The Factory of Fanette Mellier

Author of more than ten works, Fanette Mellier explores as a graphic designer and for twenty years the possibilities left through printing as part of his work as a graphic designer. Each of his works experiment with new techniques (use of white inks or phosphorescent, overprinting...) and offers a new way to design the book as an object. The manipulation of letters and drawing of characters, but also the work of the paper and the color are thus placed at the center of her creative work. Established as a graphic designer Independent since 2005, Fanette Mellier has also carried out various works of commissioned for institutions such as the National Museum of Natural History, the Centre Pompidou, or the Ministry of Culture. Through this interview structured in three chapters covering his work as a typographic designer, author and graphic designer, Fanette Mellier looks back on her career rich and eclectic. She reveals her working methods, her affiliations artistic and offers an analysis of his practice halfway between illustration and graphics. The book will be illustrated with around fifty photographs in color allowing to show certain representative examples of the work of Fanette Mellier. The publication of this work is concomitant with the inauguration of the monographic exhibition dedicated to him at the Chaumont International Graphic Design Biennial and will be visible from May 23 to September 22, 2021.