opening the sustainable week in 2012

1.618 Sustainable Luxury Fair will take place from 29 of march to 1st of april 2012

Each year, 1.618 organises a recycling operation with its old stocks of unsold catalogues.
This year, 1.618 associated with 4 prestigious partners to bring a new life to this catalogues:

* The International Herald Tribune who wished to be part of the project, by giving unsold stocks of newspapers;

* The prestigious school of design Parsons Paris gathered the foundation year student and asked each of them to create an art piece;

* La Chaine Du Coeur followed the students through their creative process by filming several stages of their work and will broadcast the footage during the whole exhibition on its website.

* The Gallery S. Bensimon who will welcome the selected art pieces chosen by our jury from the 21th to the 30th of April (111, rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris).

The 25 students of Parsons Paris each realized amazing pieces with remarkable creativity! It is  therefore not without difficulty that the jury has  selected the seven pieces who will be exhibited at the Gallery S. Bensimon.

The members of the jury

Barbara Coignet / Founder // 1.618;

Stéphanie de Longevialle / Advertising Director // International Herald Tribune;

Nathalie Arnould / Design Project Director // Cité du Design de Saint Etienne;

Lauranne Germond / Curator specialized on sustainable development // COAL;

Elise Fouin / Designer;

Serge Bensimon / Fashion Designer, Founder of Gallery S. Bensimon.

Participation of internet users

During the whole exhibition, the website la Chaine du Coeur will become a participative platform  destined to internet users who will be able to vote for the project the liked the most.
The student chosen by the public wins a personal space on the website La Chaine Du Coeur to present his work.

With this creative upcycling operation, 1.618 maintains here its unique approach of sustainability: sensitize by beauty!

Find more information on our Facebook fan page: http://on.fb.me/eKQdDf  

The 1.618 fair that was scheduled from the 7-10th April 2011 has been postponed. The third edition will now take place in 2012.
 
The whole team is already preparing a key event for 2012 and apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused in your visiting plans.
 
For more information: contact@1618-paris.com