Paris One Forty: Week Fifteen

Victor Hugo once urged the legislative assembly to eliminate, not reduce poverty. And one man's bicycle is his home. pic.twitter.com/twgsb1zRD2
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 25, 2014

There are moments and places in Paris where the visual evocation of time's inevitable passage is simply meaningless. pic.twitter.com/c62UyB9qC2
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 26, 2014

It is inconceivable to imagine a store that's been around since 1761, let alone one founded by a woman. And a mother. pic.twitter.com/BbKAg566WQ
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 27, 2014

Yes, Haussmann must have missed this one, no cut stone or soaring windows, but perfect in its own bilateral symmetry. pic.twitter.com/sPuAGzKwbY
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 28, 2014

Montmartre 1847: Verdeau is one of three virtually connecting arcades designed for pedestrians and aspiring flâneurs. pic.twitter.com/MWHuyUjsjZ
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 29, 2014

Inside the Passage Verdure, the glass ceiling is believed to have been inspired by the visual language of fishbones. pic.twitter.com/UqtsfE1UI0
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 30, 2014

A New Yorker cartoon waiting to happen? Rodin's "Thinker" framed by Aldo Rossi-esque trees. Fantastic. Also: phallic! pic.twitter.com/5n9YMywXJ7
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 1, 2014

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Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer. A former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Eye and Communications Arts magazine, she is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame. Jessica received both her BA and MFA from Yale University where she has taught since 1994. In 2013, she won the AIGA medal.

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