Le concours des Plus beaux livres suisses a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9 presque sans interruption par l\u2019Office F\u00e9d\u00e9ral de la Culture depuis 1943. Un prix de la conception du livre avec une telle histoire, inscrit dans une telle culture nationale de la typographie, qui offre des perspectives significatives sur le graphisme \u00e9ditorial, les valeurs culturelles de ses commanditaires et les discours critiques qui l\u2019accompagnent.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Chaque ann\u00e9e, un catalogue g\u00e9n\u00e9reux r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par un des graphistes laur\u00e9ats des ann\u00e9es pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes vient documenter les livres prim\u00e9s. La dimension auto-r\u00e9flexive inh\u00e9rente \u00e0 ce genre de catalogue \u2013 livre de livres, graphisme de graphisme \u2013 propose un cadre aussi stimulant que risqu\u00e9 aux concepteurs de livres. Un regard r\u00e9trospectif sur les deux derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies de catalogues donne \u00e0 voir une divergence \u00e9vidente des pratiques graphiques. Apr\u00e8s un ou une s\u00e9rie d\u2019ouvrages \u2013 souvent les graphistes sont mandat\u00e9s sur deux ou trois catalogues \u2013 d\u2019une sophistication toute conceptuelle suit une simple documentation visuelle. Apr\u00e8s une proposition sobre et finement ouvrag\u00e9e, vient quelque chose de fastueux ou d\u2019exp\u00e9rimental.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Les catalogues 2004-2006 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7us par Laurent Benner, un designer suisse travaillant \u00e0 Londres, et dessin\u00e9s en collaboration avec le designer anglais Jonathan Hares. La proposition de Laurent pour le catalogue 2004 \u00e9tait audacieuse. Il a contact\u00e9 les imprimeurs de chacun des vingt livres prim\u00e9s de cette ann\u00e9e et leur a demand\u00e9 de r\u00e9imprimer une section de leur livre. Toutes les sections r\u00e9imprim\u00e9es ont ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 reli\u00e9es en Suisse, avec quelques pages suppl\u00e9mentaires au d\u00e9but et \u00e0 la fin, pour constituer le catalogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Entretien de Laurent Benner par James Langdon<\/p>\n
Photos : Adrian Samson
\n20 pages, 21 \u00d7 29,7 cm, CMJN
\n25 mars 2020
\nisbn 979-10-95991-16-8
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