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January 01 2010
About One Striped Rectangle: Jean Widmer and the Centre Pompidou Logo
Catherine de Smet
Catherine de Smet
Catherine de Smet holds a PhD in the History of Art at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. She is the author of two books published by Lars Müller Publishers: Le Corbusier: Architect of Books (2005) and Vers une architecture du livre: Le Corbusier, édition et mise en pages, 1912–1965 (2007). She teaches the history of graphic design at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and at the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design in Amiens. Author of numerous essays about graphic design, she recently contributed to the catalogues of the exhibitions “Le Siècle du Jazz” at the Musée du Quai Branly, and “Elles” at Centre Pompidou. She curated several exhibitions, the most recent one at Galerie Anatome in Paris in 2007: “Wim Crouwel, architectures typographiques.”
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Catherine de Smet
Catherine de Smet holds a PhD in the History of Art at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. She is the author of two books published by Lars Müller Publishers: Le Corbusier: Architect of Books (2005) and Vers une architecture du livre: Le Corbusier, édition et mise en pages, 1912–1965 (2007). She teaches the history of graphic design at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and at the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design in Amiens. Author of numerous essays about graphic design, she recently contributed to the catalogues of the exhibitions “Le Siècle du Jazz” at the Musée du Quai Branly, and “Elles” at Centre Pompidou. She curated several exhibitions, the most recent one at Galerie Anatome in Paris in 2007: “Wim Crouwel, architectures typographiques.”
Online Issn: 1531-4790
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© 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009
Design Issues (2010) 26 (1): 67–81.
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Catherine de Smet; About One Striped Rectangle: Jean Widmer and the Centre Pompidou Logo. Design Issues 2010; 26 (1): 67–81. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2010.26.1.67
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