Antoine Laymond is a french designer working on new concepts in furniture innovation. He has launched several collections which are as one-of-a-kind pieces as well as in specialized stores, like what he did for Roche Bobois in 2008. Using his originality and his creativity he decided to work on recycling old furniture found in the street to make high end pieces, mixing ancient and contemporary classics. READ MORE

To start the year in color, here is a super visual calendar designed by British graphic designer Derek Bowers, for the 2011 Pantone calendar. The color wheel contains a mosaic of 1440 graphic images with visual and cultural references. READ MORE

French photographer Leo Caillard, sent us his two last editorials for Amusement magazine: Art Game and War Game, in exclusivity. Both with some incredible 3D and retouching skills by Antoine Mairot. My favorite is Art Game, or how the Musée du Louvre uses Apple navigation system for showcasing their art. See both series below.

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Feast your eyes on this babe, girls! Freestyle skater Kilian Martin is every teenage girls dream. His rare talent combined with the beautiful art direction of Atelier Franck Durand results in a stunning mood piece for A Man About Town’s viral content. Not to be missed!

When Art meets Champagne! Zarb is a very interesting artsy bubbly new champagne brand from France. Zarb is French slang for bizarre, and we can say the same for their bottles, we actually have not tasted it yet, but the bottles look awesome and very unconventional for champagne! Bravo!
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Elephant Ceramics are designed by Michelle Micheal, a home design editor and prop stylist. Working with organic shapes Michelle incorporates the texture of traditional homespun linen into the clay. Her painterly approach to glazing each piece by dripping, pouring, and brushing, combining transparency and opaqueness gives her work the allure that only a handmade object could have.

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