Tag: France
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Eye on Design | Alphabet Art
It seems like wherever I go in the world these days, the alphabet is for sale.
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Style Moment | St. Valentine’s Day, Paris
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, playwright, and poet (Photograph taken at Meert, Paris)
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Style Moment | Mid-century modern, Marché Paul-Bert
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” Mary Lou Cook (Born 1918) American community activist, artist, author
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Eye on Design | Paris | Astier de Villatte
I could spend hours in this store. The milky glazed ceramics, inspired by 18th and 19th century designs, are captivating.
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Eye on Design | Paris | Le Salon de la Mode-Maison
Maison & Objet 2011, Paris
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Style Moment | Paris shop window
“Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German writer
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Paris | Standing Invitation
It’s cold and raining. The Paris flea market, always a thrill for the first hour or two as the treasure hunt begins, has become less than thrilling in the cold rain. Hands cold, feet cold, head wet, heavy bags. Determined to get through Marché Paul Bert before I stopped for warmth and food, I trudged…
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Style Moment | Maison & Objet, Paris
“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.” Gilbert Albert Highet (1906-1978) Scottish-American writer and literary historian.
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Style Moment | Marché Paul-Bert, Paris
“There’s beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes; Can trace it ‘midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise.” Felicia D. Hemans (1793 – 1835) English poet
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Not Part of the Exhibit
I love museums. There is always something that inspires me, and I invariably learn something new with each visit…but I am also intrigued by aspects of museums that aren’t part of the exhibit.
