L'art de l'automobile de Ralph Lauren

http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/francais/accueil-292/une-486/francais/arts-decoratifs/expositions-23/actuellement-501/dans-la-nef/l-art-de-l-automobile-chefs-d/

Great news that a new exhibition of Ralph Lauren's Cars is opening today in Paris in Musee des Arts Decoratifs. Must have been not easy to organize and bring them all in th center of the town . I might stop by to see if its already open to public today , otherwise will go next week. And anyway maybe I get a chance to see Monsieur Lauren in Ralph's today :)

dirt can look beautiful

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/tv/mir_chistoty_world_of_cleanliness_dirt

I decided to take a look at works of russian ad agencies  to see how the russian ad market is different from elsewhere. Here is my first find.
Ad for cleaning company Mir Chistoti.
Sex sells. and nice music too.

Iphone cases

http://www.society6.com/

Great Documentary on arts

I don't usually post something that I don't like on my blog not to clutter it. But today is a special day when I would like to express my bewilderment with the direction where ads go.

I find baptiste giacombini annoying , untalented and empty. The ad is absolutely monoric. 

Karl Lagerfeld does nice photography and nice clothes. he should stick to that.

This is a lot of noise but copletely ridiculous. He can make something more classy , smart and stylish rther than trying to appeal to the masses chasing youth.

Saul Bass sequence for North by Northwest

http://youtu.be/lAmem5wVOUU

Looking for the source of this poster !!!

Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records

came across a very interesting wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_inventions_and_technology_records

To invent

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. 

Thomas A. Edison

Joey Zeledon

Packaging

Will it make you quit ? Smoke Less?

I bet they had a brainstorming  for the most Unappealing packaging. I m not a smoker so its hard for me to judge but i really wonder if it had any impact on sales.

Marcello Dudovich

I love vintage ad posters. They are pieces of art and inspire nowdays many graphical designers in their work. At home I only have posters and I spend a lot of time on vintage markets in the stalks of old posters...
I found this very nice collection of posters on this website http://www.cirulliarchive.org/index.php

Copyright 2009-2011 Massimo & Sonia Cirulli Archive

Marcello Dudovich for Lloyd Triestino , 1930

On the left one i love the mix of colors and position of the girl and lines. And i like the  Blanco e Nero type on the right one.

Naomi for Dolce and Gabbana

See the making of a beautiful ad for Dolce and Gabbana with Naomi here

I love the idea with the red veers and palms and warm deep tones of the photo.

http://www.tatler.ru/dress-kod_14/fashion-telegraf_26/23124_naomi_kempbell_v_reklamnom_video_ochkov_dolcegabbana.php

Cannes film festival

A perfect poster (by H5 design agency)  for 64th Cannes film festival with 40-year-old image of Faye Dunaway by Jerry Schatzberg.

I love it.

Faye Dunaway © photo by Jerry Schatzberg – Artwork: H5 (M. Lelièvre, B. Parienté)

ART

Roman Lipski became one of my favourite painters since last week, when I have visited the Artfair Paris in Grand Palais. I wanted to make a separate post about him because from all the amazing art i ve seen there his works stands out for me most. I was trying to photograph all of his works exhibited at the fair when he cam eup to me and gave me the his catalog to make things easier )
I love the colors in his work. And the still subject speaks to me. I could just stare at it for moments and a story would develop in my mind.
I would love to have this painting at home but i bet its pricey. And i could not find any posters either. So i let it "hang" in my blog for now on.

http://artparis.fr/2011/en/galleries/details/43/Atlas+Sztuki+Sp.+z+o.o.

http://www.romanlipski.com/

What is vacation

Praia Piquinia 11/08/10 12h15 
by Christian Chaize 

A great image describing what a summer vacation looks like.

The image that communicates the best on that great feeling when you are your first day on a hliday on your way to the beach.

Madame Gres @ Musee Bourdelle

This week my dream came true as I went to Madame Gres exposition that consisted of 80 outfits in a beautiful surrounding of sculptures of musee Antoine Bourdelle in 15th arr.

I ve first seen her dresses in Musee des Arts Decoratifs last autumn. I fell in love with the work. I watched the movie of the fashion show - and this was amazing , I could.t believe that it was 30-40 yers old.Her dresses are timeless. I tried to find this video again or some photos and information on the internet but there was not much ! Fortunately they made an expo of her work with a movie and i took advantage of it and made photos of all the dresses there as a memory. And I would like to share it.

I m dreaming of having a dress from her... Never seen it anywhere but museums though :/

Crystal room

Yesterday I ve been to Crystal Room Baccarat resto and also discovered the Baccarat museum while strolling there at midnight after dinner. My favourite piece is the crystal red chess board from 1887. I ve always liked chess boards, as elements of decoration, but this one is the queen of chessboards.  They also had stuffed deer and 2 beautiful birds -peacock and unidentified beautiful one.

And of course the dining hall is amazing, with brick walls and black/gold moulding, great chandeliers and vases. The food is special too. Everything ordered was at the top.

As i had 15 min to get ready (as usual) i won't show my outfit in a bigger resolutuion )))

http://www.baccarat.com/en/the-world-of-baccarat/bars-restaurants/cristal-room.htm

Parc on Saturday.

I have been to a very beautiful park this saturday. Called Parc Buttes Chaumont.  I had to go on the other side of Paris (19th) for it and regret that Hausmann didn't plan one like that in the 16th arrondissement.

It is a park located on hills, so all picnic-ers should watch out not to roll down in the lake. In the middle of the lake is an island with a century old belvedere on the top, with a nice view on Paris and surrounding buildings of course. 

I had totake this picture from web as it is more sun on it and gives a better vision of what I m describing. 

Followed by my iphone reportage))

and  here is a first  piece of anna without the head wearing:

BCBG dress, Hermes scarf, Celine bag, Par Hazard boots, jacket ( People shop, Cannes)

Carven dress

A very original Carven dress, i ve seen once. It may not be seen on the photo but its a great quality print on thck silk. A unique dress that could becoume a rare vintage piece one day, shown in a museum , I believe.

http://www.farfetch.fr/shopping/women/carven/dresses/item10069546.aspx

Art Fair selection