Posts Tagged ‘ Paris ’
Girard-Perregaux is introducing a very limited edition version of its 1966 Chronograph meant to recall the doctor’s watches of the early twentieth century. Available exclusively from the Dubail boutique in Paris, it features a 40mm case, and automatic caliber movement, and face details like the bold orange/red circle, typeface, and pulsometer scale that set it apart from the company’s other 1966 chronographs.
Check out this new apparel brand called Sayfat. So whether it’s a FAT Burger, a cool hot dog or a nasty pizza, its whole mind spirit is axed around one thing : Food porn. All illustrations were made by DaGhotProd & it printed in Paris on a 100% indian eco-coton.
Paris based photographer Julien Palast knows how to showcase the human body in a particular way. What’s interesting about this series is that despite basically shrink-wrapping and hiding the human forms, you actually become more aware of them. The contours and curves of the female and male figures are slickly highlighted by the well-selected material—a gradiented array of vibrantly tropical colors and just enough sheen in all the right places.
Cerise Doucede is a french photographer who studied between Aix-en-provence & Paris. Since 2010, she’s been working on many projects as an author-photographer, composing her own creations with a certain talent and a lot of imagination. Today we’re presenting her series Egarements, featuring situations where things got a little bit out of control. A quite fun & well directed project.
Instagram, the photo-sharing app, has released a list of the most photographed places in the world via the app in 2012, with Suvarnabhumi Airport topping the chart.According to IG, over 100,000 photos were taken via Instagram at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, over the last year, making it a surprise winner.Interestingly another Bangkok landmark, the Siam Paragon shopping mall, took second place in Instagram’s most photographed places in 2012
Overall, locations in the US were popular among Instagram users, with American landmarks occupying seven of the top ten locations, including five in Southern California. Strangely enough, landmarks that have been a traditional favorite for photographers such as the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin or London’s Big Ben did not appear on the list, though Paris’s Eiffel Tower did make an appearance in eighth place — behind Dodger Stadium and LAX.
The top ten most photographed places in the world via Instagram in 2012 were:
01. Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) Bangkok, Thailand
02. Siam Paragon (shopping mall) Bangkok, Thailand
03. Disneyland Park Anaheim, California, USA
04. Times Square New York City, New York, USA
05. AT&T Park San Francisco, California, USA
06. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), California, USA
07. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California, USA
08. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
09. Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
10. Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA
The Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain in Paris is currently showing an exhibition devoted to the work of Moebius, as well as his other pseudonym Gir and real identity Jean Giraud. Devoted to his comics work, the display is… well. Rather impressive. It includes his notepads, paintings, unpublished pieces and an animated film. The theme of the exhibition is metamorphosis.
The competition brief, A Bridge in Paris, allows us to locate an architectural reflection within this same realm of contemporary urban enjoyment. It appears to us that Paris has enough bridges. Our intention is to invite its visitors and inhabitants to engage on a newer and more playful path across this same water. We propose an inflatable bridge equipped with giant trampolines, dedicated to the joyful release from gravity as one bounces above the river. Installed near the Bir-Hakeim Bridge, it is formed of inflatable modules, like giant life-preservers, 30 meters in diameter. In the central part of each ring, a trampoline mesh is stretched. The floating buoys, fabricated in PVC membrane, are attached together by cord to form a stable and self-supporting ensemble. Each module under tension – filled with 3700 cubic meters of air – develops in space with an arch-like form.
Fjaril is a drawer. It expands rhythmically and during this movement changes itself from a simple box into a functional sculpture. Fjarill is sold as a limited edition at Galerie Maria Wettergren in Paris.
Each image in this collection shows vegetable cocktails fromPierre Martinet. The Pierre Martinet Smoothie campaign was created by BEING TBWA, an ad agency based in Paris, France. It features colorful goblets made out of the veggies each smoothie consists of. For instance, one is made out of an egg plant while another from a carrot. It was art directed by Jean-Pierre Roges.
The evolving genre is by a Paris-based photographer Jean-François Rauzier, who has spent the last decade building photos of unprecedented detail. His latest images, which you can see below, are around 10,000 times the resolution of a normal photograph. Even at 66 feet wide, around the size of two school buses, his images are incredibly crisp.
The Black Diamond Room, (above) is housed in the The Seven Hotel located in Paris, France. The Seven is a luxury hotel contains 28 suits that are decorated in seven different ways – James Bond, Marie Antoinette, Alice, etc. These suits were created by four talanted designers: Vincent Bastie, Virginie Cauet, Sylvia Corrette and Paul-Bertrand Mathieu.
The James Bond Room
The Alice Room
The On/Off Room
The Sublime Room
The Marie Antoinette Room
The Levitation Room
Artist Felice Varini, born in in 1952 in Locarno, Switzerland. (and currently lives in Paris) is a master of anamorphic installations. He paints directly on indoor and outdoor spaces such as rooms, stairways, buildings, and more. His work requires that you view it at a specific angle, so that you can see geometric shapes.
The paintings are characterized by a single vantage point from which the viewer can see the complete painting (usually a simple geometric shape such as circle, square, line), while various ‘broken’ fragmented shapes are seen from various other view points. Varini contends that the work exists as a whole — the complete shape as well as the fragments. “My concern,” he says “is what happens outside the vantage point of view.”
And once again, the photos below are NOT digital edits, they are 100% real.
Sure, it’s a middle class problem but ever get annoyed by having to change the time on your watch when you enter a new country? It might not be an issue that afflicts those of us who don’t go travelling that often but this ingenious watch is still perfect for those who wish that they did. The “All Around the World” watch boasts eight hour hands, which resemble landmarks in major cities. For example, if you’re in New York then you’d use the Statue of Liberty as your hour marker. Minutes are always marked by a pigeon. You know, because they’re a given in every city.
