2018

Book launch at Le Monte en l'air bookshop presenting Lettres de Toulouse project in collaboration with B42 publishing house, Paris, November 23th 2018, 19h.

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Book launch and lecture at Ombres Blanches bookshop presenting Lettres de Toulouse project in collaboration with B42 publishing house, Toulouse, October 17th 2018, 18h.

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Workshop ‹Rudolf Koch in São Paulo› focusing on urban lettering and typography at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux / ebaBX from 26th February to 1st March 2018. Lecture entitled ‹Écritures urbaines, du graffiti à la signalétique architecturale›, 27th March 2018, 17h.

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2017

Workshop ‹Latin Dishu› at HEAD Genève from 5th to 7th December 2017, an invitation by Pierre Leguillon. Lecture entitled ‹Écritures urbaines, du graffiti à la signalétique architecturale› at L’Encyclopédie (salle 43), 6th December 2017, 18h.

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Lecture entitled ‹Urban writings, from graffiti to architectural signage systems› during Mugak architecture biennial in Donostia / San Sebastián, Palacio Miramar, 9th November 2017, 19h.

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Lecture ‹Cholo Writing & skateboarding global culture› in [mac] Musée d’Art Contemporain, part of Claude Qeyrel's exhibition ‹We Wall Write›, Marseille, 13th October 2017, 19h.

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Participation to the international conference ‹Name Writing In Public Space› at the John F. Kennedy Institute / JFKI, Berlin, 14 & 15th September 2017.

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Lecture about architecture and contextual type design at the Atelier National de Recherche Typographique / Anrt, Nancy, 15th June 2017, 18h.

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Participation to the exhibition ‹Une cartographie de la recherche en design graphique› during the Graphic Design Biennial 2017 at Le Signe, Centre National du Graphisme, Chaumont, from May 13th to August 6th 2017.

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Lecture entitled ‹Pixo, Cholo & Dishu: de la signature urbaine aux textes littéraires dans l’espace public mondialisé› during the festival ‹Bien Urbain› at the Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, 16th June 2017, 17h30.

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Lecture entitled ‹Visual Identity of A Metropolis›, presenting documentary works, architectural signage projects and contextual type design, conference Trajectoires, circulations, mobilités dans l'espace urbain at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design d’Amiens / Ésad, Amiens, 19th April 2017, 15h.

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2016

Participation to a roundtable of the international conference État de l'art urbain organized the French Ministry of Culture & Communication and Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, Grande Halle La Villette, Paris, 13th October 2016, 9h30 – 11h30.

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Lecture about TypoMorpho recent works in environmental graphic design, lecture series mrcrdsgn at Paris VIII University, St. Denis, 12th October 2016, room salle A1-172, 18h30.

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Waterfont, street calligraphy workshop in FachHochschule Potsdam, University of Applied Sciences / FHP from 15th to 17th July 2016.

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Dishu Demo, how to make your own Chinese street foam brush, Made In Town Gallery, Paris, 14th April 2016, 17h – 19h.

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Lecture about TypoMorpho recent works in environmental graphic design at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs / Ensad, Paris, 13th April 2016, amphithéâtre Rodin, 17h.

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Lecture entitled ‹São Paulo & Los Angeles, cultures parallèles du signe écrit urbain› at the Maison d'Amérique Latine, Paris, 14th March 2016, 19h.

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Latin Dishu workshop and participation to the conference ‹Marseille Paysage Typographique›, Alcazar Bmvr library, Marseille, France, an event organized by Fotokino, 16th January 2016.

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2015

Lecture entitled ‹Writing, subcultures and urban environment›, an intervention part of the exhibition ‹The Bridges of Graffiti›, a collateral event of the 56th International Art Exhibition / Biennale di Venezia, Terminal S. Basilio, Fondamenta Zattere Ponte di Legno, Venice, Italy, 1st October 2015, 18h.

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Lecture entitled ‹Latin Dishu — Transferring a Chinese street lettering practice towards the Western world› at the conference Tÿpo St. Gallen, Schule für Gestaltung St. Gallen, Switzerland, 19th September 2015, 10h30.

