04/09/2025
VOYAGER, LA TERRE
4-13. 09. 2025
For Paris Design Week, the Japanese concept store HIS Paris is transforming itself into a ceramics mecca, with a collective exhibition dedicated to artists working with ceramics. From 4 to 13 September 2025, HIS will be showcasing the art of ceramics in a unique programme that brings together expertise from several countries.
The ‘Voyager, la terre’ exhibition celebrates the profound relationship between the raw material (earth), the arts and cultures, testifying to the creative force of an age-old craft that is still growing. From a selection of rare objects to artworks signed by international artists, HIS has set itself the task of bringing together different cultural approaches, echoing Japanese ceramics, an ancestral skill that has become cult under the impetus of the Mingei movement.
French designer signed the curation and the scenography of this exhibition, which combines tradition and formal experimentation, and is all about materiality and texture. He brings together the localities, soils, shapes, colours and souls of the earth’s craftsmen. In all, more than 150 traditional and contemporary creations come together in a holistic tour spread over two levels. ‘This exhibition is about listening to the objects respond to each other,’ says the designer and scenographer.
Artists from all over the world
Supported by renowned publishers, the selection ranges from Asia (Japan, China, Cambodia) to South
America (Mexico), Canada, Africa (Benin, Mauritius) and Europe (Poland, Sweden, France and Italy).
Ceramics from design expeditions organized by a traveling program initiated by designer and interior architect will be presented in the exhibition. South America is represented by Franco-Mexican creations from Maison Marcoux, a specialist in Mexican
On the Japanese side, ceramics come from the local HIS network, Maison Wabi Sabi, founded by Japanese ceramics expert Yann Touret and the Tokoname-yaki and Saito-yaki factories, represented by Kashiwa craft, which use two of the six oldest kilns in Japan.
