{"product_id":"16-millions-de-signes-from-and-about-books","title":"16 millions de signes \/ From and About Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo mark the twentieth anniversary of the contemporary French art museum MAC VAL, the institution invited the design duo Syndicat (the force behind \u003cem\u003eRevue Faire\u003c\/em\u003e) to showcase the 104 publications it produced over the past two decades. These publications, designed in collaboration with various designers, reflect the museum's commitment to contemporary graphic design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe books were presented in a display that brings together all of the published texts—a total of 16,465,721 typographic characters. Alongside a selection of works from the museum’s collection, enlarged pages from the catalogs are exhibited so that the formats of the reproductions and the originals can be seen next to each other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis catalog, which accompanied and documented the exhibition, collects reflections by curator Alexandra Midal, write and designer Thierry Chancogne, and Syndicat themselves, on books and printed surfaces, offering historical, semantic, technical, and sociological perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Julie David, François Havegeer, and Sacha Léopold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt direction and design by Syndicat with Arthur Chaput\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by MAC VAL and Editions Empire, 2025\u003cbr\u003eBilingual, in French and English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 240 pages, color and b\u0026amp;w offset, 4 × 6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 979-1-09-599184-7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48228680925438,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1681\/2497\/files\/16millionsdesignes.jpg?v=1779480241","url":"https:\/\/draw-down.com\/products\/16-millions-de-signes-from-and-about-books","provider":"Draw Down","version":"1.0","type":"link"}