<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[L'Esprit de Curiosité]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultivating curiosity and creativity through the art of seeing. 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class="image-caption">J&#8217;ai pris cette photo mercredi rue Hermel dans le jardin d&#8217;un co living. </figcaption></figure></div><h6></h6><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p><strong>Summer break</strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>See you on the first Sunday of September. Until then, here is a piece from the archives</em></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>The Silent Signal</strong></p><p><strong>4:15 PM, Rue Hermel.</strong> My life looks like this. Like this bright yellow pipe, sitting on the cobblestones. Like the pipe, it <strong>loops, spirals, knots,</strong> and starts again. For me, life has never been a straight line. It moves in its own way, with its <strong>detours and encounters</strong>, and I move along with it, keeping my eyes open to whatever comes next. <strong>As time goes by, I am no longer the only one moving this way.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>The zigzag, or the best way to move forward</strong></p><blockquote><p>People call it a <strong>zigzag career.</strong> A path that is not a straight line: it changes direction, hesitates, and sometimes goes backward. What would have been called a failure yesterday is seen today as a unique journey. <strong>In the 90s, Charles Handy</strong> was already talking about a <strong><a href="https://www.breakthetwitch.com/portfolio-life/">&#8220;portfolio life&#8221;</a></strong>: a life made of several activities that do not overlap but coexist. His idea remains true, perhaps now more than ever. On social media, <strong>stories of atypical lives are multiplying</strong>. People share their pivots or their setbacks. <strong>It is no longer shameful: it is an embraced story that is even valued.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Refocusing, or just stopping</strong></p><blockquote><p>Some leave an ascending career path and the accompanying burnout to refocus on long-neglected essentials: reading, gardening, making art, or just enjoying time passing without a specific goal.</p><p><strong>In China</strong>, <strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/">&#8220;color walking&#8221;</a></strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/"> </a>is becoming a ritual: a way of walking through a city by simply following one color. Another sign of this change in pace, also in China: young urbanites aged 25&#8211;30 are turning in large numbers to <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFbVpxk1ns/">birdwatching</a></strong>, far from the systematic optimization of their lives.</p><p>For others, inactivity embodies this shift. In the<a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-inactivity-due-to-illness-reaches-record/"> </a><strong><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-inactivity-due-to-illness-reaches-record/">UK, around 20% of working-age people do not work and are not looking for a job</a>.</strong> A third of them attribute it to a long-term illness, a rate never reached before the pandemic. Among 16-to-24-year-olds, 13.5% do not work and are not studying: the highest rate since 2013. <strong>In France, <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6686184">the situation is similar: 13.1% of 15-to-29-year-olds have no job and are not in education or training,</a> a number that is steadily increasing</strong>.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p></p><p><strong>A circle to grow together</strong></p><blockquote><p>For several years until 2021, I was part of a <strong>Mastermind group</strong> alongside f<strong>ive freelance women working in the creative industry: a graphic designer, an author, a designer.</strong>.. It showed me how <strong>none of us had a straight career path.</strong> We shared our <strong>questions, doubts, and resources; we supported each other and grew together.</strong> A co-creation by creative women. It was so rewarding that <strong>I am considering forming a new circle</strong>. If you are interested in the adventure, <strong><a href="mailto:poignantcecile@gmail.com?subject=mastermind%20new%20cercle%20">write to me</a>.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!df1p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9d7a6d7-4ff6-402a-832a-31ea1631a75a_1610x910.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!df1p!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The Exercise |</strong> <strong><a href="https://yearcompass.com/">Year Compass</a></strong>. This is a free booklet to fill out that allows you to close the past year and start the next one. I have been doing this exercise for many years. It forces you to take the time to look at the path you have traveled. Each year, I am surprised to see everything I have done: it is always much more than what I spontaneously remembered.</p><p><strong>The Book |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom">It's Never Too Late to Bloom</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom">by Catherine Taret</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom">.</a> The title says it all: how some lives take more time than others to flower, and why that is perfectly fine. Perhaps you, too, are a "late bloomer"? Catherine was part of my Mastermind group, and she introduced me to this concept, which completely changes how we look at time..</p><p><strong>The Trip |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.nadiaembroidery.com/mexico-february-2027">Mexico with Nadia Albertini.</a></strong> A talented embroiderer, historian, and organizer of textile adventures, Nadia Albertini is also one of my best friends. Next year, she is organizing a trip to Mexico. It is an invitation to discover this country through the eyes of someone who truly loves it. She will guide you toward a secret and personal Mexico, meeting its artisans, traditions, and flavors.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em><span>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of the upcoming intake for </span><strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong><span>,</span></em><span> </span><em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong>16h15 rue Hermel </strong>Ma vie ressemble &#224; &#231;a. &#192; ce tuyau jaune vif, pos&#233; sur des pav&#233;s au fond du jardin. Comme lui, elle fait <strong>des</strong> <strong>boucles, des spirales, des noeuds</strong>, et elle repart. Pour moi, <strong>la vie n&#8217;est jamais une ligne droite</strong>. Elle avance &#224; sa fa&#231;on, avec ses d&#233;tours, ses rencontres et moi j&#8217;avance avec elle, les yeux ouverts sur ce qui arrive. <strong>Et je ne suis plus vraiment la seule &#224; bifurquer !</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Le zigzag ou la meilleure fa&#231;on d&#8217;avancer</strong></p><blockquote><p>On appelle cela <strong>une carri&#232;re en zigzags</strong>. Une trajectoire qui n&#8217;est pas en ligne droite : qui change de direction, h&#233;site et revient parfois en arri&#232;re. <strong>Ce que l&#8217;on aurait appel&#233; hier un &#233;chec est vu aujourd&#8217;hui comme un parcours singulier.</strong> Dans les ann&#233;es 90, <strong><a href="https://www.breakthetwitch.com/portfolio-life/">Charles Handy parlait d&#233;j&#224; de &#171; portfolio life &#187;</a></strong> : une vie faite de plusieurs activit&#233;s qui ne se superposent pas mais coexistent. Son id&#233;e reste juste, peut-&#234;tre m&#234;me plus que jamais. <strong>Sur les r&#233;seaux sociaux, les r&#233;cits de vie atypiques se multiplient.</strong> Les gens racontent leurs pivots ou leurs chutes. Ce n&#8217;est plus honteux : c&#8217;est <strong>un r&#233;cit assum&#233; qui est m&#234;me valoris&#233;.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Se recentrer ou juste s&#8217;arr&#234;ter</strong></p><blockquote><p>Certains quittent une trajectoire professionnelle ascendante et le burnout qui l&#8217;accompagne pour se recentrer sur des essentiels longtemps n&#233;glig&#233;s : la lecture, le jardinage, la pratique artistique ou juste appr&#233;cier le temps qui passe sans but pr&#233;cis.</p><p><strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/">En Chine, le &#171; colour walking &#187; devient un rituel</a></strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/"> </a>: une fa&#231;on de marcher dans une ville en suivant simplement une couleur. Autre signal de ce changement de rythme, toujours en Chine : <strong>les jeunes urbains de 25-30 ans se tournent massivement vers <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFbVpxk1ns/">l&#8217;observation des oiseaux</a>,</strong> loin de l&#8217;optimisation syst&#233;matique de leur vie.</p><p>Pour d&#8217;autres, <strong>l&#8217;inactivit&#233; incarne ce changement</strong>. <strong><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-inactivity-due-to-illness-reaches-record/">Au Royaume-Uni, environ 20 % des personnes en &#226;ge de travailler ne travaillent pas et ne cherchent pas d&#8217;emploi</a></strong>. Un tiers d&#8217;entre elles l&#8217;attribue &#224; une maladie de longue dur&#233;e, un taux jamais atteint avant la pand&#233;mie. Chez les 16-24 ans, 13,5 % ne travaillent pas et ne suivent pas d&#8217;&#233;tudes : le taux le plus &#233;lev&#233; depuis 2013. <strong><a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6686184">En France, le constat est similaire : 13,1 % des 15-29 ans n&#8217;ont pas d&#8217;emploi et ne suivent ni &#233;tudes ni formation</a>, un chiffre en augmentation constante.</strong></p><p></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Un cercle pour grandir ensemble</strong></p><blockquote><p>J&#8217;ai fait partie, pendant plusieurs ann&#233;es et jusqu&#8217;en 2021, <strong>d&#8217;un groupe Mastermind aux c&#244;t&#233;s de cinq femmes freelances qui travaillaient dans l&#8217;industrie cr&#233;ative : graphiste, auteur, designer</strong>... Cela m&#8217;a fait voir &#224; quel point <strong>aucune de nous n&#8217;avait un parcours rectiligne</strong>. Nous partagions nos questions, nos doutes et nos ressources ; nous nous soutenions et nous avons grandi ensemble. <strong>Une co-construction de femmes cr&#233;atives</strong>. C&#8217;&#233;tait tellement enrichissant que <strong>j&#8217;envisage de former un nouveau cercle. Si l&#8217;aventure vous int&#233;resse, <a href="mailto:poignantcecile@gmail.com?subject=mastermind%20nouveau%20cercle%20">&#233;crivez-moi.</a></strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9Gp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd68bf734-d580-478a-a6f7-870fc20e0ee3_1622x914.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9Gp!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Je fais cet exercice depuis de nombreuses ann&#233;es. Cela m&#8217;oblige &#224; prendre le temps de regarder le chemin parcouru. Chaque ann&#233;e, je suis surprise de voir tout ce que j&#8217;ai fait : c&#8217;est toujours beaucoup plus que ce dont je me souvenais spontan&#233;ment.</p><p><strong>Le livre |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a10488193/Catherine-Taret-Il-n-est-jamais-trop-tard-pour-eclore">Il n&#8217;est jamais trop tard pour &#233;clore de Catherine Taret.</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a10488193/Catherine-Taret-Il-n-est-jamais-trop-tard-pour-eclore"> </a>Ce titre dit tout : comment certaines vies prennent plus de temps que d&#8217;autres pour fleurir, et pourquoi c&#8217;est tr&#232;s bien ainsi. Peut-&#234;tre &#234;tes-vous, vous aussi, un &#171; late bloomer &#187; ? Catherine faisait partie de mon groupe Mastermind, elle m&#8217;a fait d&#233;couvrir ce concept qui change totalement le regard que l&#8217;on porte sur le temps.</p><p><strong>Le voyage |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.nadiaembroidery.com/mexico-february-2027">Le Mexique avec Nadia Albertini</a></strong>. Brodeuse de talent, historienne et organisatrice d&#8217;aventures textiles, Nadia Albertini est aussi l&#8217;une de mes meilleures amies. L&#8217;ann&#233;e prochaine, elle organise un voyage au Mexique. C&#8217;est une invitation &#224; d&#233;couvrir ce pays &#224; travers le regard de quelqu&#8217;un qui l&#8217;aime v&#233;ritablement. Elle vous guidera vers un Mexique secret et personnel, &#224; la rencontre de ses artisans, de ses traditions et de ses saveurs.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em><span>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la nouvelle promotion du </span><strong>Cercle de 6</strong><span>.</span></em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-Flux]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leaving the endless race | Quitter la course sans fin]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/off-flux-dc8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/off-flux-dc8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lvUf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7c6ef48-494b-47f1-8cbd-903536e9c07c_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" 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class="image-caption">J&#8217;ai pris cette photo de bouture de plante araign&#233;e chez moi </figcaption></figure></div><h6></h6><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p><strong>Summer break</strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>See you on the first Sunday of September. Until then, here is a piece from the archives</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>7:30 AM, rue Garnier. </strong>This plant cutting has been on my shelf for several weeks. I walked past it every day without really seeing it. And this morning, I saw it, for real. Its roots have grown, white and fragile. It took all the time it needed, completely indifferent to my pace, to my hectic schedule. A reminder that slowness is becoming rare.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>Doing nothing </strong></p><blockquote><p>Idleness, rest, slowness, <em>farniente</em>&#8212;there are many words for inaction, and most of them make people uncomfortable. Resting to be more efficient tomorrow is acceptable. <strong>Idleness, however, rejects any idea of productivity.</strong> That is why it scares people, and why it becomes political: what can you sell to someone who just wants to do nothing? Nothing.</p><p>In Italian, <em>farniente</em> is perfect: doing nothing. It is an hour spent watching the rain, a thought followed without a goal. <strong>Capitalism has nothing to offer to someone looking at the sky, and that is precisely the problem.</strong> Urban spaces confirm this: <a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/">public benches are disappearing</a> from cities to prevent people from stopping, lingering, and existing without consuming.</p><p><strong>Defending idleness is a deliberate choice to stay free.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>New rituals</strong></p><blockquote><p>Faced with the culture of permanent effort, part of the new generation is redefining its priorities. The intention is clear: no longer defining oneself only by performance. <strong>What we do with our free time matters as much as what we do at the office</strong>. This need to slow down is changing our spaces. In Paris, many caf&#233;s now ban laptops. They are becoming places to pause and meet people again, rather than temporary offices.</p><p>In this context, the <strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5770532/screen-free-analog-bags">&#8220;analog bag&#8221;</a></strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5770532/screen-free-analog-bags"> </a>appears. A bag that contains neither a tablet nor a charger. It is filled with carefully chosen objects: a paper planner, yarn for crocheting, a sketchbook, pencils, a book, crossword puzzles. A conscious choice to find one&#8217;s own pace and use one&#8217;s hands, far from digital flows.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p><strong>The patience of mail</strong></p><blockquote><p>The need for slowness is bringing back a gesture we thought had disappeared: handwriting. All over the world, <strong><a href="https://creativelivesinprogress.com/articles/snail-mail-club-us">snail mail clubs</a></strong> are forming to break away from the immediacy of screens. In one year, <strong>Google searches for &#8220;snail mail club&#8221; jumped by 700%</strong>. People pay about ten dollars a month to receive a handwritten envelope filled with hand-picked items: an illustrated card, an invitation to write, a handcrafted print.</p><p>Sending a letter is not just about choosing beautiful paper; it is about accepting the wait. <strong>We rediscover a taste for the delay,</strong> the time it takes for ink to dry, the uncertainty of the answer. This pause in time brings depth and rarity back to our exchanges.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong> The still sanctuary</strong></p><blockquote><p>This slowing down finds an unexpected echo in the <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/la_vie_au_cimetiere/?hl=en">P&#232;re-Lachaise cemetery.</a></strong> Beno&#238;t Gallot, its curator, has been documenting the return of wild nature to the heart of Paris for a few years. In this 43-hectare space, the end of pesticides and the calm of lockdowns allowed <strong>a new ecosystem to settle</strong>. Wild grass grows between the graves, about sixty bird species nest here, and foxes cross the pathways at dusk. <strong>This place we thought was frozen has become a refuge for a biodiversity that follows its own calendar, far from the hustle of the city.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1NLq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbd38c37-699d-4da0-894d-ee5fa913d040_1613x910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1NLq!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong> The film |</strong> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Straight_Story">The Straight Story</a></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Straight_Story"> by David Lynch</a>. One of the most poetic movies I know. An old man crosses the United States on his lawnmower, a huge journey at a snail&#8217;s pace.</p><p><strong>The podcast |</strong><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/"> </a><em><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">Hurry Slowly</a></em><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">, episode &#8220;Who Are You Without the Doing?&#8221; </a>by Jocelyn K. Glei. A 2018 episode that I still recommend. <strong>A simple and unsettling question: who are you when you produce nothing?</strong> It has never really left me. <strong>In a world that confuses value with activity, giving oneself the right to exist without doing anything remains a radical act.</strong></p><p><strong>The place |</strong> The <em><a href="https://papierroyal.com/fr">Papier Royal</a></em><a href="https://papierroyal.com/fr"> </a>boutique, under the arcades of the Palais-Royal. After the success and sale of <em>Officine Universelle Buly</em>, Ramdane Touhami imagined a space dedicated <strong>to fine stationery.</strong> At the heart of the project: a printing workshop that uses traditional hand-press printing techniques <strong>saved just in time from disappearing</strong>. An artisanal slowness passed from hand to hand, <strong>against acceleration.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em><span>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of the upcoming intake for </span><strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong>7h30, rue Garnier. </strong>Cette bouture est sur mon &#233;tag&#232;re depuis plusieurs semaines. Je passe devant elle tous les jours sans vraiment la voir. Et ce matin, je l&#8217;ai vue, pour de vrai. Ses racines ont pouss&#233;, blanches et fragiles. Elle a pris le temps qu&#8217;il lui fallait, indiff&#233;rente &#224; mon rythme, &#224; mes urgences. Un rappel que la lenteur se fait rare. </p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Le temps de ne rien faire</strong></p><blockquote><p>L&#8217;oisivet&#233;, le repos, la lenteur, le farniente, les mots sont nombreux pour d&#233;signer l&#8217;inaction, et la plupart d&#233;rangent. Se reposer, si c&#8217;est pour &#234;tre plus efficace demain, c&#8217;est acceptable. <strong>L&#8217;oisivet&#233;, elle, refuse toute id&#233;e de rendement.</strong> C&#8217;est l&#224; qu&#8217;elle fait peur, et qu&#8217;elle devient politique: que vendre &#224; quelqu&#8217;un qui veut juste ne rien faire ? Rien.</p><p>En italien, le farniente est parfait : <em>faire rien</em>. C&#8217;est l&#8217;heure pass&#233;e &#224; regarder la pluie, la pens&#233;e qu&#8217;on suit sans but. <strong>Le capitalisme n&#8217;a rien &#224; proposer &#224; celui qui regarde le ciel, et c&#8217;est pr&#233;cis&#233;ment le probl&#232;me</strong>. L&#8217;espace urbain le confirme :<a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/"> </a><strong><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/">les bancs publics disparaissent</a></strong><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/"> </a>des villes pour emp&#234;cher de s&#8217;arr&#234;ter, de tra&#238;ner, d&#8217;exister sans consommer.</p><p><strong>D&#233;fendre l&#8217;oisivet&#233;, c&#8217;est choisir d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;ment de rester libre.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Les nouveaux rituels</strong></p><blockquote><p>Face &#224; la culture de l&#8217;effort permanent, une partie de la nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration red&#233;finit ses priorit&#233;s. L&#8217;intention est claire : ne plus se d&#233;finir uniquement par la performance. <strong>Le temps libre compte d&#233;sormais autant que le temps pass&#233; au bureau.</strong> Ce besoin de ralentir transforme nos lieux de vie. &#192; Paris, de nombreux caf&#233;s interdisent d&#233;sormais les ordinateurs portables. Ils redeviennent des lieux de pause et de rencontre, plut&#244;t que des bureaux de transition.</p><p>C&#8217;est dans ce contexte qu&#8217;appara&#238;t l&#8217;&#8221;<em><strong><a href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinfo/podcasts/l-oeil-de-constance/l-oeil-de-constance-du-mercredi-21-janvier-2026-2126806">analog bag</a>&#8221;</strong></em>. Un sac qui ne contient ni tablette ni chargeur. Il est rempli d&#8217;objets choisis : un agenda papier, du fil &#224; crocheter, un carnet de croquis, des crayons, un livre, des mots crois&#233;s. Un choix conscient pour <strong>retrouver son rythme, et l&#8217;usage de ses mains, loin des flux num&#233;riques.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><blockquote><p><strong>La patience du courrier</strong></p><p>Le besoin de lenteur r&#233;habilite un geste que l&#8217;on croyait disparu : l&#8217;&#233;criture manuscrite. Partout dans le monde, des clubs de courrier postal se cr&#233;ent pour rompre avec l&#8217;imm&#233;diatet&#233; des &#233;crans. En un an, les <strong>recherches Google pour <a href="https://www.roquette-studio.com/blog/la-tendance-du-snail-mail-club">&#8220;snail mail club&#8221; </a>ont bondi de 700 %.</strong> On paie environ dix dollars par mois pour recevoir une enveloppe manuscrite, garnie d&#8217;objets choisis &#224; la main : une carte illustr&#233;e, une invitation &#224; &#233;crire, un imprim&#233; artisanal. Envoyer une lettre, ce n&#8217;est pas seulement choisir un beau papier, c&#8217;est accepter d&#8217;attendre. On retrouve le go&#251;t du d&#233;lai, le temps de l&#8217;encre, l&#8217;incertitude de la r&#233;ponse. Cette parenth&#232;se temporelle redonne de la profondeur et de la raret&#233; &#224; nos &#233;changes.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le sanctuaire immobile</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ce ralentissement trouve un &#233;cho inattendu au <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/la_vie_au_cimetiere/?hl=en">P&#232;re-Lachaise</a></strong>. Beno&#238;t Gallot, son conservateur, documente depuis quelques ann&#233;es <strong>le retour d&#8217;une nature sauvage au c&#339;ur de Paris.</strong> Dans ce domaine de 43 hectares, l&#8217;arr&#234;t des pesticides et le calme des confinements ont laiss&#233; s&#8217;installer un nouvel &#233;cosyst&#232;me. Les herbes folles poussent entre les tombes, une soixantaine d&#8217;esp&#232;ces d&#8217;oiseaux y nichent, des renards traversent les all&#233;es au cr&#233;puscule. Ce lieu que l&#8217;on croyait fig&#233; est devenu un refuge pour une biodiversit&#233; qui suit son propre calendrier, loin de l&#8217;agitation de la ville.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HiSq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdde94802-2611-4732-8585-2ff9cb12438c_1613x910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HiSq!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le film |</strong> <em><strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_histoire_vraie_(film,_1999)">Une histoire vraie</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_histoire_vraie_(film,_1999)"> de David Lynch</a></strong>. L&#8217;un des films les plus po&#233;tiques que je connaisse. Un vieil homme traverse les &#201;tats-Unis sur sa tondeuse &#224; gazon, <strong>un voyage immense &#224; pas de tortue</strong>.</p><p><strong>Le podcast</strong> <strong>| </strong><em><strong><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">Hurry Slowly</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">,</a></strong> &#233;pisode <strong>&#8220;Who Are You Without the Doing ?&#8221;</strong> de Jocelyn K. Glei. Un &#233;pisode de 2018 que je continue de recommander. Une question simple et d&#233;rangeante : qui &#234;tes-vous quand vous ne produisez rien ? Elle ne m&#8217;a jamais vraiment quitt&#233;. Dans un monde qui confond valeur et activit&#233;, <strong>s&#8217;accorder le droit d&#8217;exister sans rien faire reste un acte radical.</strong></p><p> <strong>Le lieu</strong> <strong>| </strong>La boutique <strong><a href="https://papierroyal.com/fr">Papier Royal,</a></strong> sous les arcades du Palais-Royal. Apr&#232;s le succ&#232;s et la revente de l&#8217;Officine Universelle Buly, Ramdane Touhami a imagin&#233; un espace d&#233;di&#233; &#224; la haute papeterie. Au c&#339;ur du projet : un atelier d&#8217;impression qui pratique <strong>des techniques sauv&#233;es de justesse de leur disparition</strong> comme le timbrage au balancier. Une <strong>lenteur artisanale</strong> transmise de main en main, <strong>&#224; rebours de l&#8217;acc&#233;l&#233;ration.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em><span>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la nouvelle promotion du </span><strong>Cercle de 6</strong><span>.</span></em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next-Door Shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[The return to the local | Le retour au local]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-next-door-shift-ca2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-next-door-shift-ca2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:01:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hLv3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0110fdac-fc95-4fb8-aeb9-9b1f3e29b88d_2425x3432.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link 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class="image-caption">J&#8217;ai pris cette photo au march&#233; d&#8217;Aligre &#224; Paris.</figcaption></figure></div><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p><strong>Summer break</strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>See you on the first Sunday of September. Until then, here is a piece from the archives</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>9:00 AM, Place d&#8217;Aligre. </strong>The market is busy. No hesitation, just regulars who know exactly where they are going: the woman selling cherry tomatoes, the child pulling his mother&#8217;s sleeve, a young couple, not fully awake, looking at the asparagus. They could have ordered everything online. They chose to come here. They are not just grocery shopping, they are following a ritual.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>The ritual of inefficiency</strong></p><blockquote><p>40 minutes to buy three vegetables when Amazon Prime can deliver them in two hours. This is a deliberate choice for &#8220;friction&#8221;: a conversation with the farmer, a coffee on a terrace&#8230; This is not nostalgia. It is a philosophy of time, built against constant optimization.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The neighborhood as a new territory</strong></p><blockquote><p>In Paris, something is happening in old factories and abandoned railway halls. Forgotten spaces are becoming laboratories for a new way of living together.</p><p>Whether it is <strong><a href="https://www.lagrandecoco.org/">La Grande Coco</a></strong><a href="https://www.lagrandecoco.org/"> </a>(20th district) or <strong><a href="https://le-tlm.fr/">Le TLM</a></strong> (19th district), these spaces are used for many things informally. It is a national trend: there are now <a href="https://francetierslieux.fr/">more than 3,500 &#8220;third places&#8221; (community spaces) in France</a>. </p><p>After Carlos Moreno's "15-minute city," the focus is shifting to <strong><a href="https://www.rocagallery.com/articles/the-one-minute-city">Dan Hill's "1-minute city"</a></strong>: reclaiming the <strong>street as a direct extension of our home</strong>. The neighborhood is no longer just a place you cross between the subway and your sofa. It is<a href="https://secretsofparis.com/entertainment/paris-tiers-lieu-third-spaces/"> becoming a territory to live in</a>.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The antidote to global anxiety</strong></p><blockquote><p>This return to local life is not an accident. <strong><a href="https://en.hespress.com/67196-more-than-80-of-french-people-are-worried-about-countrys-future.html">80% of French people say they are worried</a></strong>. When the global world brings anxiety, what is close brings comfort. We cannot fix the planet, but we can know our local farmer and support the cafe at the corner of the street that became our headquarters.This is what sociologist <strong><a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/books">Eric Klinenberg</a></strong> calls &#8216;social infrastructure&#8217; in his book <em>Palaces for the People.</em></p><p><strong>Proximity is now the most comforting level of action</strong>. These small gestures are acts of soft resistance against feeling helpless.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Micro-citizenship</strong></p><blockquote><p>We used to celebrate the nomadic hyper-connected 'citizen of the world.' Today, value is moving toward being rooted. This micro-citizenship is built through sharing knowledge: people in their 30s connect with older people in <strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/reparer-plutot-que-jeter-toutes-les-adresses-et-nos-bons-plans-25477">repair cafes</a></strong> to learn how to fix things or garden. This is not about being sentimental, it is about resilience. </p><p><strong>Being very close is now a structural norm</strong>. 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The Book | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Train_(book)">M Train</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Train_(book)"> by Patti Smith</a></strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Train_(book)"> </a> My manifesto for wandering. A unique book, very sensitive and sincere, illustrated with black and white photos by the artist. She shares her rituals: always sitting at the same table, in the same neighborhood cafe, and watching the regulars. A story that changes daily routine into poetry and makes you want to sit at the cafe downstairs with a notebook.</p><p><strong>The Object | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/">The burlap tote bag</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/"> </a>My essential item for shopping at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/">Miyam</a>. A neighborhood grocery store that offers fresh and cooked food, straight from the producers and without chemical treatments. Carrying this bag means choosing to slow down and connect to the local community.</p><p><strong>The Place | <a href="https://desireefleurs.fr/">D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs</a></strong> I do not live in this neighborhood, so I go out of my way to visit. Especially for the peony season, which feels like a beautiful promise. D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs works only with French flower growers who are visited and tracked. I walk in for a bouquet of flowers, and I want to buy everything.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em><span>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of the upcoming intake for </span><strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>9h00 place d&#8217;Aligre.