Life of Forms

Paris Design Week

Paris Design Week from 08 Sep to 13 Sep 2026

5 days ago

On the occasion of Paris Design Week, Lafayette Anticipations, Arts AlUla, Design Space AlUla, AFALULA and Villa Hegra join forces to present an exhibition bringing together design pieces emerging from AlUla's residency programmes alongside a selection of works from the Collection Lafayette Anticipations (Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin).

Entitled Life of Forms, this exhibition brings together a selection of works from AlUla’s design residency programme, as well as pieces from the Lafayette Anticipations Collection (Moulin Family Endowment Fund). It fosters a dialogue between different approaches to contemporary creation.

Furniture, sculptures, installations, videos and hybrid objects come together to create an exhibition where the boundaries between art and design become blurred. Some pieces reinterpret craftsmanship and vernacular forms, others experiment with natural or recycled materials, whilst some subvert the conventions of industrial production to offer new visions.

The exhibition brings together emerging forms that transform and adapt, shaped by the gestures, contexts and environments in which they exist. More than mere objects, the works on display appear as forms in motion, made to be touched, used and experienced.

Conceived as a space for encounter, Life of Forms is complemented by a programme of talks and performances, inviting audiences to reflect on this experience beyond the exhibition itself.

With Aseel Alamoudi, Altin, Xavier Antin, Meriem Bennani, Camille Blatrix, Katinka Bock, Étienne Bossut, Ève Gabriel Chabanon, Gaëlle Choisne, bahraini—danish, Raphaël Emine, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Paul Ledron, Paul Emilieu Marchesseau, Mathieu Mercier, Ori Orisun Merhav, Lydia Ourahmane, Studio Raw Material, Markus Schinwald and Studio ThusThat

With the support of Villa Hegra.

Cover image: Exhibition view of Life of Forms © Lorenzo Arrigoni