AT Europe: Paris - Court Circuit Salon at Espace Blancs Manteaux

If you're in the Marais between now and Sunday, stop in the Espace Blancs Manteaux, where we visited last time for the annual recycled art salon La Métamorphose des Matériaux. This time it's highlighting emerging creators with a heavy emphasis on fashion and jewelry. But there were a few fun surprises for the home as well -- like these cheeky candles from Wakey. A few more discoveries below the jump.

The show also included sculptural lights made from springy plastic hosing by Paris-based designer Mauricette Cornand (mauricette.cornand@free.fr for info) that included gauzy soft-lit standing and table lamps and coiled sconces that made swirling shadows on the wall.

And cement tables and lamp bases from Mathilde Pénicaud, who is based in the South of France...

- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. She can be reached at kristinh @ apartmenttherapy . com

Comments (13)

What, no shocker candle?

posted by JohnnySlimane on May 2nd 2008 at 6:59am
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HOW DO WE BUY THOSE CANDLES!?

posted by Jeanne Ziegler on May 2nd 2008 at 10:49am
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we were just there last week, didn't see the show though they were setting up and we left the next day for London...

posted by bgball on May 2nd 2008 at 11:53am
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Me No Like-y

posted by bepsf on May 2nd 2008 at 12:17pm
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Me No Like-y either. except the giant ball of string.

posted by ange_lune on May 2nd 2008 at 12:21pm
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Star Trek makes it to design land. Gotta love it.

posted by Ulrika on May 2nd 2008 at 2:13pm
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What? No "thumbs up"?

posted by lightspeed on May 2nd 2008 at 2:57pm
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A New Zealand indie movie called Eagle vs. Shark featured a candle of a hand pointing upwards like these. In the movie, the character makes this candle for his dad. He later comments that his dad hated it.
As do I.

posted by aburningsky on May 2nd 2008 at 8:21pm
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@Jeanne Rocca: The candles are brand new and they don't have a distributor yet. But I will post again when they become available.

posted by Kristin Hohenadel on May 3rd 2008 at 1:00am
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Hands of Glory in different colors!

Scroll down for the picture,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory

posted by Trilobyte on May 3rd 2008 at 5:04am
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I want the Vulcan hand so badly!

And the third lamp after the cut

posted by La loca on May 3rd 2008 at 7:11am
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The candles remind me of the "Make your Hand out of
Wax!" activity at Canobie Lake Park.

posted by laura c on May 3rd 2008 at 8:09am
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Also, if anyone is in Paris and wants to buy directly from the candle designers, you can email them at:

wm.atelier@gmail.com

posted by Kristin Hohenadel on May 3rd 2008 at 9:05am
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