Curatorial project

Title: Double Pages. 50 Graphic Designers, 100 Art Books, 10 Years.
Year: 2008

Exhibition: École des Beaux Arts de Rennes, France, January 24–February 29, 2008 (shown here)
Curators: Christophe Keller, Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié, Catherine de Smet
Scenography: conceived with students Nicolas Chaverou, Caroline Fabès, Joséphine Guérin, Vivien Lejeune-Durhin

Exhibited as part of “Volume Attempts: The Space of Books” curated by Purtill Family Business, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, June 7–October 25, 2008 See picture

Exhibited as part of “Beyond Kiosk–Modes of Multiplication” curated by Christoph Keller, Centre d’Art contemporain Genève, Geneva, June 29–September 14, 2008 See picture

Exhibited as part of “Beyond Kiosk–Modes of Multiplication,” curated by Christoph Keller, Mudam, Luxembourg, March 15–September 13, 2009 See picture

We asked 50 graphic designers who are known for their book design in the field of contemporary art to select two contemporary art books published within the past 10 years and to make one photograph of the most interesting double page of each book.

Contributing graphic designers: Ade Hauser Lacour [Frankfurt am Main], Antoine+Manuel [Paris], Philipp Arnold [Berlin], Stuart Bailey [New York], Ludovic Balland [Basel], Jean-Marc Ballée [Paris], Peter Bilak / Typotheque [The Hague], Bluemark [Tokyo], Julia Born [Amsterdam], Change is Good [Paris], Sara De Bondt [London], deValence / Alexandre Dimos & Gaël Étienne [Paris], Daniel Eatock [London], Elektrosmog [Zurich], Gavillet & Rust [Geneva], Will Holder [London], Jiang Hua [Beijing], Pierre Huyghebaert / Speculoos SPRL [Brussels], Fei Jun [Beijing], Erik Kessels / KesselsKramer [Amsterdam], Kummer & Herrman [Utrecht], Labomatic [Paris], Aude Lehmann [Zurich], Lehni-Trüb / Urs Lehni und Lex Trüb [Zurich], Lieuxcommuns / Jocelyn Cottencin & Richard Louvet [Rennes], Joseph Logan [New York], Jonathan Maghen / Textfield [Los Angeles], Mike Meiré [Cologne], Mevis & Van Deursen [Amsterdam], Maureen Mooren [Amsterdam], Müller & Wesse / Stephan Müller [Berlin], NORM / Dimitri Bruni & Manuel Krebs [Zurich], Warren Olds / Studio Ahoy [Newton, Auckland], Prill & Vieceli / Tania Prill, Alberto Vieceli [Zurich], Conny Purtill / Purtill Family Business [Philadelphia], Yvonne Quirmbach [Cologne], Manuel Raeder [Berlin], Raffinerie AG fu?r Gestaltung [Zurich], Regular / Jean-Marie Courant [Paris], David Reinfurt / Dexter Sinister, O-R-G [New York], Alex Rich [Cardiff], Georg Rutishauser [Zurich], Secondary Modern [London], Benjamin Sommerhalder / Nieves [Zurich], Spector / Markus Dreßen [Leipzig], Christoph Steinegger / Interkool [Hamburg], Martha Stutteregger [Vienna], Stripe / Jon Sueda & Gail Swanlund [Los Angeles], TEAM TCHM [Rotterdam], Frédéric Teschner [Paris], Alexia de Visscher / Speculoos SPRL [Brussels], Vier5 [Paris], Markus Weisbeck / Surface [Frankfurt am Main / Berlin], Dorothea Weishaupt [Basel], Lorraine Wild [Los Angeles], Roger Willems [Amsterdam], Michael Worthington / Counterspace [Los Angeles].

Photos: Virginie Laurent