France’s gift to mankind is her sense of aesthetics. That’s why France sent Philippe S+arck far, far away to the U.S. I really can’t stand his stuff. In any case, IN GENERAL, I feel that that is a notable strength of France, and if power were given to a country with a great eye, France would be King.
Take these garden tools, for example. Functional yet so very cute especially the sécateurs (pruning shears). ‘nuf said.
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I agree with you, the sécateurs win the first prize in my book! Very cool stuff, indeed.
Comment by Elisabeth 08.10.06 @ 10:40 ami think there’s just this one person that designs these (i don’t know for sure tho) with this shop in avignon. the store/gallery had all kinds of things painted in this style. i’ll try to post other pix later.
Comment by ptinfrance 08.13.06 @ 11:09 amWhere in Avignon? I’ll be visiting there next May.
Comment by snavem 08.15.06 @ 7:02 pmhmm. i can’t say exactly where it is but i can tell you approximately how we got there. we’d come from the palais des papes, walked past the theater house (with 2 seated sculptures, one is moliere with his face resting on his hand). we then made a right to go to the post office, continued on and made a left. ok, i just took a quick look at mappy and i THINK it’s either on rue st. etienne or rue folco de baron celle. if not, it is very very close to this area. you can probably ask around once you’re there. sorry i don’t have a name or address, but this is all by memory from a few months ago! the old part of avignon is not very big so you really shouldn’t have any difficulties finding it. good luck!
OH YEA!!! and if possible please tell them you found them via http://www.whytraveltofrance.com!!! ![]()
They can’t possibly be available in just that one shop in Avignon, because I got them for my birthday last year and I live in Belgium. They were bought in a similar design shop as the one you described. They are definitely marketed internationally and might not even be French.
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I love ‘em! Do you know the company that makes them? Maybe they have an internet site where I can buy them.
Comment by PretzelBug 08.10.06 @ 7:04 am