Exclusive one-off pieces, limited series, creation in design, jewellery and fashion… A three-part editorial line launched by Galerie BSL which will be opening to the public in the Marais on May 7th 2010, at 23 rue Charlot, Paris 3rd.

After a media splash that lasted 5 years Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance is still able to surprise us… by settling down. Mature and no longer in need of the stimuli that accompanied his noisy début (The “Sketch” in London), he is a designer in full command of his visual and sensual vocabulary. 2010 will be a year of furniture for him, starting with Ligne Roset in January before Bernhardt Design, Ceccotti and Zanotta next April in Milan.

However much Frédéric Ruyant has devoted these last two years to fascinating yet confidential research work via a sub-contracting agency for firms such as Maison Martin Margiela, Tupperware and Diesel, the year 2010 will mark his reentrance to the columns of certain magazines and journals which will present his projects for the Mobilier National, the Manufacture de Beauvais, Macé/Adform, the Biennial Event at St. Etienne, the Manufacture de Sèvres, Toulemonde Bochart, the Centre Pompidou, and fi

The 36th edition of the Ghent International Film Festival (October 6th-17th) screened more than 140 films from 35 different countries. Festival highlights included an elaborate Anime! exhibition and tribute to Asian cinema as well as 5 live concerts including one by Kevin Costner and his band Modern West , the 9th annual World Soundtrack Awards and presentations of the Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar nominee Andy Garcia and French director Claude Miller .

Jean-Pierre Smadja (Smadj) Tunisian born, Parisian musician, Jean-Pierre Smadja (Smadj) grew up listening to Oriental, Brazilian, funk, soul, and folk music. Entering a jazz school at age 15 due to his intense interest in the guitar, Smadj’s musical development came to be characterized by transforming traditional jazz styles into eclectic sounds.