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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
URBANISM

The yurt, one way to live ecologically

In a northern region of Paris, one family lives in a yurt, the traditional Mongol home, but adapted to our modern idea of comfort. Eco-friendly and mobile, is this dwelling created from an old recycled circus tent the home of the future?
BEAUTY

A salty new spa

Used correctly, salt has unexpected benefits for the body, as Eastern Europeans have known for centuries. In Paris, the institute 'Cristal Zen it' offers its clients halotherapy, the use of salt as a natural treatment to help various conditions.
TASTES

Sushi restaurants adapt to French taste buds

The French are discovering sushi, with the help of Japanese cooks willing to bend the rules and include in their creation elements not normally associated with the raw fish dish. Salad, tomoatoes, cheese, Nutella: no combination is too outlandish.
WORLD LAUGH DAY

Learning to share the laughter and joy

It's World Laughter Day on May 3, according to Yoga Laughter International, a global movement for joy and peace. In the Paris suburbs one teacher is speading that joy with five-euro-a-go workshops that teach you how to laugh like a child again.
DESIGN

The bamboo craze

A fashionable and aesthetically pleasing plant, bamboo has become an ubiquitous component of garden decoration and interior design. Practical, eco-friendly and sturdy, bamboo comes in all shapes and serves all kinds of purposes.

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