10.24.2016 Design of light 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 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 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 Contemporary Art expert at Christie’s, Paul Nyzam analyzes the logic of patterns in Contemporary art
10.03.2016 Praises of fermentation 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… Beyond the traditions, myths and superstitions attributed to the mirror, it occupies a special place in our thoughts about images.
09.19.2016 The Invisible Dog 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 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 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 Through Herbarium, one of his most emblematic work, the artist tackles fiction and irony to create a dynamic of doubt.
08.22.2016 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 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 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 « 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 So many poets and writers have deliberated on the mnemonic power of smell.
06.13.2016 Jean Imbert: cooking and travelling « 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 Since the Seventies landscapes have blossomed in the field of «fine art » photography.
05.20.2016 Peter Doig: peaceful eeriness A bright red boat glides gently across a lake fringed by dense jungle…
05.13.2016 The “palme d’or” 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 “This wordless poetry already constituted one of the most salient features of Dada.”
04.25.2016 Gastronomy and perfume “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 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 Towards a synesthetic approach to art, from the Renaissance until the 20th century.