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Paris One Forty: Week Eighteen

Dancing letterforms meet loopy window frames in an otherwise undistinguished building. Somebody had a sense of humor. pic.twitter.com/nxH1ceS57x
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 16, 2014

A happy little mechanical toy at the Musée des Arts et Metiers. (This is what technology looked like before iPhones.) pic.twitter.com/a5pTj22IP3
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 17, 2014

At the Bibliotheque Nationale — no light on the books or photography in the reading room. But both in the stairwell. pic.twitter.com/Zzjcl6VCGT
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 18, 2014

Supergraphics before supergraphics: giant type on a façade reads like a poster, carved into smooth, French limestone. pic.twitter.com/KBXe7QoBQ7
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 19, 2014

Harvested hair is reimagined as many things—a shooting star, a majestic crown, a baby's crib—not just for Victorians. pic.twitter.com/efWBCbqWlp
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 20, 2014

From the “promenade plantée”, a row of Parisian rooftops feel like Ludwig Bemelmans could have drawn them, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Q1hRIiv25x
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 21, 2014

Real books: fabric swatches used to indicate texture, hand-cut tabs used to aid navigation, and not a pixel in sight. pic.twitter.com/61Gk4sgza6
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 22, 2014

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