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Apple showcase in Paris explores how furniture can encourage presence
Apple's Designers of Tomorrow showcase features four emerging design practices at Design Miami Paris.
The exhibition is held at Hotel de Maisons in Paris from October 21 to 25, 2026.
Its theme, Design for Presence, looks at how physical objects can encourage attention, reflection and interaction.
The designers used Apple tools, including iPad, Apple Pencil and MacBook Pro, to develop their work.
Their pieces include a lantern made with limestone and date palm fronds, a chair with more than 1,500 ceramic beads, and a table with an integrated lamp.
A folding table with two stools is designed to support shared activities and conversation.
The showcase explores how everyday objects can bring people together through attention and participation.
Apple’s second Designers of Tomorrow showcase brings four emerging design practices to Design Miami Paris.
The exhibition’s theme, “Design for Presence,” explores how physical objects can encourage attention, reflection and interaction.
Curated by Rodman Primack, the showcase features furniture and objects developed using Apple tools.
The exhibition runs from October 21 through October 25, 2026, at Hotel de Maisons in Paris.
- Who
- Apple and four emerging design practices are presenting the showcase, curated by Rodman Primack.
- What
- A design exhibition exploring how physical objects can encourage presence and interaction.
- When
- October 21 through October 25, 2026.
- Where
- Hotel de Maisons in Paris, as part of Design Miami Paris.
- Why
- The “Design for Presence” theme explores how objects encourage attention, reflection and interaction.
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AppleInsider published its report, noting that Wallpaper* had previewed the exhibition ahead of its opening.
The exhibition is scheduled to run at Hotel de Maisons in Paris.
- Designers of Tomorrow showcase
- Second edition
- Participating practices
- Four emerging design practices
- Exhibition theme
- Design for Presence
- Venue
- Hotel de Maisons, Paris
- Exhibition dates
- October 21–25, 2026
What people are saying
For this project, every component had to be mapped out in detail. I sketched and did all the 3D modelling on my MacBook Pro.
When faced with the prompt of 'Design for Presence', I felt that this chair was the perfect object to revisit.
A pencil doesn't disappear as it wears down. It stays on in a new form: as a letter, as knowledge, as music.
The deployment of the piece marks a shift from solitary observation to shared occupation, from looking to participating.