</strong> Le march&#233; bat son plein. Pas d&#8217;h&#233;sitation, juste des habitu&#233;s qui savent exactement o&#249; ils vont : la dame qui vend les tomates cerises, l&#8217;enfant qui tire sur la manche de sa m&#232;re, ce jeune couple pas vraiment r&#233;veill&#233; devant les asperges. Ils auraient pu tous commander en ligne. Ils ont choisi de venir. Ils ne font pas des courses, ils accomplissent un rituel.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>Le rituel de l&#8217;inefficacit&#233;</strong></p><blockquote><p>40 minutes pour acheter trois l&#233;gumes alors qu&#8217;Amazon Prime les livre en deux heures. Ce qui se passe ici, c&#8217;est un choix d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233; de friction : une conversation avec le mara&#238;cher, un caf&#233; bu en terrasse&#8230; Ce n&#8217;est pas de la nostalgie, c&#8217;est une philosophie du temps qui se construit en r&#233;action &#224; l&#8217;optimisation permanente.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le quartier comme nouveau territoire</strong></p><blockquote><p>&#192; Paris, quelque chose se passe dans les friches industrielles et les anciennes halles ferroviaires. <strong>Des espaces laiss&#233;s pour compte deviennent</strong> <strong>les laboratoires d&#8217;un nouveau vivre-ensemble.</strong></p><p>Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agisse de <strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/bienvenue-a-la-grande-coco-le-tiers-lieu-qui-reinvente-la-ville-et-un-peu-la-vie-33267">la Grande Coco</a></strong> dans le 20&#176; ou du <strong><a href="https://le-tlm.fr/">TLM dans le 19&#176;</a></strong>, une polyfonctionnalit&#233; informelle s&#8217;installe. C&#8217;est un ph&#233;nom&#232;ne national on recense aujourd&#8217;hui <strong><a href="https://francetierslieux.fr/">plus de 3 500 tiers-lieux en France</a>.</strong> </p><p>Apr&#232;s la &#171; ville du quart d&#8217;heure &#187; de Carlos Moreno, la r&#233;flexion s'oriente vers la &#171; ville de la minute &#187; de <strong><a href="https://www.rocagallery.com/articles/the-one-minute-city">Dan Hill</a></strong><a href="https://www.rocagallery.com/articles/the-one-minute-city"> </a>: une <strong>r&#233;appropriation de la rue</strong> comme extension directe de chez soi. Le quartier n&#8217;est plus un lieu de passage entre le m&#233;tro et le canap&#233;. Il redevient un territoire &#224; habiter. </p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;antidote &#224; l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233; globale</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ce retour vers le local n&#8217;est pas un hasard, <strong><a href="https://www.ifop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/enjeux-climatiques-allianz-ifop_presse-0112_v2.pdf">80 % des Fran&#231;ais se disent inquiets</a></strong> et, quand le global angoisse, le proche rassure. On ne peut pas r&#233;parer la plan&#232;te, mais on peut conna&#238;tre son mara&#238;cher et soutenir le caf&#233; du coin de la rue qui est devenu un QG. </p><p>C&#8217;est ce que le sociologue <strong><a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/books">Eric Klinenberg</a></strong><a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/books"> </a>appelle les <strong>&#171; infrastructures sociales &#187;</strong> dans son livre <em>Palaces for the People</em> pour d&#233;signer ces espaces partag&#233;s.</p><p><strong><a href="http://tps://lobsoco.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LObSoCo_Observatoire-de-la-proximite_Communique-de-presse.pdf">La proximit&#233;</a></strong><a href="http://tps://lobsoco.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LObSoCo_Observatoire-de-la-proximite_Communique-de-presse.pdf"> </a><strong>est devenue le niveau d&#8217;action le plus rassurant.</strong> Ce sont des petits gestes comme autant d&#8217;actes de r&#233;sistance douce contre l&#8217;impuissance.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>La micro-citoyennet&#233;</strong></p><blockquote><p>Apr&#232;s avoir encens&#233; le citoyen du monde nomade et hyper-connect&#233;, la valeur se d&#233;place vers l&#8217;ancrage. Cette <strong>micro-citoyennet&#233;</strong> se construit dans la transmission : des trentenaires s&#8217;allient aux personnes &#226;g&#233;es dans les<a href="https://www.academie.repaircafeparis.fr/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.academie.repaircafeparis.fr/">repair caf&#233;s</a></strong> pour apprendre &#224; r&#233;parer ou jardiner. Ce n&#8217;est pas du sentimentalisme, c&#8217;est de la r&#233;silience.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.credoc.fr/download/pdf/4p/CMV299.pdf">Le tr&#232;s proche</a></strong> est d&#233;sormais une norme structurelle. 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre regard :</p><p><strong>Le livre | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/m-train/9782070105571">M Train</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/m-train/9782070105571"> de Patti Smith</a></strong><a href="https://www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/m-train/9782070105571"> </a>Mon manifeste de fl&#226;nerie. Un livre inclassable, tr&#232;s sensible et sinc&#232;re, illustr&#233; par des photographies en noir et blanc de l&#8217;artiste. Elle raconte ses rituels : s&#8217;asseoir toujours &#224; la m&#234;me table, toujours au m&#234;me caf&#233; et observer les habitu&#233;s. Un r&#233;cit qui transforme la routine locale en po&#233;sie et donne envie de s'installer au caf&#233; d'en bas avec un carnet.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/">Le cabas en toile de jute</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/"> </a>Mon indispensable pour faire mes courses chez Miyam. Une &#233;picerie de quartier qui propose des produits frais et cuisin&#233;s, en direct des producteurs et sans traitement. Porter ce sac, c'est choisir de ralentir et de s'ancrer dans le local.</p><p><strong>Le lieu |<a href="https://www.aroma-zone.com/info/fiche-technique/roll-aromatherapie-voyage-serein-bio"> </a><a href="https://desireefleurs.fr/">D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs</a></strong><a href="https://desireefleurs.fr/"> </a>Je ne suis pas du quartier, alors je fais le d&#233;tour. Surtout pour la saison des pivoines, attendue comme une promesse. D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs travaille uniquement avec des producteurs fran&#231;ais, visit&#233;s et trac&#233;s. J&#8217;entre pour une botte de fleurs et je voudrais tout emporter. </p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em><span>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la nouvelle promotion du </span><strong>Cercle de 6</strong><span>.</span></em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris in solitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new contactless world | Un nouveau monde sans contact]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/paris-in-solitude-e09</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/paris-in-solitude-e09</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ApsB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0066aa22-7fb6-4cde-bfaa-81b34c18c052_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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class="image-caption">J&#8217;ai pris cette photo de mon ombre sur les pav&#233;s parisiens </figcaption></figure></div><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p><strong>Summer break</strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>See you on the first Sunday of September. Until then, here is a piece from the archives</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>2:00 PM, Rue de Rivoli.</strong> An ordinary Tuesday. The walk signal was red. I was waiting to cross. Around me, dozens of people, all alone. I looked down at the pavement and suddenly, I saw the city differently. It wasn&#8217;t a crowd anymore, but people alone, standing next to each other. On the sidewalk, their shadows stretched out without meeting.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>Paris, the solo capital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Paris has become the capital of solo living. It&#8217;s no longer an exception; it&#8217;s the norm. Today, <strong><a href="https://www.lagrandeconversation.com/en/society/fewer-parisians-but-more-greater-parisians-density-in-the-ile-de-france/">51% of Parisian households</a></strong><a href="https://www.lagrandeconversation.com/en/society/fewer-parisians-but-more-greater-parisians-density-in-the-ile-de-france/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.lagrandeconversation.com/en/society/fewer-parisians-but-more-greater-parisians-density-in-the-ile-de-france/">consist of just one person</a></strong>. This solitude has two main faces: young professionals (20-35) focused on their careers, and people over 65. In a city where high prices push families out of the center, apartments are often too small to host guests. <strong><a href="/__u/thedigress.substack.com/p/the-friendship-recession-what-happened?r=3ckam&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;shareImageVariant=overlay&amp;triedRedirect=true">We have mastered the art of being self-sufficient, but we have lost the art of being together</a></strong>.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The paradox of abundance</strong></p><blockquote><p>Thanks to apps, meeting someone is possible everywhere, within 500 meters. But this digital abundance creates a paradox: <strong>having too much choice ends up killing the connection.</strong> We pick a date like we order food on an app: if it&#8217;s not perfect right away, we zap it. Ghosting has become the rule. </p><p><strong>This digital distance now extends to our professional lives.</strong> Remote work offers real flexibility and peace, but it also brings a new kind of loneliness. Between home deliveries and silent home offices, <strong>you can now go whole days without speaking to anyone.</strong> Technology has made life more efficient, but it has removed the small, useless interactions that used to create a social bond.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>New urban rituals</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Paris is reinventing itself</strong>. The <strong>counter-dining</strong> model is becoming popular: you eat facing the kitchen. <strong>Traditional <a href="https://www.doitinparis.com/en/best-bouillons-restaurant-paris-25916">&#8220;Bouillons&#8221;</a> are bringing back shared seating</strong> by placing solo diners at tables that are already occupied. <strong>Co-living lets you join a community</strong> through shared spaces that make meeting people easy and natural, and third places like <strong><a href="https://www.104.fr/en/">Centquatre </a>or <a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/">Ground Control</a></strong><a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/"> </a>allow us to be <strong>alone together</strong> in lively, hybrid spaces</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The solo opportunity</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/solo-dining-global-popularity-rising">Eating alone is no longer a social anomaly; it&#8217;s a premium opportunity.</a></strong> Solo customers prioritize quality, order more extras, and tables turn over faster. This is a major shift: the solo diner is no longer tucked away in the back of the room; they are now a strategic priority.</p><p>Whether it&#8217;s <strong>dinner with strangers via <a href="https://timeleft.com/">Timeleft </a>or walking the dog </strong>, the ultimate way to talk to neighbors, we are all using <strong>strategies</strong> to find the spontaneity we miss.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FCCE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26bd8eb2-dba7-45f1-ae33-14f3852b9237_2318x1076.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FCCE!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, 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I love sitting alone at the counter, right behind the window. It&#8217;s THE place to watch the street life while enjoying udon or excellent tempura. A perfect pleasure, as long as you arrive early to get a seat.</p><p><strong>The place | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/collegedesbernardins/?hl=fr">Coll&#232;ge des Bernardins.</a></strong> A huge 13th-century stone hall. You sit on long wooden benches under the arches to read or think. A majestic silence that lets you be alone with yourself without ever feeling isolated.</p><p><strong>The chair | <a href="https://jardin.senat.fr/en/history-heritage/heritage/the-seats.html">Jardin du Luxembourg.</a></strong> The ultimate luxury for a Parisian solo. I love that there are so many different vibes in one garden. I always choose the shade of a big tree. You set up your green chair to create your own moment.</p><p><strong>The book |<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_and_Gathering_(novel)"> </a></strong><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_and_Gathering_(novel)">Hunting and Gathering</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_and_Gathering_(novel)"> (Ensemble, c&#8217;est tout) by Anna Gavalda</a>.</strong> This book moved me deeply when it came out in 2004. It&#8217;s the story of four lonely people who end up living together in a large Parisian apartment. It is the ultimate book on urban solitude and the beauty of chosen family.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of  the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>14h00 , rue de Rivoli.</strong> Un mardi ordinaire. Le feu pi&#233;ton est rouge. J&#8217;attends pour traverser. Autour de moi, des dizaines de personnes. Je baisse les yeux vers le bitume et soudain, je vois la ville autrement. Ce n&#8217;est plus une foule, mais des gens seuls, les uns &#224; c&#244;t&#233; des autres. Sur le sol, leurs ombres s&#8217;&#233;tirent sans se toucher.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>Paris, capitale du solo</strong></p><blockquote><p>Paris est devenue la capitale de la vie en solo. Ce n&#8217;est plus une exception, c&#8217;est la norme : <strong><a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8573259">52 % des m&#233;nages parisiens ne comptent d&#233;sormais qu&#8217;une seule personne.</a></strong> Cette solitude a deux visages : les actifs de 20-35 ans absorb&#233;s par leur carri&#232;re, et les plus de 65 ans. Dans une ville o&#249; le prix du m&#232;tre carr&#233; rel&#232;gue les familles hors du centre-ville, l&#8217;appartement est souvent trop petit pour recevoir. Nous avons appris &#224; ne d&#233;pendre de personne et en m&#234;me temps nous avons oubli&#233; comment &#234;tre ensemble.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le paradoxe de l&#8217;abondance</strong></p><blockquote><p>Gr&#226;ce aux applications, la rencontre est partout, &#224; moins de 500 m&#232;tres. Cette abondance cr&#233;e un paradoxe : <strong>trop de choix finit par tuer le lien.</strong> On choisit une rencontre comme on commande un plat sur une app : si ce n&#8217;est pas parfait tout de suite, on zappe. Le <em>ghosting</em> devient la r&#232;gle : ce silence sans explication est une violence ordinaire qui nous rend peu &#224; peu indiff&#233;rents &#224; l&#8217;autre. </p><p>Cette distance num&#233;rique s'&#233;tend aussi &#224; notre vie professionnelle. <strong>Le t&#233;l&#233;travail</strong> offre une vraie flexibilit&#233;, mais apporte aussi une <strong>nouvelle forme de solitude</strong>. Entre les livraisons &#224; domicile et les heures derri&#232;re un &#233;cran, on peut<strong> </strong>passer<strong> des journ&#233;es enti&#232;res sans parler &#224; personne</strong>. La technologie a supprim&#233; tout ces petits &#233;changes qui cr&#233;aient du lien.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Nouveaux rituels urbains</strong></p><blockquote><p>Mais, <strong>Paris se r&#233;invente</strong>. Le mod&#232;le  du <strong>comptoir au restaurant</strong> s&#8217;impose : on  mange face &#224; la cuisine ou face &#224; la rue. Les <strong><a href="https://parissecret.com/les-meilleurs-bouillons-de-paris/">&#171; Bouillons &#187;</a></strong> traditionnels, eux, font revivre le partage impos&#233; en installant les solos &#224; des tables d&#233;j&#224; occup&#233;es. <strong>Le co-living</strong> permet de rejoindre une communaut&#233; avec des espaces de vie partag&#233;s qui facilitent naturellement les rencontres. Les <strong>tiers-lieux comme le <a href="https://www.104.fr/">CentQuatre</a> ou <a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/">Ground Control</a></strong><a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/"> </a>permettent d&#8217;&#234;tre <strong>seul ensemble</strong> dans des espaces hybrides et vivants.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;opportunit&#233; solo</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Manger seul n&#8217;est plus une anomalie sociale,</strong> c&#8217;est une <strong>opportunit&#233; premium</strong>. Les clients solos privil&#233;gient la qualit&#233;, s&#8217;accordent plus d&#8217;extras et permettent une rotation plus rapide des tables. C&#8217;est un basculement important : le solo n&#8217;est plus rel&#233;gu&#233; au fond de la salle, il est une priorit&#233; strat&#233;gique.</p><p>Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agisse de <strong>d&#238;ner avec des inconnus via <a href="https://timeleft.com/">Timeleft</a> </strong>ou de s<strong>ortir son chien,</strong>  le s&#233;same ultime pour parler &#224; ses voisins, nous d&#233;ployons tous des <strong>strat&#233;gies</strong> pour retrouver un peu de la spontan&#233;it&#233; qui nous manque.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NV3r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5044203f-bc6c-4399-9f3b-584ea6b2a88e_2318x1076.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NV3r!, 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J&#8217;adore m&#8217;installer seule au comptoir, juste derri&#232;re la vitre. C&#8217;est le poste id&#233;al pour observer la vie de la rue en d&#233;gustant des udons ou une excellente tempura. Un plaisir parfait, &#224; condition d&#8217;arriver t&#244;t pour avoir sa place.</p><p><strong>Le lieu | <a href="https://www.collegedesbernardins.fr/">Le Coll&#232;ge des Bernardins.</a></strong><a href="https://www.collegedesbernardins.fr/"> </a>Une immense nef de pierre du 13&#232;me si&#232;cle. On s&#8217;installe sur les longs bancs de bois, sous les vo&#251;tes, pour lire ou r&#233;fl&#233;chir. Un silence majestueux qui permet d&#8217;&#234;tre seul avec soi-m&#234;me sans jamais se sentir isol&#233;.</p><p><strong>La chaise | <a href="https://jardin.senat.fr/histoire-patrimoine/patrimoine/les-sieges.html">Le Jardin du Luxembourg</a>.</strong> C&#8217;est le luxe ultime du solo parisien. J&#8217;aime la diversit&#233; des ambiances qui cohabitent dans ce jardin. Je choisis toujours l&#8217;ombre d&#8217;un grand arbre et j&#8217;installe ma chaise verte pour inventer mon propre moment.</p><p><strong>Le livre | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://www.ledilettante.com/product/ensemble-cest-tout/">Ensemble, c&#8217;est tout</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.ledilettante.com/product/ensemble-cest-tout/"> d&#8217;Anna Gavalda</a>.</strong> Ce livre m&#8217;avait &#233;norm&#233;ment &#233;mue &#224; sa sortie en 2004. C&#8217;est l&#8217;histoire de quatre personnes tr&#232;s seules qui finissent par vivre ensemble dans un grand appartement parisien. C&#8217;est le livre de r&#233;f&#233;rence sur la solitude urbaine et la beaut&#233; de la &#171; famille choisie &#187;.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of 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class="image-caption">J&#8217;ai pris cette photo &#224; la terrasse d&#8217;un caf&#233; au Panth&#233;on </figcaption></figure></div><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p><strong>Summer break</strong> &#8212; <em>See you on the first Sunday of September. Until then, here is a piece from the archives.</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>11:00 AM, Pantheon.</strong> Walking up Rue Soufflot, I stop in front of the old Lhopitallier pharmacy. Founded in 1680, it survived four centuries of history before closing in 2012. Today, the facade remains intact, giving a historical anchor to the coffee shop that moved in. Where remedies were prepared under Louis XIV, espressos are now extracted. Do we need another coffee shop just a few steps from the Luxembourg Gardens?</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>The Third Wave: From the counter to the terroir</strong></p><blockquote><p>Coffee has changed a lot in twenty years. After the <strong>traditional Parisian caf&#233;</strong> where people drank a &#8220;petit noir&#8221; standing at the counter, <strong>Starbucks introduced takeout coffee and sophisticated lattes</strong> <strong>in the 2000s.</strong> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.sirhafood.com/en/rise-neo-cafes-lasting-transformation-french-coffee-culture">Today, we are in the middle of the &#8220;Third Wave.&#8221;</a></strong><a href="https://www.sirhafood.com/en/rise-neo-cafes-lasting-transformation-french-coffee-culture"> </a><strong>Coffee has become a terroir product:</strong> like wine, we check its origin, and micro-roasters are everywhere. In France, the specialty coffee market has been growing by 7% each year since 2020.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Agile Rise: A mini shop on every corner</strong></p><blockquote><p>It is no coincidence that <strong><a href="https://perfectdailygrind.com/2025/11/specialty-coffee-changing-in-france/">we see coffee shops everywhere</a></strong><a href="https://perfectdailygrind.com/2025/11/specialty-coffee-changing-in-france/">.</a> In Paris, in some central districts, more specialty coffee shops are now opening than traditional bakeries. It is a sign of a city that is gentrifying and becoming more uniform. For entrepreneurs, the model is accessible: <strong>the spaces are small, even tiny, and the investment is much lower than for a classic caf&#233;.</strong> A beautiful <strong><a href="https://www.lamarzocco.com/fr/fr/">Marzocco</a></strong> machine, a good barista - or sometimes just a perfect setting - and the place quickly becomes a destination for insiders or influencers looking for the perfect photo.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Third Place: A new urban space</strong></p><blockquote><p>The <strong>coffee shop perfectly represents the concept of the third place </strong>theorized by <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place">sociologist Ray Oldenburg</a></strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place">: </a>a space that is neither the office nor the home. It is a welcoming, hybrid space where people come to work on their laptops, to read or for an informal meeting. In a city where space is rare and offices are often too rigid, the <strong>coffee shop offers a flexibility that has become necessary.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p> <strong>The Quest for the Bean: Obsession with quality</strong></p><blockquote><p>For enthusiasts, the coffee shop has become a real place for tasting. We order single-origin coffees from micro-lots in Panama or Ethiopia<strong>.</strong> Specialty coffee culture has adopted <strong>codes similar to wine</strong>: people prefer <strong><a href="https://comacoffeeroasters.com/en/blog/chemex-v60-aeropress-metodos-suaves-para-disfrutar-el-cafe-de-especialidad/">gentle extraction methods like the V60</a>,</strong> light roasts, and experimental fermentations. <strong><a href="https://torque.coffee/blogs/brew-guides/a-gentle-dive-into-the-science-of-anaerobic-coffee-processing?srsltid=AfmBOooXaTQS7rHhuQxoahNNmjiqQDphC-UzjpFLXu9XmdEivvkwXBQy">Anaerobic processes</a></strong> (fermentation without air) redefine the flavors, offering notes of tropical fruits or flowers.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><p><strong>The Coffee  | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/backinblackcoffee/?hl=en">Back in Black</a>. </strong>Located in Bastille since 2019, this place follows &#8220;bean-to-cup&#8221; standards with high quality and you can see the roasting workshop at the back of the caf&#233;.I also love their other address in the 9th with a great terrace.</p><p><strong>The Object | <a href="https://kinto-europe.com/">The Tray</a> </strong>I like placing my cup of coffee on a simple wooden Japanese tray made by Kinto. It is a minimalist object that turns a daily habit into a calming ritual. </p><p><strong> The Taste |  <a href="https://chapon.com/pages/notre-savoir-faire">Dark Chocolate </a></strong>Chapon is one of the few French chocolate makers to master &#8220;bean-to-bar.&#8221; Just like specialty coffee, they control the entire process, from selecting the cocoa beans to roasting and making the bar. My favorite to go with my coffee at lunch: Dark Madagascar 74%. </p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>11h00, Panth&#233;on.</strong> En remontant la rue Soufflot, je m&#8217;arr&#234;te devant l&#8217;ancienne pharmacie Lhopitallier. Fond&#233;e en 1680, elle a travers&#233; quatre si&#232;cles d&#8217;histoire avant de fermer en 2012. Aujourd&#8217;hui, la fa&#231;ade est rest&#233;e intacte, comme pour donner un ancrage historique au coffee shop qui s&#8217;y est install&#233;. L&#224; o&#249; l&#8217;on pr&#233;parait des rem&#232;des sous Louis XIV, on extrait d&#233;sormais des espressos. Avons-nous besoin d&#8217;un coffee shop de plus &#224; deux pas du jardin du Luxembourg ?</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p></p><p><strong>La Troisi&#232;me Vague : du zinc au terroir</strong></p><blockquote><p>Les caf&#233;s ont beaucoup chang&#233; en vingt ans. Apr&#232;s le caf&#233; parisien traditionnel o&#249; l&#8217;on buvait son &#171; petit noir &#187; debout au comptoir, Starbucks a impos&#233; le caf&#233; &#224; emporter et le latte dans les ann&#233;es 2000. Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous sommes en plein dans la <strong><a href="https://www.pesette.fr/lartducafe/la-troisieme-vague-du-cafe-quand-la-boisson-devient-un-art-et-une-ethique?srsltid=AfmBOooN9YXWDcDK_OXtEJ17SdQhmOBYU-1yL5QKaW0EMqqSrGgEAj9j">&#171; Troisi&#232;me Vague &#187;.</a></strong> Le caf&#233; est devenu un produit de terroir : comme pour le vin, on scrute son origine et les micro-torr&#233;facteurs se multiplient. En France, ce <strong><a href="https://modelesdebusinessplan.com/blogs/infos/analyse-marche-cafe-france?srsltid=AfmBOopCL2_xwGpY4Hj7STJ2PyMIVnaNTp3PJIwSdHBqLCW0FGau9ynI">march&#233; du caf&#233; de sp&#233;cialit&#233;</a></strong> conna&#238;t une croissance annuelle de plus de 7 % depuis 2020.</p></blockquote><p> </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;invasion agile : une mini boutique &#224; chaque coin de rue</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un hasard si <strong><a href="https://www.timeout.fr/paris/restaurants/a-paris-la-coffee-shopisation-monte-en-graine">nous voyons des coffee shops partout.</a></strong> &#192; Paris, on estime qu&#8217;il s&#8217;ouvre d&#233;sormais plus de coffee shops sp&#233;cialis&#233;s que de boulangeries traditionnelles dans certains arrondissements centraux. C&#8217;est le signe d&#8217;<strong>une ville qui se gentrifie et s&#8217;homog&#233;n&#233;ise</strong>. Pour les entrepreneurs, le mod&#232;le est accessible : les locaux sont petits, voire minuscules, et l&#8217;investissement est bien moins lourd que pour un caf&#233; classique. Une belle <strong><a href="https://www.lamarzocco.com/fr/fr/">Marzocco</a>,</strong> un bon barista -ou parfois juste un r&#233;glage parfait - et l&#8217;endroit devient vite une destination pour initi&#233;s ou influenceurs en qu&#234;te de photos id&#233;ales.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le Tiers-Lieu : Un nouvel espace urbain</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le coffee shop incarne parfaitement le <strong><a href="https://courier.unesco.org/fr/articles/les-tiers-lieux-des-espaces-citoyens-part-entiere">concept de tiers-lieu</a></strong><a href="https://courier.unesco.org/fr/articles/les-tiers-lieux-des-espaces-citoyens-part-entiere">  </a>th&#233;oris&#233; par le sociologue Ray Oldenburg : un espace qui n&#8217;est ni le bureau, ni la maison. C&#8217;est un lieu hybride et accueillant o&#249; l&#8217;on vient travailler avec son portable ou pour un rendez-vous informel. Dans une ville o&#249; l&#8217;espace est rare et les bureaux souvent trop rigides, <strong>le coffee shop apporte une flexibilit&#233; devenue n&#233;cessaire.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>La Qu&#234;te du Grain : L&#8217;obsession de la qualit&#233;</strong></p><blockquote><p>Pour les amateurs, le coffee shop est devenu <strong>un vrai lieu de d&#233;gustation.</strong> On y commande des caf&#233;s d&#8217;origine unique issus de micro-lots du Panama ou d&#8217;&#201;thiopie. La culture du caf&#233; de sp&#233;cialit&#233; a import&#233; des codes proches de l&#8217;&#339;nologie : on privil&#233;gie <strong><a href="https://lomi.cafe/articles/decouverte-methodes-douces-slow-coffee">le slow coffee</a></strong><a href="https://lomi.cafe/articles/decouverte-methodes-douces-slow-coffee"> </a>:  les m&#233;thodes d&#8217;extraction douces comme le V60, les torr&#233;factions claires et les fermentations exp&#233;rimentales. <strong><a href="https://www.coutumecafe.com/blog/post/13-la-transformation-du-cafe-les-methodes-de-fermentation.html?srsltid=AfmBOopfcELZfyY6FIzl5Qb6YDg0rvlzQ7IsorsrwRGZcj45o-ZbG-fR">Les processus ana&#233;robies</a></strong><a href="https://www.coutumecafe.com/blog/post/13-la-transformation-du-cafe-les-methodes-de-fermentation.html?srsltid=AfmBOopfcELZfyY6FIzl5Qb6YDg0rvlzQ7IsorsrwRGZcj45o-ZbG-fR"> </a>(fermentation sans air) red&#233;finissent la palette aromatique, proposant des notes de fruits tropicaux ou de fleurs.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;chos personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le caf&#233; |  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/backinblackcoffee/">Back in Black</a>.</strong> Install&#233; &#224; la Bastille depuis 2019, ce coffee shop travaille le caf&#233; avec beaucoup d&#8217;exigence : du grain &#224; la tasse. Et, on peut m&#234;me d&#233;couvrir au fond du caf&#233; l&#8217;atelier de torr&#233;faction.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet  | <a href="https://kinto-europe.com/"> Le plateau </a></strong>J&#8217;aime poser ma tasse de caf&#233; sur un plateau en bois tout simple fabriqu&#233; par Kinto. C&#8217;est un objet minimaliste qui transforme un geste quotidien en un rituel apaisant. </p><p><strong>Le go&#251;t  | <a href="https://kinto-europe.com/"> </a><a href="https://chapon.com/pages/notre-savoir-faire">Le chocolat noir </a></strong>Chapon est l&#8217;un des rares chocolatiers &#224; ma&#238;triser le &#171; bean-to-bar &#187;. Comme pour le caf&#233; de sp&#233;cialit&#233;, ils contr&#244;lent tout le processus, de la s&#233;lection de la f&#232;ve &#224; la torr&#233;faction jusqu&#8217;&#224; la fabrication de la tablette. Ma tablette  pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233;e (un ou deux carr&#233;s) pour accompagner mon caf&#233; &#224; midi c&#8217;est  &#8220;Noir Madagascar 74% &#8220;</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle des 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chromatic Rebellion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reclaiming color as a language of joy and collective well-being]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-chromatic-rebellion-ad2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-chromatic-rebellion-ad2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:03:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zGXW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F778f68ce-e463-4f71-8731-2589893d577f_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h6><strong>J&#8217;ai pris photo cette dans un caf&#233; &#224; Censier Daubenton </strong></h6><p></p><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p><strong>Summer break</strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>See you on the first Sunday of September. Until then, here is a piece from the archives.</em></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>8:45 AM, Censier-Daubenton metro station.</strong> I leave the metro station where black, gray, and khaki are everywhere: the &#8220;urban uniform&#8221; of Paris. In the street, cars confirm this chromophobia (the fear of colors). Today, 80% of the world&#8217;s cars are white, gray, or black. </p><p>Suddenly, at a caf&#233; counter, a flash of light. A deep blue and a bright orange next to a primary red stool. It is a visual shock. It makes me question the place of color in our lives.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>Design Rebellion: Color as an antidote</strong></p><blockquote><p>It is no accident that designers like <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gustafwestman/">Gustaf Westman</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sabine_marcelis/">Sabine Marcelis</a></strong>, or <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hellemardahl/">Helle Mardahl</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hellemardahl/"> </a>are becoming so popular. They belong to a generation that grew up with functional minimalism and &#8220;Perfect Beige.