08.08.2016 OuLiPo The journey taken by memento along the rollercoaster of language – dancing letters, the language of birds – includes a detour to OuLiPo.
07.29.2016 Cosmic music (II) The mystic composer contemplates the possibilities of a “world music” of the future.
07.25.2016 Cosmic music (I) The founders of diptyque held Karlheinz Stockhausen in high esteem and went to all his Paris concerts.
07.22.2016 Bulb bubble The speculative bubble caused by tulips in 1637 has the experts split in two camps.
07.18.2016 SATOR he ink that has been spilt on this topic so far in scholarly, theological and mystical squabbles is equivalent to a thousand years of monsoons on a postage stamp.
07.15.2016 Black Narcissus The title of the film comes from the name of the 1911 perfume Black Narcissus by the House of Caron.
07.08.2016 Duvelleroy The oldest fan-making specialists in France and heirs to a long tradition in the field, Duvelleroy was recognised by the French nation as a Living Heritage company.
07.01.2016 Pelleas… diptyque is the official partner of the Aix Festival 2016, which opening opera is Pelleas and Melisande by Claude Debussy.
06.24.2016 Soundscape Canadian musician and theorist Schafer launched his soundscape studies with harmonious acoustic ecology as the end goal.
06.06.2016 Solid perfumes Perfumes in liquid form have become so commonplace these days that we forget how things were done when it came to distilling alcoholic solutions.
05.27.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: Asia An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.
05.16.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: Mediterranean world An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.
05.09.2016 Voyage around my room « So that’s how come I’m learning lessons about philosophy and humanity from my servant and my dog during my voyage. » (Xavier de Maistre)
05.06.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: France Wherever Desmond Knox-Leet went, he drew. An artist at home, he filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.
03.28.2016 Fraternal senses Synaesthesia shows itself when one stimulus makes several sensory pathways react simultaneously and always identically.
03.17.2016 Manual of soap The vast history of soap spans several eras, and probably all the continents and all cultures.
03.07.2016 A seer’s vowels «A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue: vowels, » is a verse of typical synaesthetic association, made by a poet who was seer.
02.22.2016 Inside a woman’s bag A woman’s bag may be a fashion accessory, but it has nothing of the accessory about it.
02.18.2016 Salutary rebus The stained glass windows of the Gothic cathedrals (from the 12th century) are the most accomplished witnesses of how the Christian story was illuminated by images.