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26 typewriters

“Wrongful practicing of xylophone music tortures every larger dwarf” or “Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg” as it should be, is a sentence with the 26 letters of the alphabet – in German natch as clearly it is missing ‘bjkqz’ in English. This was the perfect way to test the functioning of every key on a typewriter. This method of communication, obsolete nowadays, is the ancestor of many major innovations.

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“26 Typewriters” was a very successful exhibition held at Envoy Enterprises gallery in New York for one night in September 2011. 50 vintage typewriters were collected, reflecting 70 decades, including classic models such as the “Groma”, built in Germany in 1944 and the “Olivetti Valentine” by Ettore Sottsass in 1969 as “antimachine machine.” Exit Content chose 26 images to produce a series of prints and published a book of 36 pages in limited edition. Can you hear my geeky heart pounding?

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To fall in love with this even more, watch this type-omatic video…

You can buy the book from colette for £34.31. If you would like to buy me one, feel absolutely free. :)

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How to tie a tie by Alexander Olch

Alexander Olch is now at colette! (lowercase C)

After his collaboration with Thomas Erber for the Cabinet of Curiosities, colette invites you to rediscover Alexander Olch, American director and designer of ties, bow ties, notebooks, wallets… in a dedicated corner from January 17th to 29th. He furnishes the fraternities of Harvard and the most exclusive clubs in New York who appreciate his chic style.


Image courtesy The Selby

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Kuntzel+Deygas unveil House of MiCha

Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas, or Kuntzel+Deygas as they are better known, are a duo of artists who live and work in Paris, best known for their characters “Caperino & Peperone” created for cult store colette, Paris… some might say they are best known for the title sequence of the Spielberg film ‘Catch me if You Can‘ but I prefer Cap+Pep. The duo have been working together since 1990 and have become internationally recognised for their work, being commissioned by Blue Chip giants such as American Express, Lacoste and Nokia to name a few.

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But recently the duo launched a new website dedicated to a long-lost character that saw an exhibition at colette in 2001 entitled ‘House of MiCha’ where they were showing four different versions of their charming character: sit, walk, round back and Baby Mi-Cha sitting. A limited edition of 50 pieces were produced and never to be seen again… until now.

houseofmicha.com is a new e-boutique dedicated to their collection of four MiCha pet lamps available exclusively for online subscribers in a limited run of 250, signed and numbered by the artists. Watch their specially created film for the launch of the lamps…

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‘And a miserable day to you too’

Craig Redman is an Australian born illustrator currently living and working in New York. His current work is filled with simple messages executed in a colourful, bold and secretly optimistic way. He has worked with clients such as Nike, Apple, Vogue, Converse, MTV and Vh1 and as part of Rinzen (formed with friends in 2000) Craig has had 2 books published and exhibited works across the world, most notably at the Louvre, Paris.

His blog, Darcel Disappoints, recently collaborated with Colette to produce limited edition products with an exhibition from 3 to 29 May 2010.

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Get there now whilst you still can…

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Suzy Menkes visits Colette

Sarah Lerfel, creative director of Colette, presents the new store to Suzy Menkes from International Herald Tribune.

Having closed the store for a makeover, it has reopened to the public with more of what it does best. Colette has moved on from just being a fashion store and is now trading as a concept store, incorporating art and music and objets.

I have certainly filled my desk space with objets bought from their online store.

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