Oh Jacno !

Behind the name « Jacno » there are several beings: the typographer, in love with letters, the designer of alphabets that enhanced magazine ads, movie and theatre programs such as the “Chaillot” font that was created for the TNP (Théâtre national Populaire); the poster designer, who signed the brand image of the Théâtre national Populaire or the three keys of the Avignon Festival; the designer who redesigned the famous winged helmet of the pack of Gauloises cigarettes and also prestigious brands like Révillon or Guerlain; the graphic designer at last, designer of the formats of the newspaper France soir or periodicals like L’Observateur, Ici Paris, Radar or Détective and book covers for famous publishing houses. In this tribute exhibition, 20 European designers took on the one and same challenge: design a poster that echoes with Marcel Jacno’s unique work, thus creating twenty original posters.

Along with the invited 20 designers, the exhibition presents the work of 14 students from 7 art schools in France, made during a workshop with Isabelle Jégo and Philippe Delangle : Xavier Amigues, Rosine Rivaud-Labarre, Lidka Vallet, Clara Barthod-Malat, Antonin Gallon, Seyoung Kim, Zoë Raude, Haokun An, Espérance Baux, Pome Saint-Bonnet, Marine Beuve, Lucile Delaval, Zachary-Joe Pauvert and Ingmar Unterrege, from ESAD Amiens, ENSAD Nancy, ENSBA Lyon, EESAB Rennes, isdaT Toulouse, ESAD Valence and HEAR.