A French Hotel Room Half Covered in Graffiti

Internationally recognized graffiti artist Tilt has just completed this eye-popping interior design work for the Au Vieux Panier hotel in Marseille, France. The hotel has just five rooms that are annually reconceptualized by commissioned artists and designers, somewhat similar to NYC’s Carlton Arms. For this space entitled Panic Room (which might aptly describe your mental state after a few nights in this Willy Wonkaesque environment) Tilt divided the room perfectly down the middle, one half covered entirely in his trademark vibrant and bubbly graffiti and the other half left stark white. See a sneak peek of all five concepts at Au Vieux Panier, including a room by Philippe Baudelocque who draws fantastic illustrations of animals using chalk. All in all, if I were checking in, Panic Room would be the clear choice. Photography above by the Big Addict. (via my modern met)

Isabelle Tuchband in Wonderland

 this week the selby features the amazingly colorful home of artist isabelle tuchband from são paulo, brazil. isabelle is the daughter of a french painter, and grew up among paints, canvas and paintbrushes from her father’s studio, learning since her early age how to see the world with the colors of art. her home is an eclectic and kitschy collection, almost a little bit madcap, but i like it that way! and the selby captures her colorful world perfectly.

Mamika .. Bazooka...!

When French photographer Sacha Goldberger realized his 91 year old Hungarian grandmother Frederika was lonely and might be suffering from depression, he proposed an unusual course of therapy: a superhero photoshoot. Needless to say, I think this is WTF fantastic.