Tag: France
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Style Moment | Merry Christmas, Saint-Émilion
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), American Protestant religious leader, author [Photo: Saint Emilion, France]
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Dordogne | Thursday in Eymet
Eymet (pronounced “eh-may”) is a quiet little bastide* village in the Dorgogne region of France. Warm limestone buildings, dating back to the 13th century when the bastides were built, surround the town square, and line the narrow lanes leading away from it.
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Style Moment | Château de Monbazillac
“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” Aaron Rose (Born 1969) Artist, writer, musician, film director, and curator
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Style Moment | Design office, Paris
“In a recurring dream, I’m invited to the Eameses’, and Ray tells me, ‘You know, for your house you should…’ I always wake up at that point, and spend the entire day trying to figure out what she was about to suggest.” Jean-Philippe Delhomme (born 1959) French writer and illustrator
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Eye on Design | Random Treasures
Copenhagen It’s the antique dealer equivalent of the “junk drawer”…the box that holds a random collection of objects that are too precious or interesting or peculiar to throw away, but not quite valuable enough to be sold individually. I find that the contents are always, in their humble way, fascinating. Paris Copenhagen
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Style Moment | Musée du Louvre
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish-born painter and sculptor
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Paris | Comptoir de L’image
I am convinced that the whole history of 20th century art and design can be found in this tiny bookshop in the Marais.
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Weird but Wonderful | Enlightened
Marché Paul Bert, un des Marchés aux Puces de St Ouen, Paris
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Style Moment | Eymet, France
“A picture is a poem without words.” Horace (65 BC-8 BC) Roman lyric poet
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Style Moment | Marché Vernaison, Paris
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900 – 1944) French novelist (The Little Prince) and aviator
