Right now in 2015, the limits of the city are being pushed beyond the circular road surrounding Paris: the big challenge of the 21th century. This is where Laurence Madrelle likes to spend her design time. Laurence designs exclusively for the public domain in France: among others, the subjects range from culture, heritage, history, memory, education, health to architecture and urbanism…
The studio she created in 1987, LM communiquer, is in Paris near Bastille. The team of 7, designs visual identities for institutions, communication and sign systems for urban development projects in order to give a better reading of the city to the citizen. According to the projects: writers, philosophers, illustrators, architects, multi-media developers… join the team on specific subjects. Teaching, lectures, workshops and jurys around the world and in France are part of her “design way of life” which started in the UK and later in USA in Providence, Rhode Island with Malcolm Grear in the seventies.
Laurence is an associate professor at the National School of Architecture “de la ville et des territoires” 1998-2011. Member of the Alliance graphique internationale (AGI) and the international president in 2003-2006. Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 3 June and ends 11 July 2025
Our summer programme is in English and covers typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and software practices. Every kind of design professional can learn about type design in a relatively short amount of time.
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Great line up of speakers on graphic design, typography. Fabulous workshops. Join us on 31 May 2025!
We think it is important to create platforms to let various universes communicate about their love of typography in their everyday practice. Come to Paris for the 31 May 2025 to listen a mix of inspiring speakers evoking topics as broad as graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication and type design.
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