TOP PICKS PARIS DESIGN WEEK 2025 | Chapelle Projects

Our top picks from Paris Design Week 2025 prove that the future of design is personal, poetic, and proudly experimental. Throughout Paris, from hidden courtyards to elegant showrooms, a new generation of designers offered bold ideas that pushed past traditional boundaries. Moreover, this year’s standout exhibitions, selected by Chapelle Projects, blurred the lines between art, craft, and storytelling.

Launched in 2011, Paris Design Week has become an unmissable event for both design professionals and curious newcomers. It’s a city-wide celebration of furniture, objects, and spaces that speak to how we live now. The 2025 edition was especially rich with creative risk-taking — and these are the installations and studios we can’t stop thinking about.

Habiter Poétiquement

Curated by Anne Sirot
14 bis, rue Coëtlogon, Paris 6e
September 4–13, 2025

One of our top picks from Paris Design Week was Habiter Poétiquement, a quiet and emotional exploration of how we live. Curator Anne Sirot created a space that feels like a sanctuary, celebrating the idea that a home is more than walls and furniture. It’s a living, breathing part of our lives.

Inspired by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi (the beauty of imperfection), the exhibition featured works in ceramic, wood, oil, and brass. Artists like Anne Rodeno, Christian Chang, and Thomas Morineau Barthélémy crafted objects that felt both ancient and modern — simple, but deeply moving. Every piece invited visitors to slow down, look closely, and feel.

Design of Collection & Contemporary Research — Paris Design Factory

Curated by Jean‑Baptiste Anotin & Thibault Huguet (Meet Met Met)
Espace Commines, 17 rue Commines, Paris 3e
September 4–8, 2025

Another top pick from Paris Design Week was this experimental, future-forward showcase curated by the Meet Met Met collective. Two names stood out from the crowd: Lucie Gholam and Studio CoPain.

Meanwhile, Lucie Gholam presented delicate, haunting furniture made from broken ceramics, glass, and plaster. Inspired by the idea of “hyper-ruins,” her pieces feel like poetic puzzles that are fragile yet full of history.

Studio CoPain, a trio of French designers, used sourdough bread as their main material. Yes, bread. Their Croûte que Croûte collection transforms loaves into sculptural furniture, mixing food, storytelling, and design in a way that’s totally unexpected and surprisingly emotional.

Together, these projects turned everyday materials into something magical, making this one of the most original stops on our list of top picks from Paris Design Week.

Plastic Glamping: Marianna Ladreyt

Hôtel d’Albret, 31 rue des Francs Bourgeois, Paris 4e
September 4–13, 2025

Playful and thought-provoking, Plastic Glamping was undoubtedly one of the most talked about installations. Moreover, it stood out as one of our clear top picks from Paris Design Week. In this imaginative piece, designer Marianna Ladreyt built a full-size glamping tent using old pool floats and discarded plastic buoys. Inside, visitors discovered a soft bed, a vintage radio, and even a cooler. In other words, it offered everything needed for a dreamy, eco-conscious escape.

Additionally, Ladreyt invited guests to become “plastic hunters,” reminding us of the environmental cost behind our comfort. Her tent was a recycled fantasy, colorful, cozy, and full of purpose.

Colorscape: Victoria Wilmotte

Victoria Wilmotte Showroom, 38 rue Madame, Paris 6e
Open from September 4 through autumn 2025

If you love bold shapes and rich materials, Colorscape by Victoria Wilmotte is a must-see. This solo showcase brought together self-produced furniture pieces made of Murano glass, colored marble, and textured steel.

Wilmotte mixes clean geometry with dramatic color to create work that’s both sophisticated and fun. Inspired by the Memphis design movement and brutalist architecture, her pieces feel fresh and timeless all at once. Without a doubt, this showroom earned its spot among our top picks from Paris Design Week.

Final Thoughts

Ultimately, these top picks from Paris Design Week 2025 show that design today isn’t just about how things look. It’s also about how they feel, where they come from, and what stories they tell. From reused materials to surreal ideas, each project offered a fresh and meaningful way to see the world around us. In short, this year’s exhibitions proved that thoughtful design can challenge habits, spark emotion, and shift perspective.

Whether you’re a collector, a curious visitor, or just a design lover looking for inspiration, this year’s Chapelle Projects were unforgettable. Paris once again proved why it’s a global capital of creativity.