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GLIMPSES

The section Glimpses is a sharp look at tomorrow, with its maybes, fractal questions and infinite possibilities, from new technologies to environmental and social sustainability solutions.

Imagine standing before a vast, floor‑to‑ceiling glass wall. Through it, sunlight floods into a space defined by meticulously selected high‑end furniture – pieces that are not only refined in form but carry the imprint of skilled hands and thoughtful design. Beyond the glass lies a natural setting: lush greenery that extends the living space into the landscape. This scene, at once serene and purposeful, embodies a shift in how the world understands luxury design – not as ornamentation, but as a convergence of aesthetics, economic growth and cultural meaning

The age of the “one-size-fits-all” hotel is over; today, travelers, investors, and designers alike are seeking experiences as nuanced and flexible as the cities they inhabit. The numbers underscore this momentum. In 2024, Italy saw hotel investments soar to €2.1 billion – a 30% increase over the previous year, according to EY. The surge has not slowed: the first half of 2025 recorded €1.4 billion in investments, up 31% from 2024 

Design Courier had the pleasure of joining Maison&Objet as a Media Partner from January 14 to 19, 2026, immersing itself in an edition that hovered delicately between echoes of the past and visions of the future. Walking through the halls of Paris Nord Villepinte, one could feel a shared breath: that of those who love to observe, touch, and imagine. “Past Reveals Future” was more than a theme – it was a lens through which every object, every installation, every space told a story

We live in an age in which economic power seems to have replaced the value of beauty. New global powers – vast, aggressive, determined to impose logics of unlimited growth – are shaping an increasingly uniform world, culturally poorer, uglier. Beauty – the authentic kind, the kind that shapes the spirit of a people – has become collateral damage

There are editions of Maison&Objet that document a moment, and others that attempt something more ambitious: to recalibrate the cultural compass of design itself. The January 2026 edition belongs to the latter. Under the theme Past Reveals Future , the Parisian fair does not indulge in nostalgia, nor does it fetishize innovation for its own sake. Instead, it stages a subtle but radical proposition: that the future of design will be authored by those capable of reading the past not as a static inheritance, but as an active, transformable substance

At the Miami Design & Hospitality Summit on 14 October 2025 a remarkable gathering of minds – Chad Oppenheim, David Martin, Tiffany Cooper, Man Him Chan, Daniel Novela, Matthias Hollwich, Marilia Pergola, Alison Antrobus, and Sergio Saenz – explored the evolving language of branded luxury residences. Their conversations traced the intersection of design, culture, and lifestyle, revealing how Miami has become a laboratory for new ideas in art, architecture, hospitality

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