This is not a slum. Appearances have changed in the favela of Praça Cantão in Rio de Janeiro since artists engaged community members to paint the building exteriors in their neighborhood, calling international media attention to their need for improvement. Obviously the initiative was successful considering that it has become the exhibition poster for the [...]
Worldwide city design tour for the other 90%: a topical exhibition at the U.N.
20 December 2011 - posté par Clémence
HERITAGE Paris: the cream of bespoke bicycles showcased at “Centre Commercial”
1 June 2011 - posté par Marie
With such sunny weather, it’s difficult to resist the envy of a bike ride to wander around Paris. But we have to admit that we’d happily trade our good old Vélibs’ (public bicycles) against agile and efficient 2-wheelers… fuel-free, of course!! We were therefore very eager yesterday evening to discover HERITAGE Paris’s first collection of [...]
Gobilab: Why don’t we change the way we drink water?
9 March 2011 - posté par Julie
Work, sports, movies, trains, shopping… there are a lot of opportunities and figures speak for themselves: 2 billion plastic cups and around 7 kilos of plastic bottles are thrown out per person every year… what a waste! And it’s bad for our purses, too! Yes, but what alternatives do we have? Can we really change [...]
Lumière de l’atelier : recycling with an industrial and chic edge!
4 March 2011 - posté par Julie
My Green Lifestyle likes upcycling, re-use, and DIY projects… Yes, but only when the result is chic and stylish! Now that’s said and done! We simply love the idea of bringing outdated objects back to life, using them in another way than initially planned, thus giving them a new identity… That’s why we naturally developed [...]
Guillemette: Combine Luxury and Emmaüs… Yes she can!
24 February 2011 - posté par Julie
We discovered Guillemette through her bags, jewels, accessories and small furniture during the « Luxury and sustainable development » exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in May, 2009. Her thing? She finds objects that have a story: she digs them out in flea markets, transforms them, and finishes them off by adding her personal touch. [...]