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lounesdarbois · 1 year ago
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biking-around-the-world · 2 years ago
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Happy birthday to a Green Legend, the most iconic Saint-Etienne goalkeeper from our glory days - l’épopée verte: Ivan Curkovic
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Joyeux anniversaire Curko. 💚
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electricpurrs · 2 years ago
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hello everybody i am here again to infodump about a random subject that no one else cares about but i think is interesting and want to share
Jacques Carelman (born 1929 - died 2012) was a french painter, illustrator and designer. he has done many things in his life but the thing hes most known for is his book, "Catalogue d'objets introuvables" sometimes translated to "Catalog of fantastic things", or more accurately, "Catalogue of Unfindable Objects", first made in 1969 as a parody of the catalog of the french mail order company Manufrance.
as in what he was specifically parodying were mail order catalogues. common at the time, these were paper publications that showcased various cool and new everyday objects that the readers could order to buy from the mail (the old time equivalent of shopping on amazon)
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what his book did, however, was illustrate an entire catalog of objects that are completely nonsense, absurd, useless, and as a whole either impossible to use or unnecessarily hard to, for no reason at all. possibly his own commentary on the consumerist culture of the time that motivated regular people to incessantly buy more and more superfluous objects for everyday use
some of the objects featured in the catalog include:
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the famous Carelman Teapot, called by himself "Coffeepot for Masochistics", featured on the cover for "The Design of Everyday Things", book still studied to this day by designer majors
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the bathtub with a door, to be easier to get in and out :)
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the retro watch
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the co-op glasses, for a good shared reading
the free pdf for the entire book with all objects can be found here, which is in italian because its the only pdf i could find. i think its a fun experience to skim through and just check all the weird shit in it!
finally, jacques carelman had some of the objects of his catalog actually made in real life and exhibited from november 1974 to january 1975 in La Vieille Charité, a museum in Marseille, France. heres a video i could find of the exhibition:
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gunzlotzofgunz · 6 months ago
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Manufrance, Model 28, Armee Pistole
5” stepped barrel having fixed front and rear sight. Double action only mechanism
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ofbakerst · 11 months ago
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loaded hunting crop in a 1914 “Manufrance” catalogue: features a “steel core, fully covered with braided leather with a lead filled head (and) can also be used as an implement of self-defense.”
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handfulsofhistory · 12 days ago
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Manufrance pistol
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goldenerasuits · 6 years ago
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French workwear from “Manufrance” 1923
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la-femme-objet · 7 years ago
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Âme étriquée au bord : la tentative d'envol d'une femme objet! #lafemmeobjet #collage #diy #homemade #statue #manufrance #hypothalamus (à Rennes, France)
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ledoigtsurledeclencheur · 4 years ago
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Nouveau vélo! Léger et vintage pour les petites balades sans enfant! #Hirondelle #1977 #Manufrance https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEe__sFm_y/?igshid=qzxji5sgr52e
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journaldeboard · 5 years ago
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#manufrance #factory #revolutionindustrielle #velo #saintetienne (à St Étienne Ville) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzvn3aVCgxe/?igshid=1phi6lknqab31
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jardinierdudimanche · 7 years ago
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Peugeot, Poulidor (Manufrance), Motobécane.
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biking-around-the-world · 1 year ago
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vicente-mealares · 8 years ago
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travail de la sihouette
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salva-du-demon · 8 years ago
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Vélorobot “1958″
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joachimnapoleon · 3 years ago
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Saber of Joachim Murat [via Sotheby’s]
The sword was passed down by the granddaughter of Marshal Berthier, who married Murat’s grandson.
Excerpt/translation of the description:
Work of the famous Manufacture of Naples. Frame in gilded bronze, glossy polished steel and faceted diamond-cut steel marcasite. Pommel in gilt bronze lion's head, wearing a marcasite collar, skirted, adorned in suite and embellished with gold threads. Ebony handle carved in high relief on both sides. On one side of the eagle bearing a coat of arms with the cipher JN ("Joachim Napoleon"), on trophies of arms, resting on a base with winged griffins, surmounted by a laurel wreath. On the other side, the Eagle on lightning surmounted by a shield with the cipher JN on weapon trophies and camp. Double chain guard with round links, and two long inverted quillons, with round body knot with spokes decorated in a series of steel marcasites of different sizes and shapes. The set decorated with faceted cut steel beads, diamond style, adorned with a frame of strings of small gold metal beads. Curved blade with flanged back, carp tongue counter edge, in Damascus decorated over its entire length, signed in gold inlay at the heel on one side Manufre d'Armes Royale de Naples and foliage scrolls, and on the other face, the cipher JN under royal crown.
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Les japonais fabriquent des vélos, Manufrance ferme. Les japonais fabriquent des voitures, Renault va fermer. Si un jour les japonais fabriquent du camembert et du vin rouge, il faudra fermer la France. - Coluche Béziers, Hérault.
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