12 September 2023
Episode 622
29 minutes
Photo: Jeremy Josselin
We reflect on the opening days of Paris Design Week, where we drop into a showcase at Studio KO, speak to design collective Meet Met Met and talk to designer Pierre Marie.
12 September 2023
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This small gallery north of Le Marais usually showcases contemporary art but they are doing something a bit different for Paris Design Week. Its ‘Machann Pannié’ exhibition is a conversation on basket-weaving between the Caribbean and France.
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Studio KO’s founders, Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty, are expanding the firm’s footprint with a new range of objects, artworks and homeware. The collection, L’oeil de KO, is dedicated to unique handmade pieces made in small batches.
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