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Jean-Paul Goude
Jean-Paul Goude (born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis 8 December 1938) is a French graphic designer, illustrator, photographer, advertising film director and event designer. He worked as art director at ''Esquire (magazine), Esquire'' magazine in New York City during the 1970s, and choreographed the 1989 Bicentennial Parade in Paris to mark the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. In addition, over the last three decades, he has created advertising campaign, campaigns and illustrations for brands including Perrier, Citroën, Kodak, Chanel, Kenzo (brand), Kenzo, Shiseido, Cacharel, H&M, Galeries Lafayette and Desigual. Early life Jean-Paul Goude was born on 8 December 1938 to an American ballet dancer and a French elevator repairman, and grew up in the Paris suburb of Saint-Mandé. According to his book ''Jungle Fever'', the most notable characteristic that Goude acknowledged in his childhood self was a fascination with black people. The vast majority of his models are blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Montreuil (), also known unofficially as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and in the Métropole du Grand Paris. With a population of 111,367 as of 2020, Montreuil is the third most populous suburb of Paris after Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis. It is located north of Paris's Bois de Vincennes (in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, 12th arrondissement), on the border with Val-de-Marne. Name The name Montreuil was recorded for the first time in a royal edict of 722 as , meaning "little monastery" in Medieval Latin. The settlement of Montreuil started as a group of houses built around a small Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian monastery. History A small monastery was recorded on the site during the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian period on a hill that overlooked Vincennes, which is most likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Mandé
Saint-Mandé (; named for Saint Maudez) is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France, in the high-end eastern inner suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. Saint-Mandé is one of the smallest communes in Île-de-France by land area, but also one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. It is located on the edge of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, adjacent to the Bois de Vincennes, near the Porte de Vincennes and the Porte de Saint-Mandé. The town motto is ''Cresco et Floresco'', which means "I grow and I flourish" in Latin. History On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, about two-thirds of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to the city and now forms the neighbourhoods of Bel-Air (Paris), Bel-Air and Picpus, Paris, Picpus in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. In 1929, Saint-Mandé lost an addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paper (magazine)
''Paper'' (also known as ''Paper Mag'') is a New York City-based independent magazine focusing on fashion, popular culture, nightlife, music, art, and film. Initially produced monthly, the magazine eventually became a quarterly publication, and a digital version was made available online at ''papermag.com''. In 2020, physical production of the magazine was paused following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The publication continued to create and release content online via its website. History ''Paper'' was founded in 1984 by Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkovits, former editors at the '' SoHo Weekly News,'' with help from Lucy Sisman and Richard Weigand''.'' Beginning as a monthly print magazine in the form of a black and white 16-page fold-out, it has since transformed into a quarterly print and digital magazine. Past cover models include Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Prince, CL, Kacey Musgraves, Jennifer Lopez, and BTS. In 2017, Hastr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medium (website)
Medium is an American online publishing platform for written content such as articles and blogs, developed by Evan Williams and launched in August 2012. It is owned by A Medium Corporation. The platform is an example of social journalism, having a hybrid collection of amateur and professional people and publications, or exclusive blogs or publishers on Medium, and is regularly regarded as a blog host. Williams, who previously co-founded Blogger and Twitter, initially developed Medium as a means to publish writings and documents longer than Twitter's then 140-character maximum. In March 2021, Medium announced a change in its publishing strategy and business model, reducing its own publications and increasing support of independent writers. History 2012–2016 Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder and former CEO, created Medium to encourage users to create posts longer than the then 140-character limit of Twitter. When it launched in 2012, Williams stated, "There's been less prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citroën CX
The Citroën CX is a large, front-engined, front-wheel-drive executive car/luxury car manufactured and marketed by Citroën from 1974 to 1991. Production models were either a standard wheelbase or a stretched, more luxurious, four-door fastback saloon, as well as a station wagon (estate), on the longer wheelbase. The CX is known for its hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension system (continued and improved from its Citroën DS, DS predecessor), and its (at the time) low 0.36 drag coefficient, normally noted as a vehicle's c_x in French. Restyled as'' 'CX','' the model name underscored this. Voted the 1975 European Car of the Year, the CX has been described by some enthusiasts as the last "Citroën#Research breakthroughs, real Citroën" before Peugeot took control of the company in 1976. The CX was also the final successful model of the "big Citroën" era, dating back to 1934. History The CX was launched at the 1974 Paris Motor Show. Citroën was unable to schedule right-hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Life