&#8221; <strong>Their answer is radical: they bring back curves and colors.</strong> They don&#8217;t want objects to disappear; they want them to be visible. This is the end of discreet design. Now, design is about making a statement. <strong>The viral success of <a href="https://www.gustafwestman.com/product-page/curvy-mirror">Westman&#8217;s wavy mirror</a></strong><a href="https://www.gustafwestman.com/product-page/curvy-mirror"> </a>shows this change: objects are now a source of visual energy, creating a dopamine bubble against the gray world outside.</p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Dopamine Dressing: Color as therapy</strong></p><blockquote><p>Science confirms what I saw at the caf&#233;: wearing bright colors stimulates our brain. This is the theory of <strong><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103112000200">&#8220;Enclothed Cognition&#8221;</a></strong> (by Hajo Adam &amp; Adam D. Galinsky): <strong>what we wear clearly changes our mood.</strong></p><p>The signal started in 2021: <strong>after the lockdowns, searches for &#8220;electric blue outfits&#8221; jumped by 150% on Pinterest</strong>. And now <strong>WGSN highlights <a href="https://www.wgsn.com/cs/node/1955">Electric Fuchsia</a> as a key color.</strong> This mix of pink and purple is a symbol of rebellious resistance. In a world full of social frustration and anger, this color brings a necessary sense of lightness and escape. According to<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.dawnnkaren/?hl=en"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.dawnnkaren/?hl=en">Dawnn Karen</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.dawnnkaren/?hl=en"> </a>(FIT professor), <strong>using bright colors is a way to take back control of your internal chemistry.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Chromatic Monopoly: Color under patent</strong></p><blockquote><p>The world has become gray for economic reasons: neutral colors have a better resale value, so they sell better.</p><p>For brands and artists, color is now a protected territory. It is a strategic asset.</p><ul><li><p><strong>The Ultimate Black:</strong> In 2016, artist <strong>Anish Kapoor bought the exclusive rights to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack">Vantablack</a>, the darkest black in the world</strong>. No other artist can use it. It is the ultimate privatization.</p></li><li><p><strong>Luxury Colors:</strong> Big luxury houses no longer sell logos; they sell wavelengths. From <strong>Tiffany Blue</strong> to <strong>Herm&#232;s Orange</strong>, <strong>color is so powerful that you don&#8217;t even need the brand name anymore</strong>. You recognize the brand just by its color.</p></li></ul></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><p><strong>The TED Talk |<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rug9GEQKWM"> Alina Schartner</a>:</strong> She explains that colors are a social language. They create connections and define our identity. She asks: &#8220;What if your color choices could improve your well-being and help build a better society?&#8221; And I love the arguments put forward by <strong>my friend and fellow member of <a href="https://theforecastclub.net/">The Forecast Club</a>.</strong></p><p><strong>The Book | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Pastoureau">Michel Pastoureau</a>:</strong> The most important color historian. In his books (<em>Blue, Black, Red...</em>), he shows that <strong>color is a social construction</strong>, not just physics. <strong>My favorite is <a href="https://www.amazon.fr/Black-History-Color-Michel-Pastoureau/dp/069113930X">&#8220;Black.&#8221;</a></strong> It helped me understand why all creative people are always dressed in black.</p><p><strong>The Accessory | <a href="https://hindbag.fr/en/collections/sac-banane">The Hindbag Fanny Pack:</a></strong> To break the monotony without changing your whole wardrobe. <strong>I love the &#8220;Andrea&#8221; model in <a href="https://hindbag.fr/en/products/sac-banane-andrea-rose-blush">Rose Blush</a></strong><a href="https://hindbag.fr/en/products/sac-banane-andrea-rose-blush">.</a> It is the perfect touch of color to save a gray coat and get your daily dose of dopamine.</p><p><strong>The Icon | <a href="https://gpsastral.home.blog/2020/11/09/wes-anderson-un-peintre-cinematographe/">Wes Anderson</a>:</strong> The master of storytelling through color. In his movies, every place has its own color palette. He reminds us that <strong>coloring our environment is a way to take back control of our own story.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of  the upcoming intake for <strong>The Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>08h45, m&#233;tro Censier-Daubenton.</strong> Je quitte le m&#233;tro o&#249; r&#232;gnent le noir, le gris et le kaki : l&#8217;uniforme urbain parisien. Dans la rue, les voitures confirment cette chromophobie (la peur de la couleur). Aujourd&#8217;hui, 80 % du parc automobile mondial est blanc, gris ou noir.</p><p>Et soudain, au comptoir d&#8217;un caf&#233;, un flash. Un bleu dur et un orange vif sont embras&#233;s par un tabouret rouge primaire. C&#8217;est un vrai choc visuel, une remise en question de la place de la couleur dans nos vies.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>La R&#233;bellion du design : la couleur comme antidote</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un hasard si des designers comme<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gustafwestman/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gustafwestman/">Gustaf Westman</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sabine_marcelis/">Sabine Marcelis</a></strong> ou <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hellemardahl/">Helle Mardahl</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hellemardahl/"> </a>&#233;mergent avec une telle force. Ils appartiennent &#224; cette g&#233;n&#233;ration de designers qui a grandi sous le r&#232;gne du minimalisme fonctionnel et du &#8220;beige parfait&#8221;. <strong>Leur r&#233;ponse est radicale : ils r&#233;injectent de la rondeur et des couleurs.</strong> Ils ne cherchent plus &#224; ce que l&#8217;objet se fonde dans le d&#233;cor, ils veulent qu&#8217;il soit visible. C&#8217;est la fin du design discret au profit d&#8217;un design de l&#8217;affirmation. <strong>Le succ&#232;s viral (et parfois aga&#231;ant par sa r&#233;p&#233;tition) du <a href="https://www.gustafwestman.com/product-page/curvy-mirror">miroir aux bordures ondul&#233;es</a> de Westman</strong> exprime cette rupture : l&#8217;objet devient une source d&#8217;&#233;nergie visuelle, une mani&#232;re d&#8217;opposer une bulle de dopamine &#224; la grisaille ext&#233;rieure.</p></blockquote><p> </p><p><strong>Le Dopamine Dressing : la couleur comme th&#233;rapie</strong></p><blockquote><p>La science confirme ce que j&#8217;ai vu au caf&#233; : porter des couleurs satur&#233;es stimule directement notre chimie interne. C&#8217;est la th&#233;orie de l&#8217;<strong> &#8220;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103112000200">Enclothed Cognition&#8221; </a></strong>d&#233;velopp&#233;e par Hajo Adam &amp; Adam D. Galinsky : <strong>ce que nous portons modifie clairement notre &#233;tat psychologique</strong>.</p><p>Le signal &#233;tait d&#233;j&#224; l&#224; en 2021 : &#224; la sortie des confinements, les recherches pour les &#171; tenues bleu &#233;lectrique &#187; explosaient d&#233;j&#224; de 150 % sur Pinterest. Ce qui n&#8217;&#233;tait alors qu&#8217;une r&#233;action post-crise est peut-&#234;tre en train de devenir une neuro-strat&#233;gie. Aujourd&#8217;hui, le bureau de tendance <strong>WGSN a choisi l&#8217;<a href="https://fashionunited.fr/actualite/mode/quelles-seront-les-couleurs-du-printemps-ete-2026-selon-wgsn/2024060535153">Electric Fuchsia </a>comme couleur cl&#233;. </strong>Un m&#233;lange de rose et de violet qui symbolise une r&#233;sistance rebelle. Selon <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.dawnnkaren/?hl=en">Dawnn Karen</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.dawnnkaren/?hl=en"> </a>(professeure au FIT), saturer son apparence de couleur est un acte d&#8217;auto-m&#233;dication pour reprendre le contr&#244;le sur sa chimie interne.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><strong>Le Monopole Chromatique : La couleur sous brevet</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Le monde est devenu gris par prudence &#233;conomique : le neutre se revend mieux, donc se vend mieux.</strong></p><p>Pour les marques comme pour les artistes, la couleur s'affirme comme un actif strat&#233;gique, un territoire sanctuaris&#233; par la propri&#233;t&#233; intellectuelle.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Le noir ultime :</strong> <strong>En 2016, l&#8217;artiste Anish Kapoor a achet&#233; les droits exclusifs du <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack">Vantablack</a>,</strong> le noir le plus sombre au monde (absorbant 99,9 % de la lumi&#232;re). Aucun autre artiste n&#8217;a le droit de l&#8217;utiliser. C&#8217;est la privatisation ultime.</p></li><li><p><strong>Les couleurs du luxe :</strong> les grandes maisons de luxe ne vendent plus des logos, mais des longueurs d&#8217;onde. Du <strong>Bleu Tiffany</strong> (Pantone 1837 d&#233;pos&#233;) &#224; l&#8217;<strong>Orange Herm&#232;s</strong>, la couleur est un actif immat&#233;riel puissant qui rend le nom de la marque superflu. <strong>C&#8217;est l&#8217;ultime logo puisque l&#8217;on reconna&#238;t la marque juste &#224; sa couleur.</strong></p></li></ul></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;chos personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le TED Talk | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rug9GEQKWM">&#171; How Conscious Colour Changes Everything &#187; </a>par Alina Schartner. </strong>Elle voit dans les couleurs un langage social puissant, capable de d&#233;finir nos identit&#233;s et de nous lier les uns aux autres. Elle nous pose cette question essentielle : &#171; Et si vos choix de couleurs pouvaient contribuer &#224; votre bien-&#234;tre et aider &#224; b&#226;tir une soci&#233;t&#233; meilleure ? &#187; Je soutiens avec enthousiasme le manifeste  de mon amie et complice du <em><a href="https://theforecastclub.net/">Forecast Club</a>. </em></p><p><strong>Le Livre | Michel Pastoureau :</strong> L'historien qui a chang&#233; notre regard sur la couleur. Dans ses ouvrages (<em>Bleu, Noir, Rouge...</em>), il d&#233;montre que la couleur n&#8217;est pas un ph&#233;nom&#232;ne physique, mais une construction sociale. Mon pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233; est probablement <strong><a href="https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/noir-michel-pastoureau/9782020490870">&#171; Noir, histoire d&#8217;une couleur &#187;</a>.</strong> Ce livre m&#8217;a aid&#233; &#224; comprendre pourquoi tous les designers s&#8217;habillent en noir !</p><p><strong>L&#8217;Accessoire |<a href="https://hindbag.fr/en/products/sac-banane-andrea-vert-argile"> Le Sac Banane Hindbag</a> :</strong> Pour rompre la monotonie sans changer de garde-robe. J&#8217;ai un faible pour le mod&#232;le Andrea en <strong><a href="https://hindbag.fr/en/products/sac-banane-andrea-rose-blush">Rose Blush</a></strong>. C&#8217;est l&#8217;accent de couleur parfait : celui qui vient injecter une dose de dopamine quotidienne.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;Ic&#244;ne | <a href="https://gpsastral.home.blog/2020/11/09/wes-anderson-un-peintre-cinematographe/">Wes Anderson</a> :</strong> Le ma&#238;tre absolu de la couleur. Dans ses films, chaque lieu a sa charte chromatique. Il nous rappelle que colorer son environnement est une mani&#232;re de reprendre le contr&#244;le sur le r&#233;cit de sa vie.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle des 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tactile Rebellion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humanizing our tools to break the industrial mold.]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-tactile-rebellion-3bb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-tactile-rebellion-3bb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:01:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_uK-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90610d7d-43b1-445b-8cee-adf3fc1d7869_2505x3362.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_uK-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90610d7d-43b1-445b-8cee-adf3fc1d7869_2505x3362.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Until then, here is a piece from the archives.</em></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p>Early for an appointment, I stopped at a caf&#233; near the Panth&#233;on. On the bench across from me sat two students. My eyes caught a small object with a striking contrast: an <strong>AirPods case nestled in a handmade crochet pouch.</strong></p><p>This isn&#8217;t just a kawaii accessory; it&#8217;s a signal revealing a deeper truth: we are entering the era of <strong>&#8220;High Tech meets High Touch.&#8221;</strong></p><p></p><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>A dissident gesture</strong>. Against the cold perfection of machines, we need a dissident gesture. This little crochet cover adds something unexpected to a world that is usually too precise. It&#8217;s craft taking over industry: we are no longer just buying a product; we are humanizing our tools. <strong>Future value won&#8217;t be about being perfect, but about the visible trace of the human hand.</strong></p><blockquote><p>Look at the fashion brand <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bode">Bode</a></strong>: by using vintage fabrics and adding hand embroidery to old menswear, they turn every garment into a unique  story. </p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The digital doudou. </strong>Why do we feel the need to dress up our devices? Our phones and gadgets have become part of us. By covering a case or a phone cable in yarn, we create a digital doudou. <strong>Emotional connection is now a necessity. Utility isn&#8217;t enough anymore: we need tenderness.</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.nativeunion.com/collections/power">Native Union</a></strong><a href="https://www.nativeunion.com/collections/power"> </a>understood this early. They took the ugly charging cable, the forgotten piece of tech, and humanized it with braided nylon and a weighted knot. They transformed a cold wire into a tactile object.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The tactile  rebellion</strong>. We spend our days touching glass screens and cold metal. This lack of relief ends up numbing our senses. Crochet has texture. It demands to be touched. It creates friction. It is the end of the everything-smooth era. <strong>We must bring back texture and relief to wake up our senses.</strong></p><blockquote><p> <strong><a href="https://teenage.engineering/products/audio-and-synthesizers">Teenage Engineering</a></strong> is leading this rebellion. While most tech companies try to hide buttons, they celebrate them. Their synthesizers and speakers use physical knobs and rough textures. They turn technology back into a mechanical toy, something you can feel.</p></blockquote><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><ul><li><p><strong>The Place |<a href="https://www.le19m.com/en"> Le 19M</a>:</strong> A site designed by Rudy Ricciotti for Chanel&#8217;s M&#233;tiers d&#8217;art. More than a factory, it&#8217;s a space for transmission that highlights exceptional savoir-faire and contemporary creative dialogues through its exhibitions.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>The Taste | <a href="https://paris.toraya-group.co.jp/">Toraya</a>: </strong>I love going there when it&#8217;s quiet, it can get very crowded easily, for a Genmaicha tea and a seasonal cake. Each piece is made by hand with absolute precision. It&#8217;s like a tiny, edible sculpture.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>The Store| <a href="https://ultramod.fr/">Ultramod</a>:</strong> A store I love and always enjoy introducing to others. This historic haberdashery is a real sensory experience. You choose your ribbons or trimmings by touch to find the perfect match for a fabric or color. A place truly out of time.</p></li></ul><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217; , the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of the L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233; workshop and the upcoming intake for The Circle of 6.</em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p>En avance &#224; un rendez-vous, je m&#8217;arr&#234;te dans un caf&#233; pr&#232;s du Panth&#233;on. Sur la banquette en face de moi, deux jeunes &#233;tudiantes. Mon regard s&#8217;arr&#234;te sur un petit objet au contraste saisissant : <strong>un bo&#238;tier d&#8217;AirPods lov&#233; dans une mini housse en crochet faite main.</strong></p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas juste un accessoire kawaii ; c&#8217;est un signal qui nous dit :  nous entrons dans l&#8217;&#232;re du <strong>&#171; High Tech meets High Touch &#187;</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Un Geste Dissident</strong> : face &#224; la perfection froide des machines, un geste s&#8217;impose. Cette petite housse en crochet r&#233;introduit de l&#8217;impr&#233;visible dans un univers d&#8217;ordinaire si millim&#233;tr&#233;. C&#8217;est la revanche de l&#8217;artisanat sur l&#8217;industrie : on ne consomme plus un produit, on humanise ses outils. <strong>Demain, la valeur ne sera plus dans la perfection, mais dans l&#8217;empreinte de la main et du geste.</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bode">Bode</a></strong> ajoute des broderies faites &#224; la main sur des v&#234;tements anciens pour homme, ils transforment ainsi chaque pi&#232;ce en une histoire unique.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Le Doudou Num&#233;rique</strong> : pourquoi ce besoin d&#8217;habiller nos appareils ? Nos t&#233;l&#233;phones et gadgets sont devenus des extensions de nous-m&#234;mes. En gainant un bo&#238;tier ou en attachant nos t&#233;l&#233;phones avec un c&#226;ble, nous cr&#233;ons un doudou num&#233;rique. <strong>L&#8217;attachement &#233;motionnel est devenu indispensable, l&#8217;utilit&#233; ne suffit plus : il faut de la tendresse.</strong></p><blockquote><p><a href="https://www.nativeunion.com/collections/power"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.nativeunion.com/collections/power">Native Union</a></strong><a href="https://www.nativeunion.com/collections/power"> </a>l&#8217;a compris tr&#232;s t&#244;t. Ils ont pris le c&#226;ble, un objet sans &#226;me souvent oubli&#233; dans la tech pour l'humaniser avec du nylon tress&#233; et un n&#339;ud de marin lest&#233;. Ils ont transform&#233; un fil froid en un objet attirant.</p></blockquote><p><strong>La R&#233;bellion du Tactile</strong> : nous passons nos journ&#233;es &#224; toucher des &#233;crans de verre et du m&#233;tal froid. Ce manque de relief finit par gommer nos sensations. Le crochet, lui, impose une texture. Il r&#233;clame le toucher, il cr&#233;e de la friction. <strong>C&#8217;est la fin du lisse extr&#234;me. Place au toucher et au relief pour r&#233;veiller nos sens.</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>L&#8217;exemple :</strong><a href="https://teenage.engineering/products/audio-and-synthesizers"> </a><strong><a href="https://teenage.engineering/products/audio-and-synthesizers">Teenage Engineering</a></strong> m&#232;ne cette r&#233;bellion. L&#224; o&#249; la plupart des marques tech cachent les boutons, eux les c&#233;l&#232;brent. Leurs synth&#233;tiseurs et leurs enceintes utilisent des molettes physiques et des textures rugueuses. Ils transforment la technologie en un jouet m&#233;canique et tactile.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats de mon univers pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Le Lieu | <a href="https://www.le19m.com/">Le 19M </a>:</strong> Un site con&#231;u par Rudy Ricciotti pour les M&#233;tiers d&#8217;art de Chanel. Plus qu&#8217;une manufacture, c&#8217;est un espace de transmission qui met en lumi&#232;re des savoir-faire d&#8217;exception et des dialogues cr&#233;atifs contemporains.</p></li><li><p><strong>Le Go&#251;t | <a href="https://paris.toraya-group.co.jp/">Toraya</a> :</strong> J&#8217;aime m&#8217;y arr&#234;ter aux heures calmes, l&#8217;endroit devient vite bruyant car tr&#232;s convoit&#233;, pour un th&#233; Genmaicha et un g&#226;teau de saison. Chaque pi&#232;ce y est fa&#231;onn&#233;e &#224; la main avec une pr&#233;cision absolue. C&#8217;est une micro-sculpture comestible.</p></li><li><p><strong>La Boutique | <a href="https://ultramod.fr/">Ultramod </a>:</strong> Un magasin que j&#8217;adore et que je prends toujours plaisir &#224; faire d&#233;couvrir. Cette mercerie historique est une v&#233;ritable exp&#233;rience sensorielle. On y choisit ses rubans ou sa passementerie au toucher pour trouver l&#8217;accord parfait. Un lieu hors du temps.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la prochaine &#233;dition de l&#8217;atelier <strong>L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233;</strong> et la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fluid World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing is set in stone | Rien n'est fig&#233;]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-fluid-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-fluid-world</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nzbg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa620b201-303b-4c81-9fe4-a4b38316ec00_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nzbg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa620b201-303b-4c81-9fe4-a4b38316ec00_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h6>J&#8217;ai pris cette photo rue des Saint P&#232;res sous un soleil br&#251;lant </h6><p></p><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>5:00 AM,Rue des Saints-P&#232;res. </strong>The sun is beating down, <strong>the sky is violently blue</strong>. A scent surrounds me, very sensual and animal. <strong>My brain says jasmine</strong> before my eyes find it. It is there, on the side of a building, star-shaped white flowers in full bloom. <strong>Its perfume takes me straight to</strong> <strong>Sidi Bou Sa&#239;d, a village on the other side of the Mediterranean.</strong> The plant didn't ask anyone for permission. It just grew there, on a Parisian wall, and it succeeded. <strong>Boundaries are blurry. Plants travel. Humans do too.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>When &#8220;local&#8221; comes from somewhere else</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Potatoes, tomatoes, and corn come from America</strong> and arrived in France in the 16th century. <strong>Citrus fruits and rice come from Asia,</strong> <strong>peaches and apricots from China.</strong></p><p>The cultural story erased the real origin: today, potatoes are associated with Parmentier. <strong><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-potato-changed-the-world-108470605/">Once a food becomes part of a culture, no one asks where it comes from anymore</a></strong>.</p><p><strong>Vines and apples, the two most French symbols, also come from elsewhere</strong>. Vines, domesticated 8,000 to 11,500 years ago between the Near East and the South Caucasus, arrived in Gaul through Marseille around the 6th century BC. The <strong><a href="https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-mysterious-origin-of-the-sweet-apple">apple</a></strong><a href="https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-mysterious-origin-of-the-sweet-apple">,</a> whose ancestor grows in the mountains of Kazakhstan, arrived with the Romans. For a long time, people thought the apple tree was native, but a 2001 DNA study confirmed the opposite.</p><p><strong>In reality, what we call local is often a journey thousands of years old that ends up becoming a traditional regional product.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The new inhabitants of the city</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Before the 1990s, seagulls stayed by the sea.</strong> Since then, they spend winter in Paris with gulls and great cormorans, flying up the Seine to find the warmth and food they lack on the coast.</p><p>Some come from very far away: Scandinavia, Poland, or Finland. <strong><a href="https://parissecret.com/en/seagulls-paris/">The city hosts up to 5,000 of them between July and March</a></strong>. These are not lost birds, but <strong>animals that found better living conditions in the city.</strong></p><p>Today, the cry of a seagull over a Parisian building still sounds like an anomaly. In twenty years, it might simply be part of the city&#8217;s soundscape, like pigeons or car horns.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/news/in-paris/articles/329908-did-you-know-the-green-parakeets-of-paris-are-believed-to-have-arrived-at-orly-and-roissy-airports">Green-ringed parakeets </a>live year-round in the Tuileries or the Jardin du Luxembourg</strong>. Native to sub-Saharan Africa and India, <strong>this species arrived in Paris in the 1970s.</strong> A few birds escaped from cages near airports and adapted very well to their new environment. <strong>Today, the parakeet is classified as invasive because it competes with local species like tits and bats.</strong></p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p><strong>When our boundaries fade</strong></p><blockquote><p>The jasmine growing outside its usual territory and the seagull settling in the city say the same thing. <strong>Boundaries are becoming porous. Or rather, they have always been. Today, this movement is growing, and not just in nature.</strong></p><p><strong>Work and home mix together with remote work.</strong> The living room becomes an office, video calls happen in the bedroom. For many people, the limit between the two spaces, which used to be clear, <strong><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/30/about-a-third-of-us-workers-who-can-work-from-home-do-so-all-the-time/">barely exists anymore</a>.</strong></p><p><strong>The living and the artificial are mixing too</strong>. Whether it is a <strong>3D-printed kidney,</strong> a lab-grown organ, or <strong>an artificial intelligence writing a poem,</strong> the question &#8220;is it alive or is it manufactured?&#8221; loses its meaning. The two categories overlap.</p><p><strong>Even death is changing status</strong>. Some families keep the voice of a lost loved one, recreated by artificial intelligence, <strong><a href="https://rightback.ai/">to keep talking to them.</a></strong> The boundary between presence and absence becomes uncertain.</p><p><strong>Each category turns out to be a human construction</strong>, useful at a specific time, but never eternal. The jasmine on the Parisian wall and the seagull above the Seine are the visible signs of a larger movement: <strong>a world rediscovering that its boundaries may never have been as solid as we thought.</strong></p><div><hr></div></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lg1n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4395c040-ece1-4ed0-b972-2796809d7e10_1362x766.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lg1n!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The Book | </strong><em><strong>I<a href="https://www.amazon.fr/Eloge-vagabondes-Gilles-Cl%C3%A9ment/dp/284111256X">n Praise of Vagabond Plants</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.fr/Eloge-vagabondes-Gilles-Cl%C3%A9ment/dp/284111256X"> by Gilles Cl&#233;ment</a></strong> I read this book a little over twenty years ago, when it was released, and <strong>its message deeply moved me with its foresight</strong>. In it, Gilles Cl&#233;ment <strong>defends &#8220;traveling&#8221; plants, the ones often wrongly called weeds or invasive species</strong>. He shows that by moving around, they enrich ecosystems and create diversity. It is the perfect starting point to accept that living things do not stay in the boxes we force upon them.</p><p><strong>The Taste | <a href="https://www.marukome.co.jp/global/en/foodculture/aboutmiso/originandhistoryofmiso/">Miso soup</a></strong><a href="https://www.marukome.co.jp/global/en/foodculture/aboutmiso/originandhistoryofmiso/"> </a>A bowl between my hands, the pace slows down. I love its mysterious opacity, this cloudy shape that moves slowly. <strong>A miso soup is a whole world</strong> and a mix of textures: the delicacy of tofu, the texture of seaweed, the richness of the broth. Miso is the result of slow fermentation, an invisible transformation. <strong>A simple ritual that is my comfort food.</strong></p><p><strong>The Shop | <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187147-d546504-Reviews-Izrael_Le_Monde_des_Epices-Paris_Ile_de_France.html">L&#8217;&#201;picerie Izra&#235;l</a></strong><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187147-d546504-Reviews-Izrael_Le_Monde_des_Epices-Paris_Ile_de_France.html"> I</a> have been going there for thirty years. It is <strong>a mini bazaar in the heart of Paris where boundaries completely disappear.</strong> Inside, scents from all over the world blend in an intense and mysterious atmosphere. <strong>Countries and cultures stack up on shelves loaded with jars, with no clear separation.</strong> For me, it is a place of absolute porosity. I love going there to leave with small bags filled with spices, like many treasures.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>. If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong>5.00  heures, rue des Saints-P&#232;res</strong>. Le soleil tape fort, <strong>le ciel est violemment bleu.</strong> Une odeur m&#8217;encercle, tr&#232;s sensuelle et animale. <strong>Mon cerveau dit jasmin </strong>avant que mes yeux ne le trouvent. Il est l&#224;, sur le pignon d&#8217;un immeuble, fleurs blanches &#233;toil&#233;es en pleine floraison. <strong>Son parfum m&#8217;emm&#232;ne directement &#224; Sidi Bou Sa&#239;d, un village de l&#8217;autre c&#244;t&#233; de la M&#233;diterran&#233;e.</strong> La plante n&#8217;a demand&#233; la permission &#224; personne. Elle a juste pouss&#233; l&#224;, sur un mur parisien, et elle a r&#233;ussi. <strong>Les fronti&#232;res sont floues. Les plantes voyagent. Les hommes aussi</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Quand le terroir vient d&#8217;ailleurs</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>La pomme de terre, la tomate et le ma&#239;s viennent d&#8217;Am&#233;rique</strong>, et sont arriv&#233;s en France au XVIe si&#232;cle. <strong>Les agrumes et le riz viennent d&#8217;Asie, les p&#234;ches et les abricots de Chine</strong>.</p><p>Le r&#233;cit identitaire a effac&#233; l&#8217;origine r&#233;elle <strong>: <a href="https://www.silencecapousse-chezvous.fr/jardinier-debutant/la-fabuleuse-histoire-de-la-pomme-de-terre">la pomme de terre est aujourd&#8217;hui associ&#233;e &#224; Parmentier</a>.</strong> Une fois qu&#8217;un aliment entre dans la culture, personne ne se demande plus d&#8217;o&#249; il vient.</p><p><strong>La vigne et la pomme</strong>, les deux symboles les plus fran&#231;ais, <strong>viennent aussi d&#8217;ailleurs.</strong> La vigne, domestiqu&#233;e il y a 8 000 &#224; 11 500 ans entre le Proche-Orient et le Caucase du Sud, arrive en Gaule par Marseille vers le VIe si&#232;cle avant notre &#232;re. <strong><a href="https://www.inrae.fr/actualites/pommes-pommiers-anciens">La pomme, dont l&#8217;anc&#234;tre pousse dans les montagnes du Kazakhstan, arrive avec les Romains.</a></strong><a href="https://www.inrae.fr/actualites/pommes-pommiers-anciens"> </a>On a longtemps cru le pommier autochtone, mais une &#233;tude ADN de 2001 a confirm&#233; le contraire.</p><p><strong>Le local est souvent, en r&#233;alit&#233;, un vagabondage vieux de plusieurs mill&#233;naires qui finit par devenir un produit du terroir.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Les nouveaux habitants de la ville</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Avant les ann&#233;es 1990, les mouettes restaient au bord de la mer.</strong> Depuis, elles passent l&#8217;hiver &#224; Paris avec les go&#233;lands et les grands cormorans, <strong>remontant la Seine pour trouver la chaleur et la nourriture qui leur manquent sur le littoral.</strong></p><p>Certaines viennent de tr&#232;s loin : de Scandinavie, de Pologne ou de Finlande. <strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/mouettes-goelands-et-cormorans-ces-oiseaux-marins-qui-survolent-la-capitale-7432">La ville en accueille jusqu&#8217;&#224; 5 000 entre juillet et mars</a></strong>. Ce ne sont pas des oiseaux &#233;gar&#233;s, mais <strong>des animaux qui ont trouv&#233; en ville de meilleures conditions de vie.</strong></p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, le cri d&#8217;une mouette au-dessus d&#8217;un immeuble parisien sonne encore comme une anomalie. Dans vingt ans, il fera peut-&#234;tre simplement partie du paysage sonore de la ville, comme les pigeons ou les klaxons.