Enjoy life ! This is how I sign my email. I do my best to do that everyday, and of course it is easier to do in Bali. But do not get wrong, I do not spend my days on a beach... I am most of the time in front of this screen, trying to do 30 things while I have time to do 10 only !

 

Last month I get contacted by Pascal and Claude, his wife, who live between France and Bali. Pascal has a project we may work on together, he own a restaurant and do music for movies; Claude was photographer and made documentaries. They invite me and my family in their house, an amazing "home" in the south of Bali, in Jimbaran. We spend very quiet and relaxing days there, sharing about life and creativity, eating some amazing fish on the beach, visiting the local market on the morning... Life should be like this everyday !

While we where there, Frédérique, my wife, shoot their beautiful house. As crazy as it can seems, they are selling the house, as life is bringing them somewhere else... I hope they will found the right place, because for us this one is just perfect ! So much space and nice objects everywhere...

 

 

 

 

 

One of the great thing of living in a tropical country is that you can have amazing open spaces like this... It is built above an antique Joglo and it is was on the most amazing place I work in !  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On each sides of the main living space are rooms... 3 large rooms, each with their open bathrooms. Pascal use one of the as his music/creative room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the back of the garden there is 2 old javanese wood houses... both can be used as guest houses... I can stay some weeks in these !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see more of Frédérique photos on her new facebook page Symbiose. And if you want to stay some nights in one of the guest houses or if you want to buy you a home in paradise, please contact me and I will pass your message to Pascal and Claude...

 

The wood letters are now in boxes and will soon travel by boat for the next 2 month to arrive in France... They will be back on sale on april 22th.

 

Some pictures of "Take time" ordered by one client and about preparation the boxes for the big trip !

 

Last monday, the HUBUD co-working space open in Ubud. This is the first "HUB" I work in, and this is just a brillant idea... Why having your own small office when you can share an amazing space with other peoples... You can meet nice peoples, collaborate, having the best wifi of Bali... Thanks Peter, John and Steve for making this real !

So I am back in Singapore, to met designers but also, this time, to found a way to work with them... I will do more detailed posts, but here comes some instagram pictures to let you share what I saw in the past 3 days...

 

 

More on my instagram page...

So, in a week I will be back in Singapore for some days... There and back again... Try to organize some nice meeting with designers again !

 

I figure out I haven't write about the great moments we had last time we went in december... After meeting designers on the 13th, I saw nice pictures on the book actually instagram of books stands and other things that seems really interested... I check facebook and found information about the "Art and design market"... Perfect for us... Local creatives present their buisness such as book seller, objects, baker, barber... very eclectic...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was also a "portraits sessions" organized by the Organisation of illustrators council. I was please to see Michael Ng Mindflyer again, who asked us if we want to do one... Idea is simple, illustrators have 15 minutes to draw portraits...  The mix of styles gave eclectic designs and we could acquire our favorite some (you have seen on my facebook of the past weeks)...

 

 

 

One of the passionate creative there was Noreen Loh Hui Miun, who present her polaroid shop... She does this nice portrait me, and the process to put the image on cardboard was fascinating...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as we werre in Singapore, we went to the Art Sience Museum which presents an exhibition of Nathan Sawaya, the LEGO artist... Nice to see them in real...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures by Frédérique (Mme Cup) and me !