mapping graphic design research

The exhibition presents a snapshot of the research landscape in France prepared for the 2017 Biennal of Graphic Design in Chaumont. Drawing from approaches developed in neighbouring countries and farther afield, it aims to inform a broader audience about the reflexive dynamic fostered by emerging research programmes. The research projects and questions presented extend beyond the idea of graphic design as a decorative art to reassert the field’s fundamental role in social, economic, political and cultural issues. How can graphic design transmit knowledge? How can sign language be transcribed and annotated? How can design help further economic transition and environmental initiatives? What are the prerequisites for an archaeology of digital publications? How can graphic design help structure the shift from analogue to digital? All these questions are but a handful of examples of the close-knit interrelation between design and what László Moholy-Nagy would simply call “life”. 

curators: Vivien Philizot and Malte Martin
Le signe, National Graphic Design Center
from 13 May to 6 August

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