Thomé de Gamond’s plans for an underwater tunnel between England and France, produced for the World Exposition of 1867. The yellow circles, top left, represent an enormous spiral ramp allowing access to the tunnel from an international artificial island on the Varne sandbank — Source.
Right now, many forms of knowledge production seem to be facing their end. The crisis of the humanities has reached a tipping point of financial and popular disinvestment, while technological advances such as new artificial intelligence programmes may outstrip human ingenuity.
THE FIRST CHRISTIAN DIOR perfume ad that ever caught our attention was the 2008 Sofia Coppola-directed Miss Dior Cherie television commercial starring model Maryna Linchuk frolicking around Paris, bounding through boulevards, trying on sunglasses, and riding her bike to the strains of Brigitte Bardot’s “Moi, Je Joue”. Coppola has worked for a range of brands including Gap, Marc Jacobs and H&M, brands who were all looking to inject some of Coppola’s visually stunning, sensual style to their products. The director applied many of her signature filmmaking techniques to these commercials, including plenty of pastel colours, hip soundtracks and languid camera movements.
The act of consuming music, film, art and books on the surface may seem simple enough, but in fact, exposure to these media is a much more complex and multi-faceted experience. Memorable books and music weave their way into our own personal history and form the tapestry of our identity.
IN THE MIDST of a few major projects this week and a little swept off our feet, but in between...
[slideshow] IT IS THE ENCHANTING Sofia Coppola‘s 43rd birthday, and to celebrate, here a few favourite photos from various times...
Stumbled across this stunning editorial last week, shot by Steven Meisel, and promptly fell back in love with director Sofia Coppola. The Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette director landed a deserving turn in front of the camera in Vogue Italia’s February cover.
. . . just sofia lounging about, looking effortlessly chic.
. . . had been planning to publish this recap earlier in the week, but things are evidently still in holiday mode around here, with guests just leaving, and dinner guests on new year’s day, and have fallen a little behind . . .
The rockstar and the Hollywood princess―a match made in heaven. Both effortlessly cool, so naturally suave, debonair―but in a cultured, à la mode way. Sofia Coppola―film director, actress, model, screenwriter and producer, and her beau, Thomas Mars, front man of the band Phoenix―are the quintessential mod couple.
. . . two lovely things : an ivy-covered country house in normandy, and french confectioneries as far as the eye can see . . .
Lyon—the capital of lights, a fascinating destination of beguiling Renaissance architecture and renowned cuisine, a sea of history and a...
. . . and it feels as if we have been sorting and organising for days, and yet, there are still so many things about, that out-of-town guests may just arrive to something resembling {although somewhat less tumultuous} sofia coppola‘s beautiful mess . . .
. . . have always been besotted with sofia coppola‘s collaboration with louis vuitton, especially the black velvet clutch with gold clasp, but love most the ad campaigns . . .
. . . many shots of sofia coppola’s new york apartment with the now famous beautiful blue george smith sofa,...
