The soul of the journey at Factory

After months of confinement, it will be pleasant to see a wind of elsewhere. This is what Paris Design Week will offer as part of its Factory exhibitions, dedicated to young creation, and more particularly to the international, Galerie Joseph Froissart, in the Marais. We will discover for example a selection of the exhibition Made In Slovenia, entitled "Living in the future". Our European neighbors have of course integrated the new deal into their creations, local, responsible, and reconnecting with the beautiful handicraft tradition of Central Europe. Organized by the Museum of Architecture and Design, it offers a panorama of the Slovenian design scene, which is both very contemporary and draws its roots from its heritage. The artist Pierre-Christophe Gam will wear the colors of Cameroon by exhibiting his work on raffia. Both solid and light, the raffia is considered a true socio-ecological treasure.

Chairs, lounge chairs, stools, coffee tables, lampshades, carpets, the collection pays tribute to ancestral know-how, abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century in favor of wood. It is called Njoya, after a famous king of the Bamoun kingdom, in the west of the country, and will be accompanied by a fashion show. Revisiting ethnic know-how through the prism of contemporary creation is also the approach of Ana Iza Castro Valle Motteau, for her textile brand Aniza, in Mexico this time. After twenty years of fashion between New York and Europe, this Mexican woman of origin wanted to build a future for women from the pre-Hispanic ethnic communities of her country while preserving their unique crafts. In the highlands of Chiapas, they still weave on belt looms, one end of which is wrapped around a tree and the other around the waist. The wool of sheep raised on the spot is washed and dyed with natural roots, cactus, flowers, indigo... As in a virtuous time when pollution did not exist. Made in Belgium, its cushions, plaids, and blankets tell a story of women and nature. A change of scenery, among others, to discover at the Factory.