Past reveals Future: a revisited memory

Here, furniture draws from its roots in order to rise anew. At the crossroads of tangible materials and contemporary form, new fields of expression emerge. Furnishings are no longer a mere succession of pieces: they look towards the future, continuing a tradition of knowledge, craft, and memory.

Touching a noble material, imagining the mastery of exceptional craftsmanship behind an exhibited piece, thinking of responsible innovation…
Maison&Objet celebrates excellence, connects, supports, reveals, inspires, and invites us to feel through a thoughtfully curated programme.

On site, four trends embody this meaningful theme and punctuate the visitor’s journey.
They are called Metamorphosis, Mutation, Revisited Baroque, and Neo-Folklore.

METAMORPHOSIS

With Metamorphosis, nothing is discarded, everything is transformed. Driven by a global upcycling momentum, objects change shape, function, and meaning in 2026. The figure of the creator reimagines daily discards, elevating them to create new totemic objects.

MUTATION 

Another fundamental trend, Mutation marks the fair with its hybridisations of new materials and forms. The organic meets ancestral gestures and innovative techniques. Poetry unfolds, leaving a special place for creative fragility. Humanity finds its voice.

REVISITED BAROQUE

Baroque is back, but revisited! Carried by a new generation of artisans who challenge conventions and evolve craftsmanship towards a more contemporary approach, it leans towards a refined vision and theatricality. Unique objects, limited editions, become true collectibles. The Curatio space designed by Thomas Hartman illustrates this dialogue between past and modernity.

NEO-FOLKLORE 

Finally, the Neo-Folklore style celebrates local stories and refreshes them for today’s tastes. Ancestral know-how blends with 3D printing, new materials, and digital fabrication. Fantasy is allowed, even encouraged.

Highly anticipated at every edition as key guides to the offer, the What’s New? spaces each express these four unifying trends of the Past Reveals Future theme in their own way.

The What’s New? In Decor, imagined by Elizabeth Leriche, invites visitors on a journey through time, embodied in a space that balances tradition and experimentation. Historical style is hybridised in an immersive scenography.
Interior architect Rudy Guénaire, for his part, shares for the first time his vision of hospitality’s future through What’s New? In Hospitality.
And François Delclaux, with his paleo-futuristic approach to physical and digital retail, conceives the What’s New? In Retail space as a sensory customer experience where materiality takes centre stage.