Paris

From timeless antique shops to cutting-edge luxury showrooms, in Paris, one can find inspiring design. Few places juxtapose the old and new quite like the French capital, where storied 18th-century structures share real estate with their contemporary counterparts in a seamless cultural marriage. CovetED gives you the best picks on interior design and decoration in luxury showrooms in Paris. These are all deserving of a visit!

ALBERTO PINTO STUDIO

Alberto Pinto Studio was one of the biggest Icons of French Interior Design that during his life built his works on a mixture of styles. Pinto developed several interior design projects, not only residential but also in hospitality, businesses and even yachts. Today the Alberto Pinto Studio is considered one of the Top Design Studios in France and by maintaining this status, it has honoured Alberto Pinto’s memory and legacy.

BOFFI

Boffi Paris showroom provides an 8-meter-long window display and highlights a wide variety of bath products from renowned designers such as Piero Lissoni, Keiji Takeuchi and Mikal Harrsen of MA/U Studio.

CHAHAN MINASSIAN

Chahan Minassian is an interior designer, antique dealer, gallery director and designer. In 1993, he created his own interior design agency, Chahan Interior Design, rapidly attracting commissions in the United States, Canada and Japan, as well as in Europe. He focuses for over ten years on decoration but also on his gallery in Paris. It’s a hushed elegance that offers Shahan Minassian, willingly playing with shades of soft colours and textures of juxtapositions. Something that has to do with the California style, yet sophisticated for his taste for works of artists and artisans tailor-made for its sites.

Christian Liaigre was born in La Rochelle, France in 1943. He studied at the Paris Academy of Fine and Decorative Arts and taught drawing at the Academy Charpentier. Through good use of space and light, focus his design on local cultures, traditions, choice of materials and a special love of arts and crafts. According to the words of the designer, comfort does not lie in trivial affluence but in delicacy and rareness. Only this designer is able to combine certain modesty with great elegance. Charles Zana is a passionate French Designer and architect who combines art and technique in every one of his projects. Zana designs the best spaces for his clients by establishing systems of habitation that they can easily appropriate. His interiors are structured around people, taking every aspect of their lives into account, and he never imposes a style.

CHRISTIAN LIAIGRE CHARLES ZANA