Dezeen promotion: Parisian galleries, showrooms and boutiques will open their doors for Paris Design Week from 9-18 September.
The 10-day event will host exhibitions, workshops and discussions surrounding a range of design disciplines, including fashion, homeware and interiors.
This year the event has adopted the same theme as the biannual Parisian interior design show Maison & Objet ? "desirable development".
The show will aim to explore objects that represent designers' visions of what makes a desirable lifestyle in light of the changes the coronavirus pandemic has brought.
The Frugal exhibition showcases designs from over 40 designers including this bamboo lamp by Samy Rio
Although Maison & Objet was a digital event in 2020, it will return physically this year from 9-13 September, and like Paris Design Week which was an in-person event in 2020, it will exhibit previously unseen collections from across the globe. "Rising talents and iconic design brands, young graduates and museum institutions, freshly launched design houses, artisans and designer-makers with inspired and inspiring hands will all flock to Paris to invent and showcase their vision of a desirable lifestyle," said the organisers.
"A lifestyle that is in harmony with nature, that leverages technology to bring people together ? sometimes virtually ? whilst drawing on traditional expertise that is handed down from generation to generation, bearing witness to the passing of time...