Paris, march 2014. Controlling the circulation of information has been crucial in human relationships for a long time. Mutual trust is a means to keep a secret, being at the core of a family history, an industrial process, or a political strategy. And distinct […]
Paris , March 2014 Individual printers have increased opportunities for signage : everyone can now print a sheet describing a warning here, there a request or an instruction . With the spread of color printing, a red CAREFUL now seems […]
Paris, january 2014.
Yosemite Park, October 2013 Natural parks are physical oxymora. To enclose the nature that must remain intact, enormous human and material resources have to be deployed. And the best way to maintain them is to allow visitors, under the control […]
Above Palm Desert, October 2013 It is a long road through a semi-desert. Gradually it rises and high mountains appears, composing gorgeous landscapes. And then there isa sign announcing a “vista point” as they say in Californian Spanglish, just a […]
London, september 2013. One of the essential qualities of public spaces is their diversity. Cities are ecologies within which a great variety of species live together, more or less peacefully. There are numerous devices that are used by authorities to […]
Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon, June 2013 Finding the station has been easy, just follow the tracks going away from the village center. But once there, usual landmarks are blurred: the building that shall commonly be denominated “station” is walled on all sides. No […]
For a long time, there has ben very few concert halls in Paris compared to other European capitals : failing sound equipment fails, lack of prefecture authorization, too few market intermediaries or even banned musicians, rock fans had to go […]
Elevators are often experienced as specific sites. In such confined spaces, feelings are as various as the fear of suddenly failing down, the anxiety of getting stuck for a long time, or being visited by a ghost girl, sexual arousal […]
When participating to a discussion or being involved in any kind of interaction, one is supposed to know and endorse the basic code of conduct: to be respectful and polite in any circumstances. That is what everyone expects! More: what […]