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.sortiraparis.com/actualites/a-paris/articles/317147-pourquoi-voit-on-des-perruches-vertes-a-paris-et-en-ile-de-france">Les perruches &#224; collier</a>,</strong> <strong>elles, sont install&#233;es &#224; l&#8217;ann&#233;e aux Tuileries ou au Jardin du Luxembourg</strong>. Originaire d&#8217;Afrique subsaharienne et d&#8217;Inde, cette <strong>esp&#232;ce est arriv&#233;e &#224; Paris dans les ann&#233;es 1970</strong>. Quelques oiseaux se sont &#233;chapp&#233;s de cages pr&#232;s des a&#233;roports et se sont tr&#232;s bien adapt&#233;s &#224; leur nouvel environnement. <strong>La perruche est aujourd&#8217;hui class&#233;e comme envahissante, car elle entre en concurrence avec les esp&#232;ces locales comme les m&#233;sanges ou les chauves-souris.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p> <strong>Quand nos rep&#232;res s&#8217;effacent</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le jasmin qui pousse hors de son territoire habituel et la mouette qui s&#8217;installe en ville disent la m&#234;me chose. <strong>Les fronti&#232;res deviennent poreuses. Ou plut&#244;t, elles l&#8217;ont toujours &#233;t&#233;. Aujourd&#8217;hui, ce mouvement prend de l&#8217;ampleur, et pas seulement dans la nature.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8379375">Le travail et la maison se m&#233;langent avec le t&#233;l&#233;travail</a></strong><a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8379375">.</a> Le salon devient un bureau, la visioconf&#233;rence se passe dans la chambre. Pour beaucoup de gens, <strong>la limite entre les deux espaces, autrefois nette, n&#8217;existe presque plus.</strong></p><p><strong>Le vivant et l&#8217;artificiel se m&#233;langent aussi.</strong> Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agiss<a href="https://www.urobotic.ch/post/rein-imprim%C3%A9-en-3d-qu-est-il-possible-de-faire-aujourd-hui">e </a><strong><a href="https://www.urobotic.ch/post/rein-imprim%C3%A9-en-3d-qu-est-il-possible-de-faire-aujourd-hui">d&#8217;un rein imprim&#233; en 3D</a></strong>, d&#8217;un organe cultiv&#233; en laboratoire ou d&#8217;<strong>une intelligence artificielle qui &#233;crit un po&#232;me</strong>, la question &#171; est-ce vivant ou est-ce fabriqu&#233; ? &#187; perd son sens. <strong>Les deux cat&#233;gories se superposent.</strong></p><p><strong>M&#234;me la mort change de statut</strong>. Certaines familles conservent <strong>l<a href="https://www.20minutes.fr/high-tech/4164018-20250718-intelligence-artificielle-start-up-francaise-promet-reveiller-morts-clonant-voix">a voix d&#8217;un proche disparu, recr&#233;&#233;e par une intelligence artificielle</a>, </strong>pour continuer &#224; lui parler<strong>. La fronti&#232;re entre pr&#233;sence et absence devient incertaine.</strong></p><p><strong>Chaque cat&#233;gorie se r&#233;v&#232;le &#234;tre une construction humaine,</strong> utile &#224; un moment donn&#233;, mais jamais &#233;ternelle. 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de mauvaises herbes ou d&#8217;esp&#232;ces envahissantes.</strong> Il montre qu&#8217;en se d&#233;pla&#231;ant, elles enrichissent les &#233;cosyst&#232;mes et cr&#233;ent de la diversit&#233;. C&#8217;est le point de d&#233;part parfait pour accepter que <strong>le vivant ne reste pas dans les cases qu&#8217;on lui impose.</strong></p><p><strong>Le Go&#251;t | <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupe_miso">La soupe miso</a></strong> Un bol entre les mains, le rythme ralentit. J&#8217;aime son opacit&#233; myst&#233;rieuse, ce nuage trouble qui bouge lentement. <strong>Une soupe miso, c&#8217;est tout un monde</strong> et un m&#233;lange de textures : la d&#233;licatesse du tofu, le relief de l&#8217;algue, l&#8217;onctuosit&#233; du bouillon. Le miso est le r&#233;sultat d&#8217;une fermentation lente, une transformation invisible. <strong>Un rituel simple qui est ma comfort food.</strong></p><p><strong>La Boutique | <a href="https://www.luckymiam.com/izrael-epicerie/">L&#8217;&#201;picerie Izra&#235;l</a> </strong>J&#8217;y vais depuis trente ans. <strong>C&#8217;est un mini bazar au c&#339;ur de Paris o&#249; les fronti&#232;res s&#8217;effacent totalement</strong>. &#192; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur, les odeurs du monde entier se m&#233;langent dans une atmosph&#232;re intense et myst&#233;rieuse. <strong>Les pays et les cultures se superposent sur les &#233;tag&#232;res charg&#233;es de bocaux, sans s&#233;paration nette.</strong> <strong>C&#8217;est, pour moi, un lieu de porosit&#233; absolue</strong>. J&#8217;aime y aller pour repartir avec des petits sacs remplis d&#8217;&#233;pices comme autant de tr&#233;sors.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h6>J&#8217;ai pris cette photo mercredi dernier dans le m&#233;tro &#224; Paris </h6><p></p><p><em>En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>9:45 AM, line 5. </strong>A man is holding the subway bar. My eyes, first drawn to his striped sweater, then move to his wrists. A classic steel watch on one side. On the other, <strong>two thin bracelets mixing materials, without really matching</strong>. It is a discreet way to adopt jewelry, <strong>far from old masculine rules.</strong> Without making a loud statement, he adopts an object long seen as feminine and naturally integrates it into his daily life. <strong>Just a changing habit.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>What this wrist tells us</strong></p><blockquote><p>Wearing several bracelets has long been a habit for women. Today, men are adopting this gesture. <strong><a href="https://www.trendhim.com/articles/2046/the-mens-guide-to-stacking-bracelets">This mix tells stories </a>, </strong> each item brings back a special moment, the opposite of a single, fixed piece of jewelry.</p><p>A cotton thread woven on a beach mixes with a bead from a trip and a metal chain. They come together for their emotional value, rather than for style. <strong>These bracelets are worn above all for the memories they bring back.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>A moving line between masculine and feminine</strong></p><blockquote><p>Historically, borrowing clothes from the opposite sex only went one way. <strong>For women,</strong> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousers_as_women%27s_clothing">adopting a masculine wardrobe</a></strong> : pants, the Chanel suit, or the Yves Saint Laurent tuxedo, <strong>was a way to gain authority and power.</strong> This movement is a century old. It has become so normal that we often forget that i<strong><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21329269">n France, the law banning women from wearing pants was only officially removed in 2013.</a></strong></p><p><strong>For men, adopting feminine codes has long been seen as superficial or purely decorative.</strong> That is why this movement is slower and more discreet: the two directions do not have the same social weight.</p><p><strong>Yet, </strong><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_fluidity#:~:text=Gender%20fluidity%20(commonly%20referred%20to,gender%20identity%20or%20gender%20expression.">gender fluidity</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_fluidity#:~:text=Gender%20fluidity%20(commonly%20referred%20to,gender%20identity%20or%20gender%20expression."> </a>is changing things today</strong>. This shift is visible on the runways with <em><strong>male casting</strong></em><strong> : meaning the choice to have male models wear feminine clothes and codes</strong>. We also see it in daily life <strong>through details like <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pleasing/">nail polish,</a> worn more and more by men</strong>. It shows that things are changing.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p><strong>The gesture without the word</strong></p><blockquote><p>It is i<strong>n grooming rituals that this transition is most striking. Beards have become a way to express oneself</strong>, with s<a href="https://www.gq.com/story/the-best-beard-kits-for-men">pecific oils, brushes, and products</a>. In reality, this detailed routine <strong>looks a lot like what women have always done with their skin.</strong></p><p>Today, men are investing in <em>skincare</em> products, and the narrative is changing. It is not presented as being vain, but as a sign of masculinity, authenticity, and character. <strong>Men borrow the gesture, the attention, and the time spent in front of the mirror, and wrap it in a masculine image.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vKTv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7892c0ff-fc2f-46c0-8c4e-7e7fb0681a31_1619x906.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vKTv!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The Book |</strong> <em><strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a13182806/Michel-Pastoureau-Le-Petit-livre-des-couleurs-Reedition">The History of Colors</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a13182806/Michel-Pastoureau-Le-Petit-livre-des-couleurs-Reedition"> by Michel Pastoureau</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a13182806/Michel-Pastoureau-Le-Petit-livre-des-couleurs-Reedition">.</a> This historian explains that <strong>the way we connect a color to a gender is a modern invention.</strong> In the Middle Ages and until the 19th century, <strong>blue was the color of the Virgin Mary and was seen as very feminine</strong>. On the other hand, <strong>pink was a &#8220;sub-red,&#8221; the color of warriors and power.</strong> It is an easy and truly fascinating book to read, perfect for <strong>realizing that masculine and feminine codes change with time.</strong></p><p><strong>The Product |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.driesvannoten.com/en-fr/collections/eaux-de-parfum?srsltid=AfmBOopwJQMuEXsMLZHJhRqqdgVYFSANS4D7nYRQ6DfG2ZKgqHei22es">Dries Van Noten perfume</a> bottles</strong>. I have often bought men&#8217;s perfumes. Not to provoke, but <strong>to find</strong> <strong>the dryness of wood and earth that was missing in women&#8217;s fragrances. </strong>In Dries Van Noten&#8217;s work: <strong>each bottle</strong> combines two materials: glass and porcelain, or wood and metal, to <strong>become a piece of ar</strong>t. My favorite perfume is <em><strong>Rosa Carnivora</strong></em><strong>: a rich rose designed in light and shadow, rooted in earth and vetiver. A true balance.</strong></p><p><strong>The Object |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.dinhvan.com/en_int/impression-small-cord-bracelet-314106.html">The Dinh Van cord bracelet.</a></strong> I have been wearing this bracelet for more than 20 years. <strong>Created by Jean Dinh Van in 1970, it was the very first piece of jewelry on a simple cord.</strong> He wanted to <strong>make jewelry easy to wear every day</strong>, far from traditional jewelry rules. What I love the most is its shape: a square that rounds off. Two different shapes coming together. I also love the idea that by simply changing the cord, you get a completely different bracelet. <strong>It is a discreet luxury, reduced to the essentials.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>. If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong> 9h45, ligne 5. </strong>Un homme tient la barre du m&#233;tro. Mon regard d&#8217;abord attir&#233; par son pull &#224; rayures, se pose ensuite sur <strong>ses poignets</strong>. Une montre classique en acier d&#8217;un c&#244;t&#233;. De l&#8217;autre, <strong>deux bracelets fins qui m&#233;langent des mati&#232;res, sans &#234;tre vraiment assortis</strong>. C&#8217;est une fa&#231;on discr&#232;te de s&#8217;approprier le bijou, <strong>loin des anciens codes masculins</strong>. Sans revendication bruyante, il adopte un objet longtemps cod&#233; comme f&#233;minin et l&#8217;int&#232;gre naturellement &#224; son quotidien. <strong>Juste une habitude qui change.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Ce que ce poignet raconte</strong></p><blockquote><p>Porter plusieurs bracelets a longtemps &#233;t&#233; une habitude f&#233;minine. Aujourd&#8217;hui, <strong>les hommes adoptent ce geste</strong>. Cette <strong><a href="https://conteenium.fr/top-10-des-bijoux-bracelets-homme-tendances/?__cf_chl_f_tk=5aabVQf1Oq1ranK5Mt2iYy0pSDwLNYPjHBtYVv7NekI-1783176797-1.0.1.1-teE5o3OEl472tXBNsP5E71xAMOrZPJ_cIoNH7DgD3eA">accumulation raconte des histoires</a></strong><a href="https://conteenium.fr/top-10-des-bijoux-bracelets-homme-tendances/?__cf_chl_f_tk=5aabVQf1Oq1ranK5Mt2iYy0pSDwLNYPjHBtYVv7NekI-1783176797-1.0.1.1-teE5o3OEl472tXBNsP5E71xAMOrZPJ_cIoNH7DgD3eA"> </a>: chaque &#233;l&#233;ment &#233;voque un instant particulier, &#224; l&#8217;oppos&#233; du bijou unique et fig&#233;.</p><p> Un fil de coton tress&#233; sur une plage c&#244;toie une perle rapport&#233;e de voyage et une cha&#238;ne en m&#233;tal. Ils s&#8217;assemblent pour leur <strong>valeur &#233;motionnelle</strong>, plut&#244;t que pour l&#8217;esth&#233;tique. <strong>Ces bracelets se portent avant tout pour les souvenirs qu&#8217;ils rappellen</strong>t.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Des fronti&#232;res qui s'effacent</strong></p><blockquote><p>Historiquement, emprunter les v&#234;tements du sexe oppos&#233; ne s'est fait que dans un seul sens. <strong>Pour les femmes, adopter le vestiaire masculin</strong>:  le pantalon, le tailleur Chanel ou le smoking d'Yves Saint Laurent &#233;tait un <strong>moyen de gagner de l&#8217;autorit&#233; et du pouvoi</strong>r. Ce mouvement a un si&#232;cle. Il est devenu si banal qu&#8217;on oublie souvent qu'e<strong>n France, <a href="https://www.lebonbon.fr/paris/societe/10-ans-les-femmes-etaient-autorisees-porter-pantalon/">la loi qui interdisait le pantalon aux femmes</a> n&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; <a href="https://www.senat.fr/questions/base/2012/qSEQ120700692.html">officiellement supprim&#233;e qu&#8217;en 2013</a>.</strong></p><p><strong>Pour les hommes, adopter des codes f&#233;minins a longtemps &#233;t&#233; per&#231;u comme futile ou purement d&#233;coratif</strong>. C&#8217;est pourquoi ce mouvement est plus lent et discret : les deux directions n&#8217;ont pas le m&#234;me poids social.</p><p>Pourtant, la tendance du <em><strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidit%C3%A9_de_genre">gender fluidity</a></strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidit%C3%A9_de_genre"> </a></em>change la donne aujourd&#8217;hui. Ce changement est visible sur les podiums avec le <em><strong>male casting</strong></em>, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire le choix de faire d&#233;filer des mannequins hommes qui adoptent des v&#234;tements et des codes f&#233;minins. On le voit aussi dans le quotidien &#224; travers des d&#233;tails comme <strong><a href="https://www.premiumbeautynews.com/fr/harry-styles-icone-d-une,19422">le vernis &#224; ongles, plus utilis&#233;  par les hommes</a></strong>. Cela montre que les choses changent.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p> <strong>Le geste sans le mot</strong></p><blockquote><p>C&#8217;est dans les <strong><a href="https://www.thebeautyanalyst.fr/2026/05/19/cosmetiques-pour-hommes-en-france-les-chiffres-cles-de-les-echos-etudes/">rituels de soin que cette transition est la plus frappante</a>.</strong> <strong>La barbe est devenue un terrain d&#8217;expression</strong>, avec ses huiles, ses brosses et ses produits d&#233;di&#233;s. En r&#233;alit&#233;, <strong>cette routine minutieuse ressemble beaucoup &#224; ce que les femmes font depuis toujours avec leur peau.</strong></p><p>Les hommes investissent aujourd&#8217;hui dans les produits <em>skincare</em>, et le discours change. On ne pr&#233;sente pas cela comme de la coquetterie, mais comme un signe de virilit&#233;, d&#8217;authenticit&#233; et de caract&#232;re. <strong>Les hommes empruntent le geste, l&#8217;attention et le temps pass&#233; devant le miroir, et l&#8217;habillent d&#8217;un imaginaire viril.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YBJk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2077496b-523f-418e-9f25-136f222722bd_1618x907.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YBJk!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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class="image-caption">caption...</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le Livre | <a href="https://www.fnac.com/a13182806/Michel-Pastoureau-Le-Petit-livre-des-couleurs-Reedition">L&#8217;histoire des couleurs de Michel Pastoureau</a>. </strong>Cet historien explique que notre fa&#231;on d&#8217;associer une couleur &#224; un genre est une invention moderne. <strong>Au Moyen-&#194;ge et jusqu&#8217;au XIXe si&#232;cl</strong>e, le b<strong>leu &#233;tait la couleur de la Vierge Marie et donc per&#231;u comme tr&#232;s f&#233;minin</strong>. &#192; l&#8217;inverse, <strong>le rose &#233;tait</strong> un &#8220;sous-rouge&#8221;, <strong>la couleur des guerriers et du pouvoi</strong>r. C&#8217;est un livre <strong>facile &#224; lire et vraiment passionnant,</strong> parfait pour r&#233;aliser que <strong>les codes du masculin et du f&#233;minin changent selon les &#233;poques.</strong></p><p><strong>Le Produit | <a href="https://www.driesvannoten.com/fr-fr/collections/fragrance?srsltid=AfmBOop57D8fxdyhZHgaCPwKJVDzrQcW7LUprKhODC73yI7a-pjUgB_7">Les flacons de parfum de Dries Van Noten</a></strong><a href="https://www.driesvannoten.com/fr-fr/collections/fragrance?srsltid=AfmBOop57D8fxdyhZHgaCPwKJVDzrQcW7LUprKhODC73yI7a-pjUgB_7">.</a> J&#8217;ai souvent achet&#233; des parfums masculins. Pas par provocation, mais pour y trouver la s&#233;cheresse du bois et de la terre qui manquait aux parfums f&#233;minins. C&#8217;est ce go&#251;t du contraste que j&#8217;aime chez Dries Van Noten : chaque flacon associe deux mati&#232;res : verre et porcelaine, ou bois et m&#233;tal, pour devenir un objet d&#8217;art. Mon parfum pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233; est <em>Rosa Carnivora</em> : une rose enveloppante travaill&#233;e en clair-obscur, ancr&#233;e dans la terre et le v&#233;tiver. Un vrai &#233;quilibre.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;Objet | <a href="https://www.dinhvan.com/en_int/impression-small-cord-bracelet-314106.html">Le bracelet cordon Dinh Van</a>. </strong>Je porte ce bracelet depuis plus de 20 ans. Imagin&#233; par Jean Dinh Van en 1970, c&#8217;est le tout premier bijou mont&#233; sur un simple cordon. Il voulait d&#233;mocratiser le bijou pour qu&#8217;on le porte tous les jours, loin des codes classiques de la joaillerie. Ce que j&#8217;aime le plus, c&#8217;est sa forme : ce carr&#233; qui s&#8217;arrondit. Deux formes diff&#233;rentes qui s&#8217;assemblent. J&#8217;aime aussi l&#8217;id&#233;e qu&#8217;en changeant simplement de cordon, on obtient un autre bracelet. C&#8217;est un luxe discret, r&#233;duit &#224; l&#8217;essentiel.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scenic Route]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life is not a straight line | La vie n'est pas une ligne droite]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-scenic-route</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-scenic-route</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 07:32:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SL8_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1013f843-712b-4e26-930f-d0769017e7da_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h6>J&#8217;ai pris cette photo mercredi  rue Hermel </h6><p></p><p><em> En fran&#231;ais plus bas.</em></p><p></p><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>The Silent Signal</strong></p><p><strong>4:15 PM, Rue Hermel.</strong> My life looks like this. Like this bright yellow pipe, sitting on the cobblestones. Like the pipe, it <strong>loops, spirals, knots,</strong> and starts again. For me, life has never been a straight line. It moves in its own way, with its <strong>detours and encounters</strong>, and I move along with it, keeping my eyes open to whatever comes next. <strong>As time goes by, I am no longer the only one moving this way.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>The zigzag, or the best way to move forward</strong></p><blockquote><p>People call it a <strong>zigzag career.</strong> A path that is not a straight line: it changes direction, hesitates, and sometimes goes backward. What would have been called a failure yesterday is seen today as a unique journey. <strong>In the 90s, Charles Handy</strong> was already talking about a <strong><a href="https://www.breakthetwitch.com/portfolio-life/">&#8220;portfolio life&#8221;</a></strong>: a life made of several activities that do not overlap but coexist. His idea remains true, perhaps now more than ever. On social media, <strong>stories of atypical lives are multiplying</strong>. People share their pivots or their setbacks. <strong>It is no longer shameful: it is an embraced story that is even valued.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Refocusing, or just stopping</strong></p><blockquote><p>Some leave an ascending career path and the accompanying burnout to refocus on long-neglected essentials: reading, gardening, making art, or just enjoying time passing without a specific goal.</p><p><strong>In China</strong>, <strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/">&#8220;color walking&#8221;</a></strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/"> </a>is becoming a ritual: a way of walking through a city by simply following one color. Another sign of this change in pace, also in China: young urbanites aged 25&#8211;30 are turning in large numbers to <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFbVpxk1ns/">birdwatching</a></strong>, far from the systematic optimization of their lives.</p><p>For others, inactivity embodies this shift. In the<a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-inactivity-due-to-illness-reaches-record/"> </a><strong><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-inactivity-due-to-illness-reaches-record/">UK, around 20% of working-age people do not work and are not looking for a job</a>.</strong> A third of them attribute it to a long-term illness, a rate never reached before the pandemic. Among 16-to-24-year-olds, 13.5% do not work and are not studying: the highest rate since 2013. <strong>In France, <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6686184">the situation is similar: 13.1% of 15-to-29-year-olds have no job and are not in education or training,</a> a number that is steadily increasing</strong>.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p></p><p><strong>A circle to grow together</strong></p><blockquote><p>For several years until 2021, I was part of a <strong>Mastermind group</strong> alongside f<strong>ive freelance women working in the creative industry: a graphic designer, an author, a designer.</strong>.. It showed me how <strong>none of us had a straight career path.</strong> We shared our <strong>questions, doubts, and resources; we supported each other and grew together.</strong> A co-creation by creative women. It was so rewarding that <strong>I am considering forming a new circle</strong>. If you are interested in the adventure, <strong><a href="mailto:poignantcecile@gmail.com?subject=mastermind%20new%20cercle%20">write to me</a>.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!df1p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9d7a6d7-4ff6-402a-832a-31ea1631a75a_1610x910.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!df1p!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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This is a free booklet to fill out that allows you to close the past year and start the next one. I have been doing this exercise for many years. It forces you to take the time to look at the path you have traveled. Each year, I am surprised to see everything I have done: it is always much more than what I spontaneously remembered.</p><p><strong>The Book |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom">It's Never Too Late to Bloom</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom">by Catherine Taret</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/livre-numerique/a15497193/Catherine-Taret-It-s-Never-Too-Late-to-Bloom">.</a> The title says it all: how some lives take more time than others to flower, and why that is perfectly fine. Perhaps you, too, are a "late bloomer"? Catherine was part of my Mastermind group, and she introduced me to this concept, which completely changes how we look at time..</p><p><strong>The Trip |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.nadiaembroidery.com/mexico-february-2027">Mexico with Nadia Albertini.</a></strong> A talented embroiderer, historian, and organizer of textile adventures, Nadia Albertini is also one of my best friends. Next year, she is organizing a trip to Mexico. It is an invitation to discover this country through the eyes of someone who truly loves it. She will guide you toward a secret and personal Mexico, meeting its artisans, traditions, and flavors.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>. If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong>16h15 rue Hermel </strong>Ma vie ressemble &#224; &#231;a. &#192; ce tuyau jaune vif, pos&#233; sur des pav&#233;s au fond du jardin. Comme lui, elle fait <strong>des</strong> <strong>boucles, des spirales, des noeuds</strong>, et elle repart. Pour moi, <strong>la vie n&#8217;est jamais une ligne droite</strong>. Elle avance &#224; sa fa&#231;on, avec ses d&#233;tours, ses rencontres et moi j&#8217;avance avec elle, les yeux ouverts sur ce qui arrive. <strong>Et je ne suis plus vraiment la seule &#224; bifurquer !</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Le zigzag ou la meilleure fa&#231;on d&#8217;avancer</strong></p><blockquote><p>On appelle cela <strong>une carri&#232;re en zigzags</strong>. Une trajectoire qui n&#8217;est pas en ligne droite : qui change de direction, h&#233;site et revient parfois en arri&#232;re. <strong>Ce que l&#8217;on aurait appel&#233; hier un &#233;chec est vu aujourd&#8217;hui comme un parcours singulier.</strong> Dans les ann&#233;es 90, <strong><a href="https://www.breakthetwitch.com/portfolio-life/">Charles Handy parlait d&#233;j&#224; de &#171; portfolio life &#187;</a></strong> : une vie faite de plusieurs activit&#233;s qui ne se superposent pas mais coexistent. Son id&#233;e reste juste, peut-&#234;tre m&#234;me plus que jamais. <strong>Sur les r&#233;seaux sociaux, les r&#233;cits de vie atypiques se multiplient.</strong> Les gens racontent leurs pivots ou leurs chutes. Ce n&#8217;est plus honteux : c&#8217;est <strong>un r&#233;cit assum&#233; qui est m&#234;me valoris&#233;.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Se recentrer ou juste s&#8217;arr&#234;ter</strong></p><blockquote><p>Certains quittent une trajectoire professionnelle ascendante et le burnout qui l&#8217;accompagne pour se recentrer sur des essentiels longtemps n&#233;glig&#233;s : la lecture, le jardinage, la pratique artistique ou juste appr&#233;cier le temps qui passe sans but pr&#233;cis.</p><p><strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/">En Chine, le &#171; colour walking &#187; devient un rituel</a></strong><a href="https://daoinsights.com/news/colour-walking-rednote-trend/"> </a>: une fa&#231;on de marcher dans une ville en suivant simplement une couleur. Autre signal de ce changement de rythme, toujours en Chine : <strong>les jeunes urbains de 25-30 ans se tournent massivement vers <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFbVpxk1ns/">l&#8217;observation des oiseaux</a>,</strong> loin de l&#8217;optimisation syst&#233;matique de leur vie.</p><p>Pour d&#8217;autres, <strong>l&#8217;inactivit&#233; incarne ce changement</strong>. <strong><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-update-inactivity-due-to-illness-reaches-record/">Au Royaume-Uni, environ 20 % des personnes en &#226;ge de travailler ne travaillent pas et ne cherchent pas d&#8217;emploi</a></strong>. Un tiers d&#8217;entre elles l&#8217;attribue &#224; une maladie de longue dur&#233;e, un taux jamais atteint avant la pand&#233;mie. Chez les 16-24 ans, 13,5 % ne travaillent pas et ne suivent pas d&#8217;&#233;tudes : le taux le plus &#233;lev&#233; depuis 2013. <strong><a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6686184">En France, le constat est similaire : 13,1 % des 15-29 ans n&#8217;ont pas d&#8217;emploi et ne suivent ni &#233;tudes ni formation</a>, un chiffre en augmentation constante.</strong></p><p></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Un cercle pour grandir ensemble</strong></p><blockquote><p>J&#8217;ai fait partie, pendant plusieurs ann&#233;es et jusqu&#8217;en 2021, <strong>d&#8217;un groupe Mastermind aux c&#244;t&#233;s de cinq femmes freelances qui travaillaient dans l&#8217;industrie cr&#233;ative : graphiste, auteur, designer</strong>... Cela m&#8217;a fait voir &#224; quel point <strong>aucune de nous n&#8217;avait un parcours rectiligne</strong>. Nous partagions nos questions, nos doutes et nos ressources ; nous nous soutenions et nous avons grandi ensemble. <strong>Une co-construction de femmes cr&#233;atives</strong>. C&#8217;&#233;tait tellement enrichissant que <strong>j&#8217;envisage de former un nouveau cercle. Si l&#8217;aventure vous int&#233;resse, <a href="mailto:poignantcecile@gmail.com?subject=mastermind%20nouveau%20cercle%20">&#233;crivez-moi.</a></strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9Gp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd68bf734-d580-478a-a6f7-870fc20e0ee3_1622x914.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9Gp!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>L&#8217;exercice |</strong> <strong><a href="https://yearcompass.com/fr/">Year Compass</a></strong><a href="https://yearcompass.com/fr/">.</a> C&#8217;est un petit carnet gratuit &#224; remplir, il permet de cl&#244;turer l&#8217;ann&#233;e &#233;coul&#233;e et d&#8217;entamer la suivante. Je fais cet exercice depuis de nombreuses ann&#233;es. Cela m&#8217;oblige &#224; prendre le temps de regarder le chemin parcouru. Chaque ann&#233;e, je suis surprise de voir tout ce que j&#8217;ai fait : c&#8217;est toujours beaucoup plus que ce dont je me souvenais spontan&#233;ment.</p><p><strong>Le livre |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a10488193/Catherine-Taret-Il-n-est-jamais-trop-tard-pour-eclore">Il n&#8217;est jamais trop tard pour &#233;clore de Catherine Taret.</a></strong><a href="https://www.fnac.com/a10488193/Catherine-Taret-Il-n-est-jamais-trop-tard-pour-eclore"> </a>Ce titre dit tout : comment certaines vies prennent plus de temps que d&#8217;autres pour fleurir, et pourquoi c&#8217;est tr&#232;s bien ainsi. Peut-&#234;tre &#234;tes-vous, vous aussi, un &#171; late bloomer &#187; ? Catherine faisait partie de mon groupe Mastermind, elle m&#8217;a fait d&#233;couvrir ce concept qui change totalement le regard que l&#8217;on porte sur le temps.</p><p><strong>Le voyage |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.nadiaembroidery.com/mexico-february-2027">Le Mexique avec Nadia Albertini</a></strong>. Brodeuse de talent, historienne et organisatrice d&#8217;aventures textiles, Nadia Albertini est aussi l&#8217;une de mes meilleures amies. L&#8217;ann&#233;e prochaine, elle organise un voyage au Mexique. C&#8217;est une invitation &#224; d&#233;couvrir ce pays &#224; travers le regard de quelqu&#8217;un qui l&#8217;aime v&#233;ritablement. Elle vous guidera vers un Mexique secret et personnel, &#224; la rencontre de ses artisans, de ses traditions et de ses saveurs.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Taste of Before]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nostalgie as shelter | La nostalgie comme refuge]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-taste-of-before</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-taste-of-before</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:30:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y5R1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed99a1d9-941f-430a-b0c1-a577388c5ea4_1044x1428.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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On the way, this window stopped me. Fringed lamps, stacked plates, an embroidered frame. Objects that belonged to someone. Paris is full of these places now. People say it is nostalgia. I think it is  more than that. We are not collecting. We are remembering. And then we make something new from what we found in the past.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>Nostalgia as friction</strong></p><blockquote><p>The <strong>return of second-hand shops, flea markets and record stores</strong> is not passive nostalgia. It is a <strong>deliberate pushback against the speed of the digital world.</strong></p><p>Against the smooth, interchangeable look of new things, the worn, repaired, found object carries <strong>proof of a life</strong>. A second-hand jacket has been lived in. A scratched vinyl has been loved. <strong>These imperfections become a value, almost an ethic.