19 Of The Most Colorful Stairs In The World

The city stairs are not that boring anymore, at least not in some of the worlds cities. Imagination is let free, so that the community will enjoy. Hopefully these images will inspire you to get your community together and paint your steps.

1. 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, San Francisco

Image credits: yellofish.tumblr.com

Image credits: Jordan Wong

2. Valparaíso, Chile

Image credits: Jean-BaptisteYunis

3.  Philadelphia Museum of Art

Image credits: rleigh

4. Valparaíso, Chile

Image credits: oueduabroad.wordpress.com

5. Seoul, South Korea

Image credits: Kevin Lowry

6. Wuppertal, Germany

Image credits: frizztext

7. Sicily, Italy

Image credits: Andrea Annaloro

8. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Image credits: jr-art.net

9. Beirut, Lebanon

Image credits: Jubran E. Elias

10. Stairs to the musical theater in Seoul, South Korea

Image credits: Kimhwan SEOULIST

11. Stairs of Peace in Syria

Image credits: Jood Voluntary Team

12. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Image credits: justin-travels.com

13. Angers, France

Image credits: Mademoiselle Maurice

14. Istanbul, Turkey

Image credits: DHA

15. Morlaix, France

Image credits: ZAG

16. Tehran, Iran

Image credits: farsizaban.tumblr.com

17. Beirut, Lebanon

Image credits: Dihzahyners Project

19. Mosaic Staircase in Inner Sunset, San Francisco, USA

 Image Credits Meliora.

Francoise Nielly – The art in all its color

Emotion, burst of colors, inspiration. Francoise Nielly plays with colours as in making a puzzle of vibrant closeup portraits. The French artist uses knives to paint her artwork as she seems to prefer the thick, clean brushstrokes created by them. Painting portraits is her speciality, although at the begining of her career she used to paint a whole body.

 „I realized many male nude, and as one goes along I evolved. To choose between buildings, cars and the road, I chose people because they are alive.” – Francoise Nielly

She describes herself as being a silly person and serious at the same time. She is a passionate woman who loves life, wide open spaces, sushi, blue lagoons, the Internet, humor, books, Paris, New-york and Vancouver. Resolutely inscribed in her epoch, she is an accomplished artist ; 20 years of artistic expression explain the maturity of her work and the perfect mastery of her art.

As she grew up, Francoise had an artistic education. Her father influenced her whole life, being an architect. He taught her about architecture and the function of volumes. This is coupled with her studies at the Beaux arts and Decorative Arts, but the street art is what influenced her most in her career.

“I do not really like defining my art, I am not situated in a particular artistic movement. But if I have to give you an answer that would be Street art”.

“I was inspired by popular culture as my atelier is at Saint-Ouen, which is a neighbourhood in Paris with many graffiti artists. So, little by little I was attached by street art. I meet a lot of great painters, who have definitely influenced me subconsciously, but I have never attempted to copy anyone”.

The way she paints is very energetic, since painting keeps her alive, Francoise Nielly says.

 

“There is something too hard and sad about life for me, so I indulge on colors and put all my energy into the art of painting. It is interesting for me to play with fluorescent colours as they are really strong whilst constructing in an almost architectural sense, portraits that hit the spot without distorting the image too much”.

Although Paris is the city of artists, Francois says she isn’t really inspired by it. For her is a just romantic city, where she can sit on a terrace and meet friends.

Francoise also painted several celebrities. However her wish is to paint normal people, rather than celebrities, except for when it is commissioned work. She also makes customed artwork. If anyone would like to be painted by her, should go to her atelier and meet the artst.

A painting is born when Francoise finds a model. She takes him or her in her studio, takes a photo and the paining begins.

“I paint in the oil. Coats overlaps. Then cuttings by moment. It takes 2 to 3 days for a painting”.

Is there a piece that attracts people more?

People follow pleasantly my evolution. There is interest for all the paintings, but my public likes more the color than the black and the white.

 “Art does not know any boundaries”

Francoise Nielly collaborated with various fashion designers and companies to bring them her colored touch.

The multicolored car from Citroen - A representation of the energy of the technology Full electric.

Francoise Nielly also collaborated with Snowboard Giants Burton in the launch of a new collection Lipstick Limited kind in autumn, 2010. This collection was the most surprising and the most explosive at the level of colors.

Françoise Nielly was chosen by Orly, the brand of nail polish, to create a painting in honor of Jeff Pink.

IRM Design and Fracoise Nielly made their first collection ready-to-wear clothing spring summer 2012.
 

Francoise Nielly realized Nicolas Degennes's portrait on the occasion of the launch of the make-up collection Givenchy „Arty Color”.

You can admire and buy Francoise Nielly’s paintings on www.francoise-nielly.com and http://store.francoise-nielly.com/

Keep in touch through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fran%C3%A7oise-Nielly/57428670012?ref=hl

Fun and joy – clothes with personality from Mandalina Rossa

Someone told me once that before you meet a person and find out he or she has a great personality and you want him or her near you, first of all you just put your eyes on that person. For that to happen, that person needs to stand out from the crowd. And how do you do that? With great clothes. For those of you that stay with a smile on all day long or those who want to be like that, you can dress up from Mandalina Rossa. 

„My customers are the ones who like to get dressed colorful and stand out in crowd.They still keep the inner child alive” - Nazlı Çetiner.

Nazlı Çetiner is the person behind Mandalina Rossa. The business idea came up to Nazlı when she was studying fashion design at Fashion Institute of Technology. In her second year she was sure that she wanted to start her own business. „Little by little I began selling my designs first on the street in Soho, then on Etsy”. And the rest is history, like they say. Nazlı told me how she makes her clothes  and little bit of what knitting is all about.

How did you come up with your brand name?
In Turkish Mandalina means clementine which is my favorite fruit and my nickname. Rossa is red in Italian. I'm a redhead and I had many Italian friends who called me rossa. 

How did you start this passion?
I've been making and creating since I was a child.My mom is a crafter.I was always interested in new projects and materials. I learned knitting at an early age and never dropped the needles and yarns from my hands.
After studying fashion design with knitwear specialization I was set up to work on my own business.

 
What goes into making such interesting items?

I work spontenously directly on the material rather than planning and drawing first.I like the feel of the fabrics and yarns. If I know what I'm going to make I make it very quickly.Usually by looking at the fabric or yarn, I can visualize what can be made out of it. 

Nazlı loves to make circle skirts, because ti's practical and looks great. Her best seller is Vintage Sewing Machines T-shirt, but she is currently out of it.  Don’t worry, Nazlı will make more T-shirts soon.

How do people get in touch with you? Where do you sell?

I have a website that runs trough tumblr www.mandalinarossa.com and also a Facebook page and twitter account. In Istanbul I have a shop/studio co-operated with my boyfriend where I sell my designs and give sewing classes.

I see a lot of people starting their handmade business. What do you think makes you stand out from the crowd?
Everyone has their own style and their own crowd who appreciate them. My customers are the ones who like to get dressed colorful and stand out in crowd.They still keep the inner child alive.

Besides Mandalina Rossa, Nazlı is running a studio/shop Zelazo (zelazolab.com) with her boyfriend. They make a monthly workshop schedule with other maker friends. The workshops include soap making, pinhole camera making, linocut printmaking, sewing… Also they have a fabric shop fabriconly.etsy.com, because she loves collecting fabrics.