“Of all the stupid things I’ve done in my life,” says journalist Julie Mautner, “running away to live in Provence was definitely the smartest.”

An American food, wine and travel writer now spending most of the year in the South of France, Julie writes for magazines and websites in the U.S., France and the U.K. Since she left New York and her job as executive editor of Food Arts Magazine in 1998, she has published hundreds of articles for magazines and sites including NYTimes.com, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller UK, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, New York, Elle Decor UK, Financial Times, USA Today, Epicurious.com and many more. [Read more →]

The power of Google Alerts!

The latest one to pop up on Pure Design’s RSS radar came in from TopSEOs.com – an “Independent Authority on Search Vendors”.

The article is entitled ‘France Top Seos.com Unveils the Best Web-Design Firms in France for January’ and places Pure Design in a proud 3rd position!

Well done me…. or is it just a load of nonsense? Not one to put down this ‘Independent Authority‘ I did a little digging… [Read more →]

More and more clients are approaching Pure Design to create mobile friendly versions of their website.  No, not iPhone Apps, not websites that just appear on mobile devices, but websites that are designed to perform and be accessible on iPhones, iPads, Blackberrys… you name it. [Read more →]

The 11 o’clock coffee break at the Pure Design offices this morning was greeted with a parcel of 9 cupcakes… and not plain old cupcakes… Pure Design cupcakes.

Designed and decorated by Liz at Totally Cupcake, the cakes were personalised and delivered by courier from her bakery based in North Wales. [Read more →]

2010 will go down as one of our best years in France and one that will keep us coming back to Provence again and again. [Read more →]