Guendalina PerelliFrom March 7-10, at Jardin des Tuileries, the design salon returns to Paris Fashion Week with 50 exhibitors across two pavilions designed by Willo Perron
MATTER and SHAPE, the business-focused design salon led by WSN’s Matthieu Pinet with creative direction by Dan Thawley, unveils a distinguished lineup of brands and partners for its second edition in the Jardin des Tuileries, from March 7-10, 2025.
With its distinctive cross-disciplinary approach to 21st-century design, the salon bridges the worlds of architecture, design, and fashion, offering a platform that celebrates innovation and excellence.
Returning for its second edition, MATTER and SHAPE continues its mission to validate and elevate new perspectives in design, spanning the disciplines of industrial and object design, interior design, fashion, and decorative arts.
As 2025 marks the centenary of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, MATTER and SHAPE 2025 draws inspiration from this pivotal moment in design history. Held in Paris nearly a century ago, the exposition not only popularized the Art Deco movement but also set the stage for modernist innovation by blending artistic expression with industrial functionality.
For 2025, MATTER and SHAPE renew its partnership with Willo Perron of the LA-based Perron-Roettinger Studio to design the salon space. This year’s concept will celebrate the theme, showcasing Perron’s signature seamless fusion of elegance and functionality, as seen in the previous edition.
The Paris-based creative culinary studio WE ARE ONA returns with a new restaurant pop-up designed by Willo Perron, offering lunch and dinner services. Committed to providing an intimate dining experience, the menu will be curated by a guest chef.
The 2025 edition welcomes over 50 exhibitors from around the globe, hosted in two ephemeral spaces in the Jardin des Tuileries. Selected exhibitors include:
Aalvo Gallery (Brazil), Akua Objects (Denmark), Aléa Workshop (France), Alighieri (UK), Annick Tapernoux (Belgium), Ark Kollekt (Denmark), Byredo (Sweden), cc-tapis ft. India Mahdavi (Italy), Daisuke Yamamoto (Japan), Design Parade Hyères (France), Dorothée Potocka (Poland), Fassen (France), FLOS (Italy), GRAU (Germany), Heaps & Woods (France), Hosoo (Japan), Hollow Forms (Palestine), Jianze (China), Justine Menard (France), Kiko Kostadinov x Soft Baroque (Bulgaria/Slovenia), Laguna B (Italy), Lobmeyr ft. Gohar World (Austria), Marbledworks (Germany), Marco Guazzini (Italy), GESTGEST by Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska (Poland), Moonarij (Germany), Natalia Criado (Colombia), Omniaworks x Payam Askari (Italy), RDAI (France), Sanayi313 (Turkey), Saridis of Athens (Greece), Shaha (Lebanon), SolidNature (Netherlands), Taiwan-Lantern (Netherlands), Transparent (Sweden), Untitled 19 (France), UU Tiles (France), Verre d’Onge x FR/AR (Canada), VITRA curated by Julie Richoz (Switzerland), We+ x Heiwa Gokin (Japan), 22 System ft. India Mahdavi (Canada).
Among the selected partners, are Jil Sander (Italy), KoozArch (Italy), MycoWorks (USA), Pedestal (Denmark), Profirst (Belgium), and ShaSha Movies (UK).
During the salon, the Jil Sander Design Talks return for the second year, inviting leading designers, architects, and thought leaders to take the stage in recorded sessions that will be released as podcasts in partnership with KoozArch.
The program will address key themes shaping the design world today and the future ahead, including sustainability, craftsmanship, and the evolving relationship between design and society. Sessions in both English and French are open to all guests in a first-come, first-served format.
The MATTER and SHAPE (hors les murs) off-site programming continues in 2025, presenting cultural events across Paris that celebrate contemporary design beyond the exhibition walls. Beginning on March 6th, 2025, this series of off-site events extends the salon’s commitment to showcasing global expressions of design throughout the city.
By embracing both established names and emerging talents, the salon aims to deliver an unparalleled showcase of global creativity and forward-thinking design. Combining unique expressions of taste and aesthetics in a contemporary frame, MATTER and SHAPE is an invitation to buyers, collectors, architects, decorators, journalists, students and design enthusiasts to explore the landscape of design at the intersections of industry and craft, creativity and commerce.
Powered by WSN, Paris-based experts in the trade fair sector, MATTER and SHAPE benefit from 30 years of experience in the world of events and a global infrastructure of over 8,000 buyers who travel to Paris Fashion Week every year. Combined with the international network of the Milanese strategic consulting firm P:S and creative director Dan Thawley, MATTER and SHAPE will reach a diverse global and local audience.
