Louis Vuitton’s design showcase inside a private Paris townhouse wraps up today, closing out a four day free exhibition of the house’s new Objets Nomades collections held as part of the broader Paris Design Week celebration. The presentation, open by reservation since September 10, transformed a discreet hotel particulier on rue de Martignac in the seventh arrondissement into a heritage backed showroom for the brand’s latest limited edition furniture pieces.
This year’s Paris Design Week, running from September 10 through 19, brings together nearly five hundred participants sharing three hundred twenty addresses across the French capital, with organizers describing the event’s core mission as presenting creativity in unexpected settings. Furniture, materials, and craftsmanship step outside their usual gallery contexts to intermingle with the city’s historic architecture, gardens, and grand private residences throughout the nine day citywide celebration.
Among the pieces on display during Louis Vuitton’s four day presentation, an armchair named Kubic has drawn particular attention from visitors and design critics alike. The piece belongs to the house’s Hommage a Pierre Legrain collection, reviving a design originally created for the fashion designer and collector Jacques Doucet back in 1923. Its distinctly architectural silhouette combines a trapezoidal back, faceted Nomade leather armrests, and notched rosewood legs, evoking both Art Deco sensibilities and Cubist geometry in equal measure.
The connection to Pierre Legrain runs deep within Louis Vuitton’s design heritage, dating back to the 1920s when Legrain, working as a decorator, illustrator, bookbinder, and cabinetmaker, collaborated directly with the house. He conceived the Coiffeuse, the very first piece of furniture Louis Vuitton ever produced, and his archival influence continues inspiring new creations a full century later, alongside contemporary contributions from design studios including Estudio Campana, Raw Edges, and Franck Genser featured within this year’s broader collection.
Since their inception, the Objets Nomades Collections have operated on a consistent creative principle, inviting outside contemporary designers to conceive limited edition pieces that are then brought to life through the maison’s in house artisanal expertise. Each resulting object represents a genuine encounter between an external creative vision and Louis Vuitton’s internal mastery of traditional craft techniques, spanning leatherwork, cabinetmaking, and other specialized trades.
That approach expanded further in 2025 with the launch of the broader Collections Maison, extending beyond the original furniture focused Objets Nomades into new lines encompassing lighting, decor, textiles, tableware, and games. This expansion reflects Louis Vuitton’s ambition to map out what the house describes as a complete art de vivre, extending from a single statement armchair through to the everyday objects that furnish entire living spaces.
Beyond Louis Vuitton’s presentation, Paris Design Week’s broader programme this year has transformed numerous historically significant venues into temporary design showcases. The Hotel de Sully hosts a rippling wood installation by designer Joseph Walsh running through late October, while the Arc de Triomphe itself has become host to a sculptural design route offering visitors exclusive access up to the monument’s upper parapet, illustrating just how far this year’s event has pushed beyond conventional gallery presentation formats.
As today marks the final opportunity to experience Louis Vuitton’s specific townhouse presentation before it closes, the broader Paris Design Week continues through September 19, giving design enthusiasts and casual visitors alike several more days to explore installations scattered across the city’s historic mansions, gardens, and landmark buildings before this year’s citywide celebration of design concludes.
