It all started with a few notes written on loose sheets. Maybe a notebook. There were, before and after that, conversations. Comments, advices, face to face or on the phone. Choices were made, a strategy was planned. And then she […]
One can imagine that in the past kids used to hand them out downtown, shouting out the latest news. Nowadays, in New York, and since at least twenty years, newspapers have nor voice neither face, but a pretty box. Some […]
Facing the ever-increasing expansion of information, he has tried everything. At first, he used to print out articles that had to be read in priority and he carefully staked them on his desk. Then, he stored every item in different […]
Signage, in subway spaces and elsewhere, is generally a matter of standards. Most signage designers think in terms of systems, components. The signboards are integrated into a coherent set of signs that have to be recognizable among the many other […]
We saw it when entering Central Park, just outside of the Metropolitan Museum. Of course, in the lobby of the museum we had noticed the sign, prominently placed. It was the long list of donors: hundreds of names, the ones […]
Road-marking, traffic lines, and criss-cross delineate specific zones devoted to the circulation and the use of space. They organize public settings so obviously that we almost do not pay any attention to them. It is only in particular apprenticeship situations […]
Out of the doubt What could be easier than following an exit indication? There are so many of these signs. We got used to them, we live with them, and we can rely on them even when panicking. And we […]
There he is, before my home, sitting on a bench on the boulevard. I had not seen him; in my office I was writing in my den full of books, papers and computers; while fetching a book from another bookcase […]
Our Guest : Clara Lamireau Without this paper, I can’t participate to the 10 km Paris Centre Race. Neither the Porcelain Rings, in Limoges. I can’t enroll in Vanves Run Club and be part of the French Athletics Federation. So […]