The “French Posters” selection is in its second year. The 2011 rules allowed the judging panel to include any work, irrespective of entry in the international competition. The relevance of the...
Founded in parallel to the Festival, the International Competition has enabled a large collection of contemporary posters to be amassed over the years. This competition strives to reflect the reality...
Students, all to Chaumont! Open Texts “The Chaumont Festival team wanted to refresh the student competition, embracing the diverse media that feature in graphic-design output:...
The International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont is providing “carte blanche” exhibition spaces of about 25 m².These will be allocated, after assessment of applications, to 10 professional...
As the student competition, the workshops will be on the theme of “Open texts”. The competition and workshops are open to students who have studied graphic design for at least two years....
In recent years, France’s graphic industry has experienced a quickening rate of standardisation. The advent of web-based printers, and the mass closures of independent printworks with the ensuing loss...
“From an historical perspective, seeing design as a whole field of professional practice, as a continuum from high to low – high being the academic and low being the vernacular or the naïve – everything...
The Festival is staging a heritage exhibition at Les Silos devoted to the graphic commissions placed by Italian company Olivetti for its communications, identity and publications. Founded in 1908 by Camillo...
In 2010, the Festival began commissioning a piece of work from a studio representative of the international avant-garde. Last year, Swiss studio Norm explored graphic design's myriad possibilities in...
Concrete tubes, standing in public spaces like classic Parisian 'Morris columns', will host a dedicated exhibition of work by 13 graphic designers and artists of the printed image:
Jack Usine and Fanny Garcia, graphic/type designers and illustrators based in Bordeaux, have worked as GUsto since 2005. Using Spanish white chalk,...
Thierry Chancogne, Catherine Guiral and Brice Domingues are coordinating the Festival symposium for the second year running. In 2010, they explored the idea of archives. This year, they return to investigate...
Some lectures were organized during the first week of the Festival’s evenings, from the 23rd to the 27th of May, at the Bouchardon auditorium. Monday 23rd: Pinar&Viola, presentation...
Pixel Factory 2 .11, this third edition organized by the association Pixxing, features graphic designers, “coder –creators” and students whose common idea is to take up and explore the fields of...
Non-profit body “Oh ? et des Bah !” has invited about 30 independent publishers – often graphic designers themselves, brought together by the pleasure of self-publishing and a love for printed objects....
Since 2010, Franck Chevrier and Gérard Desprez have held a market of vintage advertising objects during the Festival. Nearly 50 exhibitors will be selling enamel signs, posters, and all kinds of items...
