The epicentre of the Parisian design scene is the ultra-hip Marais district, home to the best shops and galleries.

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But there is also a more refined side to this multicultural metropolis, which boasts an art and design scene equal to any in the world.

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Despite the Victorian design, the scene is typically Vietnamese: a lot of waiting by the tracks, a few minutes of mayhem, then smiles all around.

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The Parisian-style cafe circuit, backed by an intriguing literary history, is paradise for bookish types and coffee lovers, and the edgy local fashion scene seduces design-minded travellers.

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We did get a slight feel of being in "scene to scene" shootouts instead of a free-roaming FPS, perhaps a design choice to mitigate the limited camera movement offered by the controller, but we'll have to see more levels to know for sure.

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It's called showing "prior art, " and Sammy's done it before -- famously showing a scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey in an attempt to put Apple's iPad design claims to rest.

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Laura Fine Hawkes created an ingeniously simple scenic design: a "wall" of stacked objects that was dismantled to created different scenes in one scene, the characters removed their dinner table from the wall.

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Istanbul: This exotic city, crossroads of numerous civilizations and two continents, has lately been infused with a young, hip, design-driven energy as a generation educated abroad returns home to make its mark on the city's social scene.

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