Paris

So, Paris........

There is so much to say about Paris that I almost don’t know where to begin. So, Paris......I’m just going to jump in. It will become obvious over the next several months thru comment and imagery what inspiration I draw from this incredibly beautiful, historically rich city.

Commercial Space -

 Fantasy / Organic Design / Technology

While Prada's New Shop on the Rue St Honore is under construction, they have temporarily opened a shop further up the street on the Place Beauveau. Thier obvious reference to the base of the Eiffel Tower is super creative and playful.

The Musee Quai Branly uses Green Technology to create this Verticle Garden on the walls of the Museum

The little known Cafe Gentilhommiere near Odeon took advantage of the blank canvas of the wall behind the cafe to create this imaginative trompe l'oeil of a silhouette of a tree and faux windows to give a sense of fanatasy and grandeur to an otherwise mundane space.

 The newest addition to the group of shops called L'Ecleireur on the rue de Sevigny in the Marais is wildly fantastic in its use of high technology, multi media and art filled space. See the next video to fully appreciate what this very modern, space age shop is about. 

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I'll get to the personal significance of this subject in a future blog.

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I thought this Mens Boutique was definitely in the UN-Decorated style.
Instead of the usual formula for a retail shop, this boutique has seemingly random placed furniture of different periods and styles, a nod to Fornasetti via a creative collage of wallpaper cut outs and the use of rolling racks that one might normally find useful in a back storage room.

Just wandering thru the Marais the other day I came across this  most wonderful 'organic' sculpture. It was in the courtyard of a Hotel Particulier. Not only is it unusual and interesting but it just goes to show that you don't need a landscaper to create a garden.