Castor and Polux were two young twins, born from different fathers. Polux, the immortal son of Zeus, and Castor, the very human son of Tyndareus. This is the only myth paying tribute to fraternity in which, unlike in the treacherous tales of Cain and Abel or Romulus and Remus, Polux ends up sacrificing himself for [...]
Read the rest of this entryNo, Parisian competitiveness is not dead. In response to this Nietzschian cry let out by the capital’s prophets of doom, a study has shown quite the opposite. The Île-de-France is home to 363,000 jobs in the creative industries, a figure which can hold its head up among European competitors. Architecture, advertising, cinema, video, television and [...]
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Furniture + Tableware + Fashion = ANIMAL
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“I use animals to instruct men”, said Jean de La Fontaine. Three centuries later, we are forced to admit that the animal world is still an endless source of inspiration. In the course of three hundred years, instruction has changed into a trade, entertainment, art… but people continue to look at their furry and feathered [...]
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