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Interior design exhibition in Paris – AD Interiors 2019



From 4 to 22 September 2019, Hôtel de Coulanges in Paris is hosting the interior design exhibition "Metamorphoses or Eternal Impermance" to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the magazine AD Interiors.

Hôtel de Coulanges, a 17th century mansion, is undergoing extensive renovations, which will finish in spring 2020. In the midst of the renovations, AD Interiors magazine gave architects and decorators an expansive theme to work with, focusing on the space in full metamphosis. In this unique exhibition, AD Interiors allows the general public to see the spaces usually reserved only for the magazine.

Exhibiting their works are: Hannes Peer; Laura Gonzalez; Bismut and Bismut; Humbert and Poyet; Atelier Tristan Auer/Wilson Associates for Orient Express; Fabrizio Casiraghi for Piaget; Festen; Anne-Sophie Pailleret; Stéphane Parmentier; Thierry Lemaire; Pierre Gonalons; Pierre-Yves Rochon; and Pierre Bonnefille.

The entrance to the exhibition shows the Italian gallery of Austrian-born Hannes Peer with antiques, brutalist concrete colonnades, and a comfortable living area at the back of the room revolving around pieces of vintage furniture.



Laura Gonzalez's “Summer Pergola” has a dining room with a panoramic sunset and a water lily table, emphasizing a ‘hybrid space’ that oscillates between interior and exterior, sophistication and relaxation. The Maison-Objet show has just voted Laura Gonzalez Designer of the Year.






Humbert and Poyet's neoclassical bathroom includes arched niches, upholstered benches, and a green marble monolith bathtub.



Atelier Tristan Auer/Wilson Associates' “Orient-Express Bar” has Empire green-plated wall panels representing the historic armchairs dating from 1920, with Asian silks coloured in dais on the ceiling. It symbolizes the rebirth of the Orient Express into a hotel brand that will open its first address in Bangkok in 2020. Tristan Auer, who founded his agency in 2002, has worked on Chanel's haute couture salons and the renovation of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris. 




The Gallery of Hours for Piaget by Fabrizio Casiraghi presents a collection of mobile chronographs, work tables, and a sitting area with a sofa on top of a platform. 





The Festen bathroom contains an East and West theme, with a Japanese bath, dressing room, and rest room. The red marble bathtub is embedded in a waxed oak platform.





Stéphane Parmentier's “Music Show” has, in the centre of the room, a huge black sphere that acts as a speaker that slides from the ceiling just above a marble and bronze table. On either side, there is a sofa, daybed, club chairs, earth-brick walls and stair banquettes.






Thierry Lemaire's “Room for Reflections” presents a large bed on a parchment platform, a pair of steel armchairs lined with buckled wool, and a coffee table with a plate punctuated by metallic ribs. These are all reflected in the mirrors on the walls and ceiling. It features 1970s chrome and 1950s geometric floor paving in grey marble.





Pierre Gonalons' “Winter Garden” has embossed wallpaper, striped beaded curtains, and an indoor fountain. Art Deco geometries and Belle Époque floral motifs are blended and re-defined into a contemporary modern style.





Anne-Sophie Pailleret's “Arched Office” has Giorgio De Chirico's paintings, and features a sculptural onyx-hued desk in the centre of the room. It has a textured interior in shades of brown, sienna, and cognac with touches of white. 

















MARTINA NICOLLSis an international aid and development consultant, and the authorof:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom(2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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