Reported by Yorgo Tloupas, 16 May 2012, 07:07 AM
Parisian girls are known worldwide for their elegance, effortless style and man-crushing conversation skills. My friend Marguerite Baux is no exception: she graduated from the best literary university course in France (Agrégée de Lettres Modernes) at a very young age, got into École Normale Supérieure, and went on to become a highly esteemed writer, translator, and journalist. So it’s no surprise that when she drives, it’s in an über-cool 1989 Mercedes-Benz 300TD.
Previous Friends and their wheels:
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Reported by Yorgo Tloupas, 11 May 2012, 08:26 AM
Sarah from Colette recently asked a bunch of Parisian illustrators and designers to participate in an ongoing show of posters, for Little White Lies magazine, inspired by famous movies.
I went for a legendary predator of the seas, and did a poster made of blood drops:
The show has a lot of great posters, some from very good friends of mine – all on sale by the way…
Don’t miss it, at Colette until the end of May!
Reported by Yorgo Tloupas, 11 May 2012, 06:45 AM
Last month I was asked to do an installation for the opening night of the W Hotel in Paris. My first choice was to do a photocall inspired by dazzle battleships, and to design bathrobes that the guests would wear, sporting the same pattern so that their bodies would vanish in the optical camouflage. W Hotels weren’t too keen on guests exchanging germ-infested bathrobes, so I changed my approach, and decided to print a single white suit, and to wear it through the evening, posing with friends and guests. The effect worked wonders, and I literally disappeared in most of the shots:
Some people mentioned the work of Chinese Artist Liu Bolin, but not only is this completely different as I could move around without altering the illusion, but he’s also a pale copycat of 60′s supermodel-turned-performance artist Veruschka. If anything I was more inspired by Lee Yongbaek.
More shots (by Remi Ferrante) here.
Reported by Yorgo Tloupas, 22 April 2012, 19:17 PM
Last weekend my childhood friend Noé Duchaufour Lawrance came to my mom’s for lunch with his two daughters, his son, and his girlfriend. I’ve known Noé since my birth, and in 37 years he’s turned into a highly successful designer, creating unique furniture, interiors, perfume bottles, etc…
Last year I redesigned his logo and corporate identity, and since then we’ve been working together on various projects. Of course, he’s got exquisite taste in vehicles, and is the proud owner of a legendary car (and not only for its dramatic failure to sell units…) – the Renault Avantime. Here he shows us its innovative hinged door:
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Reported by Yorgo Tloupas, 16 April 2012, 08:14 AM
I mentioned earlier the work I’ve been doing with Kitsuné on their new band Citizens!
We’ve just finished shooting a complex installation for their upcoming album, reproducing with thousands of matches the pattern I designed for the band:
Next step… lighting it up!
