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Jessica Helfand
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ParisOneForty
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A picture a day for 140 days. A caption a day for 140 days. Every caption will be — wait for it — 140 characters. There may be video too. And eventually a book!
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Jessica Helfand
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31 Dec 14 |
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And so we end 140 days. "London is a riddle," wrote the English novelist G.K. Chesterton. "Paris is an explanation.” pic.twitter.com/GCEwHBh7e2
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Jessica Helfand
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30 Dec 14 |
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In a city with a per capita lingerie-to-woman ratio that boggles the mind, scantily-clad possibilities always beckon. pic.twitter.com/qUrtCMnYwX
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Jessica Helfand
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29 Dec 14 |
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Five minutes in the vicinity of Foucault's pendulum is mesmerizing and should put most psychiatrists out of business. pic.twitter.com/HTR2hzxa7L
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Jessica Helfand
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28 Dec 14 |
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An architectural glory of the Second Empire, Galerie Vivienne faded from view with the rise of all things Haussmann. pic.twitter.com/bobUvo5M3h
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Jessica Helfand
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27 Dec 14 |
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"The telephone is made for telephoning." A prime example of Parisian graffiti — elegant, philosophical, meaningless. pic.twitter.com/jplBpsoBR5
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Jessica Helfand
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26 Dec 14 |
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To the left of a sign for a school for boys lies the irrefutable evidence of the fact that, well — boys will be boys. pic.twitter.com/5cME9uGMYL
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Jessica Helfand
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25 Dec 14 |
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No, not a White Christmas in most places today, but if your family surname is "Neige" you're at least halfway there. pic.twitter.com/vfp721bs5o
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Jessica Helfand
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24 Dec 14 |
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@nancyfranklin I can not think of anything I want more in the world than this. You are pre-approved for takeoff. Pick any city you want!
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george gendron
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24 Dec 14 |
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Jessica Helfand and Michael Beirut talk about her Paris 140 Series @ParisOneForty, soon to become global book project designobserver.com/feature/the-ob…
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Jessica Helfand
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24 Dec 14 |
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A Pharmacy reimagines a door in the form of the classic druggist's cross, while a Tabac sign hangs nearby, unchanged. pic.twitter.com/Zcmz3uO5tY
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Jessica Helfand
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23 Dec 14 |
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At the Musée de la Chase et de la Nature, peacock feathers are arranged on the floor, a pantomime of pretend liquids. pic.twitter.com/6zFDUOB4Md
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Jessica Helfand
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22 Dec 14 |
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Real books: fabric swatches used to indicate texture, hand-cut tabs used to aid navigation, and not a pixel in sight. pic.twitter.com/61Gk4sgza6
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Jessica Helfand
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20 Dec 14 |
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From the “promenade plantée”, a row of Parisian rooftops feel like Ludwig Bemelmans could have drawn them, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Q1hRIiv25x
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Jessica Helfand
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19 Dec 14 |
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Harvested hair is reimagined as many things—a shooting star, a majestic crown, a baby's crib—not just for Victorians. pic.twitter.com/efWBCbqWlp
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Jessica Helfand
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18 Dec 14 |
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Supergraphics before supergraphics: giant type on a façade reads like a poster, carved into smooth, French limestone. pic.twitter.com/KBXe7QoBQ7
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Jessica Helfand
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18 Dec 14 |
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At the Bibliotheque Nationale — no light on the books or photography in the reading room. But both in the stairwell. pic.twitter.com/Zzjcl6VCGT
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Jessica Helfand
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16 Dec 14 |
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A happy little mechanical toy at the Musée des Arts et Metiers. (This is what technology looked like before iPhones.) pic.twitter.com/a5pTj22IP3
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Jessica Helfand
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15 Dec 14 |
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Dancing letterforms meet loopy window frames in an otherwise undistinguished building. Somebody had a sense of humor. pic.twitter.com/nxH1ceS57x
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Jessica Helfand
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14 Dec 14 |
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Below a grey unforgiving winter sky on the Rue Montorgueil, a glimpse of French Colonialism that should be long gone. pic.twitter.com/qaklBDbfzC
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Virginia McLeod
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14 Dec 14 |
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Typography lovers – it's @HamishMuir 's well-stocked design bookshelf itsnicethat.com/articles/hamis… @itsnicethat
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