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ETTORE SOTTSASS AT SEVRES, CITE DE LA CERAMIQUE

kvdb — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:19:19 +0000

The Italian design giant Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007), best known as the founder of the 80s Memphis collective, demonstrates again his incredible inventivity in this retrospective of glass and porcelain works made at both the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres and CIRVA, (International Centre for Research on glass and plastic arts), based in Marseille. The exhibition is the result of close collaboration between the two French institutions who from the 90s onwards offered the technical expertise necessary for Sottsass to realise these complex pieces. The show has been put together by designer and friend of Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi.
Until 22 July. 6/4.5€
Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, 2 Place de la Manufacture, 92310 Sèvres. www.sevresciteceramique.fr

NÜBA

kvdb — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:04:49 +0000

After a false start last summer, the ‘other’ club at Docks en Seine, the Seine-side fashion and design hub in the 13th, is open to the public at last. Set up by Paris’s chic mafia La Clique (Le Baron, La Fidelité, Nanashi, Chez Moune, Le Lautrec, Hotel Amour…) the compound comprises a rooftop garden and a bunker-style club with a metaphysical vibe, ‘the temple.’ Like its upbeat neighbour Wanderlust, the outdoor terrace will be home to food markets, various workshops and electropical beats on the weekends. Now we just need some sun.
Club: Wed-Sat 11pm-6am. Rooftop garden: Noon-2am when it’s fine.
36 Quai d’Austerlitz, 13th. www.nuba-paris.fr/

CERVO

kvdb — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:08 +0000

On the quiet end of the Rue St Maur, not far from other fave La Buvette, is this cool new Italian spot Cervo, set up by two young talents from Grazie. Their spring menu menu proposes authentic Italian flavours, including about 6 entrées and 6 mains: roast scampi and salad (9€) or an assortment of Italian charcuterie to share (13€), followed by beetroot risotto (15€) or monkfish à la plancha (14€) for example. At lunch, the set menu proposes 2 courses for 12€ or 3 for 15€. Chef Giacomo Romito has a soft spot for desserts, and the afternoon we visited his crème brûlée was exeptionally good. We’re looking forward to returning in the evening, when we hope they’ll turn up the sound system and let their hair down!
Open for lunch & dinner. Closed Sun, Mon.
47 rue St Maur, 11th. 09.51.38.74.89. Facebook.

13 BONAPARTE

kvdb — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:46:01 +0000

Surfing the Paris menswear renaissance is this new French brand 13 Bonaparte. Their sleek HQ, including both shop and creative studio, faces the back of Candelaria, in the Upper Marais. The store is decorated with a neutral colour palette and employs raw uncut materials such as iron, wood, zinc, hardwood floors and glass. The collection comprises classic style staples, making for a timeless, functional and versatile contemporary wardrobe, at affordable prices (count about 160€ for a shirt or pair of pants). The brand plays with workwear codes, creating basic pieces in various colors that can be layered, mixed and matched in order to create an impeccably designed contemporary urban look. Check the looks online.
10.30am-7.30pm. Closed Sun.
2 bis rue de Normandie, 3rd. 13bonaparte.com/

HABITAT 1964

kvdb — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:45:42 +0000

Now French owned, the iconic UK furniture brand set up by Terence Conran in 1964 is about to launch a vintage village in the heart of the St Ouen flea market (not far from the new Starck designed restaurant Ma Cocotte btw). They’ll be selling there iconic vintage Habitat furniture from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, including key pieces from designers including Jean Nouvel or Pierre Paulin. As well as buying vintage gems, you can unload those Habitat pieces you’re tired of. And in the village, you’ll also find a new L’Eclaireur outpost dedicated to vintage fashion, plus a cute “buvette” run by Tartes Kluger where you can enjoy brunch on weekends. Opening Sat 8 June!
Open weekends and public holidays. 9.30am-6pm.
77 rue des Rosiers, 93400 St-Ouen. www.habitat1964.com

ST LAURENT MONTAIGNE

kvdb — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:28:03 +0000

We got a first taste of the new store concept for Hedi Slimane’s Saint Laurent a couple of months ago with the opening of the first dedicated menswear store on the corner of Rue de Grenelle and Rue des Saint-Pères. Last week the label’s huge Avenue Montaigne unisex flagship opened, providing a total immersion in the maison’s minimal new look. The two store space is another sexy ode to marble, mirror, chrome, neon and concrete. The brand’s historic Saint Sulpice flagship is currently under renovation too, and will reopen soon as the dedicated Left Bank womenswear address.
10.30am (11am Mon)-7pm. Closed Sun.
53 avenue Montaigne, 8th. www.ysl.fr/

