design français : remember

"Du beau au prix du laid"... Cette célèbre formule de Denise Fayolle, la directrice du style de Prisunic de 1953 à 1967, résume l'esthétique "Prisu" qui régna sur le coeur des français avant Ikea et Habitat. Une exposition au VIA revient sur les relations intimes, étroites et inventives entre la chaîne de supermarchés et le design.

Du 5 septembre au 30 novembre 2008.
VIA, 33 avenue Daumesnil, Paris 12e.
Ouvert du lundi au vendredi de 10h à 13h et de 14h à 18h, le samedi et dimanche de 13h à 18h.

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graphisme

un carton us et un carton frenchie.

Un photographe anglais

Un jeune photographe qui crée des toutes petites installations et qui les prend en photos. Un très joli travail plein d'humour britannique et de réflexion sur la société urbaine ... à voir ici et acheter son livre.

un texte sur lui et son travail :

slinkachu

Slinkachu is a mysterious street artist, who either has amazing eyesight or is going to go blind very, very soon. His Little People project involves him leaving paintstakingly detailed tiny plastic models around London and photographing with a really good macro setting.
Violent, alienated or just plain crack whore-ish, Slinkachu's Little People project throws modern life into a darkly comic light and is probably a savage indictment of something or other as well. We're not sure what though. Maybe giants or bricks or something. Who knows.

About the print: The photographs are printed at Goldenshot, who, disappointingly turned out not to be a porno studio but a state of the art printing house who print photographs for Mario Testino and Sam Taylor Woods. Okay, so art porno then. But it's really not the same is it.

The science bit: The prints are imaged on a Oce Lightjet. This is the highest quality continuous tone output device favoured by the fine art world. The paper is Fuji Crystal archive paper in matt surface.

I know. Who knows what any of that's about? Still, sounds good though, doesn't it.

et fin The Selby

pff ! un bordel de fille : des sacs et des fringues !

suite de The Selby

toujours le même photographe , là ce que j'aime c'est cette vaisselle. La vaisselle Fiesta qui est aussi classique que la vaisselle Duralex en France.
J'ai trouvé un texte sur son histoire :

The Story of Fiesta

The Homer Laughlin China Company was founded in 1871 when brothers Homer and Shakespeare Laughlin won a $5,000 competition posed by the East Liverpool, Ohio, city council to anyone who would construct a factory that produced whiteware--the trend in ceramics at the time. In developing his ceramics company, owner Homer Laughlin's goal was to produce finely crafted dinnerware that was also affordable enough for every family to enjoy. The company had many major milestones, including becoming the first U.S. ceramics manufacturer to produce American china in the mid-1880s. In addition, the Homer Laughlin plant (now in Newell, West Virginia) continued to rapidly progress in technical advancements and expansions until it was the largest domestic pottery manufacturer--an honor that is still true today. The company's greatest achievement, however, is the creation of its popular Fiesta line in 1935. Many of the early art deco shapes have become highly valuable to both collectors and museums, but--true to Homer Laughlin's mission--Fiesta is still produced today for everyday use at affordable prices.

Rentrée 08-09 : que de fraîcheur !

des signes graphiques américains du quotidien : une boite à glaçons et des bidons d'huile recyclés.

The Selby, c'est le nouveau site de Todd Selby, un photographe de mode über cool qui a un jour eu la bonne idée de ne pas se contenter de photographier les visages des gens, mais de pousser la porte de chez eux et d'aller voir comment ils vivent.