Loved and hated, hated and loved — seemingly no other European nation has a similarly segmented relationship to their capital as the French. Everything starts in Paris and everything conspires here. The city is the undisputed center of gravity of the country — almighty and omnipresent. All power originates and disperses from the city; politics, economics and culture. In this issue, the Slanted team met 18 design studios and found a virtuosic approach on the unconcealed wounds and contradictions of a rapidly changing society as well as spirit and humor as a subversive armamentarium.