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An interview as curator of the exhibition ‹Wladyslaw Pluta / L’Évidence Du Signe: Affiches, Livres & Identités› is available online.

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2014

An interview as curator of the exhibition ‹Wladyslaw Pluta / L’Évidence Du Signe: Affiches, Livres & Identités› is available online.

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A video of the lecture given during the conference ‹Journée d'étude de l'histoire du design graphique› is available online, an event organized in Paris by the Cnap & Graphisme en France, 18th September 2014.

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Participation to the Cidade Gráfica exhibition exploring the link between graphic design & urban areas in Brazil, Itaú Cultural Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, from 20th November 2014 to 4th January 2015.

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Lecture entitled ‹L’écriture Cholo, l’image textuelle de Los Angeles› at the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux, 9th October 2014, 18h, an event of the Chicano Dream exhibition's cultural program.

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Workshop ‹Latin Dishu› experimenting ephemeral lettering in public spaces during the Agora 2014 Biennale in Bordeaux, an event organized from 8th to 12th September 2014 by the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux / ensapBX.

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Lecture entitled ‹Architecture & Signe, du documentaire au projet› at the 308 in Bordeaux, 15th April 2014, 18h30, an event organized by the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux / ensapBX.

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The book Dishu: Ground Calligraphy in China was selected amongst the 25 most beautiful Swedish Books / Svensk Bokkonst for 2013, check some views of the catalogue.

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Lecture entitled ‹Urban Monolinear Blackletters› in the research program ‹Display› of the Graphic Design Department of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Lyon / Ensba, 7th February 2014.

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A review of the book Dishu: Ground Calligraphy in China was recently published on Strabic digital magazine, a complete interview on this topic is also available in French on AllCity Blog.

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2013

Workshop ‹Latin Dishu — Expansion Contrast› experimenting ephemeral lettering in public spaces at the École Supérieure d'Art des Pyrénées / Ésap in Pau from 16th to 20th December 2013, lecture entitled ‹L'eau comme encre›, 17th December 2013, 18h, Médiathèque André Labarrère.

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Master Class entitled ‹Visual identities emerging from megacities: the case study of São Paulo & Los Angeles› at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas / ENAP, 15th November 2013, 12h30, Auditorium Francisco Goitia, Xochimilco, Mexico City.

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Lecture entitled ‹Water as Ink› at the 9th International Symposium of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas / ENAP, Universida Nacional Autonoma de México / UNAM, 13th November 2013, 14h30, Auditorium Francisco Goitia, Xochimilco, Mexico City.

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Lecture & meeting at Grupo Horma, 11th November 2013, 19h00, Mexico City.

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Lecture entitled ‹Water as Ink› presented at KIKK Festival in Namur, Belgium, 8th November 2013.

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Lecture entitled ‹Pixo, Cholo, Dishu — Urban Documentaries & Global Lettering› presented during the 8th edition of the Festival Asalto in Zaragoza, Spain, 11th September 2013, 19h. Workshop on ephemeral lettering in public spaces 13th & 14th September with Chinese street lettering brushes.

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Lecture entitled ‹L'eau comme encre — Pratiques calligraphiques dans l'espace public chinois, expérimentations pour une diffusion globale› presented at the Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine / IMEC, Abbaye des Ardennes in Caen, France, 29th June 2013.

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Monographic exhibition in collaboration with Atari Cultura Arquitectónica presented at Okendo Cultural Center, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, from 8th May to 29th June 2013. Official launch of the book Dishu: Ground Calligraphy in China.

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Lecture entitled ‹Urban Documentaries & teaching lettering› presented at Bold Italic 2013 conference, March 2013 in Ghent, Belgium.

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2012

Publication of an interview in the review Azimuts no. 37 – 38, a special double issue focusing on the relation between low cost and design.

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Publication of the article ‹What's to be seen: scriptural gestures› in Graphic Design: History in the Writing (1983 – 2011), a reader edited by Catherine de Smet and Sara De Bondt and published by Occasionnal Papers.