Here’s the full list of cities and landmarks:
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Salt Lake Temple, Utah
Sears Tower, Chicago
Statue of Liberty, New York
Big Ben, London
The Eiffel Tower, Paris
Istambul’s minarets
Red Square, Moscow
There are only 100 watches and each costs £150. You can find out more info, including where to buy here.
No, this has nothing to do with me trying to jump off buildings, or attempting any death defying stunts. The Storm Team is a Parkour (Free Running) group that just released their first team video. Check out all the high flying ridiculousness in the video below… and don’t try that at home.
Does it make sense to hold a graffiti awards show? Some say no way, the whole idea of vandalism is to do your thing and never get caught. The rest say sure, why not? Have some fun, eat some snacks. (Who doesn’t love snacks?) But some took this premise very seriously, and came up with the Artaq Awarads. There are the Artaq Awards in both Paris and Berlin. This event is known as the first EVER international Urban Arts competition. In it, artists from the most representative sects join together to showcase the evolution of all of their styles. The contest consists of six awards: Awards by category – Graffiti – Painting – Collage – Sculpture – Digital Art – Photography. In Situ Performances. The award winners will have their work shown in several galleries in Europe (this is what you’ll see below, here,) and the Artaq Bookzine will present their work and will be distributed at each of the trendy exhibition venues.
French designer Arnaud Lapierre has created ‘ring’, a series of mirrored cubes placed in a circular pattern in collaboration with AUDI. The vast amount of reflections and angles warps the perspective of the surrounding area in a way I’ve never seen before. The optical effect creates a surreal environment in which both the structures and people are distorted and recreated, fracturing the usual relationship that individuals have with the piazza as well as themselves. Overall, the installation measured 5500 x 4000 mm (216 x 157 inches). The ‘ring’ installation was on show at Place Vendôme, Paris, at the 2011 Foire Internationale d’art Contemporain (FIAC). Check the method.
Hilton Arc de Triomphe Paris has partnered with Taittinger Champagne to create the “Bubble in Paris” bar that resembles a life-size snow globe. The translucent bar was conceived by artist Jean-Hugues de Chatillon, who drew inspiration from the mythical realm of Narnia to bottle a miniature winter wonderland. The 16-foot tall dome will house an all-white, central, circular bar and small lounge that can accommodate 35 visitors at a time and will be open until New Year’s Eve. Guests who order the signature special for €25 can sip a glass of Taittinger Champagne and choose their side of fresh sea or land bubble.
Italian fashion label Gucci inaugurated a museum in Florence Monday, showcasing the luggage and high-end clothing that have fueled the company’s success. Located in the Palazzo della Mercanzia, the museum is only a few steps away from the 13th century Palazzo Vecchio and Michelangelo’s David. The museum features an exhibit showing how their logo has evolved since Guccio Gucci, a former porter at the London’s Savoy hotel, founded the company in 1921. Covering 18,460 square feet over three floors, the Gucci Museo is arranged by theme and not in chronological order. In the private basement are the Gucci archives. On the ground floor will be a coffee shop and bookstore just downstairs from a display of handbags, red carpet outfits, and other archival pieces from Gucci. On the second floor of the museum is a display of garments and artworks that are emblazoned with the GG logo. Ahead of the public opening, some 200 celebrities, including the Vogue magazine chief Anna Wintour and US artist Bill Viola, attended a party held in the 14th-century palace in central Florence where the exhibits are installed. Admission to the museum will be 6 euros with half going to help restore the City of Florence.
G-Unit has been all over the world since 2004, but one of the most interesting video’s I’ve seen from them isn’t on MTV, but from their own personal stash. A video surfaced recently about their trip to France, and their shows in Colmar and Cannes, check the method.
I’ve been to many countries around the world, both as a child with my parents, and as an adult for work, but when I recently got an offer to play a fashion show in Paris, France I wanted to do some research. I haven’t been to Paris in over 10 years, so I wanted to get a little insight into what else I could get into besides the night life if I took the job. One of the most interesting videos I came across was an ad for students who may be deliberating on what country to study abroad in. Although this video hasn’t swayed me decision on weather or not to take the job, I wanted to put it up just because I thought it was stylistically awesome. Check the method.
As many folks may already know, the once underground emcee Yelawolf signed with Shady earlier in the year. Now that he’s out of the south, he’s all over the world, and his video blog proves just that. Yela-Vision’s most recent post is essentially just random home made video from the road of everything from women, to the scenery, to the food, to just fooling around (even some subliminal shots of his boys caught sleeping on the trip.) But it just goes to show how much fun friends can have on a road trip… Even tho Yela’s road trip was paid for by Eminem and company. Check out his ‘Road To France’ below.
This is one of the first times I’ve been writing a post about something that’s happening AS I’m writing. My good friend from Paris, France, Maelys and I are in a heated debate about the difference between Paris and New York. (We started off debating about Paris and New Jersey, but there was no competition.) But in the midst her saying “Paris has so many things New York doesn’t and their similarities don’t compare” I happened to come across a few simple pictures to demonstrate my point… That neither city is better, and when you take out your own personal bias, they’re on the same level. (Prenez cette, chienne)
So when you think of an arm gallery, people may be a bit confused. But Guy le Tatooer (yes, it’s exactly what you think) developed an entire gallery of false arms to show off his work. These are some photos from Guy le Tatooer’s tattoo arm exhibition at the Gimpel & Muller gallery in Paris. Guy says he created them using his arm and silicon. After, he used a traditional electric system to tattoo the arms. Guy also says he wanted to show tattoo with a real vision in a gallery.
