1. Apaiser Sentosa

Melbourne-based luxury stone composite bathware brand apaiser charms with its sleek designs. Made of crushed recycled marble and handcrafted by artisans, its bathware products are smooth and luxurious to the touch. The Sentosa stone bathtub is a freestanding tub that exudes a sculptural and minimalist quality enhanced by its slate-coloured material. Also available in a range of colours.

2. Campa Campastyle Bains

A warm towel after a shower is a luxury indeed. French company Campa, known for its sleek radiators, brings this stylish comfort into the bathroom. The brand uses materials such as glass, lava stone and steel in refined finishes for its products. We love the Campastyle Bains towel rail for its mirrored shine and streamlined, quiet design. 

3. Axor ShowerProducts

Designed by the Swedish trio by the name of Front, the ShowerProducts range gives a shine to the aesthetics of valves, funnels and joints. The result is elegant and delightful, as seen in the Showerpipe’s funnel-shaped hand and overhead showers. The overhead shower also comes with two jet types Rain and RainAir, while the ribbed handle design provides intuitive control. 

4. Paola C. Kris-Tib-Tracy-Trevor

Paola C. produces a series of table objects of different personalities. Made either from metal, ceramic, glass or wood, they range from playful to luxurious. This collection, with the products named Kris, Tib, Tracy and Trevor, consists of silver-plated glasses and a silver-plated double carafe. The glasses, in appearing precariously placed on the surface, intrigue and surprise the senses.

5. Veneta Cucine Carrera

Italian brand Veneta Cucine, available at Design Hub, was displayed in prominence at Maison&Objet with the open and crisp layout of its stand. The Carrera kitchen is the brand’s historic model, updated with the addition of a recessed grip. The kitchen comes in new colours in matt and glossy shades, as well as a range of finishes. 

6. Technogym Cross Personal 

Fitness equipment tend to be bulky, but not the ones by Technogym. Fitness and design enthusiasts would appreciate the aesthetic considerations that go into the Antonio Citterio Collection of Fitness Equipment. The Cross Personal fitness equipment, for example, displays ultra-cool minimalist lines and mirrored surfaces. Dolby Surround enhances sound to keep you pumped up during your fitness routine. 

7. MisuraEmme Margareth

Comfort is central to Italian brand MisuraEmme. Yet, style isn’t compromised. The Margareth bed is an outstanding example with its solid wood bed frame and shaped steel headboard covered with canvas and velvet. The tapered legs add to the slim lines of the design. Choose from leather or fabric upholstery for the bedroom. Available from Marquis. 

8. Roselle Mont Clair Sparkle

Homegrown interior furnishing brand Roselle Mont Clair introduces its new collections, among which is the Serendipity collection. Designed in-house, it consists of floral designs and solid-coloured fabrics, among others. A notable design is Sparkle, a textured upholstery material made with
a combination of cotton, linen, viscose
and polyester. Sparkle is available in
four colours.

9. Tom Dixon Cast Shoe 

By interpreting common objects into coveted curiosities, Tom Dixon takes things we see every day to a whole new level. We love the eclecticism of the home accessories. The Cast Shoe doorstop keeps the passageway open while being stylish at it. Cast Shoe, modelled after the classic English Gentleman’s brogue, is made from cast solid aluminium. 

10. Cosalite lighting 

In a pared down contemporary home, a striking piece of lighting does the trick to jazz up the interior. One way to go is with sculptural lighting that wows guests. Cosalite lighting pieces by Cosa are not only dramatic, but also contribute greatly to the ambience of the space with its creative exploration of light and shapes. 

11. Borzalino Atena 

In addition to Tuscan craftsmanship, Italian brand Borzalino offers furniture lovers a wide range of leather, fabrics, trimming, stitching and buttons to choose from. Each design is customised to your style preferences. We love the Atena sofa, which features a retro-esque design. Borzalino also provides a selection of fabrics from fashion label Sonia Rykiel and Thai silk purveyor Jim Thompson. 

12. Omazz Belicia Bed 

Omazz may be known for its mattresses made of latex and other natural materials, but the brand also provides a range of bed frames. The Belicia bed frame is an eye-catching piece with its dramatic tall headboard and studded detailing. It comes with options in fabric and leather upholstery, leg options and even studs. Complete it with the right Omazz mattress.

13. Hamilton Conte Nymphea Round 

The look of Hamilton Conte is timeless, yet brings to mind influences from around the world. There’s a sense of casual luxury too, as personified in the Nymphea Round table. The occasional table is made up of individually moulded cast brass leaves that are meticulously put together. The surface irregularities and leaf veins contrast against the tubular table legs.  

14. Daum Jungle 

With an impressive stand at the Maison&Objet exhibition, Daum presented its exquisite collection. Daum’s Spring Summer collection takes inspiration from the lushness of the jungle. In celebration of our planet’s exotic flora and fauna, the Jungle piece takes on intricate details and, notably, deeply saturated colours found in the world’s densest jungles.

15. Luzerne Chinois

Founded in Singapore over 60 years ago, Luzerne has since grown into a company with international reach. It offers a diverse range of tableware designs. Notably, Luzerne has introduced what it calls ‘New Bone’, a form of traditional bone china without the use of animal bone ash. We love the lively Chinois collection, a throwback to traditional design but with a modern spin. 

