Discoveries will happen in the 7 unique interior designs of the Maison&Objet Design Showcase 2025. There, 8 of the most recognised designers in the world will apply their talents and imagination to the design of a dedicated space. They come from Paris, Dubai, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul, each inspired by the unique style and culture of their metropolis, and each expressing the current need for “hybrid functions and usages” in hospitality and residential spaces. Each of the 7 living spaces (lobby, lounges, gardens, homes, bars, etc.) is designed in collaboration with major brands and exceptional craftsmen, who put to music the creative visions of the star interior designers.
The Designers
French designer and scenographer Hubert Le Gall is known for his poetic, sculptural furniture that blends bronze, wood, and glass. Trained as a sculptor, he brings a unique eye and sense of humor to his work, distinguishing him on the international stage. His creations are featured in the permanent collections of major museums and he has completed commissions for the Mobilier National and French embassies worldwide. Honored as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2009) and named Designer of the Year by Maison & Objet (2012), Le Gall is celebrated for his contributions to design. He is also a pioneer of exhibition scenography, known for crafting immersive, narrative experiences for museums.
This design project reimagines a traditional Beijing Siheyuan courtyard home with a Parisian twist. Centered around a serene garden, the design unfolds into five distinct areas: living, dining, lounge, reading, and the garden itself. The spaces reflect a cross-cultural dialogue, blending traditional Chinese heritage with a free-spirited, eclectic French aesthetic.
Each “room” is its own world. Expect an intentional mix of tactile elements, unexpected decor touches, and art-forward accents that nod subtly to Alice in Wonderland’s surreal charm.
A team of collaborators, including a local florist, Elsa Jeandedieu (murals), and Wallpaper Plus (textured walls), brings this layered, playful, and culturally rich design narrative to life.
Alfred Lam – the founder of Studio1618 approaches interior design with the belief that space should reflect how we live and feel. His aesthetic is contemporary yet grounded, focusing on depth over decoration. He works with refined materials, layered textures, and understated tones to create calm, composed interiors that feel both personal and enduring. Each project begins with a deep understanding of the client’s lifestyle and vision. Through a collaborative process of samples, mood boards, and dialogue, we shape environments that feel distinctly theirs. From renovation to full interior transformation, Studio1618 delivers thoughtful, high-calibre design across residential, retail, and commercial spaces.
This design project reimagines a traditional Beijing Siheyuan courtyard home with a Parisian twist. Centered around a serene garden, the design unfolds into five distinct areas: living, dining, lounge, reading, and the garden itself. The spaces reflect a cross-cultural dialogue, blending traditional Chinese heritage with a free-spirited, eclectic French aesthetic.
Each “room” is its own world. Expect an intentional mix of tactile elements, unexpected decor touches, and art-forward accents that nod subtly to Alice in Wonderland’s surreal charm.
A team of collaborators, including a local florist, Elsa Jeandedieu (murals), and Wallpaper Plus (textured walls), brings this layered, playful, and culturally rich design narrative to life.
Following the merger of Mobilier National and Cité de la Céramique, Les Manufactures Nationales was created in Jan. 2025 to promote French craftsmanship excellence. Mobilier National, a key player in contemporary creation, has perpetuated craftsmanship and design for over four centuries. Its mission is to preserve exceptional collections and support innovation to promote France worldwide.
In keeping with Mobilier National's historic mission, the Salon's first edition proposes the ambitious theme: "The Embassy of Tomorrow." Participants reinterpret emblematic spaces (bedrooms, living rooms, offices, etc.) using sustainable materials and contemporary innovations.
Paul Bonlarron, a designer trained at ENSCI-Les Ateliers, explores ornamentation, a profusion of colors, and the poetry of shapes in his creations. Winner of the Mobilier National Design Parade Toulon 2022 award, his work draws on the history of decorative arts-particularly rocaille and secret cabinets - which he reinterprets using contemporary materials and bold conceptual approaches. Works such as The Cabinet of Mirages and the scenography The Secret Garden of Bleu Chardo) reflect his taste for changing textures, optical illusions, and spatial narration. By playing with perspectives and reflections, Paul Bonlarron invites us to contemplate objects and spaces as living settings, where the viewer becomes a wanderer, an actor in intimate theaters imbued with dreaminess, fantasy, and mystery.
