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Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. Some buildings age. Some refuse to.

📍82 Rue de Villiers, 78300 Poissy, France

Completed in 1931 in Poissy, just outside Paris, Villa Savoye is one of the most influential examples of modernist architecture and the International Style.

Designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the house became a manifesto for a new way of living. Raised on pilotis, with horizontal ribbon windows, an open floor plan, a free façade and a rooftop garden, Villa Savoye brought Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture to life.

At the time, it was radical. Nearly a century later, the unsettling part is how contemporary it still feels.

Walk through it, and you realize how much of what we now call modern architecture started here.

Villa Savoye, Poissy, France
Architects: Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Completed: 1931
Architecture: Modernism, International Style

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@pierre_jeanneret_studio

Save this architectural landmark for your next trip to Paris.

Design Dept Guides, Los Angeles.

Design Dept Guides explores architecture, design, art galleries, hotels, restaurants, coffee, and culture around the world. Curated travel guides and cultural discoveries for designers, architects, and creative minds.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

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OFFF Barcelona

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Branding is a growth lever.

Not because it makes a company look better.
Because it makes a company perform better.

The strongest brands earn trust faster.
Command higher margins.
Lower customer acquisition costs.
And stay memorable long after competitors are forgotten.

People don’t buy products.

They buy meaning.
Belief.
Perception.

That’s the business value of branding.

Ali Martín Filsoof

Design Dept® Studio Los Angeles.
Designing culture through branding.

Design Dept is an award-winning graphic design and branding studio based in Los Angeles. We help brands stand out through bold visual identity and strategic storytelling.

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#CreativeDirection

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Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing.

The Discipline Of Idleness

It’s unexpected. It creates tension between two opposing ideas, discipline and idleness, which makes people pause and read. That tension is what makes it memorable.

Design Dept® Studio Los Angeles.
Designing culture through branding.

Design Dept is an award-winning graphic design and branding studio based in Los Angeles. We help brands stand out through bold visual identity and strategic storytelling.

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📍Ofr Librairie Galerie
Le Marais
20 Rue Dupetit-Thouars

Ofr in the Marais is one of those rare places where taste still feels human. Art books, obscure magazines, photography, fashion, cinema, ideas. During Paris Fashion Week, the tiny bookstore fills with designers, editors, students, and wanderers all chasing inspiration. Open Free and Ready. The name says everything.

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📍Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder: Dreaming in Equilibrium.

One of the most important Alexander Calder exhibitions ever assembled. Nearly 300 works spanning five decades, from the legendary Cirque Calder performances that captivated the Parisian avant-garde to the monumental mobiles and stabiles that redefined sculpture itself. Suspended within Frank Gehry’s architecture, Calder’s works transform the Fondation into a choreography of movement, shadow, balance, gravity, and light.

The exhibition traces Calder’s shift toward abstraction after visiting Piet Mondrian’s studio in 1930, a moment that changed the trajectory of modern sculpture. His kinetic mobiles, named by Marcel Duchamp, introduced time, motion, and atmosphere as essential dimensions of art.

An extraordinary dialogue between Calder, architecture, and the history of the avant-garde.

Design Dept Guides, Los Angeles.

Design Dept Guides explores cities through architecture, food, hotels, galleries, design, and culture. Curated for creative minds seeking thoughtful travel recommendations and cultural discoveries.

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📍LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, California

“Split-Rocker” arrives in Los Angeles.

Two towering halves of a toy pony and dinosaur. Covered in more than 50,000 living flowers. Installed by Jeff Koons at LACMA in 2025, the sculpture blurs the boundaries between monument, landscape, and pop culture into a surreal public experience.

In a city built on spectacle, Split-Rocker still stops you in your tracks.

Design Dept Guides, Los Angeles.

Design Dept Guides explores cities through architecture, food, hotels, galleries, design, and culture. Curated for creative minds seeking thoughtful travel recommendations and cultural discoveries.

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#ContemporaryArt
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50+ LA Art Galleries guide.
Bookmark for future visits to LA.

Design Dept Guides, Los Angeles.

Design Dept Guides explores cities through architecture, food, hotels, galleries, design, and culture. Curated for creative minds seeking thoughtful travel recommendations and cultural discoveries. #DesignDeptGuides #TravelGuide #Architecture #DesignCulture #losangeles

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Vibe Check. BCN. #offf #offfestival #offf2026

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