So, as you know if you read this, we are in a new home, back in France for 2 months, and it seems I look at it differently... Having the phone &  instagram always near my hand, make me want to shoot on a day to day basis to report all what I do, see, feel... So, here comes a visual sum up of the great moments of the past 2 months. What I love the most in France is his history, is graphic history. There are vintage type everywhere if you watch it !

 

There are 2 vintage suitcases labels found on an old box found in my grand mother attic :

 

I also drove a lot ! Went to Uzès, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes...

 

I also went to Clermont-Ferrand to met friends and clients, or to be precise friends which are clients... mediafix where I was art director, and the www.unairdevoyage.com shop for which I am working on a redesign.

 

 

I also had the chance to met Piers Faccini, and see him live in an amazing old church from the 12th century.

 

I also work on the Mr Cup products, thank for all the orders that make me wants to do more...

 

We spend a lot of nights at our friends guest house "Les Sardines aux yeux bleus" and it is also one of the project I am working on now.

 

And we have a new member in our family ! A horse, well a big poney called Nounours !!! It is the dark one, but I love this picture of the white horse done at the place where Nounous stays (it is to big to have a room in our new house).

 

Some picture of what I love the most in France : light and vintage painting walls...

 

I order some of my own products at society6 to check the quality and it is very nice...

 

And the new house ! We are so happy to found this, an old 18th century house amazingly well renovated... A lot of things will happen here !

 

And I can do my favorit sport : hunting old packaging and type related items on fleamarket on sunday ! Last time was a very good day !

 

All that to say I am happy to be back. First month was not easy, but now I know, we know we took the good decision and a lot of things will hapen ! I am working on a lot of new projects and one of the them is the 2014 letterpress calendar ! I share all this with you to tell you, if you need to remind, that "life is beautfull" !

 

Process shots documenting several stages of hand-painting wood signage for Neuarmy Surplus Co.

 

 

Another great project by Bureau Rabensteiner, more projects can be seen in the excellence section !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bureau Rabensteiner/ BR excellence page

 

 

So, tomorrow we will have the keys of our new home. We do not buy a new place, we will rent it. We found a nice old house (owner told us it was there in 1790...), nicely restored with exposed stones and white walls... It is not the perfect place has it does not have a garden, but it has a nice terrace...

 

So, tomorrow our Hobo life will stop after 1 year and half without home. During this time, we stay in France around 6 months, in familly and friends houses. We travel from april 2012 to june 2012, with one month in Thaïland (Bangkok, Chang Mai in the north, Krabi in the south) and another month in Bali. We came back to France last summer and go back to Bali in september. We stayed there 7 months, and as we go often to Singapore, we have been there during almost 4 weeks. I sum up all this as I guess it is not easy to follow me ;)

 

I have loved travelling all this time, seeing all these things, meeting so inspiring people, it was one of the best time of my life. But also, it was confusing, and I am a little lost. Not having home is strange feeling, like not having roots. And having your life in suitcases is not easy ! People ask me why I went to Bali, and my answer was "because I can"... if you ask me why I came back to France, I would say "because I want" ! My aim would be now to have this nice place to stay and work and travelling as much as possible ! Let see what life will bring to me !

 

I want to thank all the people who support me during this trip, people who share these great moments. People complain about social media and how you lose time with them... but the main idea of these is "sharing" ! I was happy to share all this with you ! Next trip : being creative in a normal life ! But does a creative can have a normal life ?

 

Enough talk for tonight, here comes an amazing house found in the may issue of Elle decoration UK. Love the plants ! A friend take care of ours during our trip, will be happy to have them back, with the cats ;)