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Care

Public lettering, to use Petrucci‘s term, has been an essential element of the graphic ecology of cities for a very long time. Actually, they are crucial parts of the city itself, of what dwelling together in an organized, politicized, place […]

Posted: April 8th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Écologies

Certified

In Elevators, you’re bored, you’re scared, you look buttons leading to different floors whether you arein a station or this hotel. Could we find a better place to catch the eye of captive and stressed passengers for a few moments […]

Posted: February 18th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Preuves

Visibility

We already stated that urban settings are graphical ecologies. Numerous species struggle to occupy specific places. Some get killed ; some come back to life again and again ; some others, quite rare, are officially supported and claim their role […]

Posted: November 19th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations

Between the lines

Streets are not only sites to display public lettering. They are also a milieu particularly favorable to their incredible development. Inscriptions of any kind are displayed, they swarm in certain places, some cover each other, others sometimes lose their greatness, […]

Posted: December 19th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Marquages

Did you see that?

We were having a pretty passionate discussion, though I can’t remember the matter. We were walking at a good pace: we were supposed to meet with another guy in a restaurant a few blocks away and we were a bit […]

Posted: November 28th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Marquages

Staircase wit

Hong-Kong, july 2010. For the traveler, taking the escalator is not always a means of transportation, it can also be some sightseeing experience: there is a real monument in Hong Kong, the Central to Mid-Level escalator , the world’s longest […]

Posted: August 2nd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi

An Hotel Downtown?

I had received the invitation for a long time, I had not paid any particular attention to the address of the hotel. In the past, I used to buy a map of the city. I used to come back quickly […]

Posted: March 10th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Surprise

Never Alone

It’s always the same with machines: they’re badly thought of. Especially among historians and sociologists. As if humanities meant defense of humanoids. And above all, as if a clear line could be drawn to separate humans and machines. On one […]

Posted: March 7th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Matières

The active way

Urban settings are made of so familiar components that we do not pay any attention to them: crosswalks, traffic lines, bike lanes, parking lots, bus lanes… only become salient when we miss them and we consider that their presence should […]

Posted: March 3rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Mots d'ordre

Windshield, episode 2

Through the ages, car has been object of numerous innovations. Of course, the engine power, noise and consumption as well as the optimal forms of the coachwork have been the focus of reflexions for a long time. Then more recently, […]

Posted: February 17th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Matières

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