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11.11.2016 Paris Photo 2016

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diptyque is Paris Photo’s official partner.

10.24.2016 Design of light

Lampe PH1 par Poul Henningsen
The invention of indirect lighting and its offshoots, Ásdís Ólafsdóttir When Danish writer, architect and designer Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) designed his first lamps around 1924 the electric light bulb was in the process of crossing over from public to private lighting usage. Having been brought up in a house with oil lamps, Henningsen tried to replicate the soft lighting of his childhood. All his designs aimed to prevent the user…

10.21.2016 Patterns, behind the scenes at the Design Library

Abstract: Hand-painted paper, late 20th century, Studio Tucano, Italy. Courtesy / © Documentary Designs, Inc. d/b/a The Design Library (page 47)

Phaidon publications have devoted a major book to the history of patterns, this little sketch that multiply in all directions – a theme which also is linked to the origins of diptyque.

10.17.2016 Berger&Berger at Private Choice

Laurent et Cyrille Berger (© photo Guillaume Ziccarelli)

Berger&Berger, the artist and architect duo, are the special guests of the Private Choice event a private initiative linked to FIAC (art fair). And so Laurent Berger grants memento an interview…

10.07.2016 Patterns in modern art

François Morellet (1926-2016), 4 doubles trames 0°-22°5-45°-67°5, 1958. Copyright : © Christie’s images, 2016

Contemporary Art expert at Christie’s, Paul Nyzam analyzes the logic of patterns in Contemporary art

10.03.2016 Praises of fermentation

Yannick Alléno (©Geoffroy de Boismenu)

Yannick Alléno presents Terroirs, his latest book which main topic is fermentation in gastronomy, another praise of slowness…

09.26.2016 Through the looking glass…

Brassaï, « Chez Suzy », vers 1932, MNAM

Beyond the traditions, myths and superstitions attributed to the mirror, it occupies a special place in our thoughts about images.

09.23.2016 La Collection 34

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Collection 34 is today’s diptyque bazaar, loyal to his original spirit.

09.19.2016 The Invisible Dog

Lucien Zayan - The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn

In memory of the joyful bazaar that the diyptyque boutique was when it first opened its doors, diptyque has now become part of the Invisible Dog party.

09.12.2016 Shoreditch

Shoreditch en 1938 (Photo by London Express - Getty Images)

The sociological revival of this area may well be striking and spine-tingling but is not without some heartbreak and nostalgia…

09.09.2016 Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot - Adiantum Capillus-Veneris (Maidenhair Fern), probably early 1839. Photogenic drawing negative 22.5 x 18.3 cm
Courtesy of Hans P. Kraus Jr., New York

Talbot is the English inventor of photography, just as Niépce and Daguerre were the French inventors of the same.

08.29.2016 Herbarium of Fontcuberta

lavandula angustifolia, photographie de Joan Fontcuberta  
(© Joan Fontcuberta)

Through Herbarium, one of his most emblematic work, the artist tackles fiction and irony to create a dynamic of doubt.

08.22.2016 Mesostics

John Cage - mesostics

It was American writer and philosopher Norman O. Brown who recommended that John Cage use this poetic technique of mesostics.

08.12.2016 Mapplethorpe Flora: The Complete Flowers

Robert Mapplethorpe, Orchid, 1982, Dye Transfer
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.

Daffodils, roses, orchids, irises, birds of paradise, tulips, each flower reveals itself to his serious and penetrating lens in the late evening light dappling the studio in which he lives.

08.01.2016 Josef Sudek at Jeu de Paume museum

Josef, Sudek, Dans le jardin enchanté, 1954–1959
de la série Souvenirs
épreuve gélatino-argentique
17 × 23,3 cm
Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa
Don anonyme, 2010
©Succession de Josef Sudek

Sudek’s mastery of the pigment printing process enabled him to produce highly atmospheric and evocative images, thereby reaping all of the reflective and descriptive power of the gelatin silver print.

06.27.2016 Pierre de Fenoÿl

21.6.85 18h (France, Tarn, 1985), photographie de Pierre de Fenoÿl

« My meanderings through the world of photography made me veer firmly towards a religious and almost mystical perception of photography » (Pierre de Fenoÿl)

06.20.2016 The smell of memory

Flacon d'eau de toilette (cheramy) A REDECOUPER STP

So many poets and writers have deliberated on the mnemonic power of smell.

06.13.2016 Jean Imbert: cooking and travelling

Jean Imbert

« The thing I love the most about travelling is all those little titbits I find out about culinary culture, ancestral know-how, produce and regional specialities! »

06.03.2016 Contemporary geophotography

Jürgen Nefzger, Cofrentes, Espana, 2005. ©Jürgen Nefzger

Since the Seventies landscapes have blossomed in the field of «fine art » photography.

05.30.2016 Liners from the past

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These ocean liners were real floating palaces.

05.23.2016 Motionless voyage

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The most dreadful journey can be undertaken with the smallest of steps.

05.20.2016 Peter Doig: peaceful eeriness

Red boat (imaginary boys) de Peter Doig (né en 1959) ©Christie’s images, 2016

A bright red boat glides gently across a lake fringed by dense jungle…

05.13.2016 The “palme d’or”

Affiche de Jean-Gabriel Domergue

The palm leaf as a design for the prize united two symbols: an emblem of victory that went right back to Antiquity plus a nod to city of Cannes

04.28.2016 Dada optophonetic

Kp'erioum, Raoul Hausmann (1886-1971)

“This wordless poetry already constituted one of the most salient features of Dada.”

04.25.2016 Gastronomy and perfume

Anne Sophie Pic (photographie de Anne-Emmanuelle Thion)

“I have always been really interested in the world of perfume because of its evocative power.” (Anne-Sophie Pic)

04.21.2016 diptyque questionnaire: Jean-Pierre Blanc

Jean-Pierre Blanc, photographie de Filep Motwary.

Jean-Pierre Blanc is the founder and director of the International Fashion and Photography Festival of Hyères, and the director of Villa Noailles, a centre for art and architecture.

04.14.2016 Sound and color

La symphonie printanière, 1936 (Henry Valensi, 1883-1960)

Towards a synesthetic approach to art, from the Renaissance until the 20th century.

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