Café Saint-Régis on Île Saint-Louis, Paris in Carin Olsson Photography

Few years ago I spotted an awesome photo (Carin Olsson) of Parisian cafe on Tumblr. This year I had a chance to visit Café Saint-Régis on Île Saint-Louis and admire its shabby chick interior designed by famous French decorator Richard Lafond. His studio completed about 50 projects of restaurant interiors in Paris, but still Saint-Regis is my favourite one hence I need to visit them all.

I want to say a little about this photo. It was made by Carin Olsson who spent 4 months in Paris studying language and apparently caught that "l'art de vivre" fever and moved back to the capital of France once she sorted her things in Stockholm on her short return. Today she is working in Paris as a photographer and occasional writer and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. You must check her portfolio online and on Flickr as well as follow her half-million fans Instagram

Added few photos of my own just to compare how Carin's ones are beautiful :)

Official photos from LAFOND-AD Studio

Carolina Mariana

Lifestyle photographer Carolina Mariana has a great eye on framing emotions and beautiful places. She grew up in her beloved hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, obscurely known as Paris of the Plains. Graduate of Visual arts studies and psychology minor from the University of Kansas. Carolina currently resides in Chicago with an array of condiments at any given meal.

Comet 67P

I am not into science and astronomy but the new images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko shot by Rosetta riding that wild space horse on a 38 km/s speed are just epic. The photos can practically inspire to create something basing on those outer space beauty. Images released by the European Space Agency and can be found on ESA Flickr account. As a bonus you can listen the "song" of the Comet Rosetta’s Plasma Consortium (RPC) has uncovered a mysterious ‘song’ that Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is singing into space. The comet seems to be emitting a ‘song’ in the form of oscillations in the magnetic field in the comet’s environment. It is being sung at 40-50 millihertz, far below human hearing, which typically picks up sound between 20 Hz and 20 kHz. To make the music audible to the human ear, the frequencies have been increased in this recording. Original data credit: ESA/Rosetta/RPC/RPC-MAG. This sonification of the RPC-Mag data was compiled by German composer Manuel Senfft (www.tagirijus.de).

P.s. I still remember time I spent on landing this in Windows 3.11

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Depositphotos Inspiration Set 5: Blur

November.. view out of the window became grey and dull, but Designcollector and Depositphotos ain't give a depression:) We selected the next Inspirational Set using unique stock images made with soft blur to smooth your mood!

Gareth Pugh Spring/Summer 2015 Collection

When it comes to showcasing Gareth Pugh fashion, I leave all the work behind and sit down to write this in a onebreathe. Hence the new Spring/Summer 2015 collection deeply reminds me the work of Leon Bakst but imagine he met Nosferatu or someone from the dark side of Pagan mythology, deep, dark and captivating. Gareth Pugh caused a stir for S/S 15 by eschewing his usual slot on the Paris Fashion Week schedule and kicking off New York Fashion Week with an immersive live experience, made in collaboration with Lexus. The event featured three short films that combined Pugh’s designs with performances by models, choreographed by Wayne McGregor. Filmmaker and artist Andrew Thomas Huang served as creative director. SHOWstudio is proud to exclusively release the films - Megalith, Chaos, and Ascension - alongside a gallery of images that show off Pugh's S/S 15 collection in detail.

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Petros Koublis

Athens based photographer Petro Koublis explores the land that lies behind the edge of the city, outside the invisible borders of the extended metropolitan area. "This is an alternate state in parallel time, where silence seems to carry inside it a waiting, patiently whispering a long forgotten language. There is no beauty that is timeless but the timelessness of nature can reflect a new direction, maybe even a hope."

Sunrise Over Sea

"Sunrise Over Sea" is a project of Carole and Vincent, humble уxplorers and true lovers admiring everything that surrounds them during project assignments or just personal wandering around the world.

Café Ferdinand in Hamburg by Aerogram Studio

Text via Yatzer: "The young international design agency Aerogram Studio has designed the interior and identity for this retro-looking café in Hamburg, Germany. Overlooking the Jungfernstieg shopping street and the picturesque Binnenalster Lake, the Café Ferdinand which was commissioned by Vodafone, also occupies the first floor of the company’s new flagship store in the city. The client chose to name the café after Ferdinand Braun, the German inventor, physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics and pioneer of modern telecommunication."

More details on www.aerogramstudio.com/cafe-ferdinand

Photos © Christian Köster, Aerogram studio.

Maia Flore

Maia Flore is a French artist born in 1988 and educated at l’Ecole des Gobelins, Paris. Her photography is inspired by what she perceives as the boundaries between reality and unreality. "One way to challenge the mundane everyday is to reveal surprises within it", says Flore.

Heirloom Custom Tiny Home

Tiny Heirloom (Instagram) specialises in custom luxury homes on wheels, handcrafted in Portland, Oregon. With a total of 10+ years of team experience, Heirloom concentrates on equipping each custom build with high quality materials and fixtures, to meet even the most high-end standard of luxury. Check this beautiful photoset below

Witchoria

We did a little coverage of Victoria Siemer's aka Witchoria digital works earlier this year. I think it's time to revisit her portfolio and find new pieces

Lorenzo Vitturi

Formerly a cinema set painter, Lorenzo Vitturi has brought this experience into his photography practice, which revolves around site-specific interventions in accurately researched locations. He uses photography to set the scenes of thoughts and ideas through the manipulation of space, following his projects from creative ideation to realization.

