FOR JUST THREE DAYS, JUST AN IDEA PROPOSES JUST A SPACE.
FROM JANUARY 20 THROUGH 22, IN THE HEART OF PARIS, THE SPACE IS DEDICATED TO THE LATEST JUST AN IDEA BOOKS SERIES WITH CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND APPEARANCES FROM SPECIAL GUESTS.
ON THE GROUND LEVEL, A SCENOGRAPHY CONCEIVED BY HARRY NURIEV OF CROSBY STUDIOS FEATURES CAFÉ NUANCES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED AN EXCEPTIONAL MENU IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MATSHI TEAM (THE SOCIAL FOOD). FIND AS WELL GABRIELA NOELLE ’S NEW, BRIGHTLY COLORED UNIQUE STOOLS – DIRECT FROM MIAMI FOR THEIR DEBUT IN FRANCE.
ALSO ON DISPLAY: AN INSTALLATION FROM EDWARD BESS BASED AROUND MICHÈLE LAMY, A PRESENTATION OF PELLE CASS ’S DYNAMIC ATHLETIC IMAGES AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL CARDBOARD SIGNS FROM THE NOW-FAMOUS DUDE WITH SIGN.
ON THE LOWER LEVEL, SEAN WOTHERSPOON CURATED VINTAGE ITEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE FROM HIS BOOK AND INTRODUCES A NEW DROP FROM HIS LABEL LATE LUNCH. MATT MCCORMICK SHOWCASES FORTY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS IN ADDITION TO PIECES FROM HIS BRAND, ONE OF THESE DAYS. FINALLY, VISITORS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE ELUSIVE BRAD HALL VIA VIDEO.
MATT MCCORMICK PRESENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PARIS A SERIES OF FORTY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS ALONG SOME PRODUCTS FROM HIS BRAND ONE OF THESE DAYS.
EDWARD BESS CREATES
A SPECIAL INSTALLATION
AROUND HIS MICHÈLE LAMY PHOTOGRAPHS AND
PROPOSES AN ASSORTMENT OF HIS BEAUTY LINE
AND HIS EDWARDIAN UNIQUE PIECES.
SEAN WOTHERSPOON BRINGS
FROM LOS ANGELES A MIX OF ITEMS
SIMILAR TO THE FAVORITES FROM HIS BOOK.
EXPECT VINTAGE RADIOS,
VINTAGE TOYS,
VINTAGE SKATEBOARDS,
ASSORTED VINTAGE T’S AND SWEATSHIRTS…
AND CUSTOM UPCYCLED PANTS MADE FROM PATCHWORK.
ALONG AN ASSORTMENT FROM HIS ADIDAS CAPSULE AND AN EXCLUSIVE NEW DROP FROM HIS LABEL LATE LUNCH.
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS INTRODUCES THE SOFT SCULPTURES, WHICH GIVES INSIGHT INTO THOMAS CURATORIAL AND COLLECTOR APPROACH TO FABRIC AND GARMENTS.
EACH BEAR IS REPURPOSED FROM REMNANT FABRIC FROM THOMAS’ PREVIOUS COLLECTIONS AND IS ACCENTED WITH NOSTALGIC ELEMENTS FROM POPULAR CULTURE.
THE RESULT CRAFTS A PERSONA AND ANIMATES THE OBJECT. EYES, FOR EXEMPLE, ARE MADE FROM BUTTONS ARE VINTAGE DEAD STOCK SOURCED LOCALLY.
GABRIELA NOELLE’S TOADSTOOL PROJECT POPS UP IN PARIS AS AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION CELEBRATING MOTHER NATURE THROUGH ONE OF A KIND, UNIQUE GRADIENTS.
LIKE MOST OF GABRIELA'S WORK, THE TOADSTOOLS BALANCE FORM AND FUNCTION, RETHINKING SEATING AS PLAYABLE ART.
DESIGNED AND PRODUCED USING SLOW AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, THE TOADSTOOLS ARE A LIMITED SERIES TO BE DISCOVERED AND COLLECTED AS THEY TRAVEL TO UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTS LIKE JUST A SPACE.
HARRY NURIEV PRESENTS ‘PAPER FURNITURE’: A COLLECTION OF SUSTAINABLE OBJECTS COVERED IN UP-CYCLED SHEETS FROM THE JUST AN IDEA BOOKS.
THE SHEETS COVER NURIEV’S ICONIC SHAPES FROM PAST AND PRESENT COLLECTIBLE FURNITURE COLLECTIONS.
NURIEV CREATES INTERACTIVE OBJECTS, PLAYING WITH THE PERCEPTION OF MATERIAL AND REALITY THROUGH HIS DESIGN ECHOS MIMICKING THE INTERIOR OF JUST A SPACE THROUGH HIS OBJECTS.
THE BRAND-NEW COFFEE ROASTER CAFÉ NUANCES IS REWRITING THE RULES FOR ARTISANAL COFFEE.
BROTHERS CHARLES AND RAPHAËL CORROT ADORE COFFEE AND WANTED TO ELEVATE IT VIA A SINGULAR DESIGN.
CAFÉ NUANCES OFFERS FIVE NUANCES OF COFFEE, ACQUIRED FROM IRREPROACHABLE SOURCES. EACH SPECIALTY IS SELECTED WITH UTMOST CARE, WITH A CONCERN FOR TRACEABILITY, WITH THE FEWEST POSSIBLE INTERMEDIARIES AND WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY METHODS.
THEY OPENED RECENTLY 25 RUE DANIELLE CASANOVA (PARIS 1ER) IN AN HISTORICAL VENUE DESIGNED BY UCHRONIA STUDIO.
FOR THEIR SET-UP AT JUST A SPACE, THEY PARTNERED WITH THE MATSHI TEAM TO PROPOSE EXCLUSIVE DRINKS ON THE MENU :
MATSHI COLD BREW AND
MATSHI SPICED PUMPKIN MIX CAPPUCCINO.
MATSHI WAS BORN FROM THE CHILDHOOD PASSION FOR HOT PEPPERS OF SHIRLEY GARRIER, CO-CREATOR WITH MATHIEU ZOUHAIRI OF THE SOCIAL FOOD, AS WELL AS HER OBSESSION WITH FINDING THE PERFECT SAUCE WHICH WOULD MATCH WITH ANY DISH.
ALL THE HOT SAUCES ARE DEVELOPED AT MATSHI IN PARIS' 20TH ARRONDISSEMENT USING CHILLIES AND SEASONAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, GROWN BY FRENCH PERMACULTURE AND ORGANIC PRODUCERS.
IT'S THE LOVE OF THE PRODUCT THAT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER TO CREATE A LITTLE BOMBSHELL USING THE BEST FRUITS PICKED AT FULL RIPENESS THAT ARE THEN CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL BOTTLE, TAKEN EVERYWHERE AND POURED ON EVERYTHING.
JUST A MATSHI IS A LIMITED BATCH OF 120 BOTTLES, WITH A BASE OF ORGANIC BEET, POMEGRANATE, BHUT JOLOKIA CHILI AND HABANERO.
ALSO, LISTEN TO THE PLAYLISTS PICKED BY THE CREATIVE AND WRITERS FROM #JUSTANIDEABOOKS HERE
