Graphic design and production of Bourdelle Museum's guide published at the occasion of its re-opening in March 2023.
Direction: Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat
Project Manager for the Director: Jérôme Godeau
The Mercure typeface, by Charles Mazé and distributed by foundry Abyme, has its origins in 19th century epigraphic typefaces, designed to transcribe lapidary inscriptions, engraved in matters such as wood, steel or stone. The Transcript version, used for the composition of the guide's titles, evokes, through various aspects of its design, the fragmented, damaged or missing matter of these inscriptions. The values of the margins, the density of the running text block and the format create a tense relationship between full and empty, two notions cherished by sculptor Antoine Bourdelle.
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Client
Paris Musées
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Editorial manager
Nathalie Bec, assisted by Iseult Cahen-Patron
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Texts
Claire Boisserolles, Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat, Jérôme Godeau, Colin Lemoine, Valérie Montalbetti
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Language
French/English
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Translation
Louis-Emmanuel Moisan (En to Fr)
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Copy-editing
Sylvie Bellu (Fr), Etty Payne (En)
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Photographs
Pierre Antoine, Raphaël Chipault, Benoît Fougeirol, Stéphane Piera, Éric Emo, Studio Basset, Musée Bourdelle/Paris Musées
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Image Rights
Amélie Segonds
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Images
32 colour, 14 B&W
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Format
150×240 mm
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Pages
80
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Typefaces
Mercure, Charles Mazé, Abyme, 2021; Antique Legacy, François Rappo, Optimo, 2020
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Lithography
IGS-CP (Fr)
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Head of production
Mara Mariano
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Printer, binder
Graphius (Be)
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Printing
Offset (CMYK + 1 PMS)
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Binding
Sewned
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Copies
3,000 (Fr), 1,000 (En)
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Publisher
Paris Musées
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ISBN
978-2-7596-0541-5 (Fr), 78-2-7596-0559-0 (En)
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Launch
14th March 2023