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Maison & Objet 2009: In Paris, cool outdoor design

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Maison & Objet, the biannual design show in Paris, has become one of the world’s leading showcases for outdoor furniture. The M&O that closes today includes an Outdoor Indoor Hall where displays include the brightly colored, scalloped-edge folding steel tables made in France by Matière grise and being ogled by scouts for CB2.

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The Spanish firm Kettal showed a sophisticated gray and white outdoor living room designed by Marcel Wanders. Blow-up Chesterfield sofas and armchairs, below, from Dutch designer Jeroen van de Kant were scattered outside the hall’s doors.

Even more appealing: a partially vine-covered swing, above, from the Amelkis Secret Garden collection by Talocci Design for the Italian company Foppapedretti Atelier. It recalled the front porches and swing sets of days gone by, and it was as easy to imagine in a backyard as in an airy urban loft.

-- Kristin Hohenadel

Photo credits, from top: Maison & Objet, Kristin Hohenadel

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