Paris Design Week 2025: Top Innovations & Highlights

From the July Column and its gilded winged Spirit of Liberty to the Place de la Bastille and the embellished halls of Hôtel de la Marine, Paris was alight with fresh new design concepts this month.

Paris Design Week, which includes the Maison&Objet design fair, opened up to an international public Sept. 4 and closed Sept. 13, under the aegis of the theme of regeneration.

Despite the ongoing geopolitical malaise and France’s political and economic turmoil, organizers were confident Paris’ design community has enduring strength amid tough times.

“By injecting innovation, energy, creativity, and a touch of the exceptional, we have provided professionals, both distributors and specifiers, with the opportunity to discover new offerings and generate real business momentum,” said Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week executive board president Philippe Delhomme.

WWD compiled a list of standout designs and presentations throughout the city:

The Chandelier Reimagined by Controvento for Baccarat

Baccarat’s iconic Zénith chandelier has been reimagined by the Controvento collective, which has also created designs for luxury houses like Fendi Casa. Founded in Amsterdam in 2022, the collective was established by Verdiana Vannini and Gabriele Chiave.

Chiave said that Zénith Nomade was born from a vision rooted in taking the chandelier down from the ceiling and hanging it on a tree branch, as an alternative way to enhance moonlit dining and everyday living.

“I think it’s exciting because it’s difficult to work with such amazing crafts and historic companies like this and the challenge lies in how to make them relevant today. And that’s what we are trying to do,”  Chiave told WWD.

Max Fouchy for Poush

Since its inception in 2020, Poush, an incubator that represents a selection of 270 established and emerging artists, has been at the forefront of experimental design. This season, the collective invited creators, artists and curators from all backgrounds to take over the Coupole, within its Aubervilliers site, on the occasion of Paris Design Week. A group design exhibition curated by its director Yvannoé Kruger featured the rare work of Max Fouchy, a glass artist who specializes in elegant figures crafted by incorporating melted candles.

Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau’s ‘Labyrinth‘

As part of Paris Design Week 2025, designer Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau took over the Hôtel de la Marine with a project titled “The Labyrinth.” The French designer created a journey overlooking the 18th century square, Place de la Concorde. The installation, which was outfitted with luxurious fabric curtains made with Dedar textiles, showcased 10 pieces including sculptures, a sofa designed and created by French fabric specialists Phelippeau Tapissier and a throne by heritage, family-run firm Philippe Hurel. The labyrinth was constructed using Mariaflora fabric.

Keimfleck’s Zodiac Table

Shanghai furniture and accessories design studio Keimfleck made its Paris Design Week debut with artful pieces that called to mind the principles of Chinese philosophy.

Founded from a cross-disciplinary background in anthropology and architectural design by Chengyi Qian and Suzhi Xu, Keimfleck said it operates at the intersection of material research, socio-cultural memory, and esoteric structure. The studio creates furniture and wearable objects that incorporate East Asian cultural memory through the lens of contemporary design.

Officially selected to present its latest collection at the debut edition of the Maison&Objet Design District, the firm showed pieces such as the Zodiac table, made of glass, wood and acrylic. Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophical and religious tradition rooted in living in harmony with the cosmic Dao force, is imbued into its artistic pieces.

Thierry Lemaire’s Mineral Origins

At his gallery in the center of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Thierry Lemaire, who also designs for Fendi Casa, unfurled his Mineral Origins exhibition. Lemaire said he drew inspiration from his recent trip to Mexico. The modernist architecture of Luis Barragán, the geometric rigor of the Church of the Resurrection in Bosque de las Lomas, the lush natural landscape, and Mexico’s rich mineral heritage lie at the heart of the creative process behind each of these new pieces.

At the center of the collection, onyx was mixed with white and titanium travertine, revealing raw, sculptural lines. Lemaire introduced two new versions of the its Yaba coffee table in seafoam green and amber onyx.

Nathalie Du Pasquier  for Mutina

Italian ceramics firm Mutina presented Coppie di Fatto, the second collection designed by Nathalie Du Pasquier, one of the founding members of Ettore Sottsass‘ Memphis movement. At the Marais district’s Librairie Yvon Lambert, Du Pasquier  cut the ribbon on an installation of new vases alongside her well known Paesaggi collection.

The Editions will remain available for purchase at the bookshop even after the exhibition ends Oct. 5. The artist envisioned a series of handmade ceramic objects made from a traditional potter’s wheel technique, resulting in a versatile array of vases that turn into bowls, containers that can be flipped and take on different functions depending on how they’re positioned.

Fleur Delesalle’s Harmonious Living

Fleur Delesalle’s work injects freshness, finesse and lightness into the home.

After training at the Chelsea College of Art in London and the Esag Penninghen in Paris, Delesalle went to work for Paris-based designer India Mahdavi, who inspired her to create interiors where architecture and design combine to reveal the potential of each space.

Rooted in French elegance and savoir faire, she unveiled new designs with natural hues and luxury accents. Her collection this season included an extra-large mirror, a long console, and a round side table.