My night at Maud's

"The philosophic conversations between a Catholic and a Marxist and Maud, a freethinker, in Clermont-Ferrand in the winter, as well as their love stories".

What you might expect from French new wave!
Re-release of 1969 Eric Rohmer French classic currently on at the BFI.

Quilts!

Quilts + maps + architecture = Haptic Lab
London version in pink.
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FUSE

The Royal Parks hosted their first festival for young people yesterday.
All day at FUSE in Kensington Gardens asking young folk to design birdhouses! Guvenc from Fal Studio explained geometric shapes. Tate, Serpentine and the Photographer's Gallery led other workshops. Why weren't these free events on offer when I was growing up?!

Apple Meadow Orchard

Illustrations by Anna Emilia
A fairytale illustrated biography

Visit The Blue Hour. Photographs to make you beam and transport you to the seaside.

The Stirling Prize Nominees

Will Zaha finally get the prize? RIBA's Stirling Prize nominations announced today.
(Image: Zaha Hadid's museum in Rome)

Glass blower

The simplicity of Bella Hawkes' beautiful glass designs is deceptive. She wants us to focus on the interior volume of object, a glass blowing technique that is highly complex to realise. The Rachel Whiteread of glass? Luminous.
(Thanks Jessame)