I’m missing France already, even though I just got back a week and a half ago. I’m already planning my next trip. But in the meantime, I thought I’d share some French design trends that I noticed while perusing the streets of Paris and the Côte d’Azur. Click “read more” below to check ’em out.
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G E O M E T R I C F L O O R T I L E S
Fabulous hexagon floor tile at Maison Geney in Marseille.
Gray and white cubes in the “WC” at Oni Coffee Shop in Paris.
Beautiful geometric mosaic tiles at Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie in Paris. (And amazing food too!)
Mosaic floors at the Cathédrale de la Major in Marseille… perhaps the inspiration for modern mosaic floors?
More grayscale floor tile at a shop in Marseille.
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C R E A T I V E T Y P O G R A P H Y T R E A T M E N T S
Interesting use of kerning (or lack thereof) in the menu at Hôtel Les Roches Rouges.
Lovely use of negative space on this sign in Saint Raphaël.
Many buildings displayed names written in script, similar to this one in Antibes.
A typographical sculpture in Antibes called Le Nomade by Jaume Plensa.
Signage at Hôtel Les Roches Rouges in Saint Raphaël.
Beautiful typography in neon(!) at Republic of Coffee in Paris.
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F L U I D , O R G A N I C M O S A I C S
Colorful organic mosaic artwork in one of the metro stations in Paris.
Bold red mosaics in the bathroom at La Cloiserie des Lilas (a fave bar of Hemingway).
The exterior of a building in Paris.
An artist creating a mosaic of Nina Simone out of tiny pieces of glass and ceramic. Wow!
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P A P E R F L O W E R S
A paper flower ceiling display at a store in Paris.
The incredible paper flower-filled ceiling in the Christian Dior exhibit at Musée des Arts Decoratifs.
A closeup of the flowers in the Dior exhibit.
I also noticed some fashion trends happening… and although this is definitely not a blog about clothing, I thought they would be worth noting since there is often quite a bit of overlap between home decor, art and fashion.
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