In 1982, Barry Lewis arrived in familiar territory when he portrayed a "Butlin" vacation center. Butlin’s centers offered the British working class a "low cost" entertainment holiday. If photographer Barry Lewis is interested in these places, it is because in 1966 he signed his first[...]
From illustrations to graffiti painted on walls, Athena Paginton re-enacts these artistic and activist techniques and reinjects them into her practice as a makeup artist. Her creative ideas take the form of 2D creations, where the lines of human faces become the living, moving canvas[...]
Fernando Bengoechea (1965-2004) was one of those people who were suddenly sucked into the raging waves of the terrible tsunami in South Asia. Originally from Argentina, he emigrated with his family to Brazil at the age of 13 before moving to São Paulo and then[...]
Boris Camaca celebrates the movement of bodies in a painful, yet visual, reflection on collapsology. Alongside electronic music producer Rone, and the choreographers' collective (LA)HORDE, Boris Camaca photographs 20 dancers from the Ballet de Marseille for the show Room with a View. [caption id="attachment_8839" align="alignnone"[...]
Greetings from a flat country is a declaration of love to the nostalgia of a country left behind, Switzerland, and the celebration of another discovered country, the Netherlands. In this photo series, Swiss artist Stephanie Luescher captures elements of Dutch cuisine, and creates new memories.[...]
Erwann Steglich-Petersen is a young photographer who trained as a director at ESRA (École Supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle) in Paris. He is gradually making his way in the world of images, experimenting and developing a certain taste for the accident. His recent series Chromax (2021)[...]
Cutting flowers and extracting them from nature to display them in the home is a serious matter for many designers. They rethink the container of these tamed flowers: the vase. Always keeping in mind the functionality of this container, designers like Bilge Nur Saltik, Moises[...]
Approaching plants through design is the mission of Alexis Tricoire. In 2009, he created Studio Alexis Tricoire and offered companies and institutions plant installations "with high emotional value". Furniture, object design, monumental work, scenography and landscaping, nature is always present, if not suggested, in the[...]
Mariko Kusumoto is a Japanese designer whose creations fascinate with their finesse and uniqueness. Born in 1967 in Kumamoto (Japan), she grew up in a 400-year-old Buddhist temple on the island of Kyushu, surrounded by lush vegetation and serenity. After studying in Japan (Musashino Art[...]
Marcello Velho, an American designer based in Brighton (UK), gives birth to surprising blossoms composed mainly on computer. By mixing digital and manual techniques, the artiste creates works in which the abstract and the figurative blend. Flowers, eyes, birds, and other animals populate his minimalist[...]
Drawn to metal and the using of ordinary materials, Juliette Même has developed her series Houblons (Hops)within the jewelry workshop at the HEAR (Haute École des Arts du Rhin). Now settled in Nantes, she pursues her researches and develops at the same time a brand[...]
Far from the photo studios, it is while hiking that Willem Douven photographs wild flowers; sometimes taken under the rays of the sun and the light beams of the moon. In a personal quest for calm, Willem Douven encounters the raw elements of the forest.[...]
Irene Rodríguez (Semilla Salvaje)’s background is unexpected. She traveled a lot right after her studies in History and later in Art. Then, she discovered the culture of flowers and developed a real crush for it. She began to take a great interest in floral design[...]