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Lecture entitled ‹Dishu: écritures éphémères dans l'espace public chinois› presented for the Printemps de la Typo 2012 conference about the topic ‹Writing and Power›, Tuesday 10th April in Colbert auditorium of the Institut National du Patrimoine / INP in Paris.

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Participation to the group show Ever Living Ornement, large scale photographic poster and videos from the documentary project ‹Dishu: Ground Calligraphy in China›, opening Friday 5 April in L'Onde, Vélizy (Paris), an exhibition presented until 1st July.

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The New York Times publishes on 28th January an article about São Paulo and the ‹pixação› phenomenon, a report written by Simon Romero.

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Participation to the session #3 of the meeting series ‹Situations du graphisme› at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon / ENSBA at the Subsistances, Thursday 19th January from 15 to 18h, free entrance.

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2011

Photographic exhibition together with Howard Gribble entitled ‹Cholo Writing 1971 – 2008› in Köln, Germany, at Arty Farty Gallery, opening 26th November 2011.

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Intervention ‹Lettering in public space›, 12th November 2011 in Utrecht, Netherlands. This workshop explores ephemeral strategies to invade public spaces through lettering, trying to spread the Chinese practice of ‹dishu› or water-based ground calligraphy made with giant foam brushes in an Occidental context. Each participant was invited to create his own writing tool and to make experiments following several lettering models optimized for street calligraphy. A comprehensive video is available on Impakt.nl association You Tube Channel that organized this event.

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The Graphic Design & Architecture special issue #185 / August 2011 of the French review Étapes features the poster ‹Tower› from Lpdme.org website downloads section.

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Lecture & photo exhibition Sunday 27th February 2011 at the Plateforme gallery in Paris about the book ‹Cholo Writing in Los Angeles›.

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Lecture & meeting Monday 10th January 2011 at the École Supérieure d’Art de Metz Métropole / ÉSAMM about the book ‹Cholo Writing in Los Angeles›.

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2010

The issue #187 / December 2010 of the French review Étapes focuses on Garonne typeface’s specimen presented during the exhibition ‹N-1› of the 2010 St Étienne International Design Biennal.

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Some drawings published fall 2010 in Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers by Steven Heller & Lita Talarico, The Monacelli Press in the US and Thames & Hudson for Europe.

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A video interview (in French) is avaiblable online on the Typographe website about the approach developped in the books ‹Cholo Writing› and ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›, a meeting organized by Jérémie Baboukhian.

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A short video presentation about the book ‹Cholo Writing› is avaiblable online on the YouTube channel of Mollat bookshop in Bordeaux, France.

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Participation to the themathic exhibition ‹Graphic Design… Architecture› organized by the Maison de l’Architecture et de la Ville / MAV in Lille from 19th October to 23th December 2010.

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Participation to the group show Codex curated by HyperTexte & ManyStuff in Toulouse from 16th to 17 October 2010, with the two books ‹Cholo Writing› and ‹São Paulo Signature› in consultation.

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Recruitment as Professor in Graphic Design and Typography at the École Supérieure d’Art & Design de Saint Étienne / ESADSE, Design Department.

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Lecture at the conference ‹Livres À Venir›, an event curated by Stéphane Le Mercier, 8th October 2010 at the École des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg / ÉSAD.

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Exhibition at Mollat’s bookshop in Bordeaux from 25th August to 15th September 2010, large scale photographs from the book ‹Cholo Writing›.

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Participation to a group show organized by IFF Gallery from 10th July to 15th August 2010 in Marseille against the theme of mourning. Featured artists: François Chastanet, Sarah Dornner, Douglas Gordon, Graham Gussin, Alan Johnston, Adam McEwen, Scott Myles, Gary Rough, Seán Shanahan, Tony Scherman, Fraser Stables, and Phoebe Unwin.

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Workshop on monumental lettering & banners from 20 to 25th March 2010 and lecture about the book ‹Cholo Writing› at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Besançon.

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Lecture / meeting Friday 5th February 2010 organized by Les Rencontres de Lure in Anatome gallery, Paris, about the book ‹Cholo Writing in Los Angeles›.

