DesignParis · Two Paris spots now open
Pressed flowers set in resin, from a Paris tisanerie to a handroll bar
Real petals sealed in clear resin are turning up on bar counters, chairs and gallery pieces, with two new Paris spots leading.
Livingetc's Gilda Bruno has been seeing it everywhere: real flowers and leaves sealed inside clear or amber resin, a furniture style she traces to the 1940s that is now coming back. Brand consultant Romain Casella puts it down to nostalgia and a wish to freeze time in unsteady years, likening it to the mosquito in amber in Jurassic Park.
In Paris, Apoticari's La Tisanerie in the Haut-Marais, which Bruno calls the city's first herbal infusion house, opened in September. Its bar counter, designed by Paul de Saint Maur and made by Bankal et Decker, holds hand-picked plants inside the resin. The menu runs to 12 organic French infusions served hot or cold, a nettle latte and hazelnut lentil-flour biscuits. In the 1st Arrondissement, Bar Nomo, a handroll and cocktail bar by Tom Ducarouge, pairs crimson walls and cherry wood with clear chairs and tables holding blossoms.
Further afield, Sabine Marcelis's resin Totem Lights feature in her solo show at Zurich's Museum für Gestaltung until 4 April 2027, and Warsaw-born Marcin Rusak, who began encasing market flower waste in 2015, takes new pieces to Salon Art + Design in New York in November. Worth a look for anyone planning a Marais afternoon or a late Paris supper.
Our summary of a story from Livingetc, published 31 October 2026. Read the original
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