As an Inclusive art fair Art Paris is open to all mediums and 2025 will see the launch of the “French Design Art Edition”, a new platform designed in partnership with Jean Paul Bath and Sandy Saad, who head up the FRENCH DESIGN association. This platform located on the balconies on the north side of the Grand Palais ‘nave’ will focus on design and the contemporary decorative arts.
It will host twenty exhibitors, a selection of architects, interior designers, designers and contemporary design and interior design companies producing one-off items or limited series. In addition, a group show with an exhibition designed by Jakob + MacFarlane will explore those areas where art meets design, as well as the relationship with traditional know-how and its uses.
Selection committee French Design Art Edition :
• Reda Amalou, founder and partner of AW2 Architecture and Reda Amalou Design, president of AFEX
• Jean-Paul Bath, general director, The FRENCH DESIGN
• Julia Capp, associate general director at architecture and design firm RDAI
• Romain Jouffre, president, Ateliers Jouffre
• Guillaume Piens, fair director, Art Paris.
• Sandy Saad, deputy general director, the FRENCH DESIGN