Paris One Forty: Week Fifteen

Victor Hugo once urged the legislative assembly to eliminate, not reduce poverty. And one man’s bicycle is his home. pic.twitter.com/twgsb1zRD2

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 25, 2014

There are moments and places in Paris where the visual evocation of time’s inevitable passage is simply meaningless. pic.twitter.com/c62UyB9qC2

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 26, 2014

It is inconceivable to imagine a store that’s been around since 1761, let alone one founded by a woman. And a mother. pic.twitter.com/BbKAg566WQ

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 27, 2014

Yes, Haussmann must have missed this one, no cut stone or soaring windows, but perfect in its own bilateral symmetry. pic.twitter.com/sPuAGzKwbY

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 28, 2014

Montmartre 1847: Verdeau is one of three virtually connecting arcades designed for pedestrians and aspiring flâneurs. pic.twitter.com/MWHuyUjsjZ

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 29, 2014

Inside the Passage Verdure, the glass ceiling is believed to have been inspired by the visual language of fishbones. pic.twitter.com/UqtsfE1UI0

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) November 30, 2014

A New Yorker cartoon waiting to happen? Rodin’s “Thinker” framed by Aldo Rossi-esque trees. Fantastic. Also: phallic! pic.twitter.com/5n9YMywXJ7

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) December 1, 2014

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By Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer and a former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Communications Arts and Eye magazines. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame, Helfand received her B.A. and her M.F.A. from Yale University where she has taught since 1994.