PRESENTED DURING PARIS DESIGN WEEK, THIS EXHIBITION MARKED THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MÉTAPHORES THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH GALERIE PHILIA. CONCEIVED AS AN IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION WITHIN THE SAINT-GERMAIN SHOWROOM, THE PROJECT EXPLORED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERIAL, SURFACE, AND FORM.
AT ITS CORE, A SERIES OF PIECES BY PIETRO FRANCESCHINI—DRAWN FROM THE LICITRA LINE—WERE ENTIRELY UPHOLSTERED IN THE MAISON’S MOST PRECIOUS VELVET, TRANSFORMING THE OBJECTS INTO MONOCHROMATIC VOLUMES WHERE STRUCTURE IS SOFTENED AND REDEFINED THROUGH TEXTILE.