Contemporary and trendy shops

The ultra trendy Palais de Tokyo, mentor of the contemporary artistic avant-garde, close to the Eiffel Tower, asked the artist and graffiti artist André, the creator of the character of Monsieur A., to devise the contents and the form of the amazing Blackblock. The conception of the shop was inspired by a petrol station in the suburbs of Stockholm. Encircled by refrigerated glass windows with integrated pink lights, the sales area displays all types of rare objects and limited editions. The space is also regularly used for special events and transformed by guest designers who transpose their world for a time into an ephemeral shop.

Blackblock - Palais de Tokyo - 13 av du Président-Wilson, Paris 16th - Tel +33 (0)1 47 23 37 04 - www.blackblock.org







In another register, Le Laboratoire has opened near to the secular Palais du Louvre; it is an experimental venue at the crossroads of science and contemporary creation with a bookshop, Laboshop, a kind of vessel of the future for design and the latest innovations. A veritable bubble in white, the shop invites visitors to discover a variety of prototypes that have been devised and created by participants at the venue, and which it is possible to test or buy. Among the most astonishing, the Whiff is a process which enables you to eat by inhalation, whilst the Bel-Air is a filter which enables plants to filter the air. These unique objects are signed by designer Mathieu Lehanneur, and scientist and founder of this unique place in Paris, David Edwards.

Laboshop - 4 rue du Bouloi, Paris 1st - Tel +33 (0)1 78 09 49 63 - www.laboshop.fr







The mezzanines of the Centre Pompidou, a dynamic Parisian cultural institution, houses the Printemps du Design an original shop, with a grey concrete floor and minimalist windows. The shop offers 3,000 types of objects around five themes: living, savouring, charming, communicating, getting around and playing. Eggcups, seats, cameras, jewellery, sweets, spinning tops … catch the eye. Striking for the selection and display of objects, it offers design classics through to the latest in contemporary creation.

Printemps du Design - Centre Pompidou - Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris 4th - Tel +33 (0)1 44 78 15 78 - www.printemps.com







Still on the subject of design, the 107 Rivoli is the sales area of the Musée des Arts décoratifs, close to the Tuileries, in the centre of the capital. Specializing in specific areas of the decorative arts, fashion and design, the shop (in three spaces and 300 m²) offers enthusiasts and connoisseurs a fine and rare selection of books, accessories, stationary, tableware, toys … inspired by the past or present. For more up to date shopping, the shop also invites celebrities and designers to suggest a selection of ephemeral and ultra-specialist objects for the duration of an exhibition or an event.

107 Rivoli - 107 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st - Tel +33 (0)1 42 60 64 94 - www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr







Newly inaugurated, the shop of the Opéra is a gem of a place situated within the prestigious Palais Garnier. A reference for discovering talents and trends in Europe, the gallery specializes in the operatic and choreographic arts and is divided into four areas: multimedia library, Art for children, Memory and Performance, and linked to the artistic programme of the famous institution. Educational games, designer objects, books, technological or even signature and showcase objects already make this a cult address for the latest in museum shopping !

Galerie de l’Opéra de Paris Palais Garnier - Rue Halévy, Paris 9th - www.operadeparis.fr







The prestigious Pinacothèque de Paris, situated opposite the Madeleine church, rounds off this tour of contemporary museum shops. Its shop showcases French and European designers who are not well-known to the general public, like the La Tonkinoise brand in Paris, for example. There is also a great selection of items for children: memory games, card games, wooden toys, and for adults, superb decorative objects and even luxury stationary.

Shop of the Pinacothèque de Paris - 28 place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th - Tel +33 (0)1 42 68 81 05 - www.pinacotheque.com









For the curious and contemporary art buffs, there is the Merle Moqueur, situated in the north wing of the Halle Curial at the CentQuatre, the City of Paris art establishment in the Paris North-East. The 250 m² shop features a floor in epoxy, suspended acoustic cassettes and ramps with fluorescent lighting. Reference works for children and adults are to be found in the different sections: general, youth and arts.

Le Merle Moqueur Centquatre - 104 rue d’Aubervilliers, 5 rue Curial, Paris 19th - Tel +33 (0)1 40 38 85 65 - www.lalibrairiedu104.fr









Also centred on contemporary creation, the bookshop of the Maison Rouge in Paris, Bookstorming, is an area where the wall decoration has been entrusted to the artist Jean-Michel Alberola. Books on art, monographic works, critical essays as well as many original works are on sale. A veritable place for dialogue, numerous events and encounters with artists and authors are regularly organized: book signings, talks and video projections … This is how the likes of Pierre and Gilles, Sophie Calle or even Giuseppe Penone go to meet their public.

Bookstorming - Maison Rouge - 10 bis bd Bastille, Paris 12th - Tel +33 (0)1 43 43 02 76 - www.bookstorming.com







The bookshop-shop of the Musée du quai Branly, situated on the Seine quayside near to the Eiffel Tower, offers a 170 m² original sales area devoted to art from outside Europe. This unique place acclaimed by the general public and professionals, offers a variety of ethnic objects while advocating the values of fair trade, with for example A-Typik and its Colombian jewellery, whose profits go to the reconstruction of schools in Colombia.

Bookshop-shop of the Musée du quai Branly - 37 quai Branly, Paris 7th - Tel +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00 - www.quaibranly.fr