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Natural

Yosemite Park, October 2013 Natural parks are physical oxymora. To enclose the nature that must remain intact, enormous human and material resources have to be deployed. And the best way to maintain them is to allow visitors, under the control […]

Posted: November 25th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Mots d'ordre

Availability

Roanne, august 2009. Urban settings are genuine incubators for written objects. Numerous graphic species interact one with another according to different patterns: cooperation, domination, succession. As far as specimens of advertising are concerned, the struggle for life consists in a […]

Posted: November 18th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Marquages

Trust

Gouda , August 2013 The wetland intertwined channels, livestock and small winding roads. Here and there, houses remind us that there are still some inhabitants and not just cycling tourists admiring birds. And then, in a bend on the side […]

Posted: November 4th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi

Federal State

Above Palm Desert, October 2013 It is a long road through a semi-desert. Gradually it rises and high mountains appears, composing gorgeous landscapes. And then there isa sign announcing a “vista point” as they say in Californian Spanglish, just a […]

Posted: October 28th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Mots d'ordre

Find closed doors

Paris, September 2013. Doors are one of the first prehension lessons: the growing child stands on tiptoe to reach the handle and open what prevents access to the rest of the world. Domesticated and thus humanized cats do the same. […]

Posted: September 30th, 2013 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Énonciations, Modes d'emploi, Surprise

Badges side down

Nantes, september 2013. All participants did not attend this fascinating biennial conference simultaneously. Some of them have been there since the first day, others arrived later due to diverse reasons. Some attended the whole conference, participating in plenary and semi-plenary […]

Posted: September 23rd, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Marquages

Strengths and weaknesses

Clamart, August 2013. Signature is both an amazing written object and an amazing scriptural gesture. We can experience it almost everyday, as we pay with a cheque, as we receive a parcel, as we check at the kids’ workbooks at […]

Posted: September 16th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Marquages, Preuves

Guest blackboard

Rotterdam, August 2013 ” Leave a comment ” may you read under this text and that image. Electronic contemporary spaces often established interaction as a central principle , the host receiving comments from readers responding, or, when things went wrong, […]

Posted: September 2nd, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Écologies, Matières, Passages

Suggestions

Visiting an unknown city in a limited time often leads to prepare or even simulate the journey ahead, relying on multiple devices: tourist guides with photos and addresses remarkable site bringing together fellow travelers opinions or a software to view […]

Posted: April 22nd, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Marquages, Matières, Modes d'emploi

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

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