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Biennial Exemplaires in Rennes

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After Lyon and Strasbourg, Rennes is hosting the third edition of the Exemplaires Biennale, an event created by the teams of the Graphic Design departments of thirteen art and design schools and universities to highlight the exemplary nature of French-language editorial production. It is the first participation of La Cambre type media department.

After a research project to identify a specific theme, each group selected a set of six "exemplary" French-language books published over the past five years. The notion of exemplarity concerns not only the graphic appearance of the works, but also the process of elaboration, contemporary inscription and the relationship between form and content. A publication published by each school retraces the progress of each team.

The selected works are presented in an exhibition that articulates these diverse perspectives on contemporary publishing. A conference during which nine speakers (graphic designers, artists, art critics, exhibition curators or publishers) discuss these same questions, in relation to the selections and themes selected. Several exhibitions and parallel events, testifying to a particularly active Rennes scene, make it possible to broaden and open up reflection on editorial practices.

See www.exemplaires2019.fr.

The participation of the masters of La Cambre type media department is crystallized around comic strip books, taken from the angle of the object. More information on lacambretypo.be/exemplaires2019.

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