Sang Bleu (; lit. "Blue Blood") is an independent, multi-disciplinary media platform and creative agency. Encompassing ''Sang Bleu'' magazine: a publication centred around contemporary art, culture, fashion, fine art,
performance art
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, literature,
sociology
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, kink and tattooing; SangBleu, a typeface under the type design company Swiss Typeface and a creative agency called Sang Bleu. Sang Bleu was initiated in 2006 in
London
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, UK, by Maxime Plescia-Büchi, its Swiss creative director who currently runs it with his wife Hope Plescia-Büchi. Büchi works as a tattoo artist at Sang Bleu London together with a dozen other tattoo artists and temporary resident artists. Sang Bleu is notable for its publications, its collaboration with
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
luxury
Luxury may refer to:
*Luxury goods, an economic good or service for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises
*Luxury tax, a tax on products not considered essential, such as speedboats or diamonds.
**Luxury tax (sports), a ...
watchmaker
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Hublot
Hublot () is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in 1980 by Italian Carlo Crocco. The company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the French luxury conglomerate LVMH.
History
A scion of the Italian Binda Group dynasty, best known for m ...
, and its work on celebrities like
Kanye West
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and
FKA Twigs
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. Sang Bleu is also known for creating logos and corporate typefaces for Balenciaga, Rick Owens, CSS Bard Hessel Museum, the City of Stockholm, Esquire magazine and Vogue. It has held events at department stores including
Selfridges
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, the
London Edition Hotel and Imperial Art Studios in
Downtown Los Angeles
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. Sang Bleu London opened in 2013. In May 2016, the first international Sang Bleu studio opened in
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
,
Switzerland
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. A third location opened in Los Angeles in 2019.
References
External links
Sang Bleu websiteSang Bleu London Tattoo StudioSang Bleu Zurich Tattoo StudioSang Bleu Los Angeles Tattoo Studio
2006 establishments in England
Magazines published in London
Tattooing
Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney
Design companies of the United Kingdom
Swiss brands
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