented. Assembled, mixed and juxtaposed, patterns celebrate life and optimism in a joyful mix-and-match,” Leriche said.
When it comes to patterns, the key is passion and boldness. Be authentic, unleash your creativity, dare to use patterns that speak to you, and invite your visitors to dream, just as Pattern Factory plunged us into an enchanted universe during our visit to Maison & Objet.
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Don’t know how to use patterns? You can relax. The trend is toward experimentation as long as there is accumulation. “The use of patterns is being reinvented. Assembled, mixed and juxtaposed, patterns celebrate life and optimism in a joyful mix-and-match,” Leriche said.
When it comes to patterns, the key is passion and boldness. Be authentic, unleash your creativity, dare to use patterns that speak to you, and invite your visitors to dream, just as Pattern Factory plunged us into an enchanted universe during our visit to Maison & Objet.
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Pattern affirms a desire for artistic and creative personalization. It is one of the foundations of decorative art. “Patterns share with art the representation of reality and life,” Leriche said. Pattern saturates the visual space and brightens our interiors. It is the mirror of our desires, of our wonder, of our imagination.
The Pattern Factory space revealed itself to visitors to the show, flashy and hypnotic, like a 1970s interior. Inside were five alcoves, five distinct pattern worlds, staged by the trend watcher like the hottest designs of the moment.
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