Posts tagged with Paris
March 24, 2011 | New Art | by Nini Baseema |
Who doesn’t know them? The cracks in the roads that make driving and walking way less comfortable? Juliana Santacruz Herrera has had the funny idea to turn these unwelcome side effects of ‘nature at play’ into something more pleasant by filling the gaps with bright and colorful strands of yarn. Juliana currently fills potholes in Paris. Although her work might not be for eternity, it surely inspires some Parisian passers by to smile. Read more
March 11, 2011 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
Lina Scheynius was born 1981 in Vänersborg in Sweden and grew up in Trollhättan. She moved away from home at age 16 and currently lives between London and Paris. She works with natural light and a small automatic camera that allows her to move around a lot. Read more
March 3, 2011 | New Fashion | by Jess Zaino |
They live on planet C and B, two kooky and creative 20 year-old twin sisters, who are taking the human world by storm with their fierce brand of sunglasses. Coco and Breezy create studded and bullet-holed over-sized signature shields, but a recent trip to Paris inspired a wearable art, glow in the dark accessory line, and most recently, they rolled out a children’s collection. These kids are alright. And wear their sunglasses at night.
February 26, 2011 | New Illustration | by Contributions |
I love the new work from Antoine Corbineau, a French illustrator now based in Paris, having spent several years in both London and New York — where he notably designed The Electric Company’s new identity at WeArePlus. Read more
February 24, 2011 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
Khuong Nguyen is an editorial and commercial photographer and designer based in Paris. Some of his clients include Wallpaper, Christian Louboutin and Virgin Radio. This work is from his Tronified series for Amusement Magazine. Read more
February 18, 2011 | New & Cool Architecture | by Clare Hillier |
Created by Paris-based architects, Zoevox, for BNP Paribas, this space has been designed in ten zones that dispel the traditional banking set-up where the client and teller are separated by deep counters and screens. With a honeycomb ceiling, 25 square-metre living wall, coffee bar and exhibition area dedicated to kids, you’d happily cop a long queue from a bank like this! Read more
January 12, 2011 | Cool Websites | by Lamia Larkin |
We’ve all seen it happen at museums and may even be guilty of it ourselves. But posing awkwardly with artwork is a crime, and punishment has come in the form of a hilarious blog called Posing At The Louvre: with image upon image of people trying desperately to take a creative photos, instead of enjoying the creative artwork that surrounds them. Read more
January 5, 2011 | New Photography | by Contributions |
For Delphine Diallo, photography is a revolution and a renegade reality. Launching a new collection entitled Great Visions, Diallo attacks the conflicting visions of twentieth century Paris in the late 1970s, confronting the world of her childhood crucial to her formation as both a woman and an artist. Read more
December 21, 2010 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
Baudouin’s most improbable dreams saw him as a bassist in a New York jazz band around 1970. However, born in France in 1977 and unable to carry off an afro hairstyle, he decided to become a photographer. Read more
December 7, 2010 | New Photography | by Nini Baseema |
Olivier Valsecchi is a photographer living and working in Paris. His series, Dust, is a beautiful and touching collection of nudes in movement. Read more
November 24, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Nini Baseema |
Paris vs New York City, a tally of two cities, is a cute minimalist graphic design blog about the sometimes tiny, sometimes significant differences between those two metropolis’. Thank goodness we’re allowed to love both of them equally. Read more
November 11, 2010 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
Alain Delorme graduated from Gobelins in Paris with a degree in Photography. In this series, Totems, the composites are recreated on the basis of 6,000 images taken in Shanghai during two art residencies. The loads are exaggerated to emphasize the ‘totems’, which are highly symbolic of the Made in China consumer culture. Read more
October 25, 2010 | Cool Travel | by Michelle Wilding |
The lavish Seven Hotel in Paris is a movie aficionado/cosplayer’s dream come true. Like the name suggests, seven different movie-themed suites are available at check-in which include: 007, Alice in Wonderland, Sublime, On/Off, The Black Diamond, Lovez-Vous and Marie Antoinette. So the next time you feel like living the extravagant life of James Bond, I can’t think of anywhere as apt as this hotel.
September 29, 2010 | New Art | by Nini Baseema |
Paul Toupet is a designer from Paris with a bit of a morbid taste. He likes to sculpture wax puppets that look they’ve just been hopping out of the crypt. In his exhibitions, you’ll see children-like figures in shabby tissue with bunny masks, weird dangling braids that look like worms coming out of noses, nucleated eyes and mummified ‘corpses. Nightmare’s are an added bonus. Read more
September 11, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Nini Baseema |
Inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris, the Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate and theatrical Broadway productions between 1907 and 1931. They were lavish revues featuring many of the top entertainers of the era and were famous for their beautiful chorus girls, commonly known as ‘Ziegfeld girls’. Read more
They say you should never cross a black cat. Well, anyone who happened to stumble upon this scene in Hollywood, 1961, was in for one hell of a fright, or thirty. Yup, there’s more black cats here than you can poke a leash at. But interesting is the age range of the pets’ owners. Hard to imagine a comparative scene these days. [Photos via LIFE and Retronaut] Read more
I’m totally digging Andrew Schoultz’s dense line-work and limited palette. The San Francisco-based artist deals with political and social issues, but isn’t overtly a topical artist — the textures he achieves are similar to what I strive for in my own work. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
The clever folk behind Scandybars do what the rest of us would like to. Cut up the tastiest candy bars from around the world, eat one half and scan the other for posterity. Tasty, indeed. Read more
Don’t be afraid of the word retro. It has haunted us all from time to time, but one group that has embraced it with open arms is UK duo, La Roux. Their music is synth pop in the vein of Calvin Harris, Human League, The Eurythmics, and The Knife. There are quite a few of these young and ambitious pop starlets on the scene including Goldielocks. But La Roux takes the cake. Literally. I’m obsessed with their song In For the Kill and have a feeling summer will take it and make it a hit.
Pioneering Australian designer Kara Smith can definitely give Urban Originals a run for their money. She creates the most innovative handbags for those that truly want to stand out. Detailed with lovely pockets and vintage buttons, Smith’s retro inspired designs literally transform original vintage fabrics into ‘one-off’ clutches, handbags, totes and accessories. I’m in love with her clutches! But yes, if you missed her over the week end at the Blue Mountain’s Leura Village Fair, she’s stocked in Glebe and Sydney’s Todae store, as well as at a variety of online outlets.
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In the animal series, artist/designer Okayboss explores the trend of bands naming themselves after animals. These pieces, inspired by such artists as the Mountain Goats and The Dodos, put a colorful spin on the wildlife-turned-band phenomenon in indie-rock. Limited edition signed pieces are available in the Lost At E Minor store. Read more
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