Paris authorities are to cut the amount of advertising on city streets by 30% and ban all adverts within 50m of school gates.
Read the rest at The Guardian. Image, Simon Daval.
Paris to cut amount of advertising on streets by 30% | World news | The Guardian
“Mots Interdits” French learning game
With Mots Interdits, a language-learning game you can print out, you have your students try to get others to guess the word in bold without using any of the words below it. Be sure to check out the other teaching tools this teacher has created and uploaded to this site (look to the right once you click through to Scribd).
Tour de France explained in animation
The race, which begins July 2 and wraps on the 24, begins along the Le Passage de Gois ou Gôa in northern France. The world renowned cycling race will be broadcast in nearly 200 countries and closely followed in real time on Twitter.
Read the rest and see the video at CBS News.
Award-winning short video “Splitscreen: a Love Story”
Experience a commute in Paris and New York simultaneously.
via DesignTAXI.com
“Married To The Eiffel Tower” documentary
A documentary about objectophilia (being in love with objects). The part where the lady marries the Eiffel Tower starts at the 6:50 mark. Dig that ET cleavage tattoo! Watch the video on Documentary Heaven.
Seen @Brainpicker.
Typographic logotypes for major cities
Gorgeous retro “logos” for some of the world’s major cities. Very nice: Albin Holmqvist for EF Destinations.
Seen @Brainpicker.
“Paris Visages” by Marco Gervasio
My last trip to Paris was about rediscovering the city’s artistic and architectural beauty. With my brand new digital camera and lenses, I wanted to focus on the details. In this case, as the album title suggests, the numerous faces that look at you everywhere you go.
See all the faces of Paris Visages. Seen @Brainpicker.
Francophile blog: Rue de Eives Miren
I have been to Paris, France several times and would like to share my stories with more people that share a love of French culture. Rue de Eives Miren
The nutshell Norman Conquest
The Normans gave English about 10,000 words. Watch The History of English in Ten Minutes. Hilarious and great animation.
July giveaway: “Napoleon and the Rebel”
A compelling, intimate portrait of the Bonapartes, delving into the conflicted relationship between Napoleon and his beloved brother Lucien, the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but who had a promising political career of his own. He was a romantic, an idealist, and an anti-monarchist whose love for Alexandrine, the woman he married in spite of Napoleon’s objections, caused him to fall out of favor with his powerful brother.
We have three hardback copies of this novel to give away this month. Go to the Community home page to see how to win! Offer ends July 31, 2011.
Didn’t win? Buy the book at the Francophilia Amazon store.
French piano prodigy David Fray rocks Bach
We are blown away by this guy. You can buy his CDs and the DVD of this program at the Francophilia Amazon store.
Street artist/activist JR at the Pompidou Center
See JR’s work at the Pompidou Center right now, and don’t miss this chance to get your own GIANT passport photo printed out while you’re there (only until September 5th). JR encourages you to stick it on a building!
See more pics at Frenchies in Paris (article in French). We’ve covered JR on the Gazette before: here and here.
Fine French animation: “Dripped”
Dripped is a wonderful and beautifully animated French short film by director Léo Verrier, paying homage to [Jackson Pollock].
Read the rest at Brain Pickings.
