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Faire – To look at things #49

Faire – To look at things Lawrence Weiner - Faire – To look at things #49
The 49th issue of the critical graphic design journal, about Lawrence Weiner and his relationship with typography.
Lawrence Weiner: We Are Ships at Sea, Not Ducks On a Pond.
Author: Joris Kritis
with interviews with Nora Turato & Linda van Deursen

Lawrence Weiner's use of graphic design has always been of fascination for graphic designers. 'What makes Weiner's work seductive to graphic designers is his resolutely non-apologetic method of displaying words without need for any explanation.'* But in this text a comparative analysis is made of different voices about Weiner's use of graphics & typography. Next to a speculative history of Weiner's formal language, two interviews—with graphic designer Linda Van Deursen and artist Nora Turato—pay attention to Weiner's enduring legacy.

*— Russel Holmes, "The Work Must Be Read", Eye Magazine, Autumn, 1998, https://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/the-work-must-be-read.
Faire is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to graphic design, published from October to June, distributed issue by issue or in the form of anthologies of three or four issues. Created by Empire, Syndicat studio's publishing house, Faire is aimed for undergraduate students as well as researchers and professionals, documenting contemporary and international practices of graphic design, along with the history and grammar of styles. Each issue focuses on a single subject, addressed by a renowned author.

"Critical publications dedicated to the analysis of Graphic design are sadly few and far between today, particularly in France, but also in Europe as a whole. Adopting an analytical and critical posture with regard to the forms and activities of Graphic design, Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer intend to establish a printed publication that deals with these practices. The publication will work with seven authors in its first year (Lise Brosseau, Manon Bruet, Thierry Chancogne, Céline Chazalviel, Jérôme Dupeyrat, Catherine Guiral and Étienne Hervy). This initially limited choice, linked to a desire to propose an experience with a group that has previously participated together in projects, will then allow for the inclusion of foreign authors in the second year of publication."
Texts by Joris Kritis, Nora Turato, Linda van Deursen.
 
published in January 2025
bilingual edition (English / French)
21,5 x 29,7 cm (softcover)
62 pages (44 pages A4 + 16 pages A5)
 
10.00
 
ISBN : 979-10-95991-45-8
EAN : 9791095991458
 
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