Attend a lecture by Tony Durand: Investigations on Joseph Le Calennec.
Graphic designer and visual artist, Tony Durand constantly oscillates between commission and personal research work.
By questioning the reasons that led him to practice graphic design, he identifies the Mille Bornes as one of the first “visual shocks” received in his childhood, describing the famous game as exposed to a kind of graphic perfection to the almost impossible comparison.
It is likely that the 1000 Bornes instantly evokes some childhood memories, its clean compositions with frank colors having the ability to strongly print the memory. But do you know who is behind one of the biggest French hits of the board game?
As discreet as it is exciting, Joseph Le Callennec (1905-1988) represents, perhaps, one of the best kept secrets of 20th century French graphic design. Joseph Le Callennec is absent from anthologies and other graphic narratives dealing with this period, yet he is at the origin of striking graphic creations.