For the 22nd Puces du Design, the small and the famous history of design are told at the water’s edge

The Puces du Design have celebrated their 10 years last year. Concidered as the most important event showing 20th and 21st century design by our European neighbours (some of them have found their inspiration in the event), the Puces du Design have conjugated with succes since 1999:

- Popular dimension: between 35 000 and 40 000 visitors for each event
- Quality: the most famous international dealers and collectors considered the Puces du Design as an inevitable rendez-vous.

For their 22nd fair, the Puces du Design invite once again all the publics Quai de la Loire, on the banks of the Bassin de la Vilette, Paris 19° for telling small histories of objects and the famous history of design, through 20th century emblematic pieces, selected with passion by the hundred European antique dealers specialized in the second part of the 20th century.

On each of the 100 stands of the next Puces du Design, all the visitors, scholar or curious, expert or amateur, thirty-year old creatives or nostalgic persons in retirement could freely disover a page of history of ‘50 to ’80s design: with its inevitable icons, its exceptional pieces and its more anodyne objects that have nevertheless crossed the decades without taking any wrinkle.

This spring again, from Thursday 27 untill Sunday 30 of May, the Puces du Design will make to meet the styles and the epochs, the exuberance and the sobriety, fashion and design in a convival and festive atmosphere without sacrifying excellence!

Show Hours:

Thursday May 27th 2010:
10 – 21 hrs.

Friday May 28th 2010:
10 – 19 hrs.

Saturday May 29th 2010:
10 – 19 hrs.

Sunday May 30th 2010:
10 – 19 hrs.

Address:

Puces du Design
Quai de la Loire
Paris 19°
France

Source: www.pucesdudesign.com

The fifth Salon du Vintage opens its doors on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th April 2010 in the very heart of the Marais at 39 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois. Housed in a 19th century former metal works of more than 1200 m2 the salon will play host to over 70 professional exhibitors and specialists in vintage fashion, furniture and accessories.

This latest Salon du Vintage will give pride of place to the 1990’s, since they too have now come of “vingt âge”, with an exhibition of 90’s furniture into the fair. The 1990’s marked a break with the graphic and flashy extravagance of the 1980’s, and a turning towards a spareness bordering on minimalism. Just like the crisis we are going through at the moment, the early 1990’s saw a widening ecological awareness and the emergence of sustainable development, producing some original solutions in fashion and design. Ecological materials, organic shapes, return to basics: design turned its back definitively on the norms of the 80’s.

The 80’s used geometrical forms and flashy colours, epitomised by the “Memphis” movement. In opposition to this trend, the designers of the 90’s took to promoting organic forms, using organic materials. Thanks to new intelligent technologies, the designers of the 1990’s put the preservation of the environment at the heart of their designs. The young generation launched the fashion of “organic” furniture, using recycled and natural materials. At Cappellini’s, Marcel Wanders combined handcrafts with industrial technology. The “Knotted Chair”, published in 1996, was created with plaited string made from aramid and carbon fibres stiffened with epoxy resin.

The 1990’s saw the rise of designers such as Philippe Starck, a star designer of the late 20th century. He excelled in the renovation of hotels and the design of furniture using organic and animal shapes. In the mid-90’s, he turned more towards the design of day-to-day objects. His design was inspired by the intimacy of the human body, while at the same time he resorted to industrial mass production. Zoomorphic and organic shapes reflect the changes in contemporary technological thinking.

Entrance:

Admission: € 7

Show Hours:

Saturday April 10th 2010:
10 – 21 hrs.

Sunday April 11th 2010:
10 – 21 hrs.

Address:

Salon du Vintage
39 Rue des Francs Bourgeois
75004 Paris
France

Source: www.salonduvintage.com

Pavillon des Arts et du Design is internationally renowned for showcasing the best works of historical, modern and contemporary decorative arts and design from the 1860 to today. Created in 1997, the event brings together an eclectic mix of the traditional with the contemporary; and the great names with talents of tomorrow.

Among the 80 exhibitors there are 18 dealers specialized in modern vintage design, some examples: Philippe Rapin Pegaso, la Galerie Parisienne, Modernity, Galerie de Casson, Yves Gastou, Dansk Møbelkunst.

Specialties on this Fair: Furniture, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture from 1860 to our days, Antiquities, Modernism, Photography, Design, Primitive Arts, Asian Art, Contemporary Glass, Jewellery, Silver, Carpets, Tapestries…

Preview:

Wednesday March 24th 2010:
14 – 23 hrs.

Regular Show Hours:

Thursday March 25th 2010:
11 – 22 hrs.

Friday March 26th 2010:
11 – 20 hrs.

Saturday March 27th 2010:
11 – 20 hrs.

Sunday March 28th 2010:
11 – 20 hrs.

Address:

Tuileries – Esplanade des Feuillants
Facing 234, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
France

Source: www.padparis.net

For the fourth edition, the Salon du Vintage is facing growth. It will take place on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of November 2009 in an exclusive hotel on three floors. The hotel is in the heart of the St Germain des Prés area.

The hotel on 180A Boulevard St Germain will welcome over 50 dealers in fashion, accessories and furniture. They will present a well considered selection of their best vintage items.