''Island Life'' is the first greatest hits album by Jamaican singer and songwriter Grace Jones, released in December 1985, summing up the first nine years of her musical career. The album sits among Jones' best-selling works. Production and release After the major commercial success Grace Jones achieved with her comeback album '' Slave to the Rhythm'' in 1985, Island Records decided to release a best-of compilation at the end of the same year. ''Island Life'' would feature songs from most of Jones' Island Records albums: ''Portfolio'' (1977), '' Fame'' (1978), ''Warm Leatherette'' (1980), '' Nightclubbing'' (1981), ''Living My Life'' (1982), and ''Slave to the Rhythm'' (1985). No tracks from ''Muse'' (1979) were included. Some of the songs appeared in edited forms, and a remix of "Love Is the Drug" was included. No new songs were recorded for the album. ''Island Life'' consists only of previously released material, produced by Tom Moulton, Chris Blackwell, Alex Sadkin and Trevor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Jones
Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model and actress. She began her Model (person), modelling career in New York State, then in Paris, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo (brand), Kenzo, and appearing on the covers of ''Elle (magazine), Elle'' and ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue''. She notably worked with photographers such as Jean-Paul Goude, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Hans Feurer, and became known for her distinctive androgynous appearance and bold features. Beginning in 1977, Jones embarked on a music career, securing a record deal with Island Records and initially becoming a high-profile figure of New York City's Studio 54-centered disco scene. In the early 1980s, she moved toward a new wave music, new wave style that drew on reggae, funk, post-punk, and pop music, frequently collaborating with both the graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude and the musical duo Sly & Robbie. She scored Top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrealism
Surrealism is an art movement, art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas. Its intention was, according to leader André Breton, to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality", or ''surreality.'' It produced works of painting, writing, photography, Theatre of Cruelty, theatre, Surrealist cinema, filmmaking, Surrealist music, music, Surreal humour, comedy and other media as well. Works of Surrealism feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and ''Non sequitur (literary device), non sequitur''. However, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost (for instance, of the "pure psychic automatic behavior, automatism" Breton speaks of in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangtze River
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea. It is the fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world. Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, and is home to nearly one-third of the country's population. The Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture, and economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking, and war. The Yangtze Delta generates as much as 20% of China's GDP, and the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze is the largest hydro-electric power station in the world. In mid-2014, the Chinese government announced it was building a multi-tier transport network, comprising railways, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 and led the country from Proclamation of the People's Republic of China, its establishment until Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong, his death in 1976. Mao served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1943 until his death, and as the party's ''de facto'' leader from 1935. His theories, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of Marxism–Leninism, are known as Maoism. Born to a peasant family in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao studied in Changsha and was influenced by the 1911 Revolution and ideas of Chinese nationalism and anti-imperialism. He was introduced to Marxism while working as a librarian at Peking University, and later participated in the May Fourth Movement of 1919. In 1921, Mao became a founding member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Hayes
Harold Thomas Pace Hayes (April 18, 1926 – April 5, 1989) was an American journalist and writer best known as an editor for ''Esquire'' magazine from 1963 to 1973. He was a main architect of the New Journalism movement. Biography Born April 18, 1926, in Elkin, North Carolina, Harold Hayes earned an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest College, worked for United Press in Atlanta, served in the Marines, moved to New York City to work for a small magazine called ''Pageant'', and wound up in 1956 at ''Esquire'', where he battled with several other young editors, among them Clay Felker (who went on to found '' New York'' magazine), for the job of top editor. Hayes won that contest, becoming first managing editor and then, on October 1, 1963, editor. After Hayes left ''Esquire'' in 1973, he hosted a public television interview program, worked briefly as an editorial producer for (and, with Robert Hughes, the first cohost of) '' 20/20'', became editorial director of CBS magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
