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Le Meurice: balancing discipline and playfulness—the spirit of french culture

Le Meurice proves that tradition isn’t a museum but an open worksite in perpetual revision—powered by contemporary art, refreshed design, and its backyard jewel, the Tuileries Garden.

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Brach Paris casts future heritage through circular design in the capital’s greening west

From industrial bones to Bauhaus-meets-Surrealist alchemy, Philippe Starck turns the concrete shell at 1–7 rue Jean-Richepin into a political statement of circular design, complete with rooftop vegetables

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When the Gong Rings: Floraïku Turns Afternoon Tea into Perfume

Floraïku’s latest eau de parfum traces the arc of a gong strike, echoing the mindful swell and release of afternoon tea rituals—each moment sweetened by the allure of traditional dorayaki

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On Paris’s Cité Bergère, Les Suites Cinabre Champions Craft over Flash

By turning a private passage into a living archive of upcycled design, Les Suites Cinabre rewrites Parisian decadence into a narrative of longevity, traceability, and shared memory. Interview with founder Alexandre Chapellier

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Hôtel Balzac: design and architecture of intimacy in Paris

The renovation of Hôtel Balzac focuses on sustainability through the use of locally sourced materials, circular production methods, and a design prioritizing durability over appearance

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Yvon Lambert, Paris. On artistic recurrences

Yvon Lamberts returns to Marais, this time not as an art dealer but as a bookseller and modern publisher. «I want to do something more humanistic»

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Art Paris 2024: avant-garde, inclusion, sustainability and human fragility

Art Paris 26th edition saw the debut of the BNP Paribas Banque Privée Prize, which was awarded to Nathalie Du Pasquier for her multidisciplinary practice as illustrative of an era

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Paris fashion’s return to conservatism

Contemporary fashion finds itself navigating a spectrum from avant-garde innovation to traditional conservatism. At Paris Fashion Week, runway presentations showcase a resurgence of conservative aesthetics

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0FR Paris, emerging publications under the aegis of Alexandre Thumerelle

0FR is set up with towering piles of books in a room forming a maze-like path through stacks of print publications: a conversation with Alexandre Thumerelle on independent emerging publications

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Paris Internationale 2023: eco-responsibility, shifting identities, hybridization, excess, eroticism

Multigenerational and inclusive. Paris Internationale presents itself as ‘an unconventional art fair’ that puts the value of collaboration at its center

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PARIS+ par Art Basel 2023: is the inclusion of man-made culture and nature possible?

Art Basel has existed since the seventies and has been a leading worldwide art fair in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach– in October 2022 Art Paris+ par Art Basel launched

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MEP, Maison Européenne de la Photographie: a space devoted to photography since 1978

MEP Paris shop: experts, researchers, and scholars can find a space dedicated to photography from 1950 to the present day, with a collection of 36,000 references, 4,000 of which published before 1980

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Cahier Central, Paris: A physical store where «some printed publications have to die»

«Our aim in starting Cahier Central was to say yes and not shy away from new and experimental publications» in conversation with co-founder Julien Achard

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The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris: 788 design objects

The Pipistrello Lamp was designed by Gae Aulenti for the Olivetti showroom in Paris. Still produced by Martinelli Luce, it can be purchased at 107 Rivoli boutique

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L’Eau Papier by Diptyque: diluted ink permeating a blank page

Fabrice Pellegrin created L’Eau Papier as he would write a book: sesame in the form of roasted seed extract – this element evokes the scent of ink

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Over the Rainbow: cinema, erotic photography, and poetry at Centre Pompidou

After the release of the song Over The Rainbow from Wizard of Oz, ‘a friend of Dorothy's’ became a code name to discuss homosexuality in the 70s at the Centre Pompidou

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Anomalia Paris – irregular design interpreting the roughness of the Garden of Eden

Jardin Humanistes was created by French perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour - Anomalia, from the Greek ‘anomalos’, expresses the concept of irregularity in glass bowls produced in ancient French furnaces

