Étapes 03 : international
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Exhibitions, platform events and publications track graphic design and boost its development. They enable designers and enthusiasts to keep tabs on recent experiments in the discipline and to appreciate the work of its stellar exponents. Indeed the public at large is starting to acquire an affinity and a feel for this strand of graphic culture. Tapping this trend, graphic(...)
septembre 2005, Paris
Étapes 03 : international
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Exhibitions, platform events and publications track graphic design and boost its development. They enable designers and enthusiasts to keep tabs on recent experiments in the discipline and to appreciate the work of its stellar exponents. Indeed the public at large is starting to acquire an affinity and a feel for this strand of graphic culture. Tapping this trend, graphic design is still an applied art with the ability to cross over into other creative approaches and other cultures. British pop culture and musical genres are good examples of this. Vaughan Oliver is one of the graphic designers to have been spotted and then elevated to stardom for their work with a label, band or publication. Yet the picking-out of an individual style or attitude must not let us forget, and must not mask, the fact that the quality of such graphic output stems primarily from its complementarity with its subject. For Blue Note or 4AD, beautiful sleeves weren’t vital; the music and editorial project took pride of place. A lesser talent of the designers behind the artwork was to grasp this state of affairs and act accordingly. Peer recognition is relatively secondary, though it has the merit of underscoring excellence – and, even better, the exacting quest for the finest possible result.