Historic design, contemporary creativity and artist jewellery come together at L’hôtel de Maisons, where the fourth edition of Design Miami Paris invites visitors to explore different eras through their objects.
Paris has a distinctive way of bringing different eras together under one roof. At L’hôtel de Maisons, an eighteenth-century mansion in Faubourg Saint-Germain, modern design and contemporary experimentation find a setting steeped in history. From 20 to 25 October 2026, coinciding with Art Basel Paris, more than twenty international galleries form a journey that extends from its salons to the gardens.
French heritage takes a prominent place. Galerie Mitterrand brings together works by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, whose figures introduce an imaginative presence into domestic spaces. Laffanour | Galerie Downtown revisits names such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, while Galerie Maxime Flatry explores French modernism of the 1930s. Their presentations evoke an era when architecture and the decorative arts shared a desire to transform everyday life.
Contemporary creativity continues this exploration. At Galerie SCENE OUVERTE, a sofa conceived around a tapestry, a Murano glass lamp and furniture in nickel silver reveal how materials can change our perception of the familiar. Nordic sensibility offers another perspective: Modernity presents pieces by Frits Henningsen, Josef Frank and Otto Schulz, while Louise Hederström’s carpet September translates the forms of the forest into a textile language.
Jewellery brings this journey closer to the body. Galerie MiniMasterpiece presents wooden necklaces by Luis Quesada that have never previously been exhibited in France. In Elisabetta Cipriani’s presentation, Sheila Hicks translates the colours and textures of her sculptures into wearable pieces. Alongside them, Liens d’Amour, Sophia Vari’s final necklace, combines ebony, coral and gold in a form designed to move with the body.
Memories of home also emerge in NILUFAR’s selection. The Spring Fountain 2 lamp by Von Pelt Atelier reinterprets, in silver-plated metal and Murano glass, the decorative objects once found in so many Spanish homes. Galleria Rossella Colombari, meanwhile, evokes the Italian interior through works by Angelo Lelii and Ico Parisi.
In the gardens, Design at Large expands the scale. Jean Prouvé’s Maison Démontable 6×6 recalls the social potential of industrialised architecture. A bench by Pierre Renart traces a continuous line of wood that invites conversation, while Irene Cattaneo’s bronze swings, inspired by Effi Briest, lend permanence to an image of childhood.
This attention to experience continues in Designers of Tomorrow, the initiative by Apple and Design Miami that, under the theme Design for Presence, explores how design can help us slow down and connect. In this historic Parisian residence, objects preserve the traces of their time and invite us to give them a little of our own.
