ARBITERS OF STYLE, EUGENIA SANTIESTEBAN SOTO

A beautifully photographed and written exploration of an exciting new movement in French interior design and architecture, featuring visionary talents

From rising stars like Hugo Toro and Marine Bonnefoy to established names like Jacques Grange and Jean-Louis Deniot, the 21 French designers in this book are leading a bold new charge in the decorative arts: fluent in architecture, but fluent in feeling too; refreshingly unafraid of color; obsessed with sculptural form; and confident enough to let a single perfect gesture speak volumes.

They are proving that the most profound luxury isn’t about having more – it’s about knowing exactly what to leave out. This is more than a snapshot of French style: it is elegance and sophistication reimagined by interior designers and architects who think like artists, and artists who understand structure. It is a cadre of talent rewriting the rules.

In an era when design feels caught between maximalist excess and beige-washed banality, these spaces represent an aesthetic reawakening – a burst of creativity that seems light-years ahead of everything else, reminding us that true style isn’t about following rules, but about having the vision to shatter them beautifully.