Patrizia Moroso is the art director of Moroso S.p.a., a family business producing sofas, armchairs and furnishing accessories. She joined the management team in the mid-Eighties and in just a few years transformed the firm into a leading international design brand. Endowed with an outstanding creative and innovatory spirit, Patrizia has an innate, insatiable interest in all forms of art, which drives her ahead of her time. A self-assured talent scout, she enjoys working with unconventionality and in teams. While creating a fusion of technology and hand-crafting, over the past twenty years Patrizia Moroso has built up a collection of iconic designs with a coherent hallmark but uniquely reflecting different latitudes and local cultures.
Moroso presents Resonant Landscapes, an installation curated by Patrizia Moroso and dedicated to the Pebble Rubble collection by Front Design. Here, design transcends function to become an experience of empathy and connection. Inspired by the slow, organic rhythms of nature, Pebble Rubble transforms the textures and shapes of rocks, moss, and forest ground into sculptural, modular forms that invite the body to rest and the senses to awaken. Developed through 3D scans of natural surfaces and wrapped in exclusive Kvadrat Febrik textiles, each piece embodies the tactile memory of the living world. In this poetic landscape, matter becomes emotional resonance, soft, grounded, and alive, where the act of sitting turns into an encounter with nature’s enduring calm.
Kristina Zanic has built a distinguished 35-year career as an international designer, with projects in over 20 countries. At 26, she founded DWP, growing it into a multinational firm, and in 2012 launched her Dubai-based studio, now an award-winning consultancy with 200 staff across Dubai, London, Riyadh, Bangkok, and the Philippines. Specializing in bespoke hospitality, dining, wellness, and residential interiors, Kristina and her team have collaborated with leading developers, global brands, and VIP clients across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Named #1 Hospitality Designer in the Middle East in 2023, her work reflects a passion for travel, art, and culture, alongside mentoring the next generation of designers.
Kristina Zanic Consultants presents Beyond Majlis — a futuristic take on the traditional Majlis, the gathering space found in homes across the Middle East that fosters hospitality, conversation, and connection.
Part of a collective installation highlighting six design capitals from around the world, Beyond Majlis represents Dubai’s design identity within a global context. It reimagines the Majlis not just as a physical setting, but as an immersive experience where tradition and technology converge. Grounded in cultural heritage, it reflects how social spaces are evolving in response to new ways of living and connecting.
Beyond Majlis reflects Dubai’s evolving identity — a meeting point of heritage and progress. It honours the enduring tradition of the Majlis while imagining how these spaces might adapt in the years ahead.
Aparna Kaushik, founder of Aparna Kaushik Design Group, is a leading architect in ultra-luxury residential design in India. Her work blends classical proportion with contemporary living, drawing inspiration from Greco-Roman, Mughal, and French Renaissance styles to create timeless, human-centric spaces. Her Delhi-based studio offers a multidisciplinary approach, handling architecture, interiors, and furniture design to ensure a seamless process. At the core of her philosophy is a deep respect for both context and client, to create what she calls legacies. For Aparna, design is not spectacle. It is a quiet, confident pursuit of meaning—spaces that nurture, inspire, and endure.
Inspired by the measured grandeur of New Delhi, this design project reinterprets the city’s architectural legacy. The curated lounge draws inspiration from iconic buildings like Parliament House and Rashtrapati Bhawan, which boldly merge European geometry with Mughal and Indo-Saracenic craftsmanship. The lounge is a contemporary space that embodies this architectural duality. The design concept uses Indian heritage not as a style, but as a way of thinking—symmetrical, layered, and crafted. The spatial layout subtly incorporates Mughal planning logic, while a material palette of hand-carved stone and woven carpets speaks to India’s living craft traditions. The space is a sequence of distinct zones for lounging, reading, and social gathering, orchestrated along an axis of symmetry to feel both expansive and intimate. This project is a pursuit of cultural clarity, where every detail is purposeful. It’s a space that evolves from heritage with quiet confidence, proving that Indian design, when grounded in its origins, resonates effortlessly with a global audience.
