Trend Spotting: 15 Best Finds from Maison et Objet 2015 - Gardenista
Our favorites from the most recent Maison et Objet, Paris’ pre-eminent design trade show: stylish new (or re-imagined) furniture and accessories for the spring garden. The Tradewinds Cult Veg-a-tainer Planter, a raised bed made of galvanized steel and wood. The lightweight Urban Mineral Pot from Cotta d’Arte is available in shades of white, dark gray, and brown. French design studio Bacsac maker of our favorite weightless garden pots is adding new colors to the line this spring including... ...Avocado Asphalt and Cerise Bacsac also is offering a new pair of adjustable straps to hang window boxes and planters from railings British exterior design manufacturer Garden Trading exhibited ribbed zinc-plated steel planters. Belgian designer D&M Depot debuted a new plug-and-play modular vertical garden wall kit (which comes with its own irrigation system). Exhibitors were faux forward, with eerily lifelike cacti from UK design house Abigail Ahern drawing a crowd around the exhibitor’s booth. A vintage-style brass sprinkler with a rotating head, via Belgian company Tradewinds. Above L: Most genius hose storage solution ever? Designed by Annick Lestrohan for Serax, the Honore Chaise is €1,089 from Fonq. From Belgian glassmaker Henry Dean, a plastic version of the studio’s iconic outdoor stool, available in black or white (as well as a range of rainbow colors). Swedish design house Eco Furn is offering a traditional Nordic Lounge Chair made of wood and rope and available in three colors (weathered gray, natural, and brown). The AA Airborne Butterfly Chair, reimagined. The Rue du Bac Gris Teak Chair is $340 from Les Toiles du Soleil. A Hanging Ball Chair made of rattan is part of Norwegian design house HK Living’s new collection “inspired by the past, but given an eclectic and contemporary twist.