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2009

Aiga website publishes an interview by Steven Heller about the project ‹Cholo Writing›.

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Lecture about Cholo writing during ‹Typ09›, the annual conference of AtypI (Association Typographique Internationale), 26th October 2009 at 11:00 am in Mexico City at the Museo Interactivo de Economía (MIDE), located in the historic Convent of Betlemitas.

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Publication in October 2009 of ‹Cholo Writing. Latino Gang Graffiti in Los Angeles› at Dokument Press publishing house, a work about ‹cholo› writing practiced by chicano gangs in Los Angeles’ suburbs.

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Lecture and intervention Tuesday 19th May 2009 in a workshop proposed by Juan Aizpitarte at the Bordeaux fine art school / BA-BX.

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Publication of an article entitled ‹Reading between the lines› in the French review BackCover #2 about ‹Structures of Connections›, a work designed by the graphic designer Wladislaw Pluta (1949) based in Kraków, Poland.

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Intervention at the École Supérieure d’Art & Design de Saint Étienne / ESADSE, one week workshop on lettering and type design from 20 to 24th April 2009.

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The issue #164 / January 2009 of the French review Étapes presents a small article about Lpdme.org website paper projects.

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2008

Brazilian magazine Carta Capital published in December 2008 an article about the invasion of the 28th Bienal de Artes de São Paulo and of the Oscar Niemeyer building where the exhibition took place by a group of pixadores, a facsimile is available on this site.

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Publication of an article entitled ‹Placas in Los Angeles, the first suburban blackletters?› in the international typographics magazine Baseline no. 55, a survey on ‹Cholo› writing in 20th century graffiti history, the written language of Mexican American culture in suburban Los Angeles, Southern California.

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Lecture on Friday 16th May 2008 at 2:00 pm at the École Estienne in Paris, about the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›.

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Lecture on Thursday 15th May 2008 at 5:00 pm at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design d’Amiens / ESAD, about the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›.

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As part of the Bordeaux architecture biennale Agora 2008, exhibition in the bookshop Mollat, from Saturday 5th to Saturday 26th April 2008, six large scale photographs from the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›.

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Lecture on Tuesday 18th March 2008 at 5:00 pm at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Rennes / ERBA, about the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›.

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Lecture entitled ‹Signature, body & architecture› Saturday 1st March 2008 at Green on Red Gallery in Dublin, an invitation by Dennis McNulty during his exhibition ‹Framework / Rupture›, from February 8th to March 8th.

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Exhibition in the bookshop Mollat in Bordeaux, from Monday 28th January to Monday 11th February 2008, six large scale photographs from the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›.

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2007

Paperideas published online an interview on the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature› and the typographical project ‹Garonne›.

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Lecture on Wednesday 28th November 2007 at 6:00 pm at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs / ENSAD, Paris, about the book ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›.

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Alejandro Lo Celso will give a talk about his recent works and the typographical project Garonne conducted in 2006 with students of the Communication Department of the Fine Arts school of Toulouse, France, Friday 23th November 2007 at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs / ENSAD, Paris.

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French magazine Archistorm published in June 2007 a review about the work ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›, a facsimile is available on this site.

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Étapes magazine published in June 2007 a review about the work ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature›, a facsimile is available on this site.

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Publication in April 2007 of ‹Pixação: São Paulo Signature› at XGpress publishing house, a work (internationally distributed by Gingko Press and in France by Critiques Livres) about ‹pixações›, an illegal vernacular lettering phenomenon in São Paulo, Brazil. This project documents the relation between urban signature, the body, and the architectural environment.

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Lecture on Thursday 1st February 2007 at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux about the work developped on the website www.lpdme.org, the book and the poster as modular constructions.

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2006

Selection of images issued from the photographic campaign in the streets of São Paulo in February 2004 (twelve inkjet prints, format 145 × 100 cm on polypropylene canvas), exhibition presented from October 26th to November 5th at the Artothèque de Pessac (Bordeaux, France) during the 2006 edition of the festival ‹Vibrations Urbaines›.

