Faire

Faire is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to graphic design, published from October to June, distributed each two months in the form of anthologies of three or four issues. Created by Empire, Syndicat studio's publishing house, Faire is aimed for undergraduate students as well as researchers and professionals, documenting contemporary and international practices of graphic design, along with the history and grammar of styles. Each issue focuses on a single subject, addressed by a renowned author.

“Critical publications dedicated to the analysis of Graphic design are sadly few and far between today, particularly in France, but also in Europe as a whole. Adopting an analytical and critical posture with regard to the forms and activities of Graphic design, Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer intend to establish a printed publication that deals with these practices. The publication will work with seven authors in its first year (Lise Brosseau, Manon Bruet, Thierry ChancogneJérôme Dupeyrat, Catherine Guiral and Étienne Hervy). This initially limited choice, linked to a desire to propose an experience with a group that has previously participated together in projects, will then allow for the inclusion of foreign authors in the second year of publication.”
 
Faire – To look at things - Volume 12 (#42-43-44-45)
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 42 to 45 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 10 (#39, 40, 41)
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 39 to 41 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Special Issue – A debate: Jan van Toorn, Wim Crouwel
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
A contemporary reading of the major divergences within the theory of graphic design from the encounter between the two Dutch graphic designers and typographers Wim Crouwel and Jan Van Toorn in the 1970s.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 10 (#35, 36, 37)
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 35 to 37 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 09 (#31, 32, 33, 34)
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 31 to 34 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 08 (#27, 28, 29, 30)
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 27 to 30 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 07 (#23, 24, 25, 26)
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 23 to 26 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Artists Posters
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
François Havegeer and Sacha Léopold (Syndicat) invited Aurélien Mole, Jérôme Dupeyrat, Mathias Augustyniak (M/M Paris) and Thierry Chancogne to express their views on art posters, artist posters, posters made by artists, posters made with artists, posters made for artists, and the occasional participation of graphic designers (special issue of the critical review dedicated to graphic design).
Faire – To look at things - Volume 06 (#19, 20, 21)
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 19 to 21 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 05 (#16, 17, 18)
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 16 to 18 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 04 (#13, 14, 15)
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
currently out of stock
Issues 13 to 15 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design. Compilation includes studies on Peter Bil'ak's essay on the exhibition of graphic design; the posters produced by M/M (Paris) for CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient; and the collaboration between studio Spassky Fischer and Marseille's MUCEM.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 03 (#10, 11, 12)
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Issues 10 to 12 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design, around Robert Brownjohn, Klaus Scherübel, Julia Born, Simon Starling et Poster of Girl, Revue Emmanuelle.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 02 (#5, 6, 7, 8)
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
(last copies available!)
Issues 5 to 8 of the critical review dedicated to Graphic design. Compilation includes studies on the following subjects: an Instagram post by studio Experimental Jetset for the Paradiso cultural centre in Amsterdam; a series of gestures, from Harun Farocki to L'Architecture Aujourd'hui; the publication Parallel Encyclopedia by Batia Suter; Charles Mazé & Coline Sunier's residency at the Villa Médicis.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 01 (#1, 2, 3, 4)
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
sold out
The first four issues of the critical review dedicated to the analysis of Graphic design, published by Empire books (studio Syndicat). Each publication documents a specific object, addressed by a renowned author: the Rouge-gorge series at Éditions Cent pages by S.P. Millot; the database colorlibrary.ch by studio Maximage; the monograph Recollected Work by Mevis & Van Deursen; and the invitation cards by the artist Stanley Brouwn.
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