Intensif semaine 2

This week was the second and the last intensive block I have at ENSCI. I'm doing Habilitation PAO, which is working with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign. The task is to design a poster, and a manual for a given product.
Though I have worked with all three softwares before, I only know the basics, and I am a bit frighten by them frankly speaking. The adobe family is very useful in terms of image manipulation, textile print, and portfolio design etc. So this is a great opportunity to advance my skills. At the end of the week, I'm happy with what I came up with (I will update it shortly), and I'm impressed by some of the outcomes by other peers in class, consider it was their first try in using these tools. However, the key is to use these tools regularly and inventively, so that I don't forget what I learnt from the session.

Chapter 1

Immersion Culturelle

Last week was the intensive week about French culture and the language. It's the perfect class for all the exchange students and the international students at ENSCI. It consists 13 of us- just the right amount. The topics covered in class are very diverse; most importantly, it's all in French. Sometimes I'm at the top of my learning curve; yet sometimes I'm not even in the loop. Overall, I finally am making some progress. Besides, it's great to know more about the country I'm living in- Paris is amazing!!! But by the end of the week, I'm simply relieved that I can have some peace of mind.

This image is from my journal a while ago, I think it totally tells my story here in Paris.

- What is it? May I have it?

- It depends. My dear.

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- Qu'est que c'est? Je peux l'avoir? 

- ça dépend. Ma chérie.

Shocking paintings at the Centre Pompidou

 MATTA (Roberto Antonio Sebastián MATTA ECHAURREN, dit) L'étang de No,1958

MATTA (Roberto Antonio Sebastián MATTA ECHAURREN, dit) Etre en situation,1957

Kenzo Fever

Gone to an exhibition curated by Kenzo, and an cocktail party of the debut of Kenzo's jewellery line last week. It's great to meet the legendary designer!!! He looks so young in his age. Also to experience the chic, high-end atmosphere. One thing I learnt out of it is that you got to have your own little group to go to these events, cause it was all about chattering/networking!

With Mr. Kenzo himself!!!