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Revue Faire (23, 24, 25, 26) available at actualsource.org Faire is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to graphic design. Produced by Empire, the publishing arm of French design studio Syndicat (designers Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer), Faire is aimed at students as well as researchers and professional designers. Each issue addresses a specific object or theme and is written by a renowned author. This anthology set, volume 7, includes four issues, numbers 23 through 26: n°23 — A portrait: The Master approving of his own work. By Žiga Testen  n°24 — A theater identity: The Schauspielhaus by Cornel Windlin. By Étienne Hervy and Thierry Chancogne n°25 — Exhibition views: Jonathan Monk. By Remi Parcollet  n°26 — Production process: Print on Demand. By Manon Bruet Published by Editions Empire, 2020 Bilingual, in French and English  100 pages total, each issue separately bound, b&w and color images, 8.25 × 11.75 inches  ISBN: 979-1-09-599117-5 @revuefaire @empire.b.o.o.k.s

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Queneau’s stochastic method might put you in mind of one of those invariably lame improvisational comedy setups whereby a performer has to switch registers according to an audience’s shouted commands — delivering, say, a funeral eulogy first as infomercial sales patter, then as rap-battle braggadocio, then as bawdy Elizabethan comedy. And the book ... See more
from Staff Pick: Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau - The Millions
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In the introduction to that (1963) edition, Queneau explains that the idea for the Exercises came to him in the 1930s, after he and his friend Michel Leiris had attended a concert at the Salle Pleyel where Bach's The Art of Fugue had been played. What particularly struck Queneau about this piece was that, although based on a rather slight theme, its variations "proliferated almost to infinity." It would be interesting, he thought, to create a similar work of literature.
This book as a website is a rabbit-hole into the history of Futurism as an art movement at the start of the 20th century. The book has interesting prompts or perspectives for creativity as well as illuminating record of the problems within this movement. While for the most part we have moved past the precise content of these manifestos, many of the... See more
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Frère d'âme - International Booker Prize 2021 (Cadre rouge) (French Edition)
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from Staff Pick: Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau - The Millions

from Futurism: An Anthology (2009) by Laura Wittman

Frère d'âme - International Booker Prize 2021 (Cadre rouge) (French Edition)