Wu Bin, the founder of W.DESIGN and a renowned designer, has extensive experience in interior, architectural, and product design spanning over 20 years. He is known for pioneering the " Modern Orientalism " design language. Wu Bin was honored with "Designer of the Year" award at the 24th Andrew Martin International Interior Design Awards, becoming the first designer from mainland China to receive this accolade. With a focus on Eastern culture, W.DESIGN embodies "Modern Orientalism" design philosophy, merging culture, time, and mystery. Embracing innovation, W.DESIGN breaks traditional boundaries, shaping the future of design with visionary ideas.
Hybridization: Garden Wanderings offers a moment of softness within the hardness of modern urban life — a subtle incision in the momentum of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Though shaped by speed and vertical ambition, both cities still harbor unmeasured interludes: a corridor to linger in, a sudden burst of greenery, an afternoon of solitary calm.
The installation creates a sensory journey. As you enter, a dim, textured path with warm flooring, charred bark, and the scent of dried spices guides you. Layers of light, sound, and shadow blur the lines between inside and out and outdoors, creating a dreamlike dérive.
It becomes a “Garden of Memory,” where walking recalls fragments of resonance tied to Shanghai and Hong Kong. There are no prescribed paths—just like real city life, which is shaped by chance and divergence. In this gentle ambiguity, visitors are invited to slow down and listen inward. Perhaps a single turn, a soft light, is enough to remind you: you are in the city—and listening to yourself.
Born in Hong Kong, Steve Leung is an internationally acclaimed architect, interior, and product designer with over 40 years of experience. Inspired by Asian culture, his work is known for a contemporary style that has earned global recognition. Since founding his practice in 1987, he has guided SLD to become a leading design firm with an international vision rooted in China.
His philosophy balances tradition and modernity, reflecting a deep understanding of culture, lifestyle, and the evolving role of design.In 2022, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the HKSAR Government for his significant contributions to the design industry.
The pavilion "Connect" is an immersive art space centered around the concept of bamboo, conceived by internationally renowned architect, interior and product designer Steve Leung, along with his design team. In the context of Eastern culture, bamboo symbolizes the spirit of a gentleman and carries the aesthetic ideals of Chinese literati as well as the local memories of Hong Kong. "Connect" uses bamboo as a medium to create a spiritual realm that transcends time and culture. It is not only a contemporary translation of traditional craftsmanship but also as a profound dialogue between Eastern aesthetics and modern design. From the interplay of void and solid in the bamboo scaffold, to the rhythmic regeneration of bamboo weaving art, from the juxtaposition of material contrasts to the poetic narrative of intertwined light and shadow—every detail echoes the Eastern philosophy of "humility and integrity”, showcasing the infinite possibilities of bamboo in future design.
As founder and creative director of Eastern Edition, Seoul-based Teo Yang established his practice rooted in contemporary expressions of tradition, reinterpreting Korean aesthetics through a modern lens after honing his craft abroad in Europe.
His design philosophy is rooted in the theme of contemporary expressions of tradition and locality, seeking to reimagine the essence of Korean aesthetics through a modern lens. He continues to explore Korean heritage through contemporary furniture, blending sensibility, utility, and cultural narrative.
Hong Kong has always been a city of longing for Koreans. From the influx of foreign culture during the Qing dynasty to the emotions that filled the screens and music of the 1980s and 1990s, its traces have entered our lives in different ways across generations. This exhibition brings those personal memories and affections into the form of a library. Posters, music, film scenes, and collected objects are arranged like books on shelves, where personal taste becomes collective memory, and private collections expand into a public archive. This library is not simply a record, but a cultural portrait that reconstructs the emotions Koreans have carried for Hong Kong. In Korea, the library was more than a place for reading; it was also where people were received, conversations exchanged, and reflections shared. Continuing that tradition, this exhibition’s library invites visitors to enter as if stepping into someone’s study, to share dialogue and contemplation. Here, past and present, Korea and Hong Kong, respond to one another, and we hope the two cities will continue to inspire and connect with each other.
The Partners