DOTMOV 2013 CALL FOR ENTRY

kvdb — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:09:32 +0000

Our Japanese friends at cool online magazine Shift have just launched the call for entries for their annual digital film fest DOTMOV, which aims to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their talents and works. The best videos will be selected by an international panel of guest judges (including Ian Anderson from The Designers Republic, Guillermo del Toro’s Mirada studio, and Yoshi Sodeoka, C505) and will be screening online and in venues around the world from November. The tour schedule will be announced here. In addition to the general category, this year they are calling for entries to the “ELEKINESIS VA” MV category in collaboration with the event “Elekinesis” organized by the Sapporo based label “SenSe” which introduces creatives such as music and art this year. Entries close 20 Aug!
www.shift.jp.org/mov/

BENJAMIN ALEXANDER HUSEBY AT BRACHFELD GALLERY

kvdb — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:47:10 +0000

The Berlin based photographer is well known for his assignments for edgy magazines including Dazed & Confused, Acne Paper, Butt, I-D, Fantastic Man, The Gentlewoman, Purple, Vogue, etc. His work has also been widely exhibited, including shows at KW Berlin, ICA, The Photographers’ Gallery London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, and Kunsthall Oslo, as well as projects with the artist collective Bernadette Corporation and his longtime collaborator, video artist Lars Laumann. This poetic and thought-provoking exhibition “Some Men” consists of twelve individual works photographed between 2005 and 2012, eleven of which were taken with the same 35mm analogue SLR camera. Without making any specific distinctions or hierarchies, the show mixes camera formats and printing techniques, and the framing techniques and materials are as varied and intimate as the works themselves. The subject matter consists of portraits of men – or at least biologically born men. The images vary from fathers with their children, young boys and naked trans women to a teenage gay couple kissing, yet all speak of gender perceptions and ideas of masculinity.
Until 21 May. 2-7pm. Closed Sun, Mon.
Brachfeld Gallery, 78 rue des Archives, 3rd. www.brachfeld-gallery.com/

LOUSTIC

Alexandra Waldhorn — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:48:31 +0000

A few blocks north of the Pompidou Centre, Paris’ coffee renaissance is revving up with this new espresso bar. Channa Galhenage gets the best of the beans from famed Antwerp coffee shop and roastery Caffènation. But it’s not only the espresso variations and creamy cappuccinos that are luring in locals and passers-by – Loustic’s warm interior with 1950s geometric wallpaper designed by Dorothée Meilichzon, (designer of Hôtel Paradis and Pinson) will make this spot your second living room. Up front, a long couch is perfect for a tête-à-tête with small, wooden swinging tables, or head to the back of the cafe where there’s no shortage of comfy sofas. Or sink into a wicker basket chair and read from a selection of freshly stocked indie magazines in either French or English. Loustic also offers an affordable English brunch on weekends with granola, coffee, juice and pastries (€10-12). Local catering duo Emperor Norton does a lunch menu and there’s a yummy range of cakes, desserts and freshly squeezed juices too.
7am-6pm; Sat 9am-7pm; Sun noon-6pm.
40 rue Chapon, 3rd. www.facebook.com/cafeloustic

MONSIEUR BLEU

kvdb — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:46:34 +0000

The Palais de Tokyo’s new restaurant and bar is above all a feast for the eyes. Exquisitely designed by Paris architect Joseph Dirand, it’s a ridiculously elegant space decorated in olive green tones and using noble materials such as marble and velvet. Giant picture windows stretch up 10 metres to the ceiling and overlook the Seine and the Eiffel Tower. An extensive terrace seems to embody all our la dolce vita fantasies. The menu has something for everyone, from roast chicken (23€), a large selection of fish dishes (22-45€), to veal, beef or pork. Then there’s the “raw bar” and its selection of oysters, prawns and caviar (50g Beluga 555€), and the “snacking” menu serves trendy junk food all day such as a fried chicken sandwich (18€) or lobster roll (25€). Wines by the glass start at 7€. More hipster details: Paris designer Alexis Mabille has designed the hot waiters’ bowties and waitresses’ white frocks. On Thu-Sat nights local beautiful people let their hair down to DJ sets.
Open daily, noon-2am.
13 Avenue du Président Wilson, 16th. 01 47 20 90 47. monsieurbleu.com