Discover Highlights from Matter & Shape 2026

The fashion crowd is descending on Paris for another Fashion Week, joining the global design cognoscenti who are gathering at the Jardin des Tuileries for the third edition of Matter and Shape. The business-focused fair, led by Matthieu Pinet with creative direction by Dan Thawley, has returned with a salon-style platform dedicated to emerging perspectives across industrial design, interiors, fashion, and the decorative arts. This year’s program examines the idea of scale, a theme that considers proportion as well as the relationships among objects, bodies, architecture, and time. The concept also invokes the “scales of justice,” a reference to responsibility and traceability in contemporary production. 

JA Projects, the vanguard London and New York practice founded by Jayden Ali, devised the architectural framework for the fair’s twin pavilions. Its proposal draws from the layered history of the Tuileries, from mulberry cultivation to the revolutionary assemblies that once gathered nearby. Moiré patterns developed with Paris studio Hugo Blanzat sweep across façades and interiors, while green oil-stained pine and hemp bricks compose the exhibition booths.  

More than 70 exhibitors are participating in this year’s edition, including Lindsey Adelman, Juntos Projects, Ann Demeulemeester, Byredo, Herzog & de Meuron, and Marimekko. Alongside these presentations, the salon aims to cultivate a strong intellectual current through a series of dedicated environments that expand the fair beyond the exhibition floor. A reading room developed with Villa Hegra invites visitors to spend time with indie magazines and design publications while seated on USM Modular Furniture reimagined by Saudi artist Badr Ali. Elsewhere, a curated shop gathers furniture and objects by global makers within a temporary retail setting. Hospitality also plays a central role: SCALE by Balbosté serves as the salon’s ephemeral restaurant during evening dinner service, while the Stereo Bar by Bang & Olufsen presents a listening lounge paired with a menu by Copenhagen chef Frederik Bille Brahe. 

Below, discover highlights from this year’s fair. 

1. Frama 

Frama is exploring scent as a spatial system through an installation centered on a working water wheel. Set within a trestle table, the mechanism circulates infused water that evaporates into the surrounding environment, distributing fragrance across the exhibition floor. The device reframes perfume as a physical process, where engineered movement translates an invisible medium into a spatial presence. The installation also provides a stage for the debut of the Union Series chair by Michael Antrobus. Constructed from semi-circular aluminum profiles, the piece establishes a clear structural language rooted in industrial fabrication. A mesh seat allows the chair to move easily between indoor and outdoor settings.  

2. 22 System 

22 System, the patented suite of integrated electrical outlets devised by Bocci founder Omer Arbel, teamed with Crosby Studios for an installation titled Plug-It. Conceived as a functional artwork, the project reframes the exhibition environment as an active system powered through participation. At its center stands a mirrored panel studded with multicolored electrical sockets that invite visitors to plug in devices and interact with the network of outlets. Each connection alters the framework in real time, transforming a utilitarian component into a shifting visual composition. Throughout the installation, new outlets appear in Bleu Connecté, a color that recurs across Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev’s wider body of work. A parallel exhibition will also be on view at Crosby Studios’ gallery in the 6th arrondissement, where six editioned versions of the mirrored artwork appear at a reduced scale and are available for purchase. 

3. Lindsey Adelman 

Lindsey Adelman is marking her lighting studio’s milestone 20th anniversary with the debut of Andromeda, a system composed of chandeliers and sconces. Built from extruded aluminum, cast glass, and sliced stone, the pieces derive their name from the distant galaxy and channel its sense of explosive force and luminosity. Intersecting planes extend outward in angular compositions that seem to shift as one moves around them. Asymmetrical, sharp profiles and layered materials create a constellation of luminous fragments, suggesting celestial phenomena translated into sculptural light and solid matter carrying the kinetic strength of continual motion. 

4. RedDuo 

RedDuo, the studio founded by Fabiola di Virgilio and Andrea Rosso, arrived at the fair with two collaborative projects that focus on material and light. The designers reunited with Belgian carpet brand JOV to expand the palette of the Furry Network collection, a series of rugs crafted from New Zealand wool, mohair, and other premium fibers. Dense, long-pile textures trace deconstructed net-like patterns across the surface, where graphic structure coexists with a pronounced sense of softness. A second project appears with the historic Italian lighting manufacturer Leucos. Titled Glowtile, the system treats the tile as a structural component for illumination. Glazed ceramic modules assemble into a flexible configuration suited to walls or ceilings, allowing designers to compose luminous surfaces through a kit of modular elements.  

5. Juntos Projects 

Juntos Projects, the New York studio led by María Daniela Huiza and Abraham Bendheim, builds its practice around collaboration, a principle reflected in its name, the Spanish word for “together.” The designers are presenting a suite of solid wood furniture in Paris that highlights saturated color, layered finishes, and the natural grain of locally sourced materials. Each surface receives multiple hand-applied coats of pigment developed in the studio to reveal the character of the wood beneath. At the center of the display stands the Marquise dining table, a sculptural piece inspired by cut gemstones and square-tail surfboards, surrounded by a handsome array of seats such as the Raja chair and Arc bench.  

6. Georg Jensen 

The Danish house is previewing The Collector, a series of 11 reissued jewelry pieces drawn from its archives in Copenhagen. Each work originated with female artist-makers who joined Georg Jensen during the latter half of the 20th century, and each appears here as a singular object rather than part of a unified set. “They almost speak opposing languages,” says creative director Paula Gerbase, who curated the presentation. “This is not a collection in the classic sense; instead, we honour each piece of jewellery as its own work of art.” The pieces appear within an exhibition titled “Chance Encounters,” which examines the collaborative spirit that has guided the house since its founding. Jewelry sits alongside additional works by the artists behind the bijoux, including Kim Naver, Nanna Ditzel, and Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe. 

7. Garnier & Linker 

For their first appearance at the fair, the Paris studio founded by Guillaume Garnier and Florent Linker presents a selection of works that reflect its material-driven practice across lighting, furniture, and objects. The display includes a recent collaboration with Studio KO, shown alongside alabaster pieces and new plaster and bronze lighting within a setting conceived by the studio. The presentation also introduces new variations of the ITYS series, first launched in 2023. The works rely on lost-wax glass casting, a rare technique that produces solid glass through a slow firing process. Wax models sculpted in the studio’s workshop travel to a glass studio for casting before returning to Paris, where each piece mounts on aluminum structures. Air bubbles and veils appear during firing, affording each work a unique character. 

8. Marimekko 

The Finnish lifestyle house is marking its Matter and Shape debut with an installation devoted to its celebrated print archive. The presentation grants visitors access to original archival materials while revealing how new patterns emerge inside Marimekko’s Helsinki textile printing factory. The display traces the path from hand-drawn artwork to digital preparation, laser-engraved printing screens, and the mixing of custom pigments under one roof. “At a time when design increasingly unfolds in the digital realm, we wanted to shine a light on the physical craft that remains at the heart of Marimekko’s creative process,” says creative director Rebekka Bay. 

Matter and Shape will be on view at Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, until March 9.