Scripto. A history of graphic design before modernity,
By Thierry Chancogne. This new series will explore writing from the perspective of the most diverse materials that author has encountered – artistic, technical, ethological, anthropological, psychological, archaeological, etc. – with the new era of the emergence of writing. First episode: 28 January 2026.
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John Powers Severin dit John Severin, « L’incroyable Hulk», Marvel Comics, entre 1967 et 1989 articleScripto! First episode...
Now it's time for introductions... A modest anti-method of anachronism, discontinuity and divergence to address, through various connections between the written word and its undoubtedly extremely heterogeneous age.
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Score of Tarzan’s cry, registered trademark lineA library in winter...
Problemata researchers share their reading. On the second shelf of our library, texts and reflections shed light on our disciplines. From books to architecture, from colour to social issues, from lawyers to writers, the subjects and authors suggest that we don't stick to the beaten track. This is the way of the acute eye...
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Advertisement of a German central heating manufacturer, 1903 articleUnder the floor... central heating
Anthropologist Irene Cieraad points to the invisibilisation phenomena at work in urban housing.
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Bernhard Riff and Franz West, Gedanken zu einer neuen Heimatkunst, photograms, 2000 articleDid you say Passstücke?
A rereading of the work of the artist Franz West and his Passstücke by Nicolas Bourriaud.
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Louis-Léopold Boilly, After supper, after 1830 articleBalzac’s little mechanics
Descriptions of dining rooms in Balzac’s work, or the cogs of a well-oiled machine.
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The first Watermark workshop, founded in 1973, United States. articleThe death of the book? An opposing narrative
From his parent‘s bookbinding workshop to the production of his own books, artist Oscar Tuazon examines the way books are conceived.
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Cornel Windlin, Jürg Lehni and Uli Franke, We Try Harder, Kunsthaus Zürich, 2002 collectionA collection on the shelves
A visual journey through the second library.
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El Lissitky, The constructor, 1924 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. articleTopography of type
In Europe between the wars, this short text by El Lissitsky in 1923 embodies the desire to make books a total sensory space.
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Maxime Huot, Le Croque-mitaine, 2022 articleMyths and legends. A visual essay
Compositions, recompositions and heckles based on pictograms by Visuel Design - Jean Widmer.
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Holographic nail varnish collectionLet’s Shine !
Behind the bodywork... An unusual collection of automotive resources
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Buick Roadmaster Advertising, 1951 lineAs Long as It’s Pink...
Five extracts from historian Penny Sparke’s landmark book on women and design...
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, still, 2019. Directed by Céline Sciamma, director of photography: Claire Mathon article“Yesterday’s future”
Based on Judy Attfield‘s ’FORM/female FOLLOWS FUNCTION/male’, a reflection on geographical and cultural relationships to writing, ‘studies’ and historical studies.
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Cornel Windlin, Die Spezialisten, 2000 articleEither a conceptual x...
The practice of the Swiss graphic designer Cornel Windlin in the light of the Dada movement and the very figure of Georges Maciunas (Fluxus).
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William Gaver, One Affordance to the other. collectionCollection between the lines
A visual journey through the first texts selection in the Problemata library.
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Bunker Archéologie, photographies n° 157 à 160, Paul Virilio. © Archives du Centre Pompidou articleRetours sur Bunker Archéologie
From December 1975 to February 1976, the exhibition “Bunker Archéologie” was produced by the CCI. It seems to occupy a special place in Paul Virilio’s career.
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Les Immatériaux (1985), commissariat Jean-François Lyotard. © Bibliothèque Kandinsky, MNAM/CCI, Centre Pompidou – Dist. RMN-Grand Palais collectionLes inconnues du CCI
Bunker Archéologie (1975), Les Immatériaux (1985) sont des expositions célèbres. Qui sait qu’elles furent portées par le CCI ? Voir les images de la collection du site.