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Overview

  • 11 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Italian
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Social design studies
  • Object designer & ethnologia
  • From Paris, Île-de-France, France
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

Hello

I like to share, discuss, listen, learn, understand. Travelling helped me to grow and build myself.

"A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon it is the journey that makes or unmakes you." as stated so although Nicolas Bouvier in The Way of the World.

I also like to laugh, have fun with my friends, and dance, dance all night long. I'm very spontaneous and full of energy! Open minded, I appreciate heartfelt moments. I enjoy the life as much as I can.

Otherwise, I am an object designer. I imagine new uses, gestures, forms, and materials to transmit a message through the object. And I'm studying ethnology, because I like to understand human's ways of thinking and behave.

Salut !

J'aime partager, discuter, écouter, apprendre, comprendre. Chacun de mes voyages, des nouvelles rencontres et des nouvelles cultures que j'ai pu découvrir m'ont permis de grandir et de me construire.

"Un voyage se passe de motifs. Il ne tarde pas à prouver qu'il se suffit à lui même. On croit qu'on va faire un voyage mais bientôt c'est le voyage qui vous fait ou vous défait" comme le dit si bien Nicolas Bouvier dans L'usage du monde.

J'adore rigoler aussi, faire la fête avec mes amis, et danser, danser toute la nuit. J'aime la spontanéité et je déborde d'énergie!
Sinon, je suis designer d'objet. J'imagine de nouveaux usages, gestes, typologies pour transmettre un certain message à travers l'objet. Mon travail se rapproche de l'art et s'éloigne de notre société industrielle.
Et aussi, je fais des études d'ethnologie. Je pense que toutes les disciplines sont amenées à se mélanger, et les sciences sociales sont pour moi une approche qui complète ma démarche artistique. Apprendre à connaitre et comprendre les façons de vivre, de penser, et de se comporter dans chaque groupe social.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Welcome home

I spent 40 days across Canada with my cousin by hitch hicking and couchsurfing. It was amaizing, and couchsurfing is a beautiful way to meet local people in each city you go!
And for new Eve, we hicth hicked and couchsurfed from Paris to Berlin with my best friend. It was so funny, and again, we met really nice people.
I also hosted few people when I lived in Marseille, we share beautiful moments and discover the city together.

Interests

Alternative ways of living
Arts and all kind of creativity
Music
Piano, I used to play in a band
Cinema

  • arts
  • books
  • design
  • dancing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Thelma & Louise, La merditude des choses, Caramel, Paris Texas, Death Proof, Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati), ...

Music: David Bowie, La femme, Bachar-Mar Khalifé, Orange Blossom, The XX, Alt- J, Atmosphere, Beirut, Yann Tiersen, Paolo Conte, ...

Books: L'usage du monde de Nicolas Bouvier, Traité du zen et de l'entretien des motocyclettes de Pirsig, La sagesse du nomade de Chatwin, Sur la route de Kerouac, 1984 de George Orwell, Martin Eden de Jack London, Contre-cultures de Steven Jezo-Vannier, et bien d'autres..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

6000 km across canada by hitchhicking and couchsurfing, AMAIZING

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach to play piano,
how to transform an useless thing in a functionnal object,
and I'm the queen of delicious pasta!

What I Can Share with Hosts

(almost) everything

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands

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