Illustration: A peek into the sketchbooks of Edouard Baribeaud

Date
8 October 2013

If a man can make white, plastic seating look enticing, then he’s surely some kind of wise oracle who knows too much. In Edouard Baribeaud’s (the name of a wise man) sketchbooks we find ourselves in parks and gardens across the world. Even though his drawings tend to be so simple that they’re almost a pile of wiggles, they’re also so self-explanatory that we know exactly where we are, what temperature it is, and what noises are drifting our way through the leaves. It would be children shouting, a distant chainsaw, a brief woof and the break of a wave.

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Edouard Baribeaud: Skizzenfestival

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Edouard Baribeaud: Skizzenfestival

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Edouard Baribeaud: Skizzenfestival

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Edouard Baribeaud: Skizzenfestival

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Edouard Baribeaud: Skizzenfestival

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Edouard Baribeaud: Skizzenfestival

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Edouard Baribeaud: Carnac

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Edouard Baribeaud: Carnac

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Edouard Baribeaud: Ogum = St Goerge

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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