Wondrous to watch, Memphis-born jookin’ dancer Lil Buck took us right OUT of our momentary cocnerns. Check out his utterly expressive dances to works of modern art AND in collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma,
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Purposeful Messages from Strangers
Ellen Silverman spotted this sign in tiny street garden in Paris. The curiously personal, handwritten note of fierce protection and thanks got us thinking about the loose, personal-yet-targeted messages left in public that we sometimes see that are quite different from graffiti. And that we could make some ourselves.
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Hotel Henriette: Stay There or Steal Ideas
We’ve written extensively about our usual practice of deconstructing and arranging overwrought hotel rooms. We’ve encountered SO many that were over decorated, stuffy, busy, that we stopped loving staying in hotels. Until we saw photos of Hotel Henriette in Paris, which breaks the mould every which way and gave us a trove of doable ideas for…
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How the Eiffel Tower Peace Symbol Came to Be
Shortly after the attacks in Paris hit the news, an image of the Eiffel Tower as peace symbol was tweeted and posted on Instagram. It is the creation of French graphic designer Jean Jullien, who described how it came about in a moment. “It was a reaction…The first thing that came to me was the…
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Inspiration: Le Corbusier’s Envisions a Paris Rooftop Garden
In the 1920’s, Le Corbusier designed Carlos de Beistegui’s apartment in Paris. The rooftop garden, with a very grand rococo fireplace one would usually find indoors, turns the usual outdoor space on its head. Here, he elaborates on it, with a mirror, candlesticks and an ornate sideboard, on grass.
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