>Happy Birthday Blog!!

..and thanks to all of you who read along :)

> RJ luuve the 80ies!!

OKAY!! At last the Rectangle Jaune catalogue is published so I can share a few picts with you... As usual you can see more over here and here...
It really was great fun to work on (Art direction + design: Pomme S / Styling:Julien Abboud / Photos: Imad El Khoury / Set design: Vanessa Dammous), we were all stuck in the 80ies and loving it!
We're back to the future now ;)

>fashion shoot sneak preview

>lily green

Remember the flower patterns we were working on?
Well here's the final version on the new range of frozen vegetables "Lily Green"...
Soon in a supermarket near you :)

>"into the groove" ;)

Here's an "avant-gout" of the next RJ theme....

>want inspiration? watch this!

click here and enjoy...

>pourpre&co.

Introducing "Pourpre&co.", a new line of accessories...
More to come later!

>new Images d'Orient posters

Introducing the new posters that will be seen in Paris and Frankfurt in Jan...
I'm pleased to say that I took the photos as well!

>Paul Smith angels...

Well here's what we did on a rainy afternoon: Christmas decorations with a recycled Paul Smith bag!
Just add a lil'face, wings and hang! Guaranteed fun ahead.

>the melancholic world of Kiarostami

Last weekend I had the chance to see great works: the photos of Abbas Kiarostami in the current exhibit (Kiarostami/Erice) at Pompidou in Paris...
Even the drops of water on his car window have a life of their own...
More here...

>flower patterns...

...that the client did not like but that took a lot of work and are so cute they need to be published for posterity :)

>winter rhapsody...

At last the fashion shoot and catalogue I was telling you about is published! It's the new Rectangle Jaune winter collection; you can see more over here...

>nour & antar...

...is the story of two children growing up in Cairo that I illustrated for the Sesame/Rives Sud collection by Samir Editeur.

>Images d'Orient hits Paris BIS!

Well, not only did they hit Paris but they were awarded too!
Among a few other design companies like euh.. Alessi for example ;)
So cheers to "Images d'Orient" and to Pomme S who does the branding!

>LMT rollup poster

Click to enlarge...

>flowerbombs

A book cover illustration for a non-violence manual...

>blog of the year!: The Sartorialist

Scott Schuman had 2 passions: fashion and photography... On his free time he decided to shoot stylish people on the streets of NY... Within a year his blog became the most popular fashion blog ever (fashion editors and trend hunters from top notch magazines check it daily!) (me too:) ) and his blog became his job: he is now commissioned to shoot the crowds of Milan, Paris, London etc. during the fashion weeks, and works as a freelance fashion photographer!
Comme quoi: Streets inspire Fashion and Blogs inspire Jobs!
Click here for inspiration...

>"Images d'Orient" hits Paris

If you're in Paris from September 7 to 11 don't miss the amazing tradeshow Maison et Objet for a chance to discover "Images d'Orient" the fab tableware...

>Roy Lichtenstein : Évolution

Lichtenstein, one of my favorite artists, is probably the reason I chose grapic arts as a career and as a way to express myself...
He is really the cross -or the merge!- between illustration, comics, graphic design and arts... Taking a simple comics frame and turning it into a huge canvas has always a magical effect on me... If you like pop art, don't miss "Evolution", the late works of Lichtenstein at the newly refurbished Paris Pinacothèque.

>cheers to...Guillaume Canet!

And my crush of the moment goes to... Guillaume Canet! Not only as an actor, recently in "Ensemble c'est tout" a lovely film taken from a great book.. but also as a director in the breath taking suspense of "Ne le dis a personne" in which François Cluzet was awarded as best actor at the Cesars 2007 (3 Cesars all in all with best director for our heartthrob above).

... So rent the two films and enjoy!

(photo taken from "Ensemble c'est tout", site officiel)