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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
You’ve been regularly back in this station for thirty years. The first time that you stopped at Centraal Station, it was during a trip with friends a summer at the beginning of the nineties. For five days only, you appreciated […]
In the past, things were simple: to stay healthy while eating, it was enough to avoid too rich foods that give an upset stomach, undercooked meat that transmits parasites, raw milk cheeses can cause listeriosis, eggs always suspected of harboring […]
Recently bicycle has been an object of reinvestment as a green technology of mobility. In numerous cities around the world, bicycle usage has dramatically increased in the last decade, notably through bicycle-sharing systems. As a consequence, various dedicated infrastructures have […]
Some sociologists showed a great interest in the ways day-to-day work is accomplished, notably insisting on its collective nature. But not as a result of their analysis (they were sociologists, they already knew everything is collective), but as one of […]
Among public lettering, epigraphical inscriptions are particular. They are generally used to qualify settings in an explicit or metaphorical way. Inscriptions in the pediment of numerous monuments may be a kind of a store sign: “National Parliament”. But they are […]
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, […]