Whether you are a collector looking for that one special thing or whether you just like to wander around among all pretty things: the Salon du Vintage is the best place to buy these one of a kind pieces on a one of a kind location!

Entrance:
Admission: € 7

Saturday 14th November 2009
10 – 20 hrs.

Sunday 15th November 2009
10 – 20 hrs.

Salon du Vintage,
180A Boulevard Saint-Germain
75006 Paris
France

Source: www.salonduvintage.com

On October 8, 9, 10 and 11 2009, more than 90 antique dealers specialized in ‘50 to ‘80 fashion and furniture will be gathered Quai de la Loire,on the banks of the Bassin de la Villette, Paris 19° for showing a subjective and elective selection of the most famous pieces of the 20th cen tury: Saarinen, Paulin and Panton, Prouvé, Mouille and Matégot, all the most famous signatures will be there but there will be less known pieces too that are interesting because of their original shapes, unusual material use and quality of manufacturing.

Puces: is in French ‘flea market’: a place where some people are selling second hand objects.
Design: is a discipline that wish to harmonize humane environ ment from the conception to usual objects until urbanism.
Puces du design: is a new and original concept created by Fabien Bonillo in 1999: he has gathered for the first time in Europe, antique dealers specialized in the second part of the 20th century, on the street and with free public access. According to these criteria of specialization and accessibility, the Puces du Design is still nowadays unique.

Today, all the magazines present interiors that associate contem porary and historical design. But 10 years ago, it was not so obvious: only a few specialists knew Pierre Paulin and we could find Eames armchairs in Emmaüs warehouses, which means that people gave them away….
In 10 years, professionals are more numerous, the exhibitors of the Puces du Design are too and the public, curious for the first time, has evolved as well. The visitor recognizes the most important styles of the 2nd half of 20th century, he knows the most famous designer names like Panton, Knoll or Prouvé and knows the difference between an original edition and a prototype, a new edition and a first piece.

For each Puces du Design, some events are organized to enrich this out-door rendez-vous with the most famous designers of the last century. Andrée Putman and Roger Tallon had supported the first editions, the ‘5.5 Designers’ did one of their first exhibition for the Puces du Design in 2004… and in October it will be the same.

Cédric Morisset, exhibition cu rator who is used to work on new talent emergence will show an event on recent design

Entrance: Free

Thursday 8th October 2009
10 – 21hrs

Friday 9th – Sunday 11th October 2009
10 – 19 hrs

Puces du Design
Quai de la Loire
Paris 19°
France

Source: www.pucesdudesign.com

20° Puces du Design : 10 years of DESIGN SHARING

On June 5, 6 and 7 2009, the Puces du Design gives you a new rendez-vous for 3 days of discovering of 20th century design, 3 days of stroll among the better creation of the past century. This bi-annual rendez-vous with ‘50 to ‘80 design is now unavoidable for design enthusiasts and collectors; it celebrates this year its 10 years. Since 1999, year of its creation by Fabien Bonillo, when they gathered the pioneers of vintage specialists, the Puces du Design have evolved, increased without never forgotten the qualities who have guaranteed their success for the first time:

The visitors respect:

• They can, for 10 years now, meet specialized antique dealers who are coming from everywhere in France, and from October 2001, from everywhere in Europe.

• For 10 years, they have learned about pieces of design history, they were able to freely discover the magisterial pieces of 20th century and were perhaps first just visitors; some of them are now collectors.

Design passion:

• This is what gathers under the sky for 3 days professionals of all styles and horizons in order to present the most complete and various picture of 20th century creation, without any domination of the movement or forms in the trend of the moment.

Each event searches to be as complete and rich than possible in order to satisfy all the kind of public : the walker and contemporary design actors, the curious and international design collectors.

Free access

Friday, June 5th, 2009
10 – 19 hrs

Saturday, June 6th, 2009
10 – 19 hrs

Sunday, June 7th, 2009
10 – 19 hrs

Les Puces du Design
Quai de la Loire (On the banks of the Bassin de la Villette)
Paris
France

Source: www.pucesdudesign.com

Created in 1999 by Fabien Bonillo, the Puces du Design are used to gather for 9 years a famous selection of antique dealers specialized in 20th century design : furniture, objects and fashion of the ‘50 to the ‘80.

At the beginning, there were 10 French exhibitors; next spring, there will be 70 specialists among which a quarter of foreigners (German, English, Belgian, Spanish, Dutchman, Welsch, Swisses and American).

Settled for 1 year Quai de la Loire on the banks of the Bassin de la Villette (Paris 19°), the Puces du Design who were the first popular vintage market in Europe are each time a success because of its exhibitors selection : they are all impassioned and captivating and have their own personality : all together, they present the most complete panorama of 20th century design.

Another Puces du Design specificity is its visitor respect. The access is free and this allows to a large public to discover the most famous pieces of 20th century design. For 9 years now, the Puces du Design should have contributed to design familiarization. Moreover a rigorous control on pieces presented and prices practised make of the Puces du Design an ideal place where buying design.

Friday, May 30th, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
10 – 19 hrs

Late-night shopping on Friday, May 30th. (until 21.30)

Free access

Les Puces du Design
Quai de la Loire (On the banks of the Bassin de la Villette)
Paris
France

Source: www.pucesdudesign.com