Creatives, assemble! Our SUPERPOWERS OF PRINTING issue X-rayed the latest trends and best practices of printing such as the sensational specialty ink, the astonishing foil stamping, the amazing Riso and more.Designers and print specialists showcase their out-of-the-box thinking to great effect. There is the incredible screen printing-on-clay project by Laura Hilbert & Sarah Stendel, the…
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Books. Art, Craft & Community presents a thriving ecosystem of papermakers, printers, bookbinders, artists, designers and publishers from round the world. Selected by Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura of the London Centre for Book Arts, these artists and makers share a spirit of curiosity and resilience. They not only adapt to new ways in which…
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As part of the Fabula Rasa festival, the exhibition AB / Augmented Books 2.0 focuses on children’s books that link real and virtual, yesterday’s and today’s techniques: folded, cut out, illuminated, enlarged, animated, they are transformed in the hands of the reader and give – literally – relief to the stories they contain. Through interactive…
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The books edited by Alexandre Chaize are colourful marvels that no one else could edit. And while they are pure torture for printers to make, they bring great pleasure to readers! The exhibition AB — Augmented Books 2.0 will show several wonderful examples: Zoo in my Hand by Inkyeong and Sunkyung Kim, and Aquarium and Le Papillon…
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Alexandre Chaize, fondateur des Éditions du livre à Strasbourg, se définit volontiers comme un ovni parmi ses confrères. Il produit des livres d’artistes pour les enfants. Mais qu’est-ce qu’un livre ? C’est ce qu’il interroge avec radicalité et humour.Article by Mathilde Reumaux in Les Saisons d’Alsace n°86, november 2020.
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Avec son format riquiqui (6,5 x 8,5 cm) lui conférant un charme fou, Matriochka conte une histoire de poupées russes. En 32 pages, Fanette Mellier, diplômée de l’École des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg en 2000, nous invite à une expérience de la miniature dans laquelle les plus attentifs découvrirons que les motifs habillant chaque personnage…
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“Reading can be a magical experience, especially for children who thrive on creativity, play, and imagination. Unlike adults, who often end up losing their sense of wonder growing up and need a little bit more prompting when it comes to building new worlds in their minds, most young readers seem to have no problem immersing…
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“[…] The creation of her works achieve the perfect union between art and technique: the expression of thoughts conjured up from the very creation process of each piece. The different elements of graphic design (colour, typography, materiality, public space) act as technical and artistic tools to tell something. It is almost an alchemical creation with…
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A scenography of Fanette Mellier’s Dans la lune and Au Soleil is part of the exhibition Curiosity and Evolution: A Time Travel of Knowledge Book at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei, from August 10 to September 30, 2018. Thank you to La Bibliothèque enchantée d’Annabelle, Little Step Biblio and Little Traveler Books.
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Fanette Mellier is the guest of Aude Lavigne, on December 27, 2017, in the radio show Les Carnets de la création on France Culture.
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