GILLES & CECILIE

NO. 2: Random Doodles

Random doodles from Cecilies current sketchbook.

NO.1: Love is all you need.

What I love with december is the memory of my childhood christmas calendar. Every day I could open a little door of paper to discover a chocolate behind. We want to re-create this and post a piece from our archive every day until christmas. This piece is papercuts that we made in the summer when embellishing Clarion Collection Hotel Folketeateret.

Eurostar!

We have been commissioned by Fallon to illustrate the campaign for Eurostar 15th anniversary. Above is one of the banners to be seen in Kings Cross (London)

Talk in Tallinn

We have been presenting Gilles & Cecilie Studio in Estonia Academy of Art in Tallinn. Afterwards we were invited to try Milli Mallikas and other localities when visiting Estonians. Thank you very much for sharing wonderful time with us.

TALLINN

We are exploring Tallinn. They have a great selection of painted doors. More coming later.

SHOOTING BROMPTON

We went to meet the Brompton team on Westminster Bridge at 6.15. Early, dark and beautiful view of the London Eye.

CLARION COLLECTION HOTEL FOLKETEATERET OPENING

This summer we have spent inside this hotel creating wallpaintings, installations and handpainted signage. We were invited to the grand opening of the hotel last week which was absolutely wonderful with sushi and champagne the whole night.

GILLES & CECILIE TALK AT GRAFILL EDIT

Here is a snapshot of our talk at GRAFILL EDIT at Geilo in Norway. The theme were EFFEKT. We were talking about the Domino Effect, where we explained how doing one project lead to another project.

SPEEDBINDING

Just returned from GRAFILL EDIT in Norway. We were invited to talk about our work and to hold a workshop. Our workshop was full of energetic participants that made wonderful books.

FROM A VIEW

We were celebrating the opening of Clarion Collection Hotel Folketeateret in style with hundreds of invited people in the Opera Passage. Above is an enormous sail with a photographic view of the centre of the building.

Hotel Folketeateret is now open!

 

Hotel Folketeateret has now opened its doors. Here you can see some photographs from the inside of the hotel. The main work are our visualisation of the action when blowing dandelion seeds into the air; an experience you never forget.

Butterflies

Just came back from the archive and I found this lovely image of underwear displayed as butterflies in Paul Smiths showroom in Milan. Underneath you can see details from our display paintings.

We are participating in Grafill Edit Seminar in Norway this autumn. Here is a short interview from us in Norwegian.

Hotel Folketeateret

We have spent months inside the soon to be Clarion Collection Hotel Folketeateret embellishing the walls with colourful creations. We are excited to see it open after the 8th of october. If you are in Oslo, Hotel Folketeateret is the place to stay! The image is covering windows in the Folketeater Passage.

Future Birds

We made these birds a couple of years back for the window display at Paul Smiths shop in Tokyo. The birds are made of luxurious scrap fabric like silk and leather. Since we recycled fabrics we named them Future Birds.

About Creativity

We just did a talk about creativity for the first years at Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo. Gilles presented a few cases about how we proceed with a project and I was presenting a collection of random observations that inspire us. For us creativity is passion, obsession and a great skill to have for solving problems. We hope the students got inspired. (The picture above is from the Scenography students 08/09)

ONE MONTH LEFT

We have been and are still working hard to finish our work for Clarion Collection Hotel Folketeateret which is opening the 8th of october in Oslo. None of the artwork are published until after the opening so the photo above is portraying the lists of LED lights which I personally have put together and mounted to light handpainted glass frames. LED is fun, to be an electric enthusiast is a bit like building Lego. Remember to match the plus and the minus.

True Love and Magic Diamond Trees.

Monica Garcia is a shoe and accessories brand based in Spain and now Italy. This shop we just painted is opening in Rome end of august. Pop by Via delle Carozze to have a look at Monicas shoes and handbags, our peacock and magic diamond tree.

Painting flowers on the wall…

We are in Rome painting for Monica Garcia shoes.

Buildabrand Symbol Extravaganza!

“We are honored and excited to be creating brand designs for Buildabrand. Our designs are the result of observations from our everyday life, frequent travels, continuous sketching and obsession of collecting visuals. We are collecting inspiration and graphics from wherever we go – a wonderful creative process that is providing new symbols all the time.”

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