After the fervor of the Olympic Games and the JOstalgie that followed once the Paralympics were over, Paris continues to make hearts beat faster. More than ever, Paname shows its true face, raw, unvarnished, but terribly inspiring. From love to hate, from elegance to nonchalance, the city maintains its paradoxical nature.
If Paris is magical, it’s partly for its bakeries, bistros and PMUs that cultivate a very franchouillarde atmosphere: le Cornichon, Dandelion, le Bouillon du Coq, to name but a few. It’s also for its cutting-edge events (THEMA, Design Miami, Paris, Art Basel at the Grand Palais) and fashion weeks. It’s easy to see why Emmanuel Macron is fighting to keep Emily in Paris. Especially since the Brexit and New York’s galloping inflation, Paris is regaining its status as a creative capital and attracting talent from all over the world.
If the Parisian is the thinker on a terrace, with a cigarette in his mouth and a baguette under his arm, he’s also the pétanque player on the Canal Saint-Martin, the sneaker collector, and the lover of ham and butter lattes (with extra oat milk). Parisian to the core, the Christofle goldsmith’s and silversmith’s house has entered into his daily life, transforming the most common objects into pieces of design excellence: coffee spoon, coffee cup, sneaker box, ashtray… Unusual pieces, typically Parisian, on show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from November 14. Ici c’est Paris!
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Mood
Râleur
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Météo
Pluvieuse
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Pause
Clope
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Pêché mignon
Cornichon
Coffee and the bill please!
Christofle, Parisian goldsmith par excellence
Founded in Paris in the 1830s by Charles Christofle and Henri Bouilhet, the French silversmith Christofle radiates around the world from its Parisian cradle. Its factory, historically located in the heart of the capital, quickly signed the decorations of emblematic monuments such as the Opéra Garnier, the Ritz, the Palais de l’Élysée and even the Tuileries dinner organized by Napoleon III… With her, haute-orfèvrerie has stood the test of time. From sneaker boxes to coffee cups and traditional silver spoons, Christofle continues to transform the most common everyday objects.
Younes Klouche pour Christofle / Production Obvious © Christofle
Paris is a scene
Since culture is a fundamental part of Parisian life, let’s head for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. From November 14, 2024, the MAD will be dedicating a grande rétrospective à Christofle.
The exhibition will reveal how, from its creation in the 1830s to the present day, the silversmith has transformed the decorations of silver to disseminate them with singularity in everyday life.
Unoverlooked room
Croissant or pain au chocolat?
See you at the zinc!
Cheers!
Campagne « I Love Paris » pour Christofle / Production Producing Love © Christofle
Got a light?
French kiss
Avec la complicité de Christofle.
