Go to Paris. Eat the food, drink the wine, tour the streets. And absorb the views. Along Champs Ellysees, Boulevard Saint Germain des Prés or Av Montaigne, surely there is no shortage of visual stimuli.

Maybe your eyes land on a passing stranger, a child dragging her fingers along a stone wall, or a cafe in the Left Bank, where an afternoon wind swoops under white table cloths and makes them flap. Maybe your eye catches glimpse of a stooped man, zigzagging over sidewalks, collecting fallen branches and knobby sticks.

This is architect Philippe Rahm, and he is gathering supplies.

He is participating in the Maison & Objet show, exhibiting his latest creations. One of which is called Ventilation — an air exchanger made from wood and glass — that scents the air as it enters a room.

Here it is, ready to go.

And here it is again, disassembled.

Rahm’s contribution to contemporary architecture and everyday practicality signal his rise as a preeminent modern designer.

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