Centre national des arts plastiques Press Release Publication of the

Press Release
Publication of the 22nd Issue of the Journal Graphisme en France
“An overview of research on graphic design and typography”
The 22nd edition of the review Graphisme en France is now available online in English, published
by the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap, France’s centre for the visual arts), and explores
the question of research within the field of graphic design and typography.
Research comes in many forms and guises, be it part of an art school project or university
programme, or the work of graphic design studios. This non-exhaustive survey is composed of
articles specially commissioned from a range of researchers within this rapidly expanding field.
Éloïsa Perez, a designer and researcher, provides an overview of recent and current research in
France, while Alice Twemlow, a writer and lecturer, tells us about research projects carried out in a
number of countries outside France. As for Catherine Guiral, a graphic designer, she shares the
different directions her research on the work of Pierre Faucheux took her in.
Annick Lantenois and Gilles Rouffineau, both teachers at the École Supérieure d’Art et Design
Grenoble-Valence, present the research programme they oversee there, and, notably, its implications for education.
Typography is a distinctive field of research with its own programmes, described here by the
historian-cum-researcher Sébastien Morlighem. And lastly, Catherine de Smet, an art historian and
lecturer, tells us about her research on the Grapus collective, undertaken as part of a collaborative
venture between several institutions, which led to the publication of a book.
Alice Jauneau and David Vallance, graduates of the Atelier National de Recherche Typographique
(2014–2015), were responsible for the graphic design of this edition, for which they looked to the
layout and visual vocabulary of publications intended specifically to transit knowledge. They chose
to use a new typeface, Walther, developed by Sarah Kremer for her research on the dictionary.
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The Centre national des arts plastiques is committed to working with all those involved in graphic
design, assisting, facilitating and promoting initiatives that convey its practices to as wide a public
as possible.
> A PDF version in English may be downloaded online :
http://www.cnap.graphismeenfrance.fr/article/graphisme-france-2016
> And on iPad on the digital library app Art Book Magazine at :
http://abm-distribution.com/blog/2016/08/12/graphisme-en-france-2016-english/
The “Graphisme en France” website : www.cnap.graphismeenfrance.fr
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Centre national des arts plastiques
Tour Atlantique, 1 place de la Pyramide - 92911 Paris La Défense
France
T +33(0)1 4693 9950 F +33(0)4693 9979
www.cnap.fr
Press Contact
Brunswick Arts
Gregory Fleuriet
[email protected]
www.brunswickarts.com