</strong></p><p>This movement is also creating new places. <strong><a href="https://www.cafecomets.fr/">Comets</a></strong> is at the same time a specialty coffee shop, a record store and a bookshop. This mix of trades under one roof recalls something familiar : <strong>the village grocery that was also a caf&#233;, a tobacco shop, a post office.</strong> A place you went to for several reasons, and where you always ended up talking to someone.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Forgotten vegetables, the revenge of taste</strong></p><blockquote><p>Jerusalem artichoke, parsnip, salsify, long Nice squash, kohlrabi, chioggia beetroot : varieties we thought were lost are coming back through <strong>organic farmers, curious chefs and<a href="https://amap-idf.org/"> local food networks</a>.</strong> They were never selected for mass production. <strong>They kept their genetic diversity, intact.</strong></p><p>This return says something else too. These &#171; war vegetables &#187;, once associated with shortage, are now called &#171; heritage &#187; or <strong><a href="https://theconversation.com/rutabaga-topinambour-ce-que-le-retour-des-legumes-oublies-dit-de-notre-rapport-a-lalimentation-276189">&#171; forgotten &#187;</a></strong>. The word changes, and with it, everything changes : <strong>scarcity becomes culture.</strong></p><p>People buy much more than a vegetable. <strong>They buy a story.</strong> And that is exactly what makes them desirable.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p></p><p><strong>The DIY Cyberdeck, nostalgia for a future that never happened</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ubeboobey">Annike Tan</a></strong>, 22, from London, followed by 260,000 people on TikTok, posts videos of her <strong><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/diy-cyberdecks-newest-analog-trend-taking-social-media">&#171; cyberdecks &#187;</a></strong> : computers built by hand, <strong>tucked into vintage clutch bags</strong>, wood, golden hardware, chips and wires. Result : 3.6 million views.</p><p><strong>This success says something precis</strong>e : <strong>a nostalgia for machines we understood,</strong> that we could open, repair, transform. Today it is <strong>women who are taking over this legacy</strong> and reinventing it with shells, gold, fantasy. A subculture of geeks becomes a craft, an aesthetic, and <strong>above all a statement</strong>..</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fpoq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffcd979b9-68e5-413b-9799-9614911fad60_1628x916.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fpoq!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffcd979b9-68e5-413b-9799-9614911fad60_1628x916.png 424w, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><p></p><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong> The book |</strong> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_(Ernaux_book)">The Years by Annie Ernaux</a></strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_(Ernaux_book)">.</a> A masterpiece where personal memory blends with objects, songs and the events of an era. <strong>A perfect read</strong> to feel the weight and texture of time passing.</p><p><strong>The sound |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNr9FBJhqQ">The 56k modem</a>.</strong> First the dial tone, then the numbers, then that long exchange : high-pitched whistles, static, frequencies rising and answering each other like two machines learning to talk. A living negotiation. And then silence. The connection was there. It felt like hearing the world open up.</p><p><strong>The smell |</strong> <strong><a href="https://orangina.co.uk/an-icon-is-born/">The Orangina bottle</a></strong><a href="https://orangina.co.uk/an-icon-is-born/">,</a> bought at the Miramar beach bar. We buried it in the sand to keep it cold, just the straw sticking out. When we drank, it was a mix of orange, sand on our lips, and the smell of sunscreen. <strong>The bottle was round, heavy, real. Summer had that texture.</strong></p><p><strong>The object |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.frenchcrossroads.com/p/why-bics-4-color-pen-is-a-french?hide_intro_popup=true">The Bic 4-colour pen</a></strong>. You pressed red, then blue, you tried to push two down at the same time. It never really worked, but you tried anyway. Black for notes, red for underlining, <strong>green for nothing, just because it was there.</strong> It clicked with a clean, satisfying sound.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>. If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong>12h30, rue Hermel.</strong> Je viens voir ma fille. En chemin, cette vitrine m&#8217;arr&#234;te. Des lampes &#224; franges, des assiettes empil&#233;es, un cadre brod&#233;. Tout ces objets ont appartenu &#224; quelqu&#8217;un. Paris est plein de ces endroits maintenant : fripes, vinyles, brocante On dit que c&#8217;est de la nostalgie. Je crois que c&#8217;est quelque chose de plus que &#231;a. On ne collectionne pas. On se souvient. Et on fabrique quelque chose de nouveau avec ce qui vient du pass&#233;. </p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>La nostalgie comme friction</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Le retour massif des friperies, des brocantes et des disquaires</strong> n&#8217;est pas une nostalgie passive, c&#8217;est <strong>une friction volontaire contre l&#8217;imm&#233;diatet&#233; du tout-num&#233;rique</strong> qui prend ses racines dans le pass&#233;.</p><p>Face &#224; l&#8217;esth&#233;tique lisse et interchangeable du neuf, l&#8217;objet us&#233;, r&#233;par&#233;, chin&#233; porte une preuve d&#8217;existence. Une veste de friperie a v&#233;cu. Un vinyle ray&#233; a &#233;t&#233; aim&#233;. <strong>Ces imperfections deviennent une valeur, presque une &#233;thique.</strong></p><p>Ce mouvement invente aussi de nouveaux lieux. <strong><a href="https://www.cafecomets.fr/">Comets </a></strong>est &#224; la fois caf&#233; de sp&#233;cialit&#233;, disquaire et librairie. Cette r&#233;union de m&#233;tiers sous un m&#234;me toit rappelle un lieu connu : <strong>l&#8217;&#233;picerie de village qui faisait aussi caf&#233;, bureau de tabac et poste.</strong> Un lieu o&#249; on allait pour plusieurs raisons, et o&#249; on finissait toujours par parler &#224; quelqu&#8217;un.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Les l&#233;gumes oubli&#233;s, la revanche du go&#251;t</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le topinambour, le panais, la scorson&#232;re, la courge longue de Nice, le chou-rave, la betterave chioggia : <strong>ces vari&#233;t&#233;s que l&#8217;on croyait perdues</strong> reviennent via les <strong><a href="https://amap-idf.org/">AMAP,</a></strong> les mara&#238;chers bio, les chefs curieux. Elles n&#8217;ont jamais &#233;t&#233; s&#233;lectionn&#233;es pour la standardisation. <strong>Elles ont conserv&#233; leur diversit&#233; g&#233;n&#233;tique, intacte.</strong></p><p>Ce retour dit aussi autre chose : ces &#171; l&#233;gumes de guerre &#187;, associ&#233;s &#224; la p&#233;nurie, deviennent &#171; anciens &#187; ou <strong><a href="https://www.frenchcrossroads.com/p/why-bics-4-color-pen-is-a-french?hide_intro_popup=true">&#171; oubli&#233;s </a>&#187;</strong>. Le mot change, et avec lui, tout change : la disette devient patrimoine.</p><p>On ach&#232;te bien plus qu&#8217;un l&#233;gume, <strong>on ach&#232;te une histoire.</strong> Et c&#8217;est pr&#233;cis&#233;ment ce qui les rend d&#233;sirables.</p><p></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le DIY Cyberdeck, nostalgie d&#8217;un futur qui n&#8217;a pas eu lieu</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ubeboobey">Annike Tan</a></strong>, 22 ans, Londonienne suivie par 260 000 personnes sur TikTok, poste des vid&#233;os de ses &#171;<a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/diy-cyberdecks-newest-analog-trend-taking-social-media"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/diy-cyberdecks-newest-analog-trend-taking-social-media">cyberdecks</a></strong><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/diy-cyberdecks-newest-analog-trend-taking-social-media"> </a>&#187; : des ordinateurs assembl&#233;s &#224; la main, <strong>gliss&#233;s dans des clutchs vintage</strong>, bois, quincaillerie dor&#233;e, puces et fils. R&#233;sultat : 3,6 millions de vues.</p><p><strong>Ce succ&#232;s dit quelque chose de pr&#233;cis : la nostalgie des machines qu&#8217;on comprenait</strong>, qu&#8217;on pouvait ouvrir, r&#233;parer, transformer. Ce sont <strong>les femmes qui s&#8217;emparent aujourd&#8217;hui de cet h&#233;ritage</strong> et le d&#233;tournent avec des coquillages, de la dorure, du fantasme. 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le livre |</strong> <strong>Les Ann&#233;es d&#8217;Annie Ernaux.</strong> Un chef-d&#8217;&#339;uvre o&#249; la m&#233;moire individuelle se m&#233;lange aux objets, aux chansons et aux &#233;v&#233;nements d&#8217;une &#233;poque<strong>. Une lecture parfaite</strong> pour ressentir le poids et la texture du temps qui passe.</p><p><strong>Le son |</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNr9FBJhqQ">Celui du modem 56k</a>.</strong> D&#8217;abord la tonalit&#233; t&#233;l&#233;phonique, puis les chiffres compos&#233;s, puis ce long &#233;change : sifflements aigus, gr&#233;sillements, fr&#233;quences qui montent et se r&#233;pondent comme deux machines qui apprennent &#224; se parler. Une n&#233;gociation sonore, presque vivante. Et puis le silence. La connexion &#233;tait l&#224;. On avait l&#8217;impression d&#8217;entendre le monde s&#8217;ouvrir.</p><p><strong>Lr gout  |</strong> <strong>La bouteille en verre d&#8217;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangina">Orangina</a></strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangina">,</a> achet&#233;e au bar de la plage de Miramar. On l&#8217;enterrait dans le sable pour la garder fra&#238;che, juste la paille d&#233;passait. Quand on buvait, c&#8217;&#233;tait un m&#233;lange du sucre de l&#8217;orange, du sable sur les l&#232;vres, et de l&#8217;odeur de la cr&#232;me solaire. La bouteille &#233;tait bomb&#233;e, lourde, r&#233;elle. <strong>L&#8217;&#233;t&#233; avait cette texture-l&#224;.</strong></p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet |</strong> <strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_4_couleurs">Le Bic 4 couleurs</a></strong>. On appuyait sur le rouge, sur le bleu, on essayait d&#8217;en enfoncer deux &#224; la fois, &#231;a ne marchait jamais vraiment, mais on r&#233;essayait quand m&#234;me. Le noir pour les cours, le rouge pour souligner, <strong>le vert pour rien</strong>, juste parce qu&#8217;il &#233;tait l&#224;. Il cliquait avec un son net et satisfaisant.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-Flux]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leaving the endless race | Quitter la course sans fin]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/off-flux</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/off-flux</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:30:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQtX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba262843-3f0c-463a-bb7a-1f4016cd5def_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I walked past it every day without really seeing it. And this morning, I saw it, for real. Its roots have grown, white and fragile. It took all the time it needed, completely indifferent to my pace, to my hectic schedule. A reminder that slowness is becoming rare.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>Doing nothing </strong></p><blockquote><p>Idleness, rest, slowness, <em>farniente</em>&#8212;there are many words for inaction, and most of them make people uncomfortable. Resting to be more efficient tomorrow is acceptable. <strong>Idleness, however, rejects any idea of productivity.</strong> That is why it scares people, and why it becomes political: what can you sell to someone who just wants to do nothing? Nothing.</p><p>In Italian, <em>farniente</em> is perfect: doing nothing. It is an hour spent watching the rain, a thought followed without a goal. <strong>Capitalism has nothing to offer to someone looking at the sky, and that is precisely the problem.</strong> Urban spaces confirm this: <a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/">public benches are disappearing</a> from cities to prevent people from stopping, lingering, and existing without consuming.</p><p><strong>Defending idleness is a deliberate choice to stay free.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>New rituals</strong></p><blockquote><p>Faced with the culture of permanent effort, part of the new generation is redefining its priorities. The intention is clear: no longer defining oneself only by performance. <strong>What we do with our free time matters as much as what we do at the office</strong>. This need to slow down is changing our spaces. In Paris, many caf&#233;s now ban laptops. They are becoming places to pause and meet people again, rather than temporary offices.</p><p>In this context, the <strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5770532/screen-free-analog-bags">&#8220;analog bag&#8221;</a></strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5770532/screen-free-analog-bags"> </a>appears. A bag that contains neither a tablet nor a charger. It is filled with carefully chosen objects: a paper planner, yarn for crocheting, a sketchbook, pencils, a book, crossword puzzles. A conscious choice to find one&#8217;s own pace and use one&#8217;s hands, far from digital flows.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p><strong>The patience of mail</strong></p><blockquote><p>The need for slowness is bringing back a gesture we thought had disappeared: handwriting. All over the world, <strong><a href="https://creativelivesinprogress.com/articles/snail-mail-club-us">snail mail clubs</a></strong> are forming to break away from the immediacy of screens. In one year, <strong>Google searches for &#8220;snail mail club&#8221; jumped by 700%</strong>. People pay about ten dollars a month to receive a handwritten envelope filled with hand-picked items: an illustrated card, an invitation to write, a handcrafted print.</p><p>Sending a letter is not just about choosing beautiful paper; it is about accepting the wait. <strong>We rediscover a taste for the delay,</strong> the time it takes for ink to dry, the uncertainty of the answer. This pause in time brings depth and rarity back to our exchanges.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong> The still sanctuary</strong></p><blockquote><p>This slowing down finds an unexpected echo in the <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/la_vie_au_cimetiere/?hl=en">P&#232;re-Lachaise cemetery.</a></strong> Beno&#238;t Gallot, its curator, has been documenting the return of wild nature to the heart of Paris for a few years. In this 43-hectare space, the end of pesticides and the calm of lockdowns allowed <strong>a new ecosystem to settle</strong>. Wild grass grows between the graves, about sixty bird species nest here, and foxes cross the pathways at dusk. <strong>This place we thought was frozen has become a refuge for a biodiversity that follows its own calendar, far from the hustle of the city.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1NLq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbd38c37-699d-4da0-894d-ee5fa913d040_1613x910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1NLq!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong> The film |</strong> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Straight_Story">The Straight Story</a></em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Straight_Story"> by David Lynch</a>. One of the most poetic movies I know. An old man crosses the United States on his lawnmower, a huge journey at a snail&#8217;s pace.</p><p><strong>The podcast |</strong><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/"> </a><em><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">Hurry Slowly</a></em><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">, episode &#8220;Who Are You Without the Doing?&#8221; </a>by Jocelyn K. Glei. A 2018 episode that I still recommend. <strong>A simple and unsettling question: who are you when you produce nothing?</strong> It has never really left me. <strong>In a world that confuses value with activity, giving oneself the right to exist without doing anything remains a radical act.</strong></p><p><strong>The place |</strong> The <em><a href="https://papierroyal.com/fr">Papier Royal</a></em><a href="https://papierroyal.com/fr"> </a>boutique, under the arcades of the Palais-Royal. After the success and sale of <em>Officine Universelle Buly</em>, Ramdane Touhami imagined a space dedicated <strong>to fine stationery.</strong> At the heart of the project: a printing workshop that uses traditional hand-press printing techniques <strong>saved just in time from disappearing</strong>. An artisanal slowness passed from hand to hand, <strong>against acceleration.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>. If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p><strong>7h30, rue Garnier. </strong>Cette bouture est sur mon &#233;tag&#232;re depuis plusieurs semaines. Je passe devant elle tous les jours sans vraiment la voir. Et ce matin, je l&#8217;ai vue, pour de vrai. Ses racines ont pouss&#233;, blanches et fragiles. Elle a pris le temps qu&#8217;il lui fallait, indiff&#233;rente &#224; mon rythme, &#224; mes urgences. Un rappel que la lenteur se fait rare. </p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>Le temps de ne rien faire</strong></p><blockquote><p>L&#8217;oisivet&#233;, le repos, la lenteur, le farniente, les mots sont nombreux pour d&#233;signer l&#8217;inaction, et la plupart d&#233;rangent. Se reposer, si c&#8217;est pour &#234;tre plus efficace demain, c&#8217;est acceptable. <strong>L&#8217;oisivet&#233;, elle, refuse toute id&#233;e de rendement.</strong> C&#8217;est l&#224; qu&#8217;elle fait peur, et qu&#8217;elle devient politique: que vendre &#224; quelqu&#8217;un qui veut juste ne rien faire ? Rien.</p><p>En italien, le farniente est parfait : <em>faire rien</em>. C&#8217;est l&#8217;heure pass&#233;e &#224; regarder la pluie, la pens&#233;e qu&#8217;on suit sans but. <strong>Le capitalisme n&#8217;a rien &#224; proposer &#224; celui qui regarde le ciel, et c&#8217;est pr&#233;cis&#233;ment le probl&#232;me</strong>. L&#8217;espace urbain le confirme :<a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/"> </a><strong><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/">les bancs publics disparaissent</a></strong><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/"> </a>des villes pour emp&#234;cher de s&#8217;arr&#234;ter, de tra&#238;ner, d&#8217;exister sans consommer.</p><p><strong>D&#233;fendre l&#8217;oisivet&#233;, c&#8217;est choisir d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;ment de rester libre.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Les nouveaux rituels</strong></p><blockquote><p>Face &#224; la culture de l&#8217;effort permanent, une partie de la nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration red&#233;finit ses priorit&#233;s. L&#8217;intention est claire : ne plus se d&#233;finir uniquement par la performance. <strong>Le temps libre compte d&#233;sormais autant que le temps pass&#233; au bureau.</strong> Ce besoin de ralentir transforme nos lieux de vie. &#192; Paris, de nombreux caf&#233;s interdisent d&#233;sormais les ordinateurs portables. Ils redeviennent des lieux de pause et de rencontre, plut&#244;t que des bureaux de transition.</p><p>C&#8217;est dans ce contexte qu&#8217;appara&#238;t l&#8217;&#8221;<em><strong><a href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinfo/podcasts/l-oeil-de-constance/l-oeil-de-constance-du-mercredi-21-janvier-2026-2126806">analog bag</a>&#8221;</strong></em>. Un sac qui ne contient ni tablette ni chargeur. Il est rempli d&#8217;objets choisis : un agenda papier, du fil &#224; crocheter, un carnet de croquis, des crayons, un livre, des mots crois&#233;s. Un choix conscient pour <strong>retrouver son rythme, et l&#8217;usage de ses mains, loin des flux num&#233;riques.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><blockquote><p><strong>La patience du courrier</strong></p><p>Le besoin de lenteur r&#233;habilite un geste que l&#8217;on croyait disparu : l&#8217;&#233;criture manuscrite. Partout dans le monde, des clubs de courrier postal se cr&#233;ent pour rompre avec l&#8217;imm&#233;diatet&#233; des &#233;crans. En un an, les <strong>recherches Google pour <a href="https://www.roquette-studio.com/blog/la-tendance-du-snail-mail-club">&#8220;snail mail club&#8221; </a>ont bondi de 700 %.</strong> On paie environ dix dollars par mois pour recevoir une enveloppe manuscrite, garnie d&#8217;objets choisis &#224; la main : une carte illustr&#233;e, une invitation &#224; &#233;crire, un imprim&#233; artisanal. Envoyer une lettre, ce n&#8217;est pas seulement choisir un beau papier, c&#8217;est accepter d&#8217;attendre. On retrouve le go&#251;t du d&#233;lai, le temps de l&#8217;encre, l&#8217;incertitude de la r&#233;ponse. Cette parenth&#232;se temporelle redonne de la profondeur et de la raret&#233; &#224; nos &#233;changes.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le sanctuaire immobile</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ce ralentissement trouve un &#233;cho inattendu au <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/la_vie_au_cimetiere/?hl=en">P&#232;re-Lachaise</a></strong>. Beno&#238;t Gallot, son conservateur, documente depuis quelques ann&#233;es <strong>le retour d&#8217;une nature sauvage au c&#339;ur de Paris.</strong> Dans ce domaine de 43 hectares, l&#8217;arr&#234;t des pesticides et le calme des confinements ont laiss&#233; s&#8217;installer un nouvel &#233;cosyst&#232;me. Les herbes folles poussent entre les tombes, une soixantaine d&#8217;esp&#232;ces d&#8217;oiseaux y nichent, des renards traversent les all&#233;es au cr&#233;puscule. Ce lieu que l&#8217;on croyait fig&#233; est devenu un refuge pour une biodiversit&#233; qui suit son propre calendrier, loin de l&#8217;agitation de la ville.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HiSq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdde94802-2611-4732-8585-2ff9cb12438c_1613x910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HiSq!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le film |</strong> <em><strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_histoire_vraie_(film,_1999)">Une histoire vraie</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_histoire_vraie_(film,_1999)"> de David Lynch</a></strong>. L&#8217;un des films les plus po&#233;tiques que je connaisse. Un vieil homme traverse les &#201;tats-Unis sur sa tondeuse &#224; gazon, <strong>un voyage immense &#224; pas de tortue</strong>.</p><p><strong>Le podcast</strong> <strong>| </strong><em><strong><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">Hurry Slowly</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://hurryslowly.co/203-jocelyn-k-glei/">,</a></strong> &#233;pisode <strong>&#8220;Who Are You Without the Doing ?&#8221;</strong> de Jocelyn K. Glei. Un &#233;pisode de 2018 que je continue de recommander. Une question simple et d&#233;rangeante : qui &#234;tes-vous quand vous ne produisez rien ? Elle ne m&#8217;a jamais vraiment quitt&#233;. Dans un monde qui confond valeur et activit&#233;, <strong>s&#8217;accorder le droit d&#8217;exister sans rien faire reste un acte radical.</strong></p><p> <strong>Le lieu</strong> <strong>| </strong>La boutique <strong><a href="https://papierroyal.com/fr">Papier Royal,</a></strong> sous les arcades du Palais-Royal. Apr&#232;s le succ&#232;s et la revente de l&#8217;Officine Universelle Buly, Ramdane Touhami a imagin&#233; un espace d&#233;di&#233; &#224; la haute papeterie. Au c&#339;ur du projet : un atelier d&#8217;impression qui pratique <strong>des techniques sauv&#233;es de justesse de leur disparition</strong> comme le timbrage au balancier. Une <strong>lenteur artisanale</strong> transmise de main en main, <strong>&#224; rebours de l&#8217;acc&#233;l&#233;ration.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Water Ritual ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ordinary becomes precious | L'ordinaire devient pr&#233;cieux]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-water-ritual</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-water-ritual</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:30:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cVYF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56fb21f0-e7a3-47b8-bcd0-559cb39ec2f2_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h6>J&#8217;ai pris cette photo chez <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nadinecoffeeshop/">Nadine</a>, un charmant coffee shop, rue de Tr&#233;taigne &#224; Paris. </h6><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>4:30 PM, rue de Tr&#233;taigne.</strong> A wooden tray holds my iced tea and a Duralex glass of water . Transparent, robust, familiar. <strong>Free tap water</strong> at the caf&#233; is still a given. But for how long? Heatwaves are setting in, resources are becoming scarce. In a country where we wash with drinking water, what is ordinary today will become precious tomorrow.</p><p><strong>This glass of water is already a luxury.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>From free carafes to micro-filtered water</strong></p><blockquote><p>The traditional glass of water, once automatically served at the counter with a coffee, has sometimes become a point of friction. While <strong>a free carafe of water remains a legal requirement</strong> in <a href="https://eatlikethefrench.com/drinking-water-in-paris/">French restaurants</a>, It is undergoing a radical change. </p><p>To avoid heavy logistics, weight, and storing glass water bottles while keeping their margins, <strong>Parisian restaurants are adopting on-site micro-filtration systems</strong>. The argument sends a strong ecological signal: zero truck transport, no glass to recycle, and a good carbon footprint. Parisian tap water, filtered and carbonated on-site, is served in carafes.</p><p><strong>Ordinary water becomes a premium local ritual.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The water bottle: from utility to status symbol</strong></p><blockquote><p>The <strong><a href="https://www.marketdataforecast.com/market-reports/europe-reusable-water-bottle-market">reusable water</a> bottle</strong> has definitely left the hiking backpack to t<strong>ake over our daily lives</strong>. From open spaces to student lecture halls, it sits at the center of tables as a totem of design and belonging. Today, bringing a disposable <strong>plastic bottle</strong> to a meeting or a class can be seen as <strong>a social faux pas, a symbol of the world before.</strong></p><p><strong>The water bottle has become a political object</strong>, showing our entry into a culture of visible hydration: the container now matters as much as the content, and the object displays our values.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Water in the city: from swimming to street fountains</strong></p><blockquote><p>The way we experience water in the city is changing. <strong>Traditional public pools are closing because of energy and technical costs</strong>, even the beautiful <a href="https://www.parisselectbook.com/en/2026/04/14/piscine-josephine-baker-in-paris-the-legendary-floating-pool-closes-for-good-after-20-years-on-the-seine/">Jos&#233;phine Baker floating pool.</a></p><p>With high temperatures, the search for freshness goes straight to the streets and breaks the rules: <strong>taking over urban space becomes spontaneous</strong>. It looks like <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY7VVOyskDe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">kids diving into the Canal Saint-Martin</a></strong> or street pooling, where fire hydrants are redirected to create street fountains. 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The place | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_Fountain">The M&#233;dicis Fountain </a>at the Jardin du Luxembourg</strong>: A refuge of freshness. A long pool of dark, calm water, surrounded by ivy and shaded by tall trees. I sit on a green chair right by the water to watch the reflections of the sky and leaves. A ritual of pure contemplation to escape the overheating streets.</p><p><strong>The object | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chillys">My Chilly&#8217;s water bottle</a></strong>: My faithful companion for a very long time. Small, it slips easily into my bag and goes with me absolutely everywhere: to class, to meetings, on the train, or on trips. I have the stainless steel model. Its weight and the metallic sound of its cap have become so familiar to me.</p><p><strong>The ritual | The balcony iced tea</strong>: Picking a few mint leaves directly from the balcony. Letting them infuse in cold water overnight in the fridge. Served the next day with ice cubes in a<a href="https://www.duralexusa.com/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.duralexusa.com/">Duralex</a></strong> glass, this homemade drink is one of my favorites.</p><p><strong>The service | <a href="https://www.eutouring.com/map_drinking_water_fountains_paris.html">The sparkling water fountains of Paris</a></strong>: An almost surreal public service. Paris is one of the few cities to offer free cold, sparkling water right in the street (like at the Jardin de Reuilly or on the banks of the Seine). Locals wait patiently with their glass bottles to fill up on public bubbles.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>.If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>16h30, rue de Tr&#233;taigne.</strong> Un joli plateau en bois  contient mon th&#233; glac&#233; et un verre d&#8217;eau dans un Duralex. Transparent, robuste, familier. <strong>L&#8217;eau claire et gratuite au caf&#233; reste encore une &#233;vidence</strong>. <strong>Mais pour combien de temps ?</strong> Les canicules s&#8217;installent, les ressources se rar&#233;fient. Dans un pays o&#249; l&#8217;on se lave &#224; l&#8217;eau potable, ce qui est ordinaire aujourd&#8217;hui deviendra pr&#233;cieux demain. </p><p><strong>Ce verre d&#8217;eau est d&#233;j&#224; un luxe.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p><strong>De la carafe gratuite &#224; l&#8217;eau microfiltr&#233;e</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le traditionnel verre d&#8217;eau, autrefois servi automatiquement au comptoir avec un caf&#233;, est devenu parfois un point de friction. Si <strong>la carafe d&#8217;eau gratuite reste une obligation l&#233;gale dans les restaurants fran&#231;ais,</strong> elle subit une mutation radicale. Pour s&#8217;affranchir de la logistique pesante, du poids et du stockage des bouteilles d&#8217;eau en verre tout en conservant leurs marges, <strong>les tables parisiennes d&#233;ploient <a href="https://uae.fr/jetraitemoneau/leau-filtree-dans-les-cafes-et-restaurants/">des syst&#232;mes de microfiltration sur place</a>.</strong></p><p>L&#8217;argument envoie un signal &#233;cologique fort : z&#233;ro transport par camion, pas de verre &#224; recycler et un bon bilan carbone. L&#8217;eau du robinet parisien, filtr&#233;e et gaz&#233;ifi&#233;e sur place, est servie dans des carafes.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;eau ordinaire devient un rituel local et pr&#233;cieux.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>La gourde: de l&#8217;utilitaire au statutaire</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/03/22/journee-mondiale-de-leau-voici-pourquoi-il-est-temps-de-troquer-la-sempiternelle-bouteille-deau-en-plastique-contre-une-gourde-11080937.php#:~:text=Cela%20fait%20d%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20plusieurs%20ann%C3%A9es,ne%20vous%20quitte%20plus%20%3F">La gourde</a></strong> a d&#233;finitivement quitt&#233; le sac de randonn&#233;e pour investir notre quotidien. Des open spaces aux amphith&#233;&#226;tres d&#8217;&#233;tudiants, elle s&#8217;est install&#233;e au centre des tables comme un objet tot&#233;mique de design et un signe d&#8217;appartenance. <strong>Aujourd&#8217;hui, sortir une bouteille en plastique jetable en r&#233;union ou en plein cours peut &#234;tre per&#231;u comme un faux pas social</strong>, un symbole du monde d&#8217;avant.</p><p><strong>La gourde est devenue un objet politique</strong>, qui mat&#233;rialise l&#8217;entr&#233;e dans une culture ostentatoire de l&#8217;hydratation : le contenant compte d&#233;sormais autant que le contenu, et l&#8217;objet affiche nos valeurs. </p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;eau en libert&#233; : de la baignade libre aux fontaines improvis&#233;es</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Notre fa&#231;on de vivre l&#8217;eau dans la ville est en pleine mutation</strong>. Les piscines municipales traditionnelles ferment leurs portes face aux co&#251;ts &#233;nerg&#233;tiques et techniques, m&#234;me la tr&#232;s belle <a href="https://www.sortiraparis.com/actualites/a-paris/articles/343770-la-piscine-josephine-baker-a-paris-va-fermer-definitivement-ses-portes-fin-de-la-piscine-flottante">piscine Jos&#233;phine Baker</a>. </p><p><strong>La qu&#234;te de fra&#238;cheur descend dans les rues</strong> et s&#8217;affranchit des r&#232;gles. Avec les fortes chaleurs, la r&#233;appropriation de l&#8217;espace urbain devient spontan&#233;e. Ce sont <strong>l<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY7VVOyskDe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">es plongeons des gamins dans le Canal Saint-Martin</a></strong> ou le street pooling, ces bouches d&#8217;incendie d&#233;tourn&#233;es pour improviser des fontaines de rue. </p><p>Face &#224; la fracture thermique, l&#8217;eau n&#8217;est plus seulement une commodit&#233; g&#233;r&#233;e par la municipalit&#233;, elle est r&#233;investie par <strong>les habitants comme une ressource de survie</strong>.