Three Layer Cake

messed up captions!... But if you want, you can view it here  on Flickr.  (If you are viewing this with Internet 

Explorer, you should really use the flickr link above to view the slideshow!)

Winter Edition of Maison Objet with the Editeurs is my favorite.  The colors are exhilarating.  I chose to focus

on the Editeurs pavilion for coverage of the show because I think that's the show's strength.  In the

"Now!design a vivre" pavilion and the Scenes d'Interieur where there is more product focus, I didn't find

many trends jumping out, although I'm sure the trend paths will say differently (they have to sell the Fair,

right?).  And, I saw in the Now! that many of the exhibitors I usually like so much were crammed into one

corner and there were fewer of them, and the pavilion was over run with the large industrial producers. 

There, the Independent British Designers had the best stand.  But I took no photos.  A long morning spent

with Anne-Lise Kjaer in London last fall pretty much took the wind out of my sails when it comes to colors. 

I won't take it out of your, but if they start to look all the same, there's a reason for that!!

So,  below is a collection of the colors and patterns which dominated all products in the fair.  This intro photo

by Saga (Sandrine Ganem) I think sums it all up in one go.  There are nice rich spring and summer like

palettes, and there's the black and white contrasted by a sharp shock of color, usually purple...   

er...Go Hang Yourself...in 2008?  Or climb your way to the top of 2008?  Andrew Martin's hanging ropes...

Black and white (or chocolate brown and white) with purple by Aura

Casamance laid out the patterns and colors with stripes and vintage looking spots in velvet

Chantal Thomass with her feminine trompe-loeil were so neat!

Charles Burger showed off their Vauxelle pattern by covering a Citroen car seat.  I'd order it!!

Dedar presented retro chairs with this seasons' colors.  Purple and green with the black and white background, and a lime green velvet retro print.  With fuchsia.

de Gournay, as usual, had the most interesting delicate hand-printed textiles.  Chinoiserie in sky blue and magenta.  Hand-printed made to order panels of Midnight Silver Gilt Tea Paper featuring fish was also an A+ item.

Designer's Guild with black and white. 

 Independent artist Franck Loret creates intricate sculptures from paper and...?  It's a secret.

New entry into the food line up--  get your macaroons from Laduree! 

 Limited Edition range of carpets .

 She's a grand ole flag, she's a high flyin' flag...!!!  (The American one...)

Manuel Canovas, floral embroidery

Maryline Pomian uses cigarette paper to make soft sculptures.

New lamps from mat&jewski- and the detail of the gold trim.  Quite popular with press!

Also available in Cashmere, this Big Bear by mat&jewski is a nice dinner companion. 

Sylvia Marius, independent artist, uses fish in her handmade fabric mobiles.

Valerie Colombel, a mosaic artist moved from using tesserae for mosaics to using them for sculptures.