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In Paris, the Gallery Perrotin hosts artist Bernar Venet and painter Susumu Kamijo

Parisian Gallery Perrotin and bookstore, with the same name, has locations in New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai, displaying world class art and merchandise

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The LVMH’s foundation pays homage to Basquiat and Warhol collaborations in Paris

Under Foundation Louis Vuitton's spotlight: A collaboration between Basquiat and Warhol, two of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century

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Relais Christine, Paris. A 17th-century townhouse in the city’s Latin Quarter

Opened in 1979, the former private mansion marries French design with contemporary materials dreamed up by Laura Gonzalez

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Urban Art Fair and the broader ecology of art: in conversation with Yannick Boesso

Urban Art Fair was launched in 2016 in Paris by its founder Yannick Boesso. The 7th edition will take place in its native venue, Le Carreau du Temple, and open to the public on April 14, 2023

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Le Roch in the Saint-Honoré neighborhood, between the Louvre and Opéra Garnier

Sarah Poniatowski-Lavoine once mentioned she was inspired by the visual of a sidewalk seen in Game of Thrones, and decided to extend that idea to the design of Le Roch Hotel & Spa

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Pablo Picasso x Paul Smith: An homage exhibition at Musée national Picasso, Paris

At Musée national Picasso-Paris, British designer Paul Smith led a three floor homage exhibition to the work of the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso on the fiftieth anniversary of his death

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Oasi Cashmere – Zegna and The Elder Statesman joins Italian and American heritage

The styles are reinterpreted in off-kilter patterns and casual cuts in collaboration with Bailey Hunter, Creative Director of The Elder Statesman and Zegna Creative director Alessandro Sartori

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Paris Fashion Week: Ludovic de Saint Sernin, the label, Balenciaga’s redemption

The tension bubbling up around fashion shows resembles the call for anti-fashion, for something to eradicate a well-preserved, self-absorbed ecosystem as the one of fashion

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KIDZ, Paris: be childish – nothing is complicated and every problem has a solution

To celebrate the launch of the 2022 book, Anna Gardere and Raphaëlle Bellanger organized an event at 3537, an art center owned by Rei Kawakubo, creator and founder of Comme des Garçons

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Septieme Gallery, Paris: Julie Banâtre and Léa Perier Loko, the second location in Benin

Situated in the Rue de l’Université of the 7th Arrondissement area, the building was built in the Haussmannien style – the gallery is an amalgamation of tradition and modernity

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Louis Vuitton presents LV Dream: a 160-year-old multisensorial journey of the Maison

Halfway through LV Dream exhibition, there is ‘The World of Vuitton According to Rei’ conceptual room, a homage to Comme des Garçons artistic director, Rei Kawakubo

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Rupture, Paris & Marseille: the silk road with Alexandre Sap and Anne-Marie Gaultier

Rupture started a renovation that uncovered the original structure of Le Corbusier’s idea – they decided to use only glass, cement, and ceramic materials for the store

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Paris Photo: giving visibility to women artists with Florence Bourgeois and curator Rossy de Palma

Paris Photo director Florence Bourgeois discuss Paris Photo 2022 – «it’s easier to publish a book than to be represented by a gallery, it means there is still work to be done in the photography market»

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The Conran Shop, Paris: The Bon Marché warehouse by Sir Terence Orby Conran

Located in the Saint-Germain-Des-Pres district in Paris, The Conran Shop is where the design industry goes with its selection of vintage and historical design

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Cartier 13 Paix, Paris: métiers d’art – embroidery, lacquerwork and stone sclupting

Cartier 13 Paix, Paris: iconography with artisanal craftsmanship – reopening the flagship store

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The Woods Gallery and Stromboli Design: a concept store born from a vintage shop

Ms. Seilles was impacted by the different way of work of the Mexican people, tied to craftsmanship and natural materials and brought it back to Europe with her

