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Vintage Envelope Art was Awesome

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What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing look pretty souless in comparison. I’ve come across wonderful collection of French letters and envelopes, romancing the lost art of doodling! Pierre-Stéphane Proust has been collecting these delicate novelties of the past and organising exhibitions for over 30 years. Browse the rest [...]

Paris vs New York: The Animated Film

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Last year Vahram Muratyan came out with his wonderful book of graphic illustrations comparing Paris and New York side by side. I have a copy lying around somewhere in my mess. But to my delight, I’ve just come across an animated video version of his work. It’s a little fast and should be about half [...]

LOVE: Lost and Found on Craigslist

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No matter how much I like to deny it, I’m a sucker for romantic stuff like this. Sophie Blackall is an Australian artist living in New York who found the perfect inspiration for her drawings– the Craigslist Missed Connections page. Having never really been a user of Craigslist (which apparently means I’ve been living on [...]

What Girls Talk About

I love girl chats fuelled by red wine. Ground-breaking theories about boys suddenly come flowing out of us as if we’re brainstorming for a self-help book and after two bottles, we’re agreeing quite seriously that psychiatry is clearly the profession we need to be in. The previous evening, curled up on armchairs on the sixth [...]



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