Located a stone's throw from the Porte d'Orléans, in Montrouge, is a shop, workshop and design gallery that you will remember for a long time: with its designer objects, Boutique du Futur is an Ali Baba's cave for original gift ideas and knick-knacks of all kinds.
you welcome in MontrougeIn the Future storeTRUE Design laboratoryA place open to everyone Workshop And by the way, a store of completely unusual things. This project is from Nicola Troup, an engineer by training who was already inventing and inventing beautiful inventions, in 1995, in his small house in Montrouge. Meanwhile, he democratized his country 100% French inventions On the other side of the world: Tokyo, New York… However, he had no agents in Montrouge. Not to mention, in 2006, Nicolas opened Boutique du Futur, a place in his image, in the heart of Montrouge.
Far from being a classic store, Future store Works on bothWorkshopl Gallery And based on Meeting place. What's most important here is experimentation and testing: more than a third of the items for sale in the boutique actually exist Prototypes, developed by Nicholas. While arriving, You can visit the workshopdiscover how to assemble certain prototypes, see the hanging exhibitions in the store gallery… In the end, this boutique of the future looks more like a design museum than a store, and moreover, the place is located in the top 3 cultural places to discover in Montrouge!
Here you will find Ingenious toolsLike the Baby planea small airplane-shaped spoon for feeding children in a fun way – a bestseller on the store that has sold several hundred thousand copies -, Savosica device that ensures the soap never gets soft again on the edge of the shower… but also, a whole set of “I Love Montrouge” products., to promote this tourist destination on the outskirts of Paris with humor: T-shirts and mugs, you can even find Montrouge water! “We are constantly looking to come up with new proposals,” explains Nicola. “As a designer, I'm happy that once I have an idea, I prototype it.”
At Boutique du Futur, humor is king and there is no shortage of puns: among the bestsellers, we noticeably Badge of insecuritya Dromagrum To squeeze a morning orange, etc. “All our products are locally made, and we make them 100% French.“It's low-tech, because everything works according to fairly old physics principles… and low-cost, so it remains accessible to everyone,” says Nicola, who exchanges a lot with his clients for each of his new inventions. Feedback on prototypes sold in the store and this is also the most important Future storeClients are the “guinea pigs” of the designer who remains 100% transparent with them. Moreover, on Tik Tok account From Boutique du Futur, you can learn how to make some of the items sold in the store yourself, as Nicolas brings you his accessible tutorials.
If you are passing through Montrouge, go and check this out Unusual workshop And their designer items, perfect for great gift ideas!
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