16. Volevatch Versailles

Volevatch’s bathware collection stands out for its luxe feel, no matter the style. If you’ve always wanted the look of a French royal chateau for your home, then the gilded Versailles bathware collection would be it. The collection stands out for its intricate, ornate and dramatic fittings in solid bronze and natural crystals. 

17. Frato Accra

The Frato look is one of class, underscored by muted colours, clean lines and understated finishes. Frato lamps, such as the Accra lamp, speak of its East-meets-West influences. Accra’s stainless steel frame and raw silk lampshade are matched with a Chinese tassel, blended beautifully with the use of very light hues. 

18. Christopher Guy Dandelion

With an impressive stand complete with living and bedroom settings, Christopher Guy made a splash at the Maison&Objet Asia exhibition. The brand’s luxe furnishings have been used in several Hollywood films. Christopher Guy’s mirrors are veritable works of art. The Dandelion mirror, with hand-carved petals radiating from the central convex glass, makes it an impressive statement piece for the home. 

19. Bernardaud Divine

Founded in Limoges, France, 150-year-old Bernardaud is committed to reinventing porcelain production, and this can be seen in its beautiful designs. Its latest collections displayed at the exhibition range from humorous to classy. The Divine collection elevates the humble geometric shapes to something sophisticated. The texture and lustrous silver-coloured finish gives the design an allure that’s also timeless.  

20. Delightfull Botti

European lighting brand Delightfull was displayed prominently together with its sister brands including Boca do Lobo at the exhibition. Inspired heavily by vintage designs and music, its lamps take on the names of jazz greats including Frank Sinatra and Etta James. The Botti lamp – named after the award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti - – takes centre stage effortlessly with its trumpet-like bells and pipes. 

21. Akar de Nissim Mandchu 

Debuting its collection at Maison&Objet Asia, Akar de Nissim drew attention with its exquisitely designed stand. The brand’s first limited edition collection comprises furniture and accessories that exude a sense of luxury. The Mandchu chair, a limited edition piece, pays homage to the traditional Chinese mahogany chair. Made from oiled solid oak, it sports a streamlined design for an updated look.

22. Ango

An allegory between nature and technology, Ango’s lighting designs using mulberry tree bark, rattan, sea kelp, tapioca skin, steel wire, metallised thread or silicon are the embodiment of how sustainable 21st-century human-scale production methods can be. The Paradise ceiling light is composed of a random configuration of natural-coloured silk cocoons – which are made of silk formed in the glands of a silkworm’s body – each attached to a hand-brushed stainless steel wire matrix and built up layer by layer. Silk thread is traditionally spun off from cocoons after they have been boiled, but Ango uses entirely unprocessed cocoons.

23. Bernardaud

Comprising dinner plates, round dishes, oval platters, salad bowls, cups and saucers, the elegant Aboro porcelain dinner service is created by interior designer Sarah Lavoine – who has spent the past 10 years defining a new French art de vivre for living spaces. Her collection is influenced by Aboriginal art; its circles and dots referencing natural elements and the cycle of life itself. 

24. Cebu Fil Veneer Corporation

Established in 1986 in the Philippines, Cebu Fil Veneer Corporation (CFVC), the exclusive manufacturer for Atelier-A (Carlo Cordaro’s Italian company), is a pioneer in the local veneering industry. A technique perfected by the Italians, veneering uses a knife to carve fine slices of wood, which are then layered together to create furniture. The Ring table, chair and cabinet come in black palm fibre laminate that does not crack or move – making them suitable for extensive everyday use – with powder-coated metal bases. The difficulties of working with palm fibre actually stretch back to the 1920s to the time of designers like Jean-Michel Frank. CFVC has however perfected the production of laminates in curved substrates, and colour tones may be adjusted according to client request.

25. Guaxs

The German family company translates long-established craft traditions into contemporary designs in the aim of producing valuable objects that are built to last through the use of sustainable materials such as metal, leather, wood, natural stone and glass. Guaxs glass is processed by highly-skilled craftsmen in small, exclusive factories specialising in producing limited editions for international artists and designers. The glassblower blows hot glass into a prepared metal form that is then cooled over several days, before cutting and polishing by hand. Inspired by nature and the preservation of manual skills, the ocean blue/indigo Gobi vase in mouth-blown glass with a hand-cut surface comes in four different shapes: high, tall, round or bowl.

26. Sonite

Experts in surface coverings, Sonite can make difficult conceptual designs and artworks a reality through its mosaics that are thinner and lighter than conventional ceramic or glass varieties, meaning they can be applied easily to walls, ceilings and hard-to-fit spaces like corners, edges, curved areas and countertops. Designed by the artist Ingrid Booz Morejohn, Cracked Ice in green, blue or red is based on a distinctive Chinese decorative pattern used in traditional window lattice work, often as a divider in garden architecture, as a way of framing a piece of nature. The design merges with the fine lines of the mosaics to create a modern puzzle masterpiece.

Find out what our favourite designers say about the fair in Singapore Tatler Home's coverage of the Maison&Objet Asia 2014.