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Design week in Paris

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In September, Paris is celebrating design. We meet three "trend hunters" who sought out the season’s best in interior design for the recent "Maison et Objets" trade fair. It's a glimpse at some of the objects that could be making an appearance in interiors over the coming months.

LIFESTYLE
By Electron Libre
ENVIRONMENT
I'd like to be, up in the tree
Living in a tree is the latest environment friendly trend in France. In the last five years, about a 100 special homes have been built in treetops across the country.
POETRY

Performing slam, a new coaching workshop

First appearing in the 80s in Chicago, slam arrived in France at the end of the 90s and is rapidly gaining in popularity. Today, this social and cultural artistic movement has given birth to the slam coaching workshop.
GASTRONOMY

Seaweed: low tide to high dining!

Unique and nutritious food, seaweed can be served up in many forms, from salad to alongside fillet mignon. In the French capital, the restaurant "Chez Pineau" has been treating clients to seaweed for 25 years.
ENVIRONMENT

Green homes draw attention

Green homes are a building trend of the future, as the public can discover at a "bio-climatic" demonstration house at the Futuroscope theme park nears Poitiers, France.
STREET SPORT

Golf hits the streets of Paris

The French capital is transformed into a golf course for 2009's Paris Pro Tour Master Classic, in which the game's rules are adapted to an urban setting. Participants say their version of the sport is more accessible, despite safety concerns.

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