With his new installation named “Ordre et Progrès”, the Mexican artist Héctor Zamora (born in 1974) keeps reflecting on the industrialisation’s history and social-economic models. This new creation is aligned with his previous works, like Every Belgian is born with a brick in the stomach in 2008 or Atopic Delirium in 2009. Displayed at the […]
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Since always, dinosaurs have been making both young and old fantasise. The Palais de la découverte is consecrating them a new exhibition named “Age of the dinosaurs, a trip from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous”. Real time machine, this retrospective takes us until the Jurassic seas, in exhibiting marine fossils, then on the continent where some […]
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After the Kabakov couple and their “Strange city”, this is the turn of the contemporary artist Huang Yong Ping to confront the hugeness of the Nef du Grand Palais, for the 7th edition of Monumenta. From May 8th to June 18th 2016, the visitors will have the possibility to admire the founder of contemporary art […]
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Every day, shopkeepers are compelled to throw numerous products out, in relation to their use-by date. In order to fight against food wastage, a free application helps us to unearth corner shops who sell in time, their food surplus. Its name: Optimiam. A geo-located mobile phone application Available on the App Store and on Google […]
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To celebrate its 40 summers, the famous fashion brand for children Bonpoint opens a pop-up store on the world’s most beautiful avenue, very close to the Green Hotels Paris, the Eiffel Trocadéro and the Gavarni. 2099 ft2 of fairyland This ephemeral boutique nested on the Champs-Elysées shows the totality of the Bonpoint 2016 summer collection, […]
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The Jardin des Plantes is welcoming representations of orchids derived from the collection of vellums of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, echoing to the exhibition “Mille et une orchidées”, which was held last February and March. Exhibited on the metal gates of the École de Botanique, these works are the fruits of more than three […]
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The new retrospective of the Musée de l’Homme is organised on the occasion of the 2015-2016 France Korea year. “La Corée des Origines” displays casts of prehistoric material but also tools, human fossils and animal bones to better understand the period of Korean Prehistory, relatively unknown. These last years, researchers have been expanding knowledge on […]
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- April 29, 2016
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A 100% natural and ecological textile, this is the bet of Carmen Hijosa, founder of sustainable textile company Ananas Anam. This is during a trip to the Philippines that the stylist discovers ananas fibre. The creator understands then that it could offer a more ecological and ethical fashion. © Pinatex by Smith Matthias bags A […]
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- April 28, 2016
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With the current green evolution, a lot of us want to be involved in eco-aware initiatives. Imagine if, with the help of an eco-friendly search engine, we could help to plant trees around the world…The idea seems absurd. However, a German company won the bet: Ecosia. It is in 2009, after a trip around the […]
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- April 27, 2016
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The end of one-use only plastic bags is just around the corner (July 1st 2016). Then, from January 1st 2017, only compostable bags will be permitted and those made of substance from vegetal origin (bio-based). With the energy transition law which mainly aims to fight against pollution, French companies are thus encouraged to find other […]
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- April 26, 2016
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