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Invitation in Lisbon in September 2006 to give a talk about São Paulo letteforms during ‹Typographical Journeys›, the 50th ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) annual conference at the Universidade de Lisboa / Faculdade de Belas Artes. Some online comments and images of the lecture. An abstract is also available on AtypI website.

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2005

Invitation in London in October 2005 to present a lecture during ‹Temporary Type›, the fourth annual St Bride Library conference. Read a short résumé of the lecture online.

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Publication of an article entitled ‹Pichação› in the international graphic design review Eye no. 56.

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Invitation in April 2005 to ‹Codice 5›, an international conference in information design at UDLA (Universidad de las Americas) in Puebla, Mexico.

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Invitation in March 2005 to give a conference and a workshop at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Besançon.

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2004

Invitation in March 2004 to participate to the seminar ‹Les écrits urbains: images, enquêtes, enjeux› at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, an event organized by Béatrice Fraenkel, EHESS.

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Workshop and lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków / ASP, Poland, Industrial Design Department, a graphic reflexion about bilingual page layout in book design, French and Polish for this occasion.

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2003

Launching of the website Lpdme.org, original concept and coordination: presentation of PDF documents which can be downloaded free of charge, filed and reconstructed by the user at home in paper form, exploring the relationship between the printed object/screen in contemporary graphic practices. The website received the contribution of articles from international personalities of the graphic design field such as Ken Garland or Alejandro Lo Celso.

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2002

Professor in Graphic Design and Typography at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse, Communication Department. Recruitment on competition.

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2001

Invited professor at Konstfack, University College of Arts and Crafts and Design of Stockholm, Department of Graphic Design and Illustration: one week workshop and presentation of a lecture about graphic design and its relation with architecture, notably through wayfinding system projects.

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Selected Works

‹François Chastanet — Architecture & Lettering: Documentaries & Projects› exhibition report, Okendo Cultural Center, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, 2013 [A4 format / 22 pages].

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Posters

A selection of posters from the Lpdme.org collaborative website, home made large size posters based on A4 paper format as module.

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House & Tower, architectural photographs documenting São Paulo ‹pichação› lettering [49 A4 sheets / 208 × 147 cm].

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Labyrinth, how to draw a labyrinth with a cross and four dots [49 A4 sheets / 208 × 147 cm].

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Droit, Henri Lefebvre and Le droit à la ville, ‹Quotations› series [49 A4 sheets / 208 × 147 cm].

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Feff, Louis Henri Sullivan and Form Ever Follows Function design statement, ‹Quotations› series [32 A4 sheets / 168 × 119 cm].

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Troupeau, Bernard Stiegler and individualism in Aimer, s'aimer, nous aimer, ‹Quotations› series [49 A4 sheets / 208 × 147 cm].

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Shoplift, Jean Eustache and books in La maman et la putain from the ‹Quotations› series [49 A4 sheets / 208 × 147 cm].

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Booklets

A selection of booklets from the Lpdme.org collaborative website, a home-made collection based on folded A4 sheets and ring binders.

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That Place, At Any Rate, reprint of three articles of Ken Garland, some thoughts on street lettering, from corporate logotypes to graffiti: ‹Horrible, horrible ?› (1988), ‹Improper lettering› (1988), ‹Design and the Spirit of the Place› (1995) [A5 format / 14,5 × 21 cm / 38 pages].

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Metropolis, reprint in french and english in an unique booklet of the article of Georg Simmel ‹Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben› (1903): ‹Métropoles et mentalité› and ‹The Metropolis and Mental Life› [10,5 × 29,7 cm / 54 pages].

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Kool Killer, reprint in french of the original article of Jean Baudrillard ‹Kool Killer ou l'insurrection par les signes› (1976), reflexions on the early graffiti of New York. A complete english translation ‹Kool Killer or the insurrection of signs› is also available in this booklet [A5 format / 14,5 × 21 cm / 40 pages].

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Latin Dishu, a calligraphic model based on Chinese street brushes & expansion contrast [A6 format / 10,5 × 14,85 cm / recto + verso printing on single A4 sheet].

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