Tag Archives: art

July 30, 2010

Get lost in trompe l’oeil street art around Lyon city centre

We read a lot of blogs throughout the week and since meeting Mark from UK Street Art we’ve been reading his blog regularly and have been inspired to write a post about urban art. Unlike previous posts we’ve written about art in galleries and museums, this post is all... [Read more]

May 8, 2010

Philippe Starck’s trendy Mama Shelter in Paris

French product designer, Philippe Starck, has been complimented heavily on this ‘gem’ of a multistorey car park in the 20th district of Paris. We know it sounds pretty odd suggesting to visit a multistorey car park but this one is completely unique… It’s been... [Read more]

September 8, 2009

Art and design shops in Paris

I’ll start this post with some history about my little nice trip to Paris. I stayed in the capital of France from 24th till 31st of August this summer. The weather was different – few rainy days, few really hot and all with cool nights. I travelled with my girlfriend... [Read more]

July 23, 2009

La Piscine Musée d’Art et d’Industrie

Despite the fact that La Piscine Musée d’Art et d’Industrie is housed in an old art-deco swimming pool, originally built between 1927 and 1932, the experience is not watered down. In fact, the contrary is true: despite being 12km from the centre of Lille, it is one of... [Read more]