07
June
2014
Follow me in Paris (part 1) - Puces St Ouen
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Last month, I spent a week in Paris, for the launch of the Niepi magazine. I'm always happy to be in Paris, but also glad when I returned to my village in the south of France !
I was pleased to finally see the famous "Puces de St Ouen", THE fleamarket of Paris. Like everything in Paris, the prices are for... tourists, but I've seen amazing things ! I started my visit by the Dauphine Market. The access is a bit hidden as it is surrounded by clothes sellers completely uninteresting to me, but once you go back in, it's happiness to discover these shops...
The music section of the Marché Dauphine
Upstairs is the "music area" with several vinyl merchants and Vintage tourne disque shop full of record players, and own by a true passionate...
Vintage tourne disque & other records sellers
Marché Dauphine . 138 rue des Rosiers . 93400 Saint-Ouen
Espace Musique / Stand 227
Aux vieux Format . photography collector
A little further in the market is the shop Au vieux format... feels more like a museum, but where you can buy everything that is exposed (if you can afford it)!
Au vieux format
And in the middle of the market you can see this !
Marché Vernaison / Tombé du camion
The March Vernaison is really the heart of this fleamarket, it is where everything started... Each stand is packed with thousands of vintage objects, it is impressive to see so many in one place! My favorite was the discovery of Tombé de camion, a concept store that sells thousands of small objects, beads, keys... wood and metal letters ! The most interesting is the decoration of the store and the accumulation of all these objects...
Tombé du camion
Boutique Puces
Marché Vernaison allée 1/stand 29 et allée 3/stand 107
M° Porte de Clignancourt, 10h-18h du samedi au lundi
Marché Vernaison allée 1/stand 29 et allée 3/stand 107
M° Porte de Clignancourt, 10h-18h du samedi au lundi
Habitat 1964
The last stop was made at the store "Habitat 1964" which features vintage pieces of the famous brand.
Paris 18eme - Loft in Montmartre
As we are a gluten free family and we do not ride on gold (yet), Airbnb is the best solution to be installed comfortably in Paris for a week! Found thanks to his facebook, we settled a few days in the apartment Celine Kern ... it's like to go with friends, but the friends are not there! And her loft is just at 15' by walk from the St Ouen flemarket, so perfect for a week end... Some pictures she send me (took some via instagram but not of the full studio...)
Available at www.airbnb.fr/rooms/2059349
If you also have a appartment to rent in Paris, I need to go back in july so contact me (need one in the 10th)...
03
June
2014
31
May
2014
New wood letters available !
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Since the wood letters I made in Bali are sold out, I try to found a way to bring back letters into the shop ! I found this partner in Slovakia who made these great letters and I am happy to have them available here now. They are crafted from quality birch plywood, hand-finished. They are smaller than the collections I made myself (all letters are 13 cm high, while mine werre 19cm), but with their 2,3cm width, it makes them freestanding... They also can be hanged or sticked on wall (with double coated tape NOT included). And they are waterproof, and can be used outdoors !
I put in the shop some composition as this LOVE, but you aslo compose your own word, your child name, or a nice YOU & ME ! Each letter is unique, the wood pattern changes with every piece. This wood letters are handmade with our partner in Slovenia, so if the letter(s) you order is not in stock, it will be made on demand. So on, delay can be around 3 to 4 weeks, please think about it if it is for a gift.
For the first 10 orders, I will send you one Fields notes “Shelterwood” Edition I present here few weeks ago !
And with each order, you will also get my new 2014 letterpress business card... the Found products are still at -20% for the next days, and all the wood letters and numbers available from past collection are now at 8€ each insteady of 16/20€.
30
May
2014
Static coffee packaging
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If the "Static" and "Expresso republic" logo werre designed by Salih Kucukaga (as I present it in the 100ID ebook), it is Farm design who work on their new coffee packaging.
