If animals would eat McDonalds

Heath shared this with me today, and I love it! :) 

Happy Birthday Michel!

Winter in New York

Last weekend the north east got a huge snowstorm (not as bad as Sandy!) and Central Park was gorgeous. There were so many people out and about...

All kinds of sledding in the park! Watch the kid get wiped out on the right :)

And this past weekend, Heath and I visited the MOMA (it's free on Friday nights!)

Christina's World is one of my favorites.

Some close up of Monet's work.

And an upcoming exhibit that I knew my sister would love!!

Happy new year of the Snake

Happy new year for my big family  !
Merci à Michel et à Lily pour ces moments mémorables !

Supreme Senior

Turning 60 today, birthday party at the "Source Bleue", very nice restaurant and scenic area in Haute Marne.
Too bad Claire could not come, but quite a drive from Toulon and not the best time of the year.

The place is named after this amazing pond with this blue hole (19 meters deep)

 And some amazing fishes too !

Palm Springs 2013

Heath and I had the great opportunity to go to Palm Springs again this January, and even though we were there for work, we had a great time :) This year, I was the one working and Heath was the one lounging by the pool, soaking up the sun.

Our favorite place to stay, The Ace Hotel and Swim Club.

A great restaurant called Workshop, with the best brussel sprouts ever! They roast them in a wood fired oven and then pour balsamic vinegar over them and let it reduce.

One of the locations we shot at...

And a gorgeous hummingbird was kind enough to let me photograph her.

BNP Contest !!

And now another project : a contest for the french bank BNP. We were 4 in our team.
We presented it today in front of a jury and we won !!!! 8000€ to share !!

It's a place where you can look and get information about former projects sponsored by BNP, and you can also present your own project there.

exhibition

Here are a few pics of the exhibitions we had to present our projects.

At school first, for open houses :

Last night in a famous place in Paris for Design exhibitions

Chanel + Yves Delorme

Hi all,

My big projects of the year are finally over, here are a few images.

We were working in tandem.

For Chanel, we had to create an event.

A selection of Chanel clients are invited to spend an evening and night in a location kept secret until the last minute. The clients will get the opportunity to rediscover tweed in Scotland, where Gabrielle Chanel fi rst came across the precious material she would like and use so much.

The façade of the lounge refl ects the surrounding snow and mountains.
The building seems to melt into the landscape.

At nightfall, the two-way miror reveals the interior of the lounge from the outside.

A cocktail is served around a large fi replace.
Guest are invited to admire the intricacy and detail of the tweed-covered walls.

The curtains are pulled back to reveal the landscape : the invited find themselves on a frozen lake.

Scottish specialities are served, such as haddock, beef, shortcake and other dishes prepared with whisky...

The invited are ushered back to the terrace of the lounge for a whisky tasting. To their surprise, the lake comes alive...Iceskaters present former Chanel winter collections.

For Yves Delorme, a brand of bed and bath linen, we had to design their future stores.

The new stores highlight the know-how and quality of Yves Delorme products. It consists in defining a new way of selling and presenting their bedding and bath linens, but also convey the atmosphere of home.

Silhouettes in the shop window attract the passer-by.

All collections are presented in a central element so as to bring out the know-how and details of each item. Silhouettes and sounds remind us of home : a woman having a bath, a family having dinner, a couple preparing for bed...