{"id":35,"count":0,"description":"Room Number Editions present <em>West is the Best<\/em>, a new and original book by designer Joran Briand. The result of more than ten years of travel, this book traces encounters with Californian, Mexican, and French creators whose work maintains an intimate dialogue with the ocean. From Jean Jullien to John Van Hamersveld, from Julian Schnabel to Ronan Bouroullec, <em>West is the Best<\/em> sketches a sensitive cartography where art and surf culture intersect.\r\n\r\nFar from the clich\u00e9s of surf magazines filled with perfect waves and fantasized barrels, <em>West is the Best <\/em>is a spiritual project\u2014a quest for horizons and immersion. Over twelve years, designer Joran Briand explored the Californian, Mexican, and French west coasts to reveal ways of living, creating, and working in connection with the ocean.\r\n\r\nThroughout this long-form journey, he met creatives from multiple disciplines\u2014artists, architects, photographers, designers, fashion designers, dancers\u2014and shared suspended moments with them, both in their studios and on their favorite waves.\r\n\r\nHalfway between a moodboard and a road book, <em>West is the Best<\/em> unfolds like an exquisite corpse, woven through encounters. An open, almost organic book, it reads like a poem in motion: an endless journey westward. Within its pages are simple, sincere stories\u2014those of creators driven by a desire for elsewhere, in search of a return to what truly matters. Attuned to their sensations, they nourish their practice through the experience of oceanic nature, self-discovery, and human connection.\r\n\r\nThis book champions the idea that another way of living and creating is possible\u2014more sensitive, freer, and deeply connected to the ocean and its natural elements.\r\n\r\n<em>West is the Best<\/em> is a hymn to contemplation, hedonism, and creative escape.\r\n\r\n<strong>Date :<\/strong> 2026\r\n<strong>Editor :<\/strong> Roomnumber\r\n<strong>Size :<\/strong> 165 x 230 mm\r\n<strong>Pages :<\/strong> 368\r\n<strong>Print :<\/strong> Snel Grafics\r\n<strong>Partners :<\/strong> Librairie Le Grand Jeu, Gilbert Arr\u00e8s\r\n<strong>Diffusion : <\/strong>Arts &amp; Papers","link":"https:\/\/westisthebest.fr\/en\/category\/best-of\/","name":"Best of","slug":"best-of","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westisthebest.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westisthebest.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westisthebest.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/westisthebest.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=35"},{"href":"https:\/\/westisthebest.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rencontres?categories=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}