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Caution

North Adams, September 2017 In this small western Massachusetts town, the visible brick buildings no longer housed workers or toxic substances. The gigantic rooms of industrial origin had been transformed into halls for a contemporary art museum, blazed by sunlight. […]

Posted: October 16th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Modes d'emploi, Mots d'ordre

Preparation

Paris, february 2017.

Posted: May 2nd, 2017 ˑ No Comments
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How-to

Instructions for use are precious documents for who wants to do semiotics. As Madeleine Akrich taught us years ago, they are one of the sites where the crowd the objects are made of is described. Reading them, looking at their […]

Posted: November 28th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Modes d'emploi, Surprise

Levels

Bayonne, july 2016. Entering the room, you face a huge, multicolored wall, made of numerous components directly screwed on it. A simple glance and you understand how much colors are crucial in the world of climbing. Mostly white, the paint […]

Posted: November 14th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Marquages, Modes d'emploi

Social

London, august 2016. Urban settings are made of flows. Pedestrians, bikes, motorcycles, wheelchairs, cars, strollers, buses, tramways circulate the streets simultaneously, and many devices are designed to perform fluidity and to regulate their peaceful coexistence. The introduction of each new […]

Posted: October 3rd, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Circulations, Modes d'emploi, Mots d'ordre

Flexibility

Hossegor, july 2016. It is commonplace: in many workplaces, the flexibility of work schedules has gradually transformed the working conditions. In this manner, the work force can be adjusted to the changing rhythm of the market on almost a daily […]

Posted: September 12th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Activités, Modes d'emploi

Large

Early in the morning on this week day, there were only a few dogs in the park. And unless you were paying close attention, you couldn’t tell what kind of dogs they were. It’s only when I saw the sign […]

Posted: September 5th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
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Food

Paris, June 2016 The classroom was empty, no tables or chairs left. They had been transported in a gym, to be used there for baccalaureate candidates. But in a corner near the entrance, a trace of exam preparation has been […]

Posted: June 27th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Modes d'emploi, Mots d'ordre

Recipe

As Franck Cochoy remarkably showed, the invention of packaging took a crucial part in the shaping of modern markets. Before it appeared, customers could only made choices between two different goods: rice and pasta for instance. But rice was present […]

Posted: June 13th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
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Zones

It’s easy to understand what signposts do to space. They help to transform it into places. Signs perform territories, jurisdictions, ie delimited portions of land that are not only named, but also organized, even politicized. Once you pass a sign, […]

Posted: May 9th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Modes d'emploi

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