JUDITH SÖNNICKEN

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Name: Judith Sonnicken

Hometown: Berlin 

Status: Gravity Research 

Occupation: Artist 

Fav. restaurant: GINGER ON BEDFORD AVE, THAI CHAI YO ON 9TH AVE 

Fav. city: LISBON FOR THE WAY IT IS, NAPOLI FOR THE VOLCANIC HEAT, BERLIN FOR THE BEAT, NEW YORK FOR THE BREEZE 

Fav. color: FLUORESCENT PINK 

Fav. dish: MANGO SALAD 

Fav. drink: WHISKEY SOUR 

Fav. scent : FRESH CONCRETE 

Fav. book: SHOULDN´T BE TOO HEAVY TO BE CARRIED AROUND 

Fav. designer: COMME DES GARCONS 

Fav. tv programme: I DON'T TV 

The last movie you have seen? CHRIS MARKER: SANS SOLEIL 

What is your present state of mind? MOONWALK 

How would you like to die? HEART STOPS BEATING, AS SIMPLE AS THAT 

If you had to cook dinner for someone tonight, what would you make? SOMETHING PINK 

What's the nicest thing someone's ever done for you? SURPRISE ME WITH A FLIGHT TICKET 

If you could rid the world of one thing what would it be? PHONE COMPANIES 

If you won a million dollars what would you do with it? BE WHEREVER I WANNA BE 

If your house was on fire and you could only grab 3 things,what would they be? SKETCHBOOK, SYNTHESIZER AND SOMETHING TO EAT 

What is your idea of perfect happiness? WHERE I AM JUST NOW 

Who are your heroes? EVERYONE WHO DOES WHAT HE WANTS TO DO 

What do you consider your greatest achievement? THE ABILITY TO THINK NOTHING 

The quality you most admire in a man? PASSION 

The quality you most admire in a woman? SAME 

What do you have coming up? MY FIRST SOLO SHOW, CON ARTIST GALLERY, 119TH LUDLOW ST, NEW YORK CITY, OPENING ON WED, JUNE 22ND, 8 PM 

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Helen Allen

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Name: Helene Allen

Hometown: London since 2007

Status: Married with 2 kids

Occupation: Owner of Little Paris shop

Fav. restaurant: japanese restaurant in Hampstead

Fav. city: Chicago

Fav. color: From the last few weeks 'stone blue' from Farrow and Ball

Fav. dish: Foie gras and fresh bread

Fav. drink: Montbazillac white wine... to go with the foie gras

Fav. scent: Antiquaires wax from Bougies la Francaise (it reminds me when I renovate the furniture)

Fav. book: L'Alchimiste from Paulo Coelho

Fav. designer: Le Corbusier

Fav. tv programme: Grand design from BBC4

The last movie you have seen? "Prête moi ta main" with Charlotte Gainsbourg

What is your present state of mind? Relax

What is your motto? "Impossible n'est pas francais" > nothing's impossible

How would you like to die? Peacefully, being sure my children are blossomed

What natural gift would you most like to possess? To know how to design bags, jewels. I have been a good product manager but I always need a designer to draw what I have in mind

Fav. actor/actress: A French actor, Richard Anconina

If you had to cook dinner for someone tonight,what would you make?

Salmon fish with smoked salmon on top, creme fraiche and lemon cooked in tinfoil

What's the nicest thing someone's ever done for you? Creating some labels all around my garden to help me to recognise bad plants and beautiful ones. I love gardens but I have no green hand.

If you could rid the world of one thing what would it be? The war

If you won a million dollars what would you do with it? I will open a shop Little Paris the size of the shop MERCI in Paris, but in the middle of London

If your house was on fire and you could only grab 3

things,what would they be? Old pictures from my ancesters, my Tolix armchair and my kilim rug

What is your idea of perfect happiness? To work with my kids and husband

Who are your heroes? The Japanese and how they copte with what is happening

When and where you the happiest? Around a long farm table with all my family and friends

What do you consider your greatest achievement? To have opened this shop

If you could change one thing about yourself,what would it be? To have more time with my kids

The quality you most admire in a man? The determination

The quality you most admire in a woman? Same

Your most marked characteristic? Entrepreneuse

What do you have coming up? Planning the opening of our second shop

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