design [r]evolution exhibition at designer’s days paris 2013

design revolution exhibition at designer’s day paris 2013image © arro studio

the design [r]evolution exhibition opened to the public at the french musee des arts et metiers on june 4th, as part of the designer’s days program in paris. welcoming 1500 to 1800 visitors each day, the show runs through this weekend to sunday, june 16th.

over 14 international designers were invited to display their works in the 6000m2 space of the 200-year old institution, located in the heart of paris. curated by elodie palasse-leroux, selected designers include arlen & ludovic roth of arro studio (FR), who are also responsible for conceiving the graphic language for the show; yves béhar (USA / CH); claudia caviezel (CH); atelier cocorico (FR); stefan holm (SE); mathieu lehanneur (FR); kiki van eijk (NL) to name a few. see a full listing of the participants and the products they are presenting in the exhibition on designboom here.

the historic venue offers a rich backdrop for the contemporary objects, all of which are being shown for the first time in france. rather than develop an exclusive exhibition space for design [r]evolution, each of the works have been positioned amongst the artifacts of the cultural institution’s permanent collection, juxtaposed against devices of a bygone era, as a means of highlighting the technological and manufacturing developments of our time.

installation view of marc thorpe‘s ‘blur sofa’ for moroso and arro studio‘s ‘maria’ lamps for dix heures diximage © arro studio

up close of marc thorpe’s ‘blur sofa’ for moroso positioned in the main lobby of the churchimage © arro studio

färg & blanche‘s ‘F-A-B’ and succession collection of chairs, as well as ‘EMMA’ for gärnas at the base of the main staircase on the first floorimage © arro studio

view of färg & blanche’s furniture from the second floorimage © arro studio

fabrice berux‘s ‘K2’ floor lamp for dix heures dixleft: image © arro studioright: image © stephane laniray

installation view of fabrice berux’s ‘K2’ lamp at the top of the main stairs

installation view of mathieu lehanneur‘s ‘isaac & graham’ emergency phoneimage © arro studio

mathieu lehanneur’s ‘isaac & graham’ emergency phone with staffan holm‘s ‘SPIN’ stool for swedeseimage © arro studio

staffan holm’s ‘SPIN’ stool images © stephane laniraysee more about this project on designboom here

alain gilles’s ‘nomad lamp’ for o’sunimage © stephane laniraysee more about this project on designboom here

adrian rovero‘s ‘capra’ bench for A-C-E in the foreground, with kiki van eijk‘s ‘matrice’ crystal lamps and staffan holm’s ‘d’albe’ stool and färg & blanche’s ‘succession’ stool

kiki van eijk’s ‘matrice lamp for cristalleries saint-louisimage © stephane laniray