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iVbW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F804e0fd3-79d6-4455-9219-e893e1679f85_1758x998.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Un long bassin d&#8217;eau sombre et calme, bord&#233; de lierre et ombrag&#233; par les grands arbres. Je m&#8217;installe sur une chaise verte juste au bord de l&#8217;eau pour regarder les reflets du ciel et des feuilles. Un rituel de contemplation pour &#233;chapper &#224; la surchauffe du bitume.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chillys">Ma gourde Chilly&#8217;s</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chillys"> </a>: Mon alli&#233;e fid&#232;le depuis tr&#232;s longtemps. Petite, elle se glisse facilement dans mon sac et m&#8217;accompagne absolument partout : en cours, en r&#233;union, dans le train ou en voyage. J&#8217;ai le mod&#232;le en acier inoxydable. Son poids et le bruit m&#233;tallique de son bouchon me sont devenus tellement familiers.</p><p><strong>Le rituel | La tisane glac&#233;e du balcon</strong> : Cueillir quelques feuilles de menthe directement sur son balcon. Les laisser infuser &#224; froid toute la nuit au r&#233;frig&#233;rateur dans une grande carafe d'eau. Servie le lendemain avec des gla&#231;ons dans un verre <strong><a href="https://www.duralex.com/">Duralex</a></strong>, cette boisson maison est une de mes pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233;es.</p><p><strong>Le service |<a href="https://www.carnetsdeweekends.fr/voici-lemplacement-8-fontaines-deau-petillante-gratuites-de-paris/"> Les fontaines &#224; eau p&#233;tillante de Paris</a></strong> : Un service public presque surr&#233;aliste. Paris est l&#8217;une des rares villes &#224; proposer gratuitement de l&#8217;eau fra&#238;che... et p&#233;tillante, directement dans la rue (comme au Jardin de Reuilly ou sur les quais de Seine). Les habitu&#233;s patientent avec leurs bouteilles en verre pour faire le plein de bulles.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next-Door Shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[The return to the local | Le retour au local]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-next-door-shift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-next-door-shift</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 07:31:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hLv3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0110fdac-fc95-4fb8-aeb9-9b1f3e29b88d_2425x3432.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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No hesitation, just regulars who know exactly where they are going: the woman selling cherry tomatoes, the child pulling his mother&#8217;s sleeve, a young couple, not fully awake, looking at the asparagus. They could have ordered everything online. They chose to come here. They are not just grocery shopping, they are following a ritual.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p><strong>The ritual of inefficiency</strong></p><blockquote><p>40 minutes to buy three vegetables when Amazon Prime can deliver them in two hours. This is a deliberate choice for &#8220;friction&#8221;: a conversation with the farmer, a coffee on a terrace&#8230; This is not nostalgia. It is a philosophy of time, built against constant optimization.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The neighborhood as a new territory</strong></p><blockquote><p>In Paris, something is happening in old factories and abandoned railway halls. Forgotten spaces are becoming laboratories for a new way of living together.</p><p>Whether it is <strong><a href="https://www.lagrandecoco.org/">La Grande Coco</a></strong><a href="https://www.lagrandecoco.org/"> </a>(20th district) or <strong><a href="https://le-tlm.fr/">Le TLM</a></strong> (19th district), these spaces are used for many things informally. It is a national trend: there are now <a href="https://francetierslieux.fr/">more than 3,500 &#8220;third places&#8221; (community spaces) in France</a>. </p><p>After Carlos Moreno's "15-minute city," the focus is shifting to <strong><a href="https://www.rocagallery.com/articles/the-one-minute-city">Dan Hill's "1-minute city"</a></strong>: reclaiming the <strong>street as a direct extension of our home</strong>. The neighborhood is no longer just a place you cross between the subway and your sofa. It is<a href="https://secretsofparis.com/entertainment/paris-tiers-lieu-third-spaces/"> becoming a territory to live in</a>.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The antidote to global anxiety</strong></p><blockquote><p>This return to local life is not an accident. <strong><a href="https://en.hespress.com/67196-more-than-80-of-french-people-are-worried-about-countrys-future.html">80% of French people say they are worried</a></strong>. When the global world brings anxiety, what is close brings comfort. We cannot fix the planet, but we can know our local farmer and support the cafe at the corner of the street that became our headquarters.This is what sociologist <strong><a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/books">Eric Klinenberg</a></strong> calls &#8216;social infrastructure&#8217; in his book <em>Palaces for the People.</em></p><p><strong>Proximity is now the most comforting level of action</strong>. These small gestures are acts of soft resistance against feeling helpless.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Micro-citizenship</strong></p><blockquote><p>We used to celebrate the nomadic hyper-connected 'citizen of the world.' Today, value is moving toward being rooted. This micro-citizenship is built through sharing knowledge: people in their 30s connect with older people in <strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/reparer-plutot-que-jeter-toutes-les-adresses-et-nos-bons-plans-25477">repair cafes</a></strong> to learn how to fix things or garden. This is not about being sentimental, it is about resilience. </p><p><strong>Being very close is now a structural norm</strong>. 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The Book | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Train_(book)">M Train</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Train_(book)"> by Patti Smith</a></strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_Train_(book)"> </a> My manifesto for wandering. A unique book, very sensitive and sincere, illustrated with black and white photos by the artist. She shares her rituals: always sitting at the same table, in the same neighborhood cafe, and watching the regulars. A story that changes daily routine into poetry and makes you want to sit at the cafe downstairs with a notebook.</p><p><strong>The Object | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/">The burlap tote bag</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/"> </a>My essential item for shopping at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/">Miyam</a>. A neighborhood grocery store that offers fresh and cooked food, straight from the producers and without chemical treatments. Carrying this bag means choosing to slow down and connect to the local community.</p><p><strong>The Place | <a href="https://desireefleurs.fr/">D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs</a></strong> I do not live in this neighborhood, so I go out of my way to visit. Especially for the peony season, which feels like a beautiful promise. D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs works only with French flower growers who are visited and tracked. I walk in for a bouquet of flowers, and I want to buy everything.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>.If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>9h00 place d&#8217;Aligre.</strong> Le march&#233; bat son plein. Pas d&#8217;h&#233;sitation, juste des habitu&#233;s qui savent exactement o&#249; ils vont : la dame qui vend les tomates cerises, l&#8217;enfant qui tire sur la manche de sa m&#232;re, ce jeune couple pas vraiment r&#233;veill&#233; devant les asperges. Ils auraient pu tous commander en ligne. Ils ont choisi de venir. Ils ne font pas des courses, ils accomplissent un rituel.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>Le rituel de l&#8217;inefficacit&#233;</strong></p><blockquote><p>40 minutes pour acheter trois l&#233;gumes alors qu&#8217;Amazon Prime les livre en deux heures. Ce qui se passe ici, c&#8217;est un choix d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233; de friction : une conversation avec le mara&#238;cher, un caf&#233; bu en terrasse&#8230; Ce n&#8217;est pas de la nostalgie, c&#8217;est une philosophie du temps qui se construit en r&#233;action &#224; l&#8217;optimisation permanente.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le quartier comme nouveau territoire</strong></p><blockquote><p>&#192; Paris, quelque chose se passe dans les friches industrielles et les anciennes halles ferroviaires. <strong>Des espaces laiss&#233;s pour compte deviennent</strong> <strong>les laboratoires d&#8217;un nouveau vivre-ensemble.</strong></p><p>Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agisse de <strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/bienvenue-a-la-grande-coco-le-tiers-lieu-qui-reinvente-la-ville-et-un-peu-la-vie-33267">la Grande Coco</a></strong> dans le 20&#176; ou du <strong><a href="https://le-tlm.fr/">TLM dans le 19&#176;</a></strong>, une polyfonctionnalit&#233; informelle s&#8217;installe. C&#8217;est un ph&#233;nom&#232;ne national on recense aujourd&#8217;hui <strong><a href="https://francetierslieux.fr/">plus de 3 500 tiers-lieux en France</a>.</strong> </p><p>Apr&#232;s la &#171; ville du quart d&#8217;heure &#187; de Carlos Moreno, la r&#233;flexion s'oriente vers la &#171; ville de la minute &#187; de <strong><a href="https://www.rocagallery.com/articles/the-one-minute-city">Dan Hill</a></strong><a href="https://www.rocagallery.com/articles/the-one-minute-city"> </a>: une <strong>r&#233;appropriation de la rue</strong> comme extension directe de chez soi. Le quartier n&#8217;est plus un lieu de passage entre le m&#233;tro et le canap&#233;. Il redevient un territoire &#224; habiter. </p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;antidote &#224; l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233; globale</strong></p><blockquote><p>Ce retour vers le local n&#8217;est pas un hasard, <strong><a href="https://www.ifop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/enjeux-climatiques-allianz-ifop_presse-0112_v2.pdf">80 % des Fran&#231;ais se disent inquiets</a></strong> et, quand le global angoisse, le proche rassure. On ne peut pas r&#233;parer la plan&#232;te, mais on peut conna&#238;tre son mara&#238;cher et soutenir le caf&#233; du coin de la rue qui est devenu un QG. </p><p>C&#8217;est ce que le sociologue <strong><a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/books">Eric Klinenberg</a></strong><a href="https://www.ericklinenberg.com/books"> </a>appelle les <strong>&#171; infrastructures sociales &#187;</strong> dans son livre <em>Palaces for the People</em> pour d&#233;signer ces espaces partag&#233;s.</p><p><strong><a href="http://tps://lobsoco.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LObSoCo_Observatoire-de-la-proximite_Communique-de-presse.pdf">La proximit&#233;</a></strong><a href="http://tps://lobsoco.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LObSoCo_Observatoire-de-la-proximite_Communique-de-presse.pdf"> </a><strong>est devenue le niveau d&#8217;action le plus rassurant.</strong> Ce sont des petits gestes comme autant d&#8217;actes de r&#233;sistance douce contre l&#8217;impuissance.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>La micro-citoyennet&#233;</strong></p><blockquote><p>Apr&#232;s avoir encens&#233; le citoyen du monde nomade et hyper-connect&#233;, la valeur se d&#233;place vers l&#8217;ancrage. Cette <strong>micro-citoyennet&#233;</strong> se construit dans la transmission : des trentenaires s&#8217;allient aux personnes &#226;g&#233;es dans les<a href="https://www.academie.repaircafeparis.fr/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.academie.repaircafeparis.fr/">repair caf&#233;s</a></strong> pour apprendre &#224; r&#233;parer ou jardiner. Ce n&#8217;est pas du sentimentalisme, c&#8217;est de la r&#233;silience.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.credoc.fr/download/pdf/4p/CMV299.pdf">Le tr&#232;s proche</a></strong> est d&#233;sormais une norme structurelle. Voter avec son panier, s&#8217;impliquer dans une friche : ce sont l<strong>es fondations d&#8217;une citoyennet&#233; &#224; &#233;chelle humaine, &#224; construire localement et intentionnellement.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EdIi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3516616e-902f-49b3-beb1-49c209698daf_1918x1082.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EdIi!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Un livre inclassable, tr&#232;s sensible et sinc&#232;re, illustr&#233; par des photographies en noir et blanc de l&#8217;artiste. Elle raconte ses rituels : s&#8217;asseoir toujours &#224; la m&#234;me table, toujours au m&#234;me caf&#233; et observer les habitu&#233;s. Un r&#233;cit qui transforme la routine locale en po&#233;sie et donne envie de s'installer au caf&#233; d'en bas avec un carnet.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/">Le cabas en toile de jute</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyam_paris/"> </a>Mon indispensable pour faire mes courses chez Miyam. Une &#233;picerie de quartier qui propose des produits frais et cuisin&#233;s, en direct des producteurs et sans traitement. Porter ce sac, c'est choisir de ralentir et de s'ancrer dans le local.</p><p><strong>Le lieu |<a href="https://www.aroma-zone.com/info/fiche-technique/roll-aromatherapie-voyage-serein-bio"> </a><a href="https://desireefleurs.fr/">D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs</a></strong><a href="https://desireefleurs.fr/"> </a>Je ne suis pas du quartier, alors je fais le d&#233;tour. Surtout pour la saison des pivoines, attendue comme une promesse. D&#233;sir&#233;e Fleurs travaille uniquement avec des producteurs fran&#231;ais, visit&#233;s et trac&#233;s. J&#8217;entre pour une botte de fleurs et je voudrais tout emporter. </p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Animism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shields against a soulless world | Des boucliers contre un monde sans &#226;me]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-new-animism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-new-animism</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 07:31:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9hQD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91a9605c-e820-4008-b56e-194e2a2eb870_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>11:30 AM, Line 10.</strong> A hand with XL pink nails sculpted with rhinestones taps on an iPhone screen. <strong>Attached to it is a tiny, naked angel: a <a href="https://www.sonnyangel-france.com/en">Sonny Angel</a></strong>. The contrast between cold technology and this weird, naked charm catches my eye. In a hyper-rationalized society, this is <strong>modern magic</strong>. This little talisman filters the screen's bad vibes and re-enchants daily life. Personalizing your phone and sculpting your nails become the acts of a <strong>contemporary micro-sorcery</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>Fetishes of Modernity</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Anthropology reminds us that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism">fetishism</a> is rooted in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism"> animism</a></strong>, the human tendency to give feelings or a soul to inanimate objects. The fetish acts as a receptacle: it absorbs our emotions and secrets, becoming the silent witness of our days. Today, this animism is reinventing itself. Just like the lucky coin people used to keep in their pockets, our current charms act as emotional shields. As our daily lives happen at the rhythm of screens, artificial intelligence, and contactless transactions, the need for texture, relief, and tactile objects grows stronger. It is a way, often unconscious, to bring feeling back into our lives.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Reinvention of the Pocket Talisman</strong></p><blockquote><p>This new generation of objects follows centuries-old traditions, from ancient amulets to <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsuke">Japanese netsukes</a></strong>, the small sculptures traditionally attached to kimono sashes. Today, they are <strong>reinvented by pop aesthetics and mass culture. <a href="https://www.sonnyangel.com/en/">Sonny Angels</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/labubu-viral-doll-california">Labubus</a></strong> are not toys in the traditional sense: we display them, stage them, and live alongside them. <strong>They offer a micro-dose of visual comfort amid the stress.</strong></p><p>This phenomenon shows <strong>the rise of a true &#8220;attachment business.&#8221; </strong>Even during times of budget cuts on fashion or leisure, buying these small totem objects remains a priority, acting as an affordable emotional investment.</p><p><strong>$1.4 billion:</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.popmart.com/en-FR">The annual revenue of Pop Mart,</a></strong> the Chinese <strong><a href="https://www.switts.com.sg/who-started-blind-boxes/">blind box</a></strong> giant behind Labubu, which is currently seeing triple-digit growth internationally.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Art of the Charm</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DMCFevpS56f/">Jane Birkin paved the way for bag charms</a></strong> by personalizing her Herm&#232;s bag with keys, bracelets, beads, and stickers to break the rigidity of luxury. Today, cluttering bags with plushies or pendants is more than a fad; it is a reaction against the standardization of accessories. <strong>This</strong> <strong>practice crosses all social classes,</strong> appearing on high school backpacks as well as in high watchmaking. The recent collaboration between<strong> <a href="https://www.audemarspiguet.com/com/en/news/origins/swatch-royal-pop.html">Swatch and Audemars Piguet</a></strong> is a perfect example: by turning the legendary Royal Oak watch into a pop, bioceramic piece designed to clip directly onto a bag,<strong> the industry itself is embracing this fetish culture</strong>.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Nail as a Work of Art</strong></p><blockquote><p>The desire to elevate hands has a long history. In the <strong><a href="https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009319">17th century, under the Qing dynasty in China, the elites wore long nail guards</a></strong> made of precious metals and gemstones that could reach ten centimeters. The message was the same as today: showing that hands are meant to be looked at, not just to work.</p><p>Today, manicures go far beyond simple nail polish thanks to <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_art">3D Nail Art</a></strong>, which incorporates chains, magnets, or micro-jewelry. Nails have become a fashion accessory in their own right. The trend of &#8220;Aura nails,&#8221; which mimic a person&#8217;s individual energy halo, confirms it: <strong>manicures are a visual lucky charm firmly rooted in our time.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Against the Uniformity of Beige</strong></p><blockquote><p>Behind what fashion calls the kitsch style, there is a reaction against the beige minimalism imposed by Quiet Luxury. Putting a plastic angel on a smartphone or clustering charms means<strong> transforming everyday objects into colorful fetishes</strong>.</p><p>The chimera design mixing a baby with a broccoli <strong>(<a href="https://www.sonnyangel.com/en/category/en/">Sonny Angel</a>)</strong> or a cat with a fried shrimp<strong> (<a href="https://mofusand-mofumofu-market.jp/en">Mofusand</a>)</strong> embraces 100% raw plastic and rejects classic proportions. This is why these objects match 3D Nail Art so well. While traditional manicures look for discretion, 3D nail art imposes rhinestones and plastic flowers.</p><p>This shared bad taste is not an accident: it is a liberating choice.<strong> It is a refusal of the discreet and the conventional, to impose one&#8217;s own magical totem against uniformity.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TcD5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec04dcd-3b39-4444-a540-1ad50ea6346f_1910x1078.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TcD5!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The Object  |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lea_dekens_ceramiques/"> The worry stone by L&#233;a Dekens</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lea_dekens_ceramiques/"> </a>A small, handmade ceramic stone designed to be rubbed with the thumb. My tactile ritual to release pressure and focus on a physical sensation.</p><p><strong>The Book  |<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/355259/in-praise-of-shadows-by-junichiro-tanizaki/9780099283577"> In Praise of Shadows by Jun&#8217;ichir&#333; Tanizaki</a></strong> My favorite book, one I have gifted countless times. This Japanese essay is a masterpiece that celebrates the beauty of patina, darkness, wear, and the passage of time. A poetic manifesto against our modern obsession with cleanliness and transparency. </p><p><strong>The taste | <a href="https://www.pimentdespelette.com/use-pepper-espelette-in-the-kitchen/?lang=en"> Espelette Pepper</a></strong> A real culinary charm. It is the ultimate spice that saves any sad or quickly improvised dish, bringing a touch of instant warmth.</p><p><strong>The Scent | <a href="https://www.aroma-zone.com/en/product/calm-travel-essential-oil-roll-on">The Aroma-Zone Roll-on</a></strong><a href="https://www.aroma-zone.com/en/product/calm-travel-essential-oil-roll-on"> </a>My invisible talisman. A portable, refreshing blend of peppermint and ginger. Originally designed for motion sickness, it is my go-to reflex to catch my breath in the middle of a hectic day.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>The future is often hidden in the details</strong>.If these signals resonate with how you think about your brand&#8217;s future, I&#8217;d be glad to talk.</em></p><p><em><strong>Stay curious</strong>,</em> <em>C&#233;cile</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>11h30, ligne 10.</strong> Une main aux ongles roses XL sculpt&#233;s de strass tape sur un &#233;cran d&#8217;iPhone. Accroch&#233; &#224; celui-ci, un petit ange nu : un<strong><a href="https://www.sonnyangel-france.com/"> Sonny Angel</a></strong>. Le contraste entre la froideur de la technologie et ce grigri bizarre et cul nu m&#8217;interpelle. Dans une soci&#233;t&#233; hyper-rationalis&#233;e, c&#8217;est de la<strong> magie moderne</strong>. Ce mini talisman filtre les mauvaises ondes de l&#8217;&#233;cran et r&#233;enchante le quotidien. Personnaliser son t&#233;l&#233;phone et sculpter ses ongles deviennent les gestes d&#8217;une <strong>micro-sorcellerie contemporaine.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>Les f&#233;tiches de la modernit&#233;</strong></p><blockquote><p>L&#8217;anthropologie nous rappelle que le f&#233;tichisme prend ses racines dans <strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animisme">l&#8217;animisme</a></strong>, cette tendance humaine &#224; attribuer une sensibilit&#233; ou une &#226;me aux objets inanim&#233;s. Le f&#233;tiche fonctionne comme un r&#233;ceptacle : il absorbe nos &#233;motions, nos secrets, et devient le t&#233;moin silencieux de nos journ&#233;es. Aujourd&#8217;hui, cet animisme se r&#233;invente. &#192; l&#8217;instar de la pi&#232;ce porte-bonheur que l&#8217;on gardait autrefois au fond de sa poche, <strong>nos grigris actuels agissent comme des boucliers &#233;motionnels. </strong>Plus notre quotidien se vit au rythme des &#233;crans, des intelligences artificielles et des transactions sans contact, plus le besoin de mati&#232;re, de relief et d&#8217;objets tactiles se fait ressentir. C&#8217;est une mani&#232;re, souvent inconsciente, de ramener du sensible dans nos vies.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>La r&#233;invention du talisman de poche</strong></p><blockquote><p>Cette nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration d&#8217;objets s&#8217;inscrit dans la lign&#233;e de traditions s&#233;culaires, des amulettes anciennes aux <strong><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsuke">netsukes japonais</a></strong>, ces petites sculptures qu&#8217;on attachait traditionnellement aux ceintures des kimonos. Ils sont d&#233;sormais <strong>r&#233;invent&#233;s par l&#8217;esth&#233;tique pop et la culture de masse</strong>. Le <strong><a href="https://www.sonnyangel-france.com/en">Sonny Angel</a></strong> ou le <strong><a href="https://mapeluchelabubu.fr/">Labubu</a></strong> ne sont pas des jouets au sens classique : on les expose, on les met en sc&#232;ne, on cohabite avec eux. <strong>Ils offrent une mini-dose de r&#233;confort visuel au milieu du stress.</strong></p><p>Ce ph&#233;nom&#232;ne illustre<strong> le d&#233;veloppement d&#8217;un v&#233;ritable &#171; business de l&#8217;attachement &#187;</strong>. M&#234;me en p&#233;riode de restriction budg&#233;taire sur la mode ou les loisirs, l&#8217;achat de ces petits objets totems reste pr&#233;serv&#233;, agissant comme un investissement &#233;motionnel accessible.</p><p><strong>1,4 milliard de dollars :</strong> C&#8217;est le <strong>chiffre d&#8217;affaires annuel de <a href="https://www.popmart.com/en-FR">Pop Mart</a>, le g&#233;ant chinois de la blind box (bo&#238;te myst&#232;re) qui produit Labubu,</strong> enregistrant des croissances &#224; trois chiffres &#224; l&#8217;international.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;art de la breloque</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://www.vogue.fr/article/bag-charms-personnaliser-sac-jane-birkin">Jane Birkin avait ouvert la voie aux bag charms </a></strong>en personnalisant son sac Herm&#232;s avec des cl&#233;s, des bracelets, des perles et des autocollants pour briser la rigidit&#233; du luxe. Aujourd&#8217;hui, l&#8217;accumulation de peluches ou de pendentifs suspendus aux sacs d&#233;passe la simple tendance passag&#232;re ; c&#8217;est une r&#233;action face &#224; la standardisation des accessoires<strong>.</strong> <strong>Cette pratique traverse d&#233;sormais toutes les strates sociales,</strong> s&#8217;affichant aussi bien sur les sacs &#224; dos des lyc&#233;ennes que dans la haute horlogerie. La collaboration r&#233;cente entre <strong><a href="https://www.swatch.com/fr-fr/royal-pop.html">Swatch et Audemars Piguet </a></strong>en est l&#8217;illustration : en transformant la mythique montre Royal Oak en une pi&#232;ce pop en bioc&#233;ramique con&#231;ue pour &#234;tre clips&#233;e directement sur un sac, <strong>l&#8217;industrie int&#232;gre elle-m&#234;me cette culture du f&#233;tiche.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8216;ongle comme &#339;uvre d&#8217;art</strong></p><blockquote><p>La volont&#233; de sacraliser les mains a une longue histoire. Au XVIIe si&#232;cle, sous la <strong><a href="https://www.vietnam.vn/fr/vi-sao-cac-phi-tan-nha-thanh-luon-deo-ho-giap-khong-roi">dynastie Qing en Chine,</a></strong> <strong>les &#233;lites arboraient de longs prot&#232;ge-ongles en m&#233;tal pr&#233;cieux et pierres pr&#233;cieuses pouvant atteindre dix centim&#232;tres.</strong> Le message &#233;tait le m&#234;me qu&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui : montrer que les mains sont faites pour &#234;tre regard&#233;es, pas seulement pour travailler.</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, la manucure va bien au-del&#224; du simple vernis gr&#226;ce au <strong><a href="https://www.vogue.fr/beaute/article/tendance-ongles-printemps-nail-art-3d">Nail Art 3D</a></strong>, qui int&#232;gre des cha&#238;nes, des aimants ou des micro-bijoux. L&#8217;ongle s&#8217;impose comme un accessoire de mode &#224; part enti&#232;re. La tendance des &#171; Aura nails &#187;, qui imite le halo &#233;nerg&#233;tique personnel, le confirme : <strong>la manucure est un porte-bonheur visuel bien ancr&#233; dans son &#233;poque.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Contre l&#8217;uniformit&#233; du beige</strong></p><blockquote><p>Derri&#232;re ce que la mode appelle le style kitsch, il y a une r&#233;action contre le minimalisme beige impos&#233; par le Quiet Luxury. Mettre un ange en plastique sur un smartphone ou accumuler des breloques, c&#8217;est <strong>transformer des objets ordinaires en f&#233;tiches color&#233;s</strong>. Le design de la chim&#232;re qui m&#233;lange un b&#233;b&#233; et un brocoli (<strong><a href="https://www.sonnyangel-france.com/">Sonny Angel)</a></strong> ou un chat et une crevette frite (<strong><a href="https://mofusand-mofumofu-market.jp/en">Mofusand)</a></strong> assume le 100 % plastique et le refus des proportions classiques. C&#8217;est pour cela que ces objets s&#8217;accordent avec le Nail Art 3D. La manucure traditionnelle cherche la discr&#233;tion, le Nail Art en relief impose les strass et les fleurs en plastique.</p><p>Ce mauvais go&#251;t partag&#233; n&#8217;est pas un accident : c&#8217;est un choix lib&#233;rateur. <strong>C&#8217;est le refus du discret et du convenu, pour imposer son propre totem magique face &#224; l&#8217;uniformit&#233;.</strong></p><p></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QTKc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb28db6a-a7af-4f44-b943-c3ed180e95dc_1882x1074.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QTKc!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;clats personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://la-chouette-ceramique.com/">La worry stone de L&#233;a Dekens </a></strong>Un petit galet en c&#233;ramique fa&#231;onn&#233; &#224; la main, con&#231;u pour &#234;tre caress&#233; avec le pouce. Mon rituel tactile pour rel&#226;cher la pression et me concentrer sur une sensation</p><p><strong>Le livre | <a href="https://editions-verdier.fr/livre/eloge-de-lombre/">&#201;loge de l&#8217;ombre de Jun&#8217;ichir&#333; Tanizaki</a></strong> Mon livre f&#233;tiche, celui que j&#8217;ai offert d&#8217;innombrables fois. Cet essai japonais est un chef-d&#8217;&#339;uvre qui r&#233;habilite la beaut&#233; de la patine, du sombre, de l&#8217;usure, et du passage du temps. Un manifeste po&#233;tique face &#224; notre obsession moderne pour le propre et la transparence.</p><p><strong>Le go&#251;t | <a href="https://www.pimentdespelette.com/en-cuisine/">Le piment d&#8217;Espelette</a></strong> Mon grigri culinaire. C&#8217;est l&#8217;&#233;pice qui sauve n&#8217;importe quel plat un peu triste ou improvis&#233; &#224; la va-vite, en y apportant une touche de chaleur instantan&#233;e.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;odeur |<a href="https://www.aroma-zone.com/info/fiche-technique/roll-aromatherapie-voyage-serein-bio"> Le roll-on d&#8217;Aroma-Zone</a></strong> Mon talisman invisible. Un concentr&#233; nomade et rafra&#238;chissant de menthe poivr&#233;e et de gingembre. Con&#231;u &#224; l&#8217;origine contre le mal des transports, c&#8217;est mon r&#233;flexe pour retrouver mon souffle au milieu de l&#8217;agitation des journ&#233;es.</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>Le futur se cache souvent dans les d&#233;tails.</strong></em></p><p><em>Si ces signaux r&#233;sonnent avec la fa&#231;on dont vous pensez le futur de votre marque,  je serais ravie d'en parler.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, <strong>restez curieux</strong> !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding 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The walk signal was red. I was waiting to cross. Around me, dozens of people, all alone. I looked down at the pavement and suddenly, I saw the city differently. It wasn&#8217;t a crowd anymore, but people alone, standing next to each other. On the sidewalk, their shadows stretched out without meeting.