Empire

Founded by François Havegeer and Sacha Léopold, the Empire publishing house is an extension of the Syndicat studio's activities related to images, graphic design and relations with artists. The company does not wish to define an editorial line regarding types of publications but to make questions of reproduction, documentation, and the circulation of images central through catalogues, monographs, theoretical works, magazines, posters or re-editions.

Paris

www.e-m-p-i-r-e.eu

empire@s-y-n-d-i-c-a-t.eu

57 titles

Series:

Épopées Célestes / Epopee celesti – Art brut dans la collection Decharme

2024

bilingual edition (French / Italian)

sold out

A veritable panorama of Art Brut at an international level, through 180 works selected from Bruno Decharme's collection.

Faire – To look at things – Volume 12 (#42-43-44-45)

2023

bilingual edition (English / French)

sold out

Issues 42 to 45 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.

Lucien Pelen
Monte et descend

2022

French edition

sold out

The result of a remarkable editorial work whose graphic design is signed by Syndicat and Lucien Pelen, this first monograph brings together fifteen years of photographic and video production, unpublished contributions, texts and the making-of of the actions carried out by the artist.

Grand Bazar – Choix de Jean-Hubert Martin dans la collection Antoine de Galbert

2021

bilingual edition (English / French)

sold out

The exhibition catalogue for the Château d'Oiron presents more than 170 artworks from the collection of Antoine de Galbert, placed in such a way as to dialogue with the permanent collection of contemporary art Curios & Mirabilia, assembled by Jean-Hubert Martin in 1993.

Co-Création

2019

French edition

sold out

A collective reflection on cooperative and co-creation artistic practices engaged in the social field.

Faire – To look at things – Volume 04 (#13, 14, 15)

2018

bilingual edition (English / French)

sold out

Issues 13 to 15 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design. Compilation includes studies on Peter Bil'ak's essay on the exhibition of graphic design; the posters produced by M/M (Paris) for CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient; and the collaboration between studio Spassky Fischer and Marseille's MUCEM.

Faire – To look at things – Volume 02 (#5, 6, 7, 8)

2018

bilingual edition (English / French)

sold out

Issues 5 to 8 of the critical review dedicated to Graphic design. Compilation includes studies on the following subjects: an Instagram post by studio Experimental Jetset for the Paradiso cultural centre in Amsterdam; a series of gestures, from Harun Farocki to L'Architecture Aujourd'hui; the publication Parallel Encyclopedia by Batia Suter; Charles Mazé & Coline Sunier's residency at the Villa Médicis.

Faire – To look at things – Volume 01 (#1, 2, 3, 4)

2018

bilingual edition (English / French)

sold out

The first four issues of the critical review dedicated to the analysis of Graphic design, published by Empire books (studio Syndicat). Each publication documents a specific object, addressed by a renowned author: the Rouge-gorge series at Éditions Cent pages by S.P. Millot; the database colorlibrary.ch by studio Maximage; the monograph Recollected Work by Mevis & Van Deursen; and the invitation cards by the artist Stanley Brouwn.