When Californian graphic designer Ed Fella came to Chaumont in May 2011 on the occasion of his exhibition, he gathered materials from the town’s walls and streets: brochures, torn posters, pieces of...
The programme of the 22nd International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont gave pride of place to lettering: Les Silos hosted a show of commissions by Italian firm Olivetti for its communications...
This catalogue accompanied the first monographic exhibition in Europe devoted to the work of American graphic designer Edward Fella. Held as part of the 22nd International Poster and Graphic Design Festival...
For the first time in 2011, the Festival published a guide (in French) for its young visitors, to provide an relaxed and educational perspective on the exhibitions. Masterfully devised, designed and illustrated...
Vier5, a German duo who live and work in Paris, were appointed to design the communications for the 2011 festival. Their work has included communications for the CAC Bretigny contemporary art centre;...
The tour will be accompanied by a publication that documents the selected works. Its purpose is to precisely define the scope of commissions, of which these posters are often emblematic but not exhaustive...
For its 22nd edition, the festival’s tempo was set by the question “What is graphic design?” Professionals and students were invited to explore the specificities of graphic design, now and in the...
This catalogue was produced for the 21st International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont and for France-Russia Year, as part of the “Soviet Constructivist Posters 1920-1940” exhibition...
Karel Martens was commissioned to design the poster for the 21st festival. Besides the recognition Martens enjoys as a distinguished graphic designer and educator, the Dutchman’s appointment was prompted...
For its 20th edition, the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont considered the variety of graphic-design media: print, space, object and multimedia. Les Silos staged a “manifesto...
From 1990 to 2009, a French graphic designer was appointed to create the festival poster. Over these first 19 years of the event, some of the leading names on the French scene have tackled the tough challenge...
Specimen is a series of three exhibitions, held at Les Silos book and poster centre in Chaumont between September and December 2008, which explored “graphic design and publishing”:...
For its 19th edition, the festival paid tribute to the undisputed master of modern Swiss graphic design, Josef Müller-Brockman, and looked at today’s scene in Zürich, where practitioners of many styles...
In 2007, having paid tribute to a number of seminal figures in 20th-century European graphic design, the festival crossed the Atlantic for its 18th edition and paid homage to American designer Paul Rand,...
The 17th edition of the festival paid homage to Polish master Henryk Tomaszewski through a wide selection of original posters and drawings. This undisputed master turned the cultural poster into a space...
In 2005, the 16th edition of the festival presented a broad panorama of work by modernist master A.M. Cassandre; the recent print and screen creations by French graphic designer Christophe Jacquet, aka...
The 15th International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont expanded its collection to 20,000 contemporary posters, with 600 graphic designers from around the world entering a further 1,800...
The International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont, which holds a collection of 5,000 antique posters (by artists including Chéret, Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec), runs an international...
This 13th edition of the festival was the chance to share the treasure assembled over the years: 15,000 contemporary posters and 5,000 antique posters. Chaumont’s collections emerged from their storerooms...
In 2007, as part of her residency, Fanette Mellier was asked to lead a series of sessions with second-year junior school pupils (aged 7-9). Central to the series was a question chosen by the Graphic Design...
This object – a hybrid of book, disc, performance and artwork – originated in Jean-Marc Ballée’s Chaumont residency from 2003 and 2005. A first presentation of his research findings was held on...
