Day 268 - Street art: Love locks in New York City

Today I read an article on love locks in a Dutch newspaper.

It said that the locks on one of the most famous bridges, the Pont des Arts, in Paris will be removed. Too bad, I really love this bridge, the locks and all the people that go to the bridge when visiting Paris.

Last summer I spend a week in New York. And I visited Brooklyn Bridge. When walking over the bridge, I suddenly discovered these love locks. Not as many as in Paris, but still very romantic...

Love locks, Brooklyn Bridge - Photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 252 - Paris Design Week 2013: Vertical Garden and more

Today is the first day of the Paris Design Week 2013.

One of the projects that can bee seen is L'Oasis d'Aboukir, a vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc.
Patrick Blanc is not only a botanist, he is also the inventor of the Vertical Garden.

 L'Oasis d'Aboukir is 25 meteres high (5 floors) and it is made from 7,600 plants.

Photo's by Patrick Blanc

Day 131 - Photography: what if we could see what someone is thinking...

Nacho Ormaechea, a Spanish graphic designer, lived and worked for a decade in Paris.

During this period he started the project 'Le carnet noir'. He tells the stories of faceless characters by blending their silhouettes with vivid photographs. With these photographs he manages to tell us what his characters think, feel, read, want... etc.


All photos via http://lecarnetnoir.com

Day 119 - Concept stores: Merci, Parisian concept store (1)

Whenever I go abroad, I like to visit concept stores.

In Paris, I like to go to Merci.

Merci is the first Magasin Solidaire in France: this means that all profit goes to a charity association that helps women and kids in Madagscar.

At Merci you can find design furniture and fashion (vintage and new). Recently, Merci opened a webshop. So if you want to stay updated, visit the shop and website!



All photos via http://www.merci-merci.com