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>Paris, the solo capital</strong></p><blockquote><p>Paris has become the capital of solo living. It&#8217;s no longer an exception; it&#8217;s the norm. Today, <strong><a href="https://www.lagrandeconversation.com/en/society/fewer-parisians-but-more-greater-parisians-density-in-the-ile-de-france/">51% of Parisian households</a></strong><a href="https://www.lagrandeconversation.com/en/society/fewer-parisians-but-more-greater-parisians-density-in-the-ile-de-france/"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.lagrandeconversation.com/en/society/fewer-parisians-but-more-greater-parisians-density-in-the-ile-de-france/">consist of just one person</a></strong>. This solitude has two main faces: young professionals (20-35) focused on their careers, and people over 65. In a city where high prices push families out of the center, apartments are often too small to host guests. <strong><a href="/__u/thedigress.substack.com/p/the-friendship-recession-what-happened?r=3ckam&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;shareImageVariant=overlay&amp;triedRedirect=true">We have mastered the art of being self-sufficient, but we have lost the art of being together</a></strong>.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The paradox of abundance</strong></p><blockquote><p>Thanks to apps, meeting someone is possible everywhere, within 500 meters. But this digital abundance creates a paradox: <strong>having too much choice ends up killing the connection.</strong> We pick a date like we order food on an app: if it&#8217;s not perfect right away, we zap it. Ghosting has become the rule. </p><p><strong>This digital distance now extends to our professional lives.</strong> Remote work offers real flexibility and peace, but it also brings a new kind of loneliness. Between home deliveries and silent home offices, <strong>you can now go whole days without speaking to anyone.</strong> Technology has made life more efficient, but it has removed the small, useless interactions that used to create a social bond.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>New urban rituals</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Paris is reinventing itself</strong>. The <strong>counter-dining</strong> model is becoming popular: you eat facing the kitchen. <strong>Traditional <a href="https://www.doitinparis.com/en/best-bouillons-restaurant-paris-25916">&#8220;Bouillons&#8221;</a> are bringing back shared seating</strong> by placing solo diners at tables that are already occupied. <strong>Co-living lets you join a community</strong> through shared spaces that make meeting people easy and natural, and third places like <strong><a href="https://www.104.fr/en/">Centquatre </a>or <a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/">Ground Control</a></strong><a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/"> </a>allow us to be <strong>alone together</strong> in lively, hybrid spaces</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The solo opportunity</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/solo-dining-global-popularity-rising">Eating alone is no longer a social anomaly; it&#8217;s a premium opportunity.</a></strong> Solo customers prioritize quality, order more extras, and tables turn over faster. This is a major shift: the solo diner is no longer tucked away in the back of the room; they are now a strategic priority.</p><p>Whether it&#8217;s <strong>dinner with strangers via <a href="https://timeleft.com/">Timeleft </a>or walking the dog </strong>, the ultimate way to talk to neighbors, we are all using <strong>strategies</strong> to find the spontaneity we miss.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FCCE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26bd8eb2-dba7-45f1-ae33-14f3852b9237_2318x1076.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FCCE!, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/c_limit, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Each week, I share a few personal favorites to inspire your own perspective:</p><p><strong>The restaurant | <a href="https://udon-bistro.com/">Kunitoraya.</a></strong> One of my favorite spots. I love sitting alone at the counter, right behind the window. It&#8217;s THE place to watch the street life while enjoying udon or excellent tempura. A perfect pleasure, as long as you arrive early to get a seat.</p><p><strong>The place | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/collegedesbernardins/?hl=fr">Coll&#232;ge des Bernardins.</a></strong> A huge 13th-century stone hall. You sit on long wooden benches under the arches to read or think. A majestic silence that lets you be alone with yourself without ever feeling isolated.</p><p><strong>The chair | <a href="https://jardin.senat.fr/en/history-heritage/heritage/the-seats.html">Jardin du Luxembourg.</a></strong> The ultimate luxury for a Parisian solo. I love that there are so many different vibes in one garden. I always choose the shade of a big tree. You set up your green chair to create your own moment.</p><p><strong>The book |<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_and_Gathering_(novel)"> </a></strong><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_and_Gathering_(novel)">Hunting and Gathering</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_and_Gathering_(novel)"> (Ensemble, c&#8217;est tout) by Anna Gavalda</a>.</strong> This book moved me deeply when it came out in 2004. It&#8217;s the story of four lonely people who end up living together in a large Parisian apartment. It is the ultimate book on urban solitude and the beauty of chosen family.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of &#8220;<strong>L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233; Workshop&#8221;</strong> and the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>14h00 , rue de Rivoli.</strong> Un mardi ordinaire. Le feu pi&#233;ton est rouge. J&#8217;attends pour traverser. Autour de moi, des dizaines de personnes. Je baisse les yeux vers le bitume et soudain, je vois la ville autrement. Ce n&#8217;est plus une foule, mais des gens seuls, les uns &#224; c&#244;t&#233; des autres. Sur le sol, leurs ombres s&#8217;&#233;tirent sans se toucher.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>Paris, capitale du solo</strong></p><blockquote><p>Paris est devenue la capitale de la vie en solo. Ce n&#8217;est plus une exception, c&#8217;est la norme : <strong><a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8573259">52 % des m&#233;nages parisiens ne comptent d&#233;sormais qu&#8217;une seule personne.</a></strong> Cette solitude a deux visages : les actifs de 20-35 ans absorb&#233;s par leur carri&#232;re, et les plus de 65 ans. Dans une ville o&#249; le prix du m&#232;tre carr&#233; rel&#232;gue les familles hors du centre-ville, l&#8217;appartement est souvent trop petit pour recevoir. Nous avons appris &#224; ne d&#233;pendre de personne et en m&#234;me temps nous avons oubli&#233; comment &#234;tre ensemble.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le paradoxe de l&#8217;abondance</strong></p><blockquote><p>Gr&#226;ce aux applications, la rencontre est partout, &#224; moins de 500 m&#232;tres. Cette abondance cr&#233;e un paradoxe : <strong>trop de choix finit par tuer le lien.</strong> On choisit une rencontre comme on commande un plat sur une app : si ce n&#8217;est pas parfait tout de suite, on zappe. Le <em>ghosting</em> devient la r&#232;gle : ce silence sans explication est une violence ordinaire qui nous rend peu &#224; peu indiff&#233;rents &#224; l&#8217;autre. </p><p>Cette distance num&#233;rique s'&#233;tend aussi &#224; notre vie professionnelle. <strong>Le t&#233;l&#233;travail</strong> offre une vraie flexibilit&#233;, mais apporte aussi une <strong>nouvelle forme de solitude</strong>. Entre les livraisons &#224; domicile et les heures derri&#232;re un &#233;cran, on peut<strong> </strong>passer<strong> des journ&#233;es enti&#232;res sans parler &#224; personne</strong>. La technologie a supprim&#233; tout ces petits &#233;changes qui cr&#233;aient du lien.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Nouveaux rituels urbains</strong></p><blockquote><p>Mais, <strong>Paris se r&#233;invente</strong>. Le mod&#232;le  du <strong>comptoir au restaurant</strong> s&#8217;impose : on  mange face &#224; la cuisine ou face &#224; la rue. Les <strong><a href="https://parissecret.com/les-meilleurs-bouillons-de-paris/">&#171; Bouillons &#187;</a></strong> traditionnels, eux, font revivre le partage impos&#233; en installant les solos &#224; des tables d&#233;j&#224; occup&#233;es. <strong>Le co-living</strong> permet de rejoindre une communaut&#233; avec des espaces de vie partag&#233;s qui facilitent naturellement les rencontres. Les <strong>tiers-lieux comme le <a href="https://www.104.fr/">CentQuatre</a> ou <a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/">Ground Control</a></strong><a href="https://www.groundcontrolparis.com/"> </a>permettent d&#8217;&#234;tre <strong>seul ensemble</strong> dans des espaces hybrides et vivants.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><p></p><p><strong>L&#8217;opportunit&#233; solo</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Manger seul n&#8217;est plus une anomalie sociale,</strong> c&#8217;est une <strong>opportunit&#233; premium</strong>. Les clients solos privil&#233;gient la qualit&#233;, s&#8217;accordent plus d&#8217;extras et permettent une rotation plus rapide des tables. C&#8217;est un basculement important : le solo n&#8217;est plus rel&#233;gu&#233; au fond de la salle, il est une priorit&#233; strat&#233;gique.</p><p>Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agisse de <strong>d&#238;ner avec des inconnus via <a href="https://timeleft.com/">Timeleft</a> </strong>ou de s<strong>ortir son chien,</strong>  le s&#233;same ultime pour parler &#224; ses voisins, nous d&#233;ployons tous des <strong>strat&#233;gies</strong> pour retrouver un peu de la spontan&#233;it&#233; qui nous manque.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NV3r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5044203f-bc6c-4399-9f3b-584ea6b2a88e_2318x1076.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NV3r!, 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J&#8217;adore m&#8217;installer seule au comptoir, juste derri&#232;re la vitre. C&#8217;est le poste id&#233;al pour observer la vie de la rue en d&#233;gustant des udons ou une excellente tempura. Un plaisir parfait, &#224; condition d&#8217;arriver t&#244;t pour avoir sa place.</p><p><strong>Le lieu | <a href="https://www.collegedesbernardins.fr/">Le Coll&#232;ge des Bernardins.</a></strong><a href="https://www.collegedesbernardins.fr/"> </a>Une immense nef de pierre du 13&#232;me si&#232;cle. On s&#8217;installe sur les longs bancs de bois, sous les vo&#251;tes, pour lire ou r&#233;fl&#233;chir. Un silence majestueux qui permet d&#8217;&#234;tre seul avec soi-m&#234;me sans jamais se sentir isol&#233;.</p><p><strong>La chaise | <a href="https://jardin.senat.fr/histoire-patrimoine/patrimoine/les-sieges.html">Le Jardin du Luxembourg</a>.</strong> C&#8217;est le luxe ultime du solo parisien. J&#8217;aime la diversit&#233; des ambiances qui cohabitent dans ce jardin. Je choisis toujours l&#8217;ombre d&#8217;un grand arbre et j&#8217;installe ma chaise verte pour inventer mon propre moment.</p><p><strong>Le livre | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://www.ledilettante.com/product/ensemble-cest-tout/">Ensemble, c&#8217;est tout</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.ledilettante.com/product/ensemble-cest-tout/"> d&#8217;Anna Gavalda</a>.</strong> Ce livre m&#8217;avait &#233;norm&#233;ment &#233;mue &#224; sa sortie en 2004. C&#8217;est l&#8217;histoire de quatre personnes tr&#232;s seules qui finissent par vivre ensemble dans un grand appartement parisien. C&#8217;est le livre de r&#233;f&#233;rence sur la solitude urbaine et la beaut&#233; de la &#171; famille choisie &#187;.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la prochaine &#233;dition de <strong>l&#8217;Atelier</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>l&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233;</strong> et la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant: </strong><em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sonic Bubble ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Muting the world to survive the city]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-sonic-bubble</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-sonic-bubble</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 07:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LnNz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8870126f-364f-4ab0-9c24-c003efc02afb_2559x3442.jpeg" length="0" 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Between loud phone calls and videos played without headphones, noise pollution is constant. Look around you: in this train, <strong>almost every passenger is wearing large headphones or AirPods.</strong> Travelers have now <strong>muted the world</strong> to protect themselves. This invisible bubble allows them to move through the crowd without feeling its weight. <strong>Bodies are close but do not touch, eyes meet but voices are never heard.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>Taking back control</strong></p><blockquote><p>Noise is now a form of forced pollution. The <strong>success of noise-canceling headphones is first a need for protection</strong>. By lowering the city&#8217;s volume, people protect their nervous system from <strong>acoustic chaos</strong>. The goal is to reclaim &#8220;brain time&#8221; by <strong>creating a private world</strong>, so they don&#8217;t arrive at their destination exhausted by the environment.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p> <strong>The Paradox of Empty Space</strong> </p><blockquote><p>This is the great contradiction of our time: we use incredible technology to find quiet, only to fill that silence with the noise of social media. <strong>Forced noise is replaced by chosen digital noise</strong>. We protect ourselves from the outside world, but we dive into a digital flow that also saturates our attention..</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Separate worlds</strong></p><blockquote><p>Historically, the city was a shared space: <strong>everyone heard the same sounds and the same rhythms at the same time. </strong>Modern isolation breaks this invisible bond.</p><ul><li><p><strong>From &#8220;Us&#8221; to &#8220;Me&#8221;:</strong> The street becomes a personal movie set.<strong> Your neighbor is not living the same moment as you</strong>: he is immersed in a symphony while you listen to a podcast.</p></li><li><p><strong>The city &#8220;&#224; la carte&#8221;:</strong> The city is no longer a shared experience. Everyone filters their own version of the street. We keep the movement but erase the sound, leaving no room for a random laugh or a word that usually gives the street its character.</p></li></ul></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Silence Statistic</strong></p><blockquote><p>This feeling of isolation is not just an impression; it is now measured.<strong><a href="https://psychology.arizona.edu/person/matthias-mehl"> Matthias Meh</a></strong><a href="https://psychology.arizona.edu/person/matthias-mehl">l,</a> a psychologist at the University of Arizona, uses a device called &#8220;EAR&#8221; to count our real interactions. He found that <strong>between 2005 and 2019, the number of words spoken daily dropped by 29%.</strong> <strong><a href="https://time.com/article/2026/04/28/people-say-fewer-words-per-day/">We went from an average of 17,000 words a day to only 12,000. </a></strong>These 5,000 lost words are small talks and spontaneous greetings that have disappeared. Speech is fading away with the general use of headphones.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><p><strong>The Object | <a href="https://www.loopearplugs.com/">Loop Earplugs</a>.</strong> My personal filter. They reduce the noise without isolating me completely. I simply turn down the volume to better observe the details of the street.</p><p><strong>The Place | <a href="https://www.ircam.fr/en">IRCAM (Centre Pompidou)</a>.</strong> The temple of sound in Paris. This is where the acoustics of tomorrow are studied. It helps to understand physically how silence changes our perception of space.</p><p><strong>The Book | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Attempt_at_Exhausting_a_Place_in_Paris">An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Attempt_at_Exhausting_a_Place_in_Paris"> by Georges Perec</a>.</strong> The author sits in a square and writes down every tiny detail: a bus passing by, a dog, a change in the light. It is my guide to learning how to see what has become invisible.</p><p><strong>The Garden | <a href="https://www.bourdelle.paris.fr/">The Bourdelle Museum</a>.</strong> A sculpture garden near Montparnasse. I love the contrast between the strength of the bronze statues and the quiet of the garden. My breath of fresh air away from the noise.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of &#8220;<strong>L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233; Workshop&#8221;</strong> and the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>17h15, M&#233;tro Ligne 14.</strong> Le bruit est devenu une agression dans l'espace public. Entre les conversations t&#233;l&#233;phoniques &#224; voix haute et les vid&#233;os diffus&#233;es sans &#233;couteurs, la pollution sonore est permanente. <strong>Regardez autour de vous : dans cette rame, presque chaque passager porte un casque imposant ou des AirPods</strong>. Les voyageurs ont d&#233;sormais <strong>coup&#233; le son du monde pour se prot&#233;ger</strong>. Cette membrane invisible permet de naviguer dans la foule sans la subir. <strong>Les corps se c&#244;toient sans se toucher, les regards se croisent sans que les voix ne s&#8217;entendent</strong></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>Reprendre le contr&#244;le</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le bruit s&#8217;impose d&#233;sormais comme une pollution subie. <strong>Le succ&#232;s des casques &#224; r&#233;duction de bruit r&#233;pond d&#8217;abord &#224; un besoin de protection</strong> : en baissant le volume de la ville, les citadins pr&#233;servent leur syst&#232;me nerveux contre le <strong>chaos acoustique.</strong> L&#8217;enjeu est de r&#233;cup&#233;rer du temps de cerveau disponible en cr&#233;ant <strong>un univers sonore priv&#233;</strong>, pour ne plus arriver &#224; destination &#233;puis&#233; par l&#8217;environnement.</p></blockquote><p> </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le Paradoxe du Vide </strong></p><blockquote><p>C&#8217;est la grande contradiction de notre temps : des efforts technologiques immenses sont d&#233;ploy&#233;s pour obtenir le calme, pour finalement remplir ce vide par le bruit des r&#233;seaux sociaux. <strong>Une agression sonore subie laisse place &#224; une saturation visuelle choisie.</strong> L&#8217;individu se prot&#232;ge du monde ext&#233;rieur, mais s&#8217;immerge dans un flux num&#233;rique qui finit, lui aussi, par saturer l&#8217;attention.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Mondes s&#233;par&#233;s</strong></p><blockquote><p>Historiquement, la ville &#233;tait un espace de r&#233;sonance : <strong>tout le monde partageait les m&#234;mes sons, les m&#234;mes alertes au m&#234;me rythme</strong>. L&#8217;isolation acoustique vient briser ce lien invisible.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Le passage du &#8220;nous&#8221; au &#8220;je&#8221; :</strong> La rue devient un d&#233;cor de cin&#233;ma individuel. <strong>Votre voisin de trottoir ne vit plus le m&#234;me instant que vous</strong> : il s&#8217;immerge dans une symphonie quand vous &#233;coutez un podcast.</p></li><li><p><strong>La ville &#224; la carte</strong> : La m&#233;tropole n&#8217;est plus v&#233;cue comme un bloc organique impos&#233;. <strong>Chacun filtre sa propre version de la rue</strong>. Les voyageurs gardent le mouvement, mais gomment la texture sonore, ne laissant plus de place &#224; l&#8217;impr&#233;vu d&#8217;un rire ou d&#8217;une parole qui font le relief de la rue.</p></li></ul></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le Chiffre du Silence</strong></p><blockquote><p>Cette sensation d&#8217;isolement n&#8217;est pas qu&#8217;une impression subjective, elle est mesur&#233;e. <strong><a href="https://psychology.arizona.edu/person/matthias-mehl">Matthias Mehl</a>,</strong> psychologue &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; de l&#8217;Arizona, utilise depuis des ann&#233;es le &#171; EAR &#187;, un enregistreur discret capable de quantifier nos interactions r&#233;elles. Il a constat&#233; qu&#8217;<strong>entre 2005 et 2019, le nombre de mots prononc&#233;s quotidiennement a chut&#233; de 29 %.</strong> Nous sommes pass&#233;s d&#8217;une moyenne <strong><a href="https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/pourquoi-les-jeunes-generations-parlent-de-moins-en-moins-UTWGUNV6YNGFTGHBUSCMFY3UN4/">de 17 000 mots par jour &#224; 12 000</a></strong><a href="https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/pourquoi-les-jeunes-generations-parlent-de-moins-en-moins-UTWGUNV6YNGFTGHBUSCMFY3UN4/">.</a> Ces 5 000 mots perdus sont autant de micro-&#233;changes, de salutations ou de conversations spontan&#233;es qui ont disparu de l&#8217;espace public au profit du flux num&#233;rique. La parole s&#8217;efface avec l&#8217;usage g&#233;n&#233;ralis&#233; des casques.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;chos personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://www.loopearplugs.com/fr-fr">Les Loop Earplugs</a>.</strong>Mon filtre personnel. Ils att&#233;nuent le bruit sans m&#8217;isoler totalement. Je baisse simplement le volume pour mieux observer les d&#233;tails de la rue .</p><p><strong>Le lieu | <a href="https://www.ircam.fr/fr">L&#8217;Ircam </a>au Centre Pompidou.</strong> Le temple du son &#224; Paris. C&#8217;est ici que l&#8217;on &#233;tudie l&#8217;acoustique de demain et que l&#8217;on &#233;coute des concerts. Pour comprendre physiquement comment le silence influence notre perception de l&#8217;espace.</p><p><strong>Le livre | <a href="https://bourgoisediteur.fr/catalogue/tentative-depuisement-dun-lieu-parisien-satellites/">Tentative d&#8217;&#233;puisement d&#8217;un lieu parisien</a> de Georges Perec.</strong> Dans ce texte court, l&#8217;auteur s&#8217;installe place Saint-Sulpice et note chaque d&#233;tail, m&#234;me le plus infime : un bus qui passe, un chien, un changement de lumi&#232;re. C&#8217;est ma r&#233;f&#233;rence absolue pour r&#233;apprendre &#224; regarder la ville. Une le&#231;on pour r&#233;apprendre &#224; voir ce qui est devenu invisible par habitude.</p><p><strong>Le jardin | <a href="https://www.bourdelle.paris.fr/">Le Mus&#233;e Bourdelle</a>.</strong> Un jardin de sculptures &#224; deux pas de Montparnasse. J&#8217;aime le contraste entre la force des bronzes et le calme du lieu. Ma respiration loin du tumulte.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la prochaine &#233;dition de <strong>l&#8217;Atelier</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>l&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233;</strong> et la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Status Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why the bike is the new accessory]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-status-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-status-cycle</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:31:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sxnt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f153795-3831-4e72-b579-f25ebc76866e_2343x3787.jpeg" length="0" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>The Silent Signal</h3><p><strong>12:30 PM rue Hermel.</strong> Two friends walk side by side, lost in conversation. One of them pushes her bike; the empty child seat immediately shows her status as an urban mother. Here, the bike is no longer just a way to get around; it has become a social accessory that defines an identity and a neighborhood. These two women inhabit the street with the ease of those who have taken back control of their time and their image.</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>The challenge of sharing space</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Cycling is no longer an alternative; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/how-paris-swapped-cars-for-bikes-and-remade-its-streets">it has become the norm</a>. In Paris, its use has doubled since 2019.</strong> On major roads like Boulevard S&#233;bastopol or Rue de Rivoli, there are now more than 25,000 cyclists a day, which is more than the number of cars. This trend is confirmed by the rise of <strong>&#8220;V&#233;lotaf&#8221;</strong>. This word is a mix of &#8220;v&#233;lo&#8221; (bike) and &#8220;taf&#8221; (slang for work) and describes using a bike for the daily commute. <strong>Today, one in four bikes sold in France is electric</strong>. Some cities and companies even offer financial help to buy an electric-assist bike (VAE). The infrastructure followed this movement: the &#8220;pop-up&#8221; lanes built after COVID became permanent, and <strong>the city now has over <a href="https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2026/03/11/how-paris-became-a-city-of-bikes/#:~:text=Under%20Hidalgo's%20leadership%2C%20over%20the,due%20to%20overwhelming%20public%20support.">1,565 km of bike lanes</a></strong>. With a density of lanes twice that of Copenhagen, Paris is, on paper, the world capital of cycling. However, the reality is quite different. Bike lanes were added to an old urban structure that hasn&#8217;t changed. <strong>These 1,565 km of lanes mostly show how difficult it is to share space between pedestrians, bikes, and cars in a tiny territory of 105 km&#178;.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The bike as a new social marker</strong></p><blockquote><p> Choosing a bike isn&#8217;t just an eco-friendly choice; it&#8217;s a way to take back control of your schedule. In a city where transport is often unpredictable, it&#8217;s the only way to arrive on time. <strong>The bike has become the &#8220;freedom&#8221;</strong> of an urban class that no longer wants to depend on public infrastructure. It is also the new handbag that tells our story: our income, our neighborhood, <strong>it&#8217;s a real status symbol.</strong> Whether it&#8217;s the executive from La D&#233;fense on a high-end electric bike, the mother from the 11th arrondissement on her Longtail, or young people showing off their status on a Speed-pedelec, the bike represents our social positions.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Cargo bikes and mental load</strong></p><blockquote><p>More and <strong><a href="https://www.apur.org/en/mobility-public-space/mobility-evolution/growth-cycling-greater-paris-grand-paris-metropolis">more women</a></strong> are cycling in the streets of Paris. They made up 36% of cyclists in 2020 and are over <strong>45% today</strong>. This change is due to the development of protected bike lanes, as safety is a key factor for them.The <strong>cargo bike</strong> has become the main tool for this transition, often <strong>replacing a second car</strong>. Seeing a woman handle a two-meter-long machine with three kids and groceries shows real skill, but it&#8217;s also a powerful image:<strong> the mental load has become mobile and visible.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Acoustic paradox</strong></p><blockquote><p>Even though background noise in Paris has dropped by <strong>2 decibels</strong> in ten years, nature hasn&#8217;t found its peace yet. To be heard over the city&#8217;s hum, <strong><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44317767">birds are forced to change their frequency</a></strong>. They shift their songs to higher pitches so they aren&#8217;t drowned out by the low sounds of engines, which affects their health and reproduction.This is the paradox of our &#8220;v&#233;lorution&#8221;: <strong>we have gained fluidity, but the city and its noise remain an acoustic problem for living creatures</strong>. It is a powerful reminder that silence is not just a luxury for us; it is also necessary for every species.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><p><strong>The Icon | </strong><em><strong><a href="https://www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/raoul-taburin/9782070625796">Raoul Taburin</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/raoul-taburin/9782070625796"> by Semp&#233;</a>.</strong> He is one of my favorite authors. This book tells with great tenderness the story of a bicycle repairman who hides a big secret: he doesn&#8217;t know how to ride one. A read that reminds us that cycling is, above all, about emotion and poetry.</p><p><strong>The Object | <a href="https://overade.com/en/products/plixi-foldable-urban-bike-helmet?srsltid=AfmBOoqEXv5KJZDHszCGDfqjyaFyxfL6LF81L3mTCEWHSe5aGoWx97Lt">The Plixi helmet</a>.</strong> The solution for those who, like me, hate clutter. This folding helmet slips into a bag as soon as you get off the bike. It&#8217;s a technical object that knows how to stay out of the way.</p><p><strong>The Style | <a href="https://www.agnelle.com/en/women-s-leather-gloves/1042-35685-karine-dc-women-s-leather-gloves.html#/34-size-65/50-color_tone-toscana">Agnelle driving gloves</a>.</strong> They are a direct nod to my memories: my mother wore very similar ones, which were very fashionable in the 70s. Putting on this perforated leather today adds a touch of elegance to the daily commute and brings back some vintage chic.</p><p><strong>The Place | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/steelcoffeeshop">Steel Cyclewear &amp; Coffee Shop 11th.</a></strong> A great place to observe the era through the details while enjoying an excellent coffee. You can find carefully chosen urban clothes and art books about cycling culture.</p><p> <strong>Heritage |<a href="https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/visitor-information"> The Mus&#233;e des Arts et M&#233;tiers</a>.</strong> It&#8217;s a magical place that fascinates me with the amount of knowledge it holds. In the &#8220;Transport&#8221; section, you can see the first Michaux velocipedes&#8212;the ancestors of bicycles&#8212;invented right here in Paris. Behind every everyday object are centuries of human ingenuity.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of &#8220;<strong>L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233; Workshop&#8221;</strong> and the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>12h30, rue Hermel.</strong> Deux amies marchent c&#244;te &#224; c&#244;te, absorb&#233;es par leur conversation. L&#8217;une d&#8217;elles pousse tranquillement son v&#233;lo ; le si&#232;ge enfant vide signale imm&#233;diatement son statut de m&#232;re citadine. Ici, le v&#233;lo n&#8217;est plus un simple moyen de transport, il devient un accessoire social qui d&#233;finit une identit&#233; et un quartier. Ces deux femmes habitent la rue avec l&#8217;aisance de celles qui ont repris le contr&#244;le sur leur temps et leur image.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>L&#8217; &#233;preuve du partage de l&#8217;espace</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le v&#233;lo n&#8217;est plus une alternative, c&#8217;est devenu la norme. <strong>&#192; Paris, son usage a doubl&#233; depuis 2019. Sur des axes comme le boulevard S&#233;bastopol ou la rue de Rivoli, on compte d&#233;sormais plus de <a href="https://www.lebonbon.fr/paris/news/velo-nombre-cyclistes-record-paris/">25 000 cyclistes par jour,</a> ce qui d&#233;passe le nombre de voitures</strong>. Cette tendance se confirme avec l&#8217;essor du &#8220;V&#233;lotaf&#8221;. En France, <a href="https://www.velozen.com/blog/quel-est-l-avenir-du-velo-electrique-en-france-n302">un v&#233;lo vendu sur quatre</a> est aujourd&#8217;hui &#233;lectrique, certaines mairies et entreprises proposent encore des aides &#224; l&#8217;acquisition de VAE. L&#8217;infrastructure a suivi ce mouvement : les pistes provisoires construites apr&#232;s le COVID sont devenues permanentes et la ville compte plus de <strong><a href="https://www.eniplenitude.fr/en-lumiere/mobilite/mobilite-douces/frequentation-pistes-cyclables-a-paris">1 565 km de voies cyclables</a>.</strong> Avec une densit&#233; de pistes deux fois sup&#233;rieure &#224; celle de Copenhague, Paris est, sur le papier, la capitale mondiale du v&#233;lo. Pourtant, la r&#233;alit&#233; est bien diff&#233;rente. On a ajout&#233; des pistes cyclables dans une structure urbaine ancienne qui n&#8217;a pas &#233;volu&#233;. Ces 1 565 km de pistes illustrent la <strong>difficult&#233; de partager l&#8217;espace entre les pi&#233;tons, les v&#233;los et les voitures sur un territoire aussi petit de 105 km&#178;</strong></p></blockquote><p> </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le v&#233;lo comme nouveau marqueur social</strong></p><blockquote><p>Choisir le v&#233;lo n&#8217;est pas seulement un geste &#233;cologique, c&#8217;est une fa&#231;on de <strong>reprendre le contr&#244;le sur son emploi du temps</strong>. Dans une ville o&#249; les transports sont souvent impr&#233;visibles, c&#8217;est le seul moyen d&#8217;arriver &#224; l&#8217;heure. Le v&#233;lo est devenu la &#8220;libert&#233;&#8221; d&#8217;une classe urbaine qui <strong>ne supporte plus de d&#233;pendre des l&#8217;infra-structures collectives. </strong>C&#8217;est aussi le nouveau sac &#224; main qui dit tout de nous : notre niveau de revenus, notre quartier, c&#8217;est <strong>un v&#233;ritable marqueur de caste</strong>. Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agisse du cadre de La D&#233;fense filant sur un &#233;lectrique haut de gamme, de la m&#232;re de famille du 11e sur son Longtail, ou de jeunes affichant leur statut sur Speed-pedelec, le v&#233;lo refl&#232;te nos positions sociales.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Cargo et charge mentale </strong></p><blockquote><p>Les femmes sont de plus en plus nombreuses &#224; faire du v&#233;lo dans les rues de Paris. Elles &#233;taient 36 % en 2020 et sont <strong><a href="https://www.lebonbon.fr/paris/news/45-pourcent-cyclistes-grand-paris-sont-femmes/">45 % aujourd&#8217;hui</a>.</strong> Ce changement s&#8217;explique par le d&#233;veloppement des pistes cyclables prot&#233;g&#233;es, la s&#233;curit&#233; &#233;tant un crit&#232;re d&#233;terminant. <strong>Le v&#233;lo-cargo est devenu l&#8217;outil central de cette transition </strong>en rempla&#231;ant souvent une deuxi&#232;me voiture. Voir une femme piloter un engin de deux m&#232;tres de long avec trois enfants et des courses t&#233;moigne d&#8217;une r&#233;elle ma&#238;trise mais c&#8217;est aussi une image forte: celle de <strong>la charge mentale devenue mobile et visible.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Paradoxe acoustique </strong></p><blockquote><p>M&#234;me si le bruit de fond parisien a baiss&#233; de 2 d&#233;cibels en dix ans, la nature n&#8217;a pas encore retrouv&#233; son calme. Pour se faire entendre malgr&#233; le vrombissement r&#233;siduel de la ville,<a href="https://www.velozen.com/blog/quel-est-l-avenir-du-velo-electrique-en-france-n302"> </a><strong><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-paris-les-oiseaux-continuent-de-chanter-plus-aigu-a-cause-du-bruit-malgre-la-lutte-contre-la-pollution-sonore-281659">les oiseaux sont forc&#233;s de changer de fr&#233;quence</a></strong><a href="https://www.velozen.com/blog/quel-est-l-avenir-du-velo-electrique-en-france-n302">.</a> Ils d&#233;calent leur chant vers les aigus pour ne pas &#234;tre masqu&#233;s par les sons graves des moteurs et cela affecte leur sant&#233; et leur reproduction. C&#8217;est le paradoxe de notre &#171; v&#233;lorution &#187; : nous avons gagn&#233; en fluidit&#233;, mais <strong>la ville et son bruit reste un probl&#232;me acoustique pour le vivant</strong>. C&#8217;est un rappel puissant que le silence n&#8217;est pas seulement notre luxe individuel : c&#8217;est aussi n&#233;cessaire pour chaque esp&#232;ce</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;chos personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>L&#8217;ic&#244;ne |</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/raoul-taburin/9782070625796">Raoul Taburin de Semp&#233;</a>.</strong> C&#8217;&#8217;est l&#8217;un de mes auteurs pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233;s. Ce livre raconte avec une tendresse infinie l&#8217;histoire d&#8217;un r&#233;parateur de v&#233;los qui cache un grand secret : il ne sait pas en faire. Une lecture qui rappelle que le v&#233;lo est avant tout une affaire d&#8217;&#233;motion et de po&#233;sie.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://overade.com/products/plixi-casque-velo-ville-pliable/?srsltid=AfmBOoqEXv5KJZDHszCGDfqjyaFyxfL6LF81L3mTCEWHSe5aGoWx97Lt">Le casque Plixi</a> .</strong> La solution pour celles et ceux qui, comme moi, d&#233;testent &#234;tre encombrer. Ce casque pliant se glisse dans un sac d&#232;s que l&#8217;on descend de selle. C&#8217;est l&#8217;objet technique qui sait s&#8217;effacer.</p><p><strong>Le style | <a href="https://www.agnelle.com/fr/gants-en-cuir-femme/1042-karine-dc-gants-femme-en-cuir.html">Les gants de conduite Agnelle</a>.</strong> Ils sont un clin d&#8217;&#339;il direct &#224; mes souvenirs : ma m&#232;re en portait de tr&#232;s similaires, tr&#232;s &#224; la mode dans les ann&#233;es 70. Enfiler ce cuir perfor&#233; aujourd&#8217;hui, c&#8217;est apporter &#224; son trajet quotidien un geste d&#8217;&#233;l&#233;gance et retrouver un peu de chic vintage.</p><p><strong>Le lieu | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/steelcoffeeshop">Steel Cyclewear &amp; Coffee Shop dans le 11e</a>.</strong> Excellent lieu pour observer l&#8217;&#233;poque par le d&#233;tail tout en savourant un tr&#232;s bon caf&#233;. On y trouve aussi bien des v&#234;tements urbains choisis que des livres d&#8217;art sur la culture cycliste.</p><p><strong>Le patrimoine | <a href="https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/velocipede-michaux-corps-ondule">Le Mus&#233;e des Arts et M&#233;tiers</a>.</strong> C&#8217;est un endroit magique qui me fascine par la quantit&#233; de savoir qu&#8217;il abrite. Dans la section  Transports , il y a les premiers v&#233;locip&#232;des Michaux, les anc&#234;tres des bicyclettes, qui ont &#233;t&#233; invent&#233;s &#224; Paris. Derri&#232;re chaque objet du quotidien se cachent tellement d&#8217;inventivit&#233; humaine.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la prochaine &#233;dition de <strong>l&#8217;Atelier</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>l&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233;</strong> et la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cracking the Asphalt ]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Paris is starting to let the earth breathe again]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/cracking-the-asphalt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/cracking-the-asphalt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:30:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FJxJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75c7fe17-88b6-4660-9629-e892777282d7_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" 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Large pots, lush plants, a sudden silence. Paris is a mineral city where green has long been just an accent, a bit of punctuation. Today, I see streets turning green and abandoned urban spaces becoming mini-fields.</p><p>In our apartments, we care for our plants as if our survival depends on it. But as soon as we step outside these refuges, the tree remains unloved: people fear its leaves, prune it too much, or choose species that will never provide the generous shade of a linden or a plane tree. Yet, that shade is our best ally.</p><div><hr></div><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>The street as a space to breathe</strong></p><blockquote><p>The <a href="https://urban-mobility-observatory.transport.ec.europa.eu/resources/case-studies/school-streets-safe-and-sustainable-school-trips_en">&#8220;Rues aux &#233;coles&#8221; </a>(Streets to Schools) initiative, with over 200 sites so far in Paris, is the <strong>most visible sign of this change</strong>. We are no longer just planting a few flowers: we are breaking the asphalt to create islands of freshness. The street is stopping to be just a place for cars; it is becoming <strong>a space to live and rest, where the soil becomes permeable again, plants grow, and children can run.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The building as an ecosystem</strong></p><blockquote><p> Since the Parisian soil is saturated,<a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/la-vegetalisation-du-bati-21439"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/la-vegetalisation-du-bati-21439">nature is moving higher.</a></strong> Green roofs and walls are not just for looks; they transform the city&#8217;s skin. <strong>Buildings are becoming active membranes</strong> that insulate, absorb rainwater, and cool the air. <strong>It is a fertile verticality that redraws our mineral horizon.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Agriculture in the heart of the city</strong> </p><blockquote><p>Urban farming is becoming professional: it is no longer just a small neighborhood experiment.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Above ground:</strong> The <strong><a href="https://www.plantation.paris/">La Plantation</a></strong><a href="https://www.plantation.paris/"> </a>project is entering a new era. The takeover by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lucie.basch/">Lucie Basch</a> (<em><a href="https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us">Too Good To Go</a></em>) and St&#233;phane Vatinel (<em><a href="https://citefertile.com/">La Cit&#233; Fertile</a></em>) shows a shift toward a real impact model, <strong>mixing circular economy and food resilience</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Underground:</strong> Projects like <strong><a href="https://www.lacaverne.co/">La Caverne</a></strong><a href="https://www.lacaverne.co/"> </a>prove that even <strong>abandoned spaces, like old underground parking garages</strong>, can <strong>become production sites</strong> for mushrooms and endives.</p></li></ul></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><p><strong>The Place | <a href="https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/realisations/paris/loasis-daboukir-paris">L&#8217;Oasis d&#8217;Aboukir.</a></strong> In the Sentier district, this green wall is a true hymn to biodiversity. It was created by <strong>Patrick Blanc, a biologist at the CNRS who invented the concept in 1986</strong>. Looking up at this blooming green mass, you see <strong>how plants can literally colonize a blank wall to offer a breath of air in the middle of the asphalt</strong>.</p><p><strong>The Ritual | <a href="https://parisianmoments.com/blog-1/palais-royal-gardens">Le Palais Royal.</a></strong> <strong>My favorite garden in Paris</strong>. The ultimate luxury here is the quiet. You must come early in the morning, drink a coffee near the fountain, and walk under the galleries. Between the sculptures by Pol Bury, the Buren columns, and the blooming viburnums, it is the <strong>perfect equation: Art + Garden + Silence.</strong> A moment out of time in the heart of the city.</p><p><strong>The Taste | <a href="https://writerinthegarden.com/2024/01/27/buzzing-in-the-jardin-du-luxembourg/">Luxembourg Honey</a>.</strong> Few people know it, but the Jardin du Luxembourg has a beautiful <strong>historic apiary and orchard</strong>. In September, don&#8217;t miss the honey festival: it&#8217;s a chance to meet the volunteer beekeepers and leave with <strong>a jar of local honey. A rare, pure, and ultra-local product.</strong></p><p><strong>The Gesture | Living with nature.</strong> We don&#8217;t all have the luck of having a garden, so we turn our apartments into green bubbles. For inspiration, I recommend the work of my friend <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joelixjoelix/">Judith de Graaff</a></strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joelixjoelix/"> </a>from <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/urbanjungleblog/">Urban Jungle Bloggers</a></strong>. Through her books and global community, <strong>she has turned our relationship with houseplants into a true art of living</strong>. My recommendation for beginners: the <strong>s<a href="/__u/www.google.com/search?sca_esv=92ba866fdf05b023&amp;rlz=1C5OZZY_enFR1211&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n6rXrX5MeCROi4531p1WarKYrjGaQ:1777145975109&amp;udm=2&amp;fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpeTF8ggB1qASWZfpybz5TQZmqMiWOgtbP_iLwZE3_BspyFjaPpcbsBUU--SaJtLibq_IDDfrsh3AuDcq4fbLbS6t5Y2dQ81wOQKum7mW5qnNFEiWe6RpGvcBbnWscIIfRHHk04iEyibpKVq0L8OyDD-ovCvqYYzhX28Eh6ob3MYMBVvTP&amp;q=chlorophytum+comosum&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFsr3U4ImUAxVjTaQEHU_OBJAQtKgLegQIFhAB&amp;biw=1200&amp;bih=686&amp;dpr=2">pider plant</a></strong> (<em>Chlorophytum comosum</em>). It is robust, cleans the air, and is very easy to propagate. Don&#8217;t hesitate to give some to your friends: it&#8217;s a simple way to share the living world.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of &#8220;<strong>L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233; Workshop&#8221;</strong> and the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>18h30, Arts et M&#233;tiers.</strong> En marchant vers le m&#233;tro, je tombe sur une petite impasse d&#233;sormais ferm&#233;e aux voitures. Des grands bacs, une v&#233;g&#233;tation foisonnante, un silence soudain. Paris est une ville min&#233;rale o&#249; le vert a longtemps &#233;t&#233; un simple accent, une ponctuation. Aujourd&#8217;hui, je vois des rues se v&#233;g&#233;taliser, des espaces urbains d&#233;laiss&#233;s devenir des mini-champs.</p><p>Dans nos appartements, nous soignons nos plantes comme si notre survie en d&#233;pendait. Mais d&#232;s que l&#8217;on sort de ces refuges, l&#8217;arbre reste le mal-aim&#233; : on redoute ses feuilles, on le taille &#224; l&#8217;exc&#232;s ou l&#8217;on choisit des esp&#232;ces qui ne feront jamais l&#8217;ombrage g&#233;n&#233;reux d&#8217;un tilleul ou d&#8217;un platane. Pourtant, cette ombre-l&#224; est notre meilleure alli&#233;e.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>La rue comme une respiration</strong></p><blockquote><p>L&#8217;initiative des <strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/57-nouvelles-rues-aux-ecoles-dans-paris-8197">&#171; Rues aux &#233;coles &#187;</a></strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/57-nouvelles-rues-aux-ecoles-dans-paris-8197"> </a>(plus de 200 &#224; ce jour, avec 57 nouvelles extensions) est <strong>le signe le plus visible de cette mutation.</strong> On ne se contente plus de planter trois azal&#233;es : on casse le bitume pour cr&#233;er des &#238;lots de fra&#238;cheur. La rue cesse d&#8217;&#234;tre un simple lieu pour les voitures pour redevenir <strong>un espace de vie et de pause o&#249; la terre retrouve sa perm&#233;abilit&#233;, o&#249; la v&#233;g&#233;tation peut s&#8217;installer et les enfants courir.</strong></p></blockquote><p> </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le b&#226;timent comme &#233;cosyst&#232;me</strong></p><blockquote><p>Puisque le sol parisien est satur&#233;,<a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/la-vegetalisation-du-bati-21439"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.paris.fr/pages/la-vegetalisation-du-bati-21439">la nature investit les hauteurs </a></strong>. La v&#233;g&#233;talisation des parois et des toits n&#8217;est plus seulement esth&#233;tique ; elle transforme l&#8217;enveloppe de la ville. <strong>Le b&#226;timent devient une membrane active</strong> qui isole, absorbe les eaux de pluie et rafra&#238;chit l&#8217;air ambiant. C&#8217;est une verticalit&#233; fertile qui redessine notre horizon min&#233;ral.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>Une agriculture au c&#339;ur de la ville</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>En surface :</strong> Le projet de <strong><a href="https://www.plantation.paris/">La Plantation</a></strong><a href="https://www.plantation.paris/"> </a>entre dans une nouvelle &#232;re. Le passage de relais &#224; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lucie.basch/">Lucie Basch </a>(<em><a href="https://www.toogoodtogo.com/fr">Too Good To Go</a>)</em> et St&#233;phane Vatinel (<em><a href="https://citefertile.com/">La Cit&#233; Fertile</a></em>) montre que l&#8217;on passe &#224; <strong>un v&#233;ritable mod&#232;le d&#8217;impact, m&#234;lant &#233;conomie circulaire et r&#233;silience alimentaire.</strong></p><p><strong>En sous-sol :</strong> Des projets comme <strong><a href="https://www.lacaverne.co/">La Caverne</a></strong> prouvent que m&#234;me <strong>les espaces urbains d&#233;laiss&#233;s d&#8217;anciens parkings souterrains</strong> peuvent devenir <strong>des lieux de production</strong> (champignons, endives).</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;chos personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le lieu | <a href="https://www.murvegetalpatrickblanc.com/realisations/paris-ile-de-france/loasis-daboukir-paris">L&#8217;Oasis d&#8217;Aboukir.</a></strong> Dans le quartier du Sentier, ce mur v&#233;g&#233;tal est un v&#233;ritable hymne &#224; la biodiversit&#233;. C&#8217;est l&#8217;&#339;uvre de <strong>Patrick Blanc, biologiste au CNRS et inventeur du concept en 1986</strong>. En levant les yeux sur cette masse verte et fleurie, on comprend comment le v&#233;g&#233;tal peut litt&#233;ralement coloniser un mur aveugle pour offrir <strong>une respiration au milieu du bitume</strong>. </p><p><strong>Le rituel |<a href="https://www.domaine-palais-royal.fr"> Le Palais Royal.</a></strong> <strong>Mon jardin pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233; &#224; Paris</strong>. Le luxe absolu ici, c&#8217;est le calme. Il faut venir t&#244;t le matin, boire un caf&#233; pr&#232;s de la fontaine et fl&#226;ner sous les galeries. Entre les sculptures de Pol Bury, les colonnes de Buren et les viornes en fleurs, c&#8217;est <strong>l&#8217;&#233;quation parfaite : Art + Jardin + Silence</strong>. Un moment hors du temps au c&#339;ur de la ville. </p><p><strong>Le go&#251;t | <a href="https://www.la-sca.net/ruchers/rucher-du-jardin-du-luxembourg/">Le Miel du Luxembourg.</a></strong> Peu de gens le savent, mais le Jardin du Luxembourg abrite un rucher et un verger historique magnifique. En septembre ne manquez pas la f&#234;te du miel : c&#8217;est l&#8217;occasion de rencontrer les apiculteurs b&#233;n&#233;voles et de repartir avec <strong>un pot de miel r&#233;colt&#233; sur place. Un produit rare, pur et ultra-local.</strong> </p><p><strong>Le geste | Le vivant chez soi.</strong> Nous n&#8217;avons pas tous la chance d&#8217;avoir un jardin, alors, nous transformons nos appartements en bulles vertes. Pour l&#8217;inspiration, je vous conseille de <strong>d&#233;couvrir le regard de mon amie</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joelixjoelix/">Judith de Graaff</a></strong> fondatrice d&#8217; <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/urbanjungleblog/">Urban Jungle Bloggers</a></strong>. &#192; travers ses livres et sa communaut&#233; mondiale, <strong>elle a transform&#233; notre rapport aux plantes d&#8217;int&#233;rieur en un v&#233;ritable art de vivre</strong>. Ma recommandation pour d&#233;buter : <strong>la plante araign&#233;e</strong> (<em><a href="/__u/www.google.com/search?sca_esv=92ba866fdf05b023&amp;rlz=1C5OZZY_enFR1211&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n6rXrX5MeCROi4531p1WarKYrjGaQ:1777145975109&amp;udm=2&amp;fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpeTF8ggB1qASWZfpybz5TQZmqMiWOgtbP_iLwZE3_BspyFjaPpcbsBUU--SaJtLibq_IDDfrsh3AuDcq4fbLbS6t5Y2dQ81wOQKum7mW5qnNFEiWe6RpGvcBbnWscIIfRHHk04iEyibpKVq0L8OyDD-ovCvqYYzhX28Eh6ob3MYMBVvTP&amp;q=chlorophytum+comosum&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFsr3U4ImUAxVjTaQEHU_OBJAQtKgLegQIFhAB&amp;biw=1200&amp;bih=686&amp;dpr=2">Chlorophytum comosum</a></em>). Elle est <strong>robuste, d&#233;polluante, et se bouture tr&#232;s facilement.</strong> N&#8217;h&#233;sitez pas &#224; en offrir autour de vous : c&#8217;est une mani&#232;re simple de partager le vivant. </p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la prochaine &#233;dition de <strong>l&#8217;Atelier</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>l&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233;</strong> et la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of the Real]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why we are choosing friction to reclaim our time]]></description><link>https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-power-of-the-real</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/p/the-power-of-the-real</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cécile Poignant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:31:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-Lp6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff97707f6-017d-4e96-9374-37f8c3348b89_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" 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One of them is crocheting while she talks. No smartphone in her hand, no compulsive checking. An &#8220;old-fashioned&#8221; hobby that she masters and performs without any embarrassment. It&#8217;s an act of presence: she is right here, simply focused on her handiwork.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Macro Shift</h3><p></p><p><strong>Reclaiming the Narrative</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>In late 2021 in Brooklyn, a group of high schoolers swapped their iPhones for flip phones, founded the <a href="https://www.antitechresistance.org/en/blog/luddite-club-des-lyceennes-new-yorkaises-delaissent-smartphones-et-medias-asociaux">&#8220;Luddite Club,&#8221; </a>and met every week without phones to do analog activities.</strong> In 2026, this has become a mental survival strategy. Faced with infinite algorithms that choose everything for us, <strong>a new generation is choosing friction.</strong> They accept the effort and the constraints to regain their autonomy.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The single-purpose object: the luxury of attention</strong> </p><blockquote><p><strong>Officially discontinued by Apple in 2022, the iPod is making a spectacular comeback.</strong> The second-hand market is exploding: sales of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ipod-music-streaming-iphone-a6a010a1d9001abb0580b7a1cebe9c13">refurbished iPods have jumped 48% since 2024 on some platforms. </a>It&#8217;s not just nostalgia:  it&#8217;s a search for calm. <strong>For the most demanding users, <a href="https://player-mods.com/collections/bluetooth-modded-ipods">these objects are getting high-end restorations</a></strong>: they are equipped with Bluetooth and flash memory. By using a single-purpose device, we take back control over what we hear, without notifications or distractions.</p><p>The same goes for photos: people are fighting over old film cameras. <strong>The <a href="https://papershoot.eu/">Paper Shoot, </a>a new minimalist camera without a screen, saw its sales increase.</strong> As for vinyl, it&#8217;s no longer just for collectors: in Paris, record stores are multiplying and becoming meeting spots for the younger generation. Vinyl imposes its own friction: the ritual of the sleeve, the needle...</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Hand-crafting: living in the present</strong> </p><blockquote><p>The success of knitting, crochet, and ceramics is no longer a niche. <strong>In Paris, the number of &#8220;pottery cafes&#8221; has doubled since 2022</strong>. On platforms like <a href="https://wecandoo.fr/ateliers/workshops-by-wecandoo">Wecandoo,</a> bookings for <strong>manual workshops have really increased.</strong> We accept the resistance of the clay or the thread to reclaim our time: manual work is, by essence, the antidote to instant gratification. It&#8217;s also the return of real social interaction where people chat while their hands work.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Bookclub: mastering attention</strong> </p><blockquote><p>The return of book clubs shows our need for control. Reading a paper book means refusing &#8220;zapping.&#8221; <strong>Driven by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookTok">#BookTok</a>,</strong> fiction sales are growing, making reading a strong identity marker: 84% of young adults now read for pleasure . Reading requires immersion, it&#8217;s an intellectual friction. In Paris, <strong><a href="https://silentbook.club/pages/chapter-map?srsltid=AfmBOoqFZQOfJCnTaN3BUVADjrpbBcy1KD_flx5gF2wFpwYLc18h1lFR">Silent Book Club</a></strong><a href="https://silentbook.club/pages/chapter-map?srsltid=AfmBOoqFZQOfJCnTaN3BUVADjrpbBcy1KD_flx5gF2wFpwYLc18h1lFR"> </a>chapters are popular: people meet to read in silence, reclaiming the power to decide where their attention goes</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Every week, I share a few pieces of my world to nourish your own gaze:</p><p><strong>The Place | <a href="https://www.theoffline-club.com/city-chapters/paris-chapter">The Offline Club Paris.</a></strong> A liberating concept: you leave your phone at the entrance to read, draw, or chat, if you want, with strangers. It&#8217;s a perfect spot for those who want to experience collective disconnection and gently reclaim their time.</p><p><strong>The Object | <a href="https://adelineklam.com/">Japanese papers from Adeline Klam</a>.</strong> A shop in the 11th district that celebrates paper culture. It feels like a pastry shop; I always want everything. The beauty of the washi paper and its soft texture invite a form of tactile meditation through folding. A perfect place to rediscover the joy of touch </p><p><strong> The Experience | <a href="https://le-paon.com/">Le Paon Workshops</a>.</strong> Here, the goal isn&#8217;t to become an artist, but to find joy in the gesture, the material, and the observation. It&#8217;s a great way to bring manual practice into your daily life. I&#8217;ll be trying their meditative watercolor class very soon! </p><div><hr></div><p><em>I am delighted to see this weekly ritual taking root. I share these intuitions for the simple pleasure of the &#8216;gaze&#8217;, the essential first step of any creative journey.</em></p><p><em>For those who wish to transform this sensitivity into a strategic lever, I will soon share more details about the next edition of &#8220;<strong>L&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233; Workshop&#8221;</strong> and the upcoming intake for <strong>Circle of 6.</strong></em></p><p><em>Until then, stay curious!</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Le Signal</strong></h3><p></p><p><strong>16h30, M&#233;tro Concorde. </strong>Trois jeunes filles discutent avec animation. L&#8217;une d&#8217;elles, tout en parlant, croch&#232;te. Pas de smartphone &#224; la main, pas de consultation compulsive. Un geste de &#171; grand-m&#232;re &#187; qu&#8217;elle ma&#238;trise et ex&#233;cute sans aucune g&#234;ne. C&#8217;est un acte de pr&#233;sence : elle est l&#224;, simplement occup&#233;e par son ouvrage.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><p></p><h3><strong>Le Mouvement de Fond</strong></h3><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Reprendre le r&#233;cit</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Fin 2021 &#224; Brooklyn</strong>, un groupe de lyc&#233;ens &#233;change ses iPhones contre des t&#233;l&#233;phones &#224; clapet, fonde le <a href="https://www.antitechresistance.org/blog/luddite-club-des-lyceennes-new-yorkaises-delaissent-smartphones-et-medias-asociaux">Luddite Club </a>et se retrouve chaque semaine sans t&#233;l&#233;phone pour faire des activit&#233;s d&#233;su&#232;tes. <strong>En 2026, c&#8217;est devenu une strat&#233;gie de survie mentale</strong>. Face &#224; l&#8217;infini de l&#8217;algorithme qui choisit tout pour nous, une nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration opte d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;ment pour la friction et accepte l&#8217;effort et la contrainte pour retrouver de l&#8217;autonomie.</p></blockquote><p> </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>L&#8217;objet monofonction : le luxe de l&#8217;attention</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Officiellement abandonn&#233; par Apple en 2022</strong>, l&#8217;iPod conna&#238;t un retour spectaculaire. Le march&#233; de l&#8217;occasion explose : <strong><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ipod-music-streaming-iphone-a6a010a1d9001abb0580b7a1cebe9c13">les ventes d&#8217;iPod reconditionn&#233;s ont grimp&#233; de 48 % depuis 2024 sur certaines plateformes.</a></strong> Ce n&#8217;est pas de la nostalgie, c&#8217;est une qu&#234;te de calme. Pour les plus exigeants, ces objets font d&#233;sormais l&#8217;objet d&#8217;une restauration d&#8217;excellence : <strong><a href="https://player-mods.com/collections/bluetooth-modded-ipods">on les &#233;quipe de Bluetooth et de m&#233;moires flash</a></strong>.<strong><a href="https://player-mods.com/collections/bluetooth-modded-ipods"> </a></strong>En utilisant un appareil monofonction, on reprend le contr&#244;le de ce que l&#8217;on &#233;coute sans notification ni choix parasites. </p><p>M&#234;me constat pour l&#8217;<strong>image</strong> : on s&#8217;arrache les anciens appareils photo argentiques. <strong><a href="https://papershoot.eu/">Le Paper Shoot</a>,</strong> un appareil minimaliste sans &#233;cran, a vu ses ventes augmenter. <strong>Le vinyle</strong>, lui, n&#8217;est plus un plaisir de collectionneur : &#224; Paris, les disquaires se multiplient et deviennent des lieux de rencontres pour la jeune g&#233;n&#233;ration. Le vinyle impose sa propre friction : le rituel de la pochette, le diamant que l&#8217;on pose...</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le fait-main: habiter le temps pr&#233;sent</strong></p><blockquote><p>Le succ&#232;s du tricot, du crochet ou de la c&#233;ramique n&#8217;est plus une niche. <strong>&#192; Paris, le nombre de &#171; caf&#233;s-poterie &#187; a doubl&#233; depuis 2022</strong>. Sur des plateformes comme <a href="https://wecandoo.fr/ateliers/workshops-by-wecandoo">Wecandoo,</a> les r&#233;servations d&#8217;ateliers manuels ont consid&#233;rablement augment&#233; . On accepte la r&#233;sistance de la terre ou du fil pour se r&#233;approprier le temps : le geste manuel est, par essence, l&#8217;antidote &#224; l&#8217;instantan&#233;it&#233;. C&#8217;est aussi le retour d&#8217;une sociabilit&#233; concr&#232;te, o&#249; l&#8217;on discute en laissant ses mains travailler en m&#234;me temps.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le Bookclub : la ma&#238;trise de l&#8217;attention</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Le retour des Bookclubs</strong> est un signe de ce besoin de ma&#238;trise. Lire un livre papier, c&#8217;est refuser le zapping. Port&#233;es par l&#8217;influence de <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookTok">#BookTok</a>, les ventes de fiction progressent et transforment<strong> la lecture en un geste identitaire fort.</strong> Lire demande un effort d&#8217;immersion, une friction intellectuelle. &#192; Paris, les chapitres du <a href="https://silentbook.club/pages/chapter-map?srsltid=AfmBOoqgINMO4u3TvYKKFyTiCFdEYvdw2gHfn9JYE4x2NRWMAtGMUX8y">Silent Book Club </a>se multiplient : <strong>on se r&#233;unit pour lire en silence, revendiquant le pouvoir de d&#233;cider o&#249; se porte notre attention.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p></p><h3><strong>Fragments</strong></h3><p>Chaque semaine, je partage quelques &#233;chos personnels pour nourrir votre propre regard :</p><p><strong>Le lieu | <a href="https://www.theoffline-club.com/city-chapters/paris-chapter">The Offline Club Paris.</a></strong> Un concept lib&#233;rateur : on d&#233;pose son smartphone &#224; l&#8217;entr&#233;e pour lire, dessiner ou discuter , si on veut , avec des inconnus. C&#8217;est un rendez-vous parfait pour ceux qui cherchent &#224; exp&#233;rimenter la d&#233;connexion collective et &#224; se r&#233;approprier avec douceur leur temps</p><p><strong>L&#8217;objet | <a href="https://adelineklam.com/">Les papiers japonais d&#8217;Adeline Klam</a>.</strong> Dans le 11e, une adresse qui c&#233;l&#232;bre la culture du papier. Cette boutique est un peu comme une p&#226;tisserie, j&#8217;ai toujours envie de tout. La beaut&#233; des washi et la douceur de leur grain invitent &#224; une forme de m&#233;ditation tactile par le pliage. Un lieu parfait pour retrouver le plaisir du toucher</p><p><strong>L&#8217;exp&#233;rience |<a href="https://le-paon.com/"> Les ateliers du Paon.</a></strong> Ici, l&#8217;id&#233;e n&#8217;est pas de devenir un artiste, mais de retrouver le plaisir du geste, de la mati&#232;re et du regard. C&#8217;est une excellente porte d&#8217;entr&#233;e pour int&#233;grer une pratique manuelle dans son quotidien. Je vais d&#8217;ailleurs tester tr&#232;s prochainement leur cours d&#8217;aquarelle m&#233;ditative!</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Je suis ravie de voir ce rituel hebdomadaire s&#8217;installer. Je partage ces intuitions pour le simple plaisir du &#171; regard &#187;, premi&#232;re &#233;tape essentielle de tout voyage cr&#233;atif.</em></p><p><em>Pour ceux qui souhaitent transformer cette sensibilit&#233; en levier strat&#233;gique, je partagerai bient&#244;t plus de d&#233;tails sur la prochaine &#233;dition de <strong>l&#8217;Atelier</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>l&#8217;Esprit de Curiosit&#233;</strong> et la nouvelle promotion du <strong>Cercle de 6</strong>.</em></p><p><em>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, restez curieux !</em></p><p><strong>C&#233;cile</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/cecilepoignant.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><blockquote><p><strong>C&#233;cile Poignant</strong> : <em>Curiosity, Foresight &amp; Creativity: decoding signals to guide brands and creative minds toward narratives of depth.</em> <em>Curiosit&#233;, Prospective &amp; Cr&#233;ativit&#233; : d&#233;coder les signaux pour donner de la profondeur aux r&#233;cits des marques et des esprits cr&#233;atifs.</em></p></blockquote>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>