We have chosen two typefaces: Stuart as the principal and Avenir as a secondary typeface. In our project, The Encyclopedia of the Migrants, we use Avenir[1] for all subtitling, specifically the geographic location of the witnesses. The creator of Avenir, Adrian Frutiger[2], was inspired by the Futura font (1927) in the creation of this new... Read more »
We all know the fonts we use everyday: Arial, Times New Roman or Georgia are the best known of these. Despite the fact they already are on our computers, these fonts are the result of rigorous graphic work. They are linked with the history and the evolution of printing techniques. Previously the expression “type designers”... Read more »
To transform the encyclopedia of Diderot et d’Alembert to The Encyclopedia of migrants (read the prvious post), we chose to organize a workshop at L’Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués (LISAA) a school for graphic design based in Rennes. After a brief and a complete presentation of our project, the 40 students start their work with... Read more »
Where does The Encyclopedia of the Migrants come from? Who is the person that sowed the seed of the project? What are its influences? The first Encyclopédie, which inspired the name of our project, was born in Eighteenth Century France. It is composed of twenty-eight volumes[1], published between 1751 and 1772, under the direction of... Read more »