Last minute: 10 gifts to give to a design addict
Tableware, decorative objects or beautiful specialized books: our 10 last-minute favorites to offer to design lovers.
Looking for original pieces, just to vary the endless beige sandstone plates? Organic and tortured, the sublime creations of ceramist Suzy Lapierre d'Argie evoke the poetic irregularity of rock and natural elements.
After investing in the very closed circle of high natural perfumery with deserved success, the house founded by Baptiste Bouygues and his mother Marie-Lise Jonak presents its superb scented candles.
A beautiful rechargeable object cast in Grasse and made of delicate hand-shaped porcelain, available in 5 addictive and solar-powered 100% natural fragrances.
185 euros, recharge 85 euros
Looking for colorful objects that celebrate traditional craftsmanship?
We love these unique pieces in hand-blown glass, baptized with vegetable names and imagined by Boris de Beijer for the brilliant digital platform created by Pauline Vincent.
Statement pieces that warm up the winter season thanks to their bright colors, table jewels to accumulate at will.
Geometric and unconventional, the creations of the Japanese artist Tomonari Hashimoto elevate ceramics to the rank of a work of art.
Designed by accumulating clay that has never been cut, they are saturated with metal oxides then baked again and carbonized in order to bring out the character of the metals on their surface, giving them their multicolored reflections that evoke semi-precious stones.
Want a piece of furniture that has not been seen and reviewed on Instagram?
Treat yourself to this sublime Couture table in black or white marble and polished brass, a limited edition of just ten pieces that lives up to its name.
An unstructured masterpiece imagined by the talented designer Hervé Langlais, available at the Galerie Negropontes known to amateurs for its flawless selection.
To stimulate your imagination and fill up on inspiration, leaf through this ode to the Art Deco current published in October by Editions Assouline.
300 pages that celebrate this inimitable style born in France during the interwar period which extended its aesthetic to all spheres of society, from architecture to furniture, including advertising and fashion.
Art Deco Style at Assouline Editions, 95 euros
Designed in recycled fibers whose outstanding resistance allows outdoor use, the Silhouette rugs imagined by the Spanish designer Jaime Hayón highlight the meticulous technique of kilim hand weaving.
Colorful and gently hallucinogenic creations that echo childhood, covered with naive faces whose shapes vary according to angles and perspectives.
Silhouette Rug by Jaime Hayon for Nanimarquina, available at the Conran Shop
Matt and raw, the imposing vases of New York ceramist Whitney Bender celebrate the beauty and diversity of feminine curves.
Blow of heart assured for its XXL pieces which are enough to dress the interior with or without flowers in their breasts.
Minimalist must-haves with an irregularly textured surface, worked in mineral or terracotta shades.
Form Vase #11 by Whitney Bender
Cults since their launch in 2006, the Clay Series by Dutch designer Maarten Baas is one of the design goals of any enthusiast of the genre.
Highly colored and modeled in metal, these unique pieces with irregular designs mimic terracotta in a stunning way, as their name suggests.
A clever trompe-l'oeil made entirely by hand without any mold being used, which skilfully blurs the tracks and the perception of the spectator
Willing to break your PEL to sublimate your interior?
Whether they feature strings of light or accumulations of textured glass beads, the handmade fixtures created by design prodigy Mathieu Lehanneur have everyone on board.
Massive pieces with poetic elegance born of an incomparable know-how, Cornelian choices more beautiful than the others.
