MAISON&OBJET ASIA

MAISON&OBJET has been a pioneer in promoting and growing the premium home design and lifestyle industry in the last two decades. In 2014, MAISON&OBJET launched its first annual Asian edition in Singapore, inaugurating a new arena for the most talented brands and designers in the region to connect with not only professionals who are searching for design excellence, innovation and emerging trends, but also 600 million potential consumers in the ASEAN.

Visited by more than 14,000 local and international professionals, MAISON&OBJET ASIA
2014 celebrated a highly successful show together with the 272 high-end exhibitors from around the world. Forging ahead with the exceptional quality of presentation, visitors and business opportunities, MAISON&OBJET ASIA 2015 is guaranteed to inspire and realise.

Sector: Home Decoration

An eclectic group of the most sought-after and innovative brands in furniture, lighting and decorative accessories.
Modern, urban, chic, ethnic, outdoor ... the contemporary trend is infusing its energy
everywhere. From fabrics to furniture, fragrances to tableware, come discover new forms and materials to inspire you.

Sector: Interior Design

Leading brands of the highest quality in decoration and design which are ideal for residential, contract and hospitality projects. Within the same space, the most prestigious
brands offer visitors inspirations and refined luxury offerings to suit all development and
interior design projects.

MAISON&OBJET ASIA designer of the year 2015: NERI&HU

A multicultural, multi-talented duo
Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu perfectly embody the qualities sought in MAISON&OBJET ASIA’s designer of the year: representing the essence of Asian culture while having a truly international outlook.
Lyndon Neri was born in the Philippines, Rossana Hu in Taiwan, and both studied architecture in the United States (Harvard for him, Princeton for her, Berkeley, where they met).
After working in the US, they taught in the Architecture Department at Hong Kong
University before flying off to Shanghai, where they worked for the American architect Michael Graves.

It was in Shanghai in 2004 that they founded the concept store ‘’Design Republic‘’ and the firm Neri & Hu, focusing on architecture, interior decoration and graphic design. Sensitive to the cultural, historical and urban context of each project, they anchored their work in a dynamic interaction of experience, materials, forms and light instead of sticking to a stereotyped style.
The pair, which the UK named Wallpaper’s 2014 designers of the year, have received numerous awards such as the AR House Awards, AR Awards for Emerging Architecture, World Architecture Festival, and the Festival Inside Award

Interior Design & Lifestyle SUMMIT

5 lectures a day
To analyze key market trends and discover the most innovative projects:

Best of interior design
Interior design success stories presented by interior designer.

Trends & prospective
Reviewing the industry’s newest developments and orientations.

Best of retail
Trendy and atypical concept or department stores presented by their founder, who will share the philosophy and originality inherent to each project.

Panel discussions
Dialogues between a manufacturer and a designer about the story and results of their collaboration

Keynote speech
Influential personalities belonging to the MAISON&OBJET sphere will share their vision, speak about their inspirations and latest projects

On Friday 13th
To celebrate Singapore's 50th anniversary, MAISON&OBJET ASIA will dedicate a series of conferences and talks to the milestones that led Singapore to establish itself as an internationally acclaimed nation of design.

Rising Asian Talents

Upholding the spirit of MAISON&OBJET to nurture talents and promote creativity,
MAISON&OBJET ASIA presents the annual ‘Rising Asian Talents Awards’ to recognise outstanding young designers in the region by showcasing their works. Our winners of 2015 are from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Shanghai, Singapore and Taiwan. Come and exchange ideas with these future stars of the design world in the show.

1. Outofstock – Singapore
Two Singaporeans, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, the Outofstock collective, itself born in Sweden, is eminently multicultural. Furniture, lighting, spatial design—their multifaceted studio has produced designs for Ligne Roset (France), Industry+ (Singapore / Japan) and Environment (USA). Their chairs, tables and light fixtures have won numerous awards in Europe and Asia.

2. Wonmin Park – Korea
Wonmin Park studied and founded his studio in Eindhoven in 2011. Somewhere between
practical products and works of art, his colored resin furniture evokes abstract paintings.
Winner of the 2014 Wallpaper* Design Awards and the Global Star Award from the Korean Institute of Design in 2014, Park will soon exhibit his work at the
Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris and London.

3. Poetic Lab – Taiwan
Designers Hanhsi Chen Shikai Tseng, trained in Taiwan and London, share a creative
philosophy leading them to write poetry with objects. Based in London, the duo has won numerous awards, including the Design Report Award and the Salone Satellite Award. Their works are in the permanent collection of the Vitra Design Museum in Germany.

4. Zhang Zhoujie – China
In his works, which are based on the idea of ‘’spontaneity‘’, the Chinese designer Zhang
Zhoujie reveals the properties of materials and shapes, combining the traditional perspectives of Chinese art with a Western approach to design. He has won prestigious awards such as the ELLE Deco Young Designer of the Year award and the IF Design Award China.

5. Monica Tsang - Hong Kong
The contrast between differing and unusual sensibilities fascinates Monica Tsang. The
design aesthetics of this Hong Kong native are marked by her time in the UK, Germany, Italy and China. After receiving a Red Dot Design Concept Award in 2006 and a Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award, she launched her studio in 2013. Her favorite material: ceramics.

6. Abie Abdillah – Indonesia
A designer based in Jakarta, Abie Abdillah is passionate about rattan. Its local abundance (80% of the world’s production comes from Indonesia) and its intrinsic qualities, strength and flexibility, make it the perfect material for him. With his contemporary furniture creations, Abie hopes to revive interest in rattan and to stimulate its declining industry in his country.