This sumptuous ‘Cinq Fruits’ project by French creative studio Le Creative Sweatshop is just about inspiration and art. These still life pictures of random sculptures were all handmade using materials such as jelly, wax, paint and fruits purely to create very graphic and beautiful imagery. (...) Read More about Cinq Fruits by Le Creative Sweatshop (10 words)

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Galeries Lafayette Christmas windows 2011

Paris is a breathtakingly beautiful city on an average day but come Christmas time, the city takes on a whole new life with festive street decorations and fountains decorated with twinkling lights. Over on the Rive Droite, Maison CHANEL glitzed up Printemps‘ Christmas windows displays giving you a taste of travel. Designed like a world tour, each of the 11 windows is(...) Read More about Christmas Windows Paris 2011 (317 words)

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These are the Christmas trees created by the brightest personalities of the fashion, architecture and design worlds. The Christmas trees are works of art blending style and evergreen tradition to be auctioned for a good cause at the 16th editions of Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs special charity event in Paris.(...) Read More about Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs: Charity Event (98 words)

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Balloons & Muffins are two lamp collections made of simple and timeless “invisible volumes” by industrial designers Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova – Produced by Brokis the lamps are based on the idea of a transparent invisible balloon with a floating reflector.(...) Read More about Ballon & Muffins Lamps by Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova (51 words)

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The Street Memories series of Paris-based art director and graphic designer Nacho Ormaechea makes us think twice with these great photo collages of random people on the streets of Paris. A simple photoshop trick revealing an other graphic picture by blending it into the unknown individuals.(...) Read More about Nacho Ormaechea Street Memories (66 words)

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For this Trendhome today, French interior designer Roxane Beis transformed this old 1,830 square-foot (170 square-meter) print shop located in Passage Dieu, Paris 20th arrondissement that she bought a few years ago. She did an amazing job in converting the abandoned old building into a beautiful and spacious minimalist industrial duplex loft residence. I would definitely see myself living in space like that in Paris!
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Former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld appeared at last Paris Couture week as a “client” —and W’s cameras went along for the ride. Filmed by famous French film director Loïc Prigent, they followed the charming ‘editrix’ to more than 20 fashion shows, to fittings with couturiers from Jean Paul Gaultier to the reclusive Azzedine Alaïa, and, finally, to a two-day shoot with photographer Paolo Roversi.

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There’s not too much information on artist Suzy Lelièvre, but her striking works speak for themselves. A steel ladder does a graceful backward bend into a full circle, a bowl of noodles connects to a large mid-air fork, and dice dots sink towards the ground. In fact, in most of Suzy’s work, everyday objects are spun, skewed, and (...) Read More about Suzy Lelièvre Conceptual Art (40 words)

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The first Kenzo campaign under the creative direction of Opening Ceremony’s Carol Lim and Humberto Leon is an awesome 40 seconds animation directed by mixed-media master Jo Ratcliffe and produced by Ryan Goodwin-Smith (Passion Pictures). It is very lively and colorful with great music, and the video presents the collections theme, colors and direction very well. Watch it below.

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