Katharina Jung

Katharina Jung is a talented young photographer from Hermeskeil, Germany who got recently selected into Flickr's favourite 20under20 photographers. With her photography, that consists of a mix of daydreams and fairytales, she creates her perfect world that she'd like to live in. She enjoys living close to nature, surrounded by animals and the woods.

Denef Huvaj

Istanbul-based photographer Denef Huvaj experiments with all types of image capturing to captivate the viewer interest. Check her works on www.denefhuvaj.com

Animal Food by Sarah DeRemer

Sarah DeRemer is a young and talented digital artist living between California and Seoul, South Korea. As a mad scientist, she creates hybrids creatures, mixing fruits and vegetables with wildlife. Discover these awesome series of Animal Food and follow her on Facebook fore more cool artwork. via

Aurora Fashion Week SS15

Earlier last month Designcollector dispatched fashion force in the middle of Saint-Petersburg Fashion Week - Aurora Fashion Week X. Talented photographer Sonya Mudvex came back with a decent review (hence on Russian) on what has happened on the catwalk.

9-18 октября в Санкт-Петербурге Международная Неделя моды AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia отметила свой X юбилейный сезон.

Международная Неделя моды AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia SS15 в этом сезоне была посвященна интеграции моды с самыми актуальными направлениями современной культуры: ART × FASHION, CINEMA × FASHION, FOOD × FASHION, MUSIC × FASHION.

Sonya Mudvex от лица Designcollector посетила дни подиумной программы и сделала современный модный отчет через актуальный Instagram.

DAY 1

Сhapurin

Один из самых популярных и актуальных российских модельеров. "Эта коллекция – про отдых, про счастье, про круизные лайнеры и яхты. Она для тех, кто умеет или только учится отдыхать" Игорь Чапурин

Off Strand: Pitchouguina, A-Line

Young designer fashion label based in London with nostalgic aesthetic.

ZDDZ London (UK)

ZDDZ London– молодая британская марка одежды с русскими корнями от выпускницы Central Saint Martins Даши Сельяновой

DAY 2

«Новые имена в дизайне 2014» от «Собака.ru»

Финалисты конкурса «Новые имена в дизайне», организованном журналом Собака.ru

Среди них — Ксения Герц с минималистичными платьями, молодой украинский авангардист Жан Грицфельдт, жизнерадостные коллекции Chooza, вещи с анатомическим кроем N. Legenda, интеллектуальный дизайн московских марок Leka, VikaJulia и Olga_Plеnkina и стритвэар от Materia.

Artem Shumov (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

Артем Шумов представил мужскую коллекцию Artem Shumov FW 13-14. Концепция коллекции базируется на идее удобства и минимализма мужских ансамблей начала XX века.

Liza Odinokikh (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

Liza Odinokikh – это достаточно молодой бренд женской одежды, который был создан в 2012 году. Дизайнер и глава бренда Лиза Одиноких.

DAY 3

Litkovskaya (Ukraine)

Лилия Литковская является одним из наиболее востребованных и популярных украинских дизайнеров, чей стиль критики мира моды относят к направлению интеллектуальной моды.

Arctic Explorer (Moscow, Russia)

Arctic Explorer – молодая, но очень успешная марка одежды московской it girl Ксенией Чилингаровой, которая, вдохновившись подвигами своего известного отца, полярника Артура Чилингарова, запустила собственную линию одежды.

Saint-Tokyo (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

Saint-Tokyo – молодой бренд петербургского дизайнера Юрия Питенина, основной концепцией творчества которого является столкновение Европы и Азии.

Maison Kitsuné (France)

Maison Kitsuné – культовый французский streetwear бренд, основанный бывшим арт-директором Daft Punk Gildas Loaëc и японским дизайнером Masaya Kuroki как продолжение французского рекорд лейбла Kitsune, который специализируется на электронной музыке.

Andy Lee

Andy Lee is father of two wonderful girls, Creative Director, film maker, obsessive photographer, painter and manic doodler.

I've been taking pictures most of my life, but started it a little more obsessively about ten years ago when i was filming a documentary for a charity in Ethiopia. I had an old Hasselblad film camera with me and between scenes I started to photograph everything around me. From that moment on I was hooked. The joy I still get from seeing an image projected onto ground glass, or the smell of developer is enough to keep me shooting with a smile on my face.

Davis Ayer

"LA-based photographer Davis Ayer is more of a visual artist than just a photographer. He uses his camera as an instrument and paintbrush, mastering the art of double exposure with an unbending attraction toward what is beautiful.Shooting mostly on a Mamiya RZ, Ayer’s work features a dreamy host of colors and moods. Light leaks, double exposures, solar flare, and other manipulations make the colors in his film bleed so majestically and form the spine of his work. You can see more of his amazing photography on his Flickr and Tumblr or purchase prints here." text by Ignant

Digital Romantics by Mads Perch

Mads Perch is a wonderful master of light. He not only photographs sensual portraits beautifully, but also can manipulate projections with finesse. Working mostly as a commercial photographer, Perch together with art director Gemma Fletcher has become used to producing unfussy images quickly and efficiently. He has a sensitive style that would have no problem fitting in with the digital romantics.

This is a genre where artists are harnessing digital technologies in their search for the sublime: representing manifestations of Romanticism in the digital.

Read more on Beautiful Decay

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Dom Sebastian

Dom Sebastian is a 19 year old London based designer. I personally liked his glitchy "Holographic Melt Series" "It’s not very often that you find a fashion designer who branches out into other fields within the creative spectrum and conquers them all. Dom Sebastian is a master of graphic design, art and music as well as fashion design. Each artistic practice inspiring his bold and unique designs" - P I T C H Zine