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Cologne Indélébile by Frédéric Malle. Permanence in a bottle

Frédéric Malle is a third generation perfumer «perfume? I spoke the language without knowing it». Along with Dominique Ropion they collaborate again for Cologne Indélébile

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Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Walther König & Cahiers: the future of art magazine

With a shop over 450 meters wide, Palais de Tokyo’s bookshop provides prominent magazine publications to fuel the contemporary artistic debate. With the aim of expanding the contemporary art debate, Walther König & Cahiers d'Art merged in twenty-seventeen to run the Palais de Tokyo's bookshop.

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Apple Brandy on the Rocks, Kilian. Mr. Hennessy pays homage to the Big Apple

Refillable bottles have been the epitome of Kilian Paris since the beginning. Mr Hennessy is transported to a memory of his grandmother refilling her initial engraved perfume bottle

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One Block Down launches ‘SUBNOTESFROM’ at their new Parisian hub

Continuing One Block Down’s quest for educating and sparking curiosity, SUBNOTESFROM via an event at their new Paris boutique

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Géranium Pour Monsieur, Frédéric Malle. Whilst there is a freshness to it, there is also warmth

When Malle creates a perfume, he pictures the person who would wear it. For Géranium Pour Monsieur, he thinks of the Italian director, Luchino Visconti, and the drummer of Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts

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Artazart, Paris. The micro-sector of Art publishing is not afraid of the market

Hence the slogan 'Galerie dédiée à l'Image: Carl Huguenin and Jerome Fournel launched an online library dedicated to graphic design, then expanded into brick-and-mortar

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The Broken Arm, Paris. The blurred line between art and life

Simplicity of materials can draw attention to garments, artwork, literature and music on display: thinking can matter more than buying, according to the trio Joste, Lafarge and Steinmetz

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Do Son, Diptyque – rebuses and inverted letters, two doors, a diptych

Three young people couldn’t sell their designs. In the Sixties, they opened a shop with two doors to the street – Diptyque, in the Boulevard Saint-Germain. A history for those who strive today

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Librairie Sans Titre, Paris. An independent-publishers and artists’ hunter

Finding the spot was a chance event for Mathilde de Galbert, who discovered what she says «looked like a bookshop», while cycling around the neighborhood, one Sunday morning

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Bonjour Jacob, Paris. Using ethical supply chains when disseminating books

An immersion in the ethos of Bonjour Jacob, among items, reading materials, vinyl records, and a coffee experience – fostering craftsmanship and quality

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Nose, Paris. Choosing perfume is a matter of science

Packaging and branding influence buying trends, especially when it comes to fashion. A blind test allows customers at Nose to find a fragrance that reflects them

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Smith&Son Paris. A tale of a street

Smith&Son Paris on 248 Rue de Rivoli, near Place de la Concorde, is the longest branch to have remained in its original setting

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Librairie La Comète, Paris. One does not know but to take a leap

«What we carry is based on instinct. There are times when the print job is not up to standard, or the other way around. We trust the quality of the photographer and author at that moment»

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Maxim’s, Paris. Marking itself into the fabric of history as a space for known individuals in the arts

Resident director Pierre Pelegry has been a part of Maxim’s – the pinnacle of culture and the arts – since the beginning of his career, having worked there for the span twenty-five years

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Tom Greyhound, Paris. Under the spotlight in a post-Colette world

Amongst the Marais, in 90 square meters of Parisian brick & mortar, is Tom Greyhound—the multi-brand designer concept store in a post-Colette Paris

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Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Art Deco’s twist

The Latin word Lutetia, believed to signify 'marsh' or 'swamp', makes us think of how european cities are not only history infused, but living history

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Sana Jardin – perfumes from flower waste to give Berber women their own power

Sustainable production as a vehicle for social impact: for Sana Jardin, Berber and Amazigh women learn to upcycle floral waste. In conversation with Amy Christiansen