Beginnings

Artist and graphic novelist, Marjane Satrapi speaks about her beginnings and the need to create in a short but sweet film by Chiara (daughter of the fabulous Francesco) Clemente.

'Everybody has something to say, of course. But the art is not about having something to say, the art is about how you say this thing.'

Beginnings: Marjane Satrapi on Nowness.com.

See more of Chiara Clemente's lovely Beginnings series on the Sundance Channel.

Bande à part

Garance Doré lives out my Band of Outsiders fantasy by getting a chance to dance the Madison in a Paris café. And just to add a glossy finish to this fantasy, it was all done as an advertisement for the classically hip brand Petite Bateau and filmed by cinematic royalty Zoé Cassavetes. Some girls have all the luck.

The Yeh-Yeh Girl from Paris

Godard on Godard

Jean-Luc Godard's 80th birthday has been commemorated with a new typeface.
Inspired by the graphics of his title credits,
it's free, pretty fantastic, and you can find it here.

frog (DOGS)

Colette

French Bulldogs must be slightly addictive...
Colette usually had a small pack of brindle bulldogs and Yves Saint Laurent kept brindle pieds all through his life. When one dog passed away, he would simply replace it with another of similar markings, always calling them Moujik. At the time of his death he was on Moujik number four.

Yves Saint Laurent with one of the Moujiks


Moujik IV photographed by Hedi Slimane

Nouvelle Vague

'Parenthetically, now's the time to describe their feelings'