June 15, 2006 issue. This file presents an archive copy of the issue of the FYI France ejournal, ISSN 1071-5916, which was distributed via email on June 15, 2006.
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With justifiable pride, the Musée de l'Imprimerie de Lyon announced, in its January newsletter this year:
"Last July 19 the Musée de l'Imprimerie received the title 'Musée de France', granted to establishments meeting precise criteria in matters of presentation, conservation, and the value and interest of its collections..."
http://www.imprimerie.lyon.fr/static/imprimerie/contenu/fichiers/telch/lettre_musee/janvier06.pdf
Home page: http://www.imprimerie.lyon.fr
"Worth a journey", as the Guide Michelin likes to say... certainly for anyone with an interest in the history of the book, early printing, the printing process generally, book-binding or collecting, incunabula... also transitions-in-media, from manuscript to print to the digital era... also Lyon, and its excellent cuisine, and chocolate, and its beautiful views from La Croix Rousse or Fourvière down over the Saône and the Rhône, and on clear days even across La Guillotière and up to the soaring Alps...
To summer visitors, this year, the Musée offers, to children and to adults: their outstanding permanent exhibits on the history of printing and of the book -- and it's a wonderful and beautiful old building in the city center, too, a cool refuge from summer heat -- and,
au 31 août 2006
Le designer franco-suisse Ruedi Baur a laissé sa marque dans la région lyonnaise :
de l'Octobre des Arts (Lyon, 1984) à la Maison du Livre de l'Image et du son (Villeurbanne, 1986), de l'École d'architecture de Lyon (1988) à la Cité internationale / Palais des congrès (Lyon, 1995), du MAC (1995) aux Pentes de la Croix-Rousse et au Parc de la Tête d'Or (1999) en passant par l'exposition sur la francophonie « Tu parles » (2000), rares sont les territoires graphiques que Ruedi Baur n'a pas explorés.
L'exposition / installation présentée au Musée de l'imprimerie du 3 mars au 31 août 2006, reliera les premiers travaux effectués par Ruedi Baur dans la région (années 80), à ses réalisations les plus récentes.
L'installation se présentera sous la forme de quatre très longues bandes-tables traversant en parallèle les deux salles d'exposition ; les dépliements les plus divers pourront s'y effectuer. Chaque bande présentera une des activités de Ruedi Baur sous la forme de divers mots clés.
Les travaux des ateliers « Intégral Ruedi Baur et associés » de Paris et de Zurich seront juxtaposés à des recherches en cours à l'Institut de recherche pour le design contextuel de Zurich et différents projets plus personnels. Chaque dépliage sous un titre particulier révélera un nouvel aspect du travail de Ruedi Baur.
Ce même processus de dépliage se développera sur deux jours lors d'un workshop rassemblant les amis du designer les 3 et 4 mars. Chacun des invités traitera des sujets les plus divers tournant autour des questions actuelles du design et de la société.
http://www.imprimerie.lyon.fr/imprimerie/sections/fr/expositions/expo_actu
So, just a suggestion... a recommendation... If you are in the Hexagone or will be there, this summer, leave the bouts with the Da Vinci Code hordes, racing from pyramid to pyramid at the Louvre, and those long autoroute stretches, and fighting the heures de pression along the Côte d'Azur: instead, see Lyon -- visitez the excellent and interesting Musée de l'Imprimerie -- worth a journey.
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