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Jean Paul Goude
If you are in Paris there is a fantastic exhibition at Les Arts Decoratifs; a retrospective of Jean Paul Goude. It is the first exhibition of his work in Paris. He was born in 1940 and is a graphic designer, illustrator, photographer and advertising film director - one of the best contemporary image makers. It's so fabulous because much of his work was ahead of its time, innovative and pre-Photoshop!
It shows real invention, lateral thinking and is truly creative. Well worth a visit!
Until March 18 at Les Arts Décoratifs, 107 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

David Hockney
His fantastic and very exciting exhibition opens at the Royal Academy of Art this Saturday, January 21 - not to be missed!

Guy Bourdin
There is a wonderful exhibition starting on February 2 at Michael Hoppen Contemporary of Guy Bourdin's amazing photographs. I can't wait to see it!
Until March 10 at Michael Hoppen Contemporary, 3 Jubilee Place, London, SW3

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Before Christmas, I was privileged to go to the Elizabeth Taylor Jewellery Auction at Christies in New York. The final amount for the sale was $156,756,576! I was there on the night and saw the 80 lots of jewellery being auctioned. This photo shows the hammer about to go down on a $10.5 million La Peregrina natural pearl, diamond, ruby and coated pearl necklace. Actually, the final price after all the fees was in fact  $11,842,500!

WOW.

READ MORE ABOUT THE AUCTION HERE

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David Lynch has a new album out called Crazy Clown Time which I am really looking forward to listening to! He has also opened a new club in Paris called Silencio which is inspired by Club Silencio in Mulholland Drive. He has been very busy!

I have been having a lot of fun taking photographs on my iPad using the x-ray effect in Photobooth recently. I took this photo and then by chance came across this exhibition which looks quite similar! It is the Edmund Chamberlain exhibition at Browse & Darby in London and it looks fantastic.

19 Cork Street, London, WIS 3LP
Exhibition from November 16 to December 2
www.browseanddarby.co.uk

There are two very interesting auctions of photographs taking place at Phillips de Pury in New York this week - Photographs and The Arc of Photography - if you are in the area you should check them out!

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This iconic photograph of supermodels Helena Christensen, Stephanie Seymour, Karen Mulder, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford is by Peter Lindbergh and was shot in Brooklyn in 1991.

www.phillipsdepury.com

London Design Festival
For the London Design Festival, award-winning architects, AL_A, and engineering firm Arup created a giant timber wave cascading down the steps of the grand entrance of the V&A. I visited yesterday and it is really fantastic!

John Pawson
I have always loved the work of architect and designer John Pawson and for the London Design Festival he has teamed up with Swarovski Crystal to create an installation in the geometric staircase of St Paul's Cathedral. The project, called Perspectives, is part of the 300^th anniversary of the completion of St Paul's and is a really fascinating piece of work. It looks amazing and is well worth a visit (open to the public until January 2012).

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It was a really successful night last night, with both Floral Street and Langley Court shops welcoming hundreds of guests. The parties spilled out onto the streets and the Metronomy DJ set really got people dancing - there was even an impromptu dance-off in the shop which got a round of applause

The drinks flowed all night, there was a lively atmosphere and we've had lots of lovely messages and feedback from all those that enjoyed themselves.

Great!

There are lots of great things happening in September and there's a few things that I'm really looking forward to seeing:

The Power of Making exhibition which is on at the V&A, Porter Gallery, from September 6.  It looks at the role of making, and there is an eclectic selection of over 100 exquisitely-crafted objects by amateurs and leading makers from around the world.  The alphabet gate (made from pencils) is amazing - I think it will be really fascinating and can't wait to visit.
www.vam.ac.uk

Also, at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery early September is Kate Jenkins' Kate's Crochet Market exhibition looks really fun! All the pieces are knitted and there's a great selection.
www.r-h-g.com

Then from September 8 at the Michael Hoppen Gallery is High Tide, the first solo exhibition in Europe of Alejandro Chaskielberg photographs, which are really fantastic. He was the overall winner of this year's Sony World Photography Award.
www.michaelhoppencontemporary.com

Paul Smith is now away until mid-August and will resume blogging upon his return.

At The Design Conspiracy this week there is a great little exhibition of the illustrator Harriet Russell's work.  The illustrations are from her new book entitled Sixty Impossible Things Before Lunch - it's on until July 22, so if you get the chance do go along to see it.

Where: The Design Conspiracy, 12 Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LQ
When: From 15th - 22nd July, Weekdays 10am-6pm, Weekends 11am-4pm
Contact: 020 7405 0875
More info: www.harrietrussell.co.uk and www.thedesignconspiracy.com/gallery