Beautiful typography spotted on some of my travels: Ecole Saint Joseph (school) – Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France Mariapaviljoen (restaurant) – 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Grocery store Tetrel – Paris, France Het Rooie Leeuwke – Den Bosch, The Netherlands Picasso (restaurant) – 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Café Bar – San Francisco, Galicia, Spain ► To see all previous editions Read article…
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Brabant Service Station
Not far from where I grew up and the nearest bigger city you can find one of the oldest petrol stations of the Netherlands: Brabant Service Station. When the entire area was restructured, the classic building from 1933 faced demolition. But somehow the city council "splurged" 800K€ on moving the gas station 55 meters from Read article…
Matisse cutting into color
Situated along the highway between our home in France and our family in Holland, is this lovely museum: the Musée Départemental Matisse. Both my husband and I are big afficionados of the work of Henri Matisse. Many years ago we visited his home in Nice (turned into a wonderful museum) as well as the famous Read article…
The Typography of Travel 17
Beautiful typography spotted on some of my travels: Le Rex Club – Paris, France De Boshoek (private home) – Vught, The Netherlands Les Bains des Docks (aquatic center) – Le Havre, France Polkagriskokeri (candy factory) – Gränna, Sweden Kusine Bodil (toy store) – Copenhagen, Denmark Het Rood Hekken (bakery) – Den Bosch, The Netherlands To Read article…
Mariapaviljoen
Spending a long weekend in Holland with family and friends was really nice (and sounds like such a cliché, but it’s true!). I also spent some time at the hospital… or better: at the recently opened restaurant Mariapaviljoen in the old sanatorium in Den Bosch. Around the corner of where we used to live, you Read article…
Les carrières de Montigny
When we ride 50km south-west from our place, we are in the middle of Paris. And if we ride 50km up north-east, we're in the middle of nowhere. Well almost but not quite. Near a small village called Machemont, there is this huge stone quarry site called Montigny. As of the 19th century stone was Read article…
Inside la Sucrerie
Last week I showed you some pictures of the Sugar Factory in Francières. The weather was rather gloomy and like for our first visit, I photographed in black & white. Today I'll take you inside where it's a little bit more colorful (but also colder than outside!). I really liked the color of the walls Read article…
Weekend tip: la Brocante
My favorite season started: brocante season! Visiting a flea market on Sunday is like a national sport here in France. After visiting numerous marchés aux puces, I must admit that I became quite addicted to the art of junk hunting. It's a nice opportunity to visit new places in the Oise, discuss (or negotiate!) with Read article…
The Typography of Travel 16
Beautiful typography spotted on some of my travels: Belloy et Cie (seeds & grains) – Estrées-Saint-Denis, France Design Panoptikum (museum of extraordinary objects) – Berlin, Germany Le Mon Bar – Montbard, France Comédie Musicale theatre – Paris, France Grocery store Tetrel – Paris, France Snickarbacken (concept store) – Stockholm, Sweden To see more travel typography: Read article…
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Beautiful typography spotted on some of my travels: Garage du Chateau – Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, France Stalands furniture – Stockholm, Sweden La Bellevilloise (event space) – Paris, France Comptoir des Archives – Paris, France To Be Perfectly Frank exhibition at Svenskt Tenn – Stockholm, Sweden Miss J – Stockholm, Sweden ► To see all previous editions of Read article…
