- exhibition
- currently
- Biennale 2025
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Prix unique du livre 2025
- from 21.05.2025
- to 19.10.2025
- jury
- Marie-Mame Sai Bellier
- jury
- Institut sérigraphique
- jury
- Elamine Maecha
- jury
- Editions Matière
- Le Signe
For the 2021 edition of the International Graphic Design Biennial, Le Signe organized the first edition of the Prix Unique du Livre; a selection of 20 French books among the most distinctive and remarkable. This inaugural edition was an opportunity to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Lang Law, but also to break a decade-long absence of the competition for the most beautiful French books.
Since then, the Prix Unique du Livre has been held again as part of the International Graphic Design Biennial. It is based on the selection of 20 books published over the past three years, and chosen independently. The Prix Unique du Livre is not a competition; it recognizes, but does not rank. However, it serves to highlight a French selection, offering international visibility to publishing in France.
The selection is made independently by a jury composed of figures from the publishing world, graphic designers, and publishers: Marie-Mam Sai Bellier, Elamine Maecha, Séverine Bascouert from the Institut sérigraphique, and Laurent Bruel and Nicolas Frühauf from Éditions Matière.
The selection 2025
Cadavres
Phœbe Hadjimarkos-Clarke, Rozenn Voyer, Cadavres, Uzerche, cry mimi cry, 2022.
Design graphique : Traduttore, traditore
Imprimeur : Musumeci, Italie
How to Become the Daughters of Darkness
Collectif (Félixe Kazi-Tani, Estelle Benazet Heugenhauser, Anna La Chocha, Lorca Coquelicot, Terri de la Peña, Nelle Gevers, sabrina soyer, Joyce Rivière, Mélanie Blaison, Slalomé·e, Barbara Sirieix, Samuel R. Delany, Lætitia Paviani, Martha Salimbeni, Eleanor Arnason, Rachel Schenberg, Növi Jacquet & Sophie), How to Become the Daughters of Darkness, Paris, 2023, How to Become .
Design graphique : Martha Salimbeni
Imprimeur : PB tisk, République tchèque
Exposé·es
Collectif (Clémence Allezard, Cécile Chartrain, Vinciane Despret, Mylène Ferrand, Amandine Gay, Philippe Joanny, Elisabeth Lebovici, Nicolas Linnert, Sylvère Lotringer, Tim Madesclaire, Helen Molesworth, Veronica Noseda, Peggy Pierrot, François Piron, Donald Rodney, Jane Solomon, Jo-ey Tang, Gaëtan Thomas), Exposé·es, Paris, 2023, Palais de Tokyo / Fonds Mercator
Design graphique : Roxanne Maillet
Imprimeur : Die Keure, Belgique
Emomania
Ayasha Khan, Emomania, Marseille, 2022, Éditions Biceps.
Design graphique : Ayasha Khan
Imprimeur : Hyper Copy, Corep Canebière, Pixart France
Falling Leaves
Paul Phung, Falling Leaves Paris, 2024, Ex. Coda.
Design graphique : Map in Your Mind
Imprimeur : Pressision, Angleterre
Le bruissement entre les murs
Clara Chichin, Sabatina Leccia, Le bruissement entre les murs, Montpellier, 2024, SUN/ SUN.
Design graphique : Typical. Organization for Standards and Orders
Imprimeur : L’Atelier du Palais – Basile Le Cleac’h, France / SYL, l'art graphique, Espagne
Picalso
Sophie Calle, Yve-Alain Bois, Picalso, Paris, 2023, Atelier EXB.
Design graphique : SpMillot
Imprimeur : Maestro/ Grafiche Antiga / Italie
Bianco Ordinario
Hélène Bellenger, Michel Poivert, Hélène Soumaré, Rica Cerbarano, Bianco Ordinario, Vinzelles, 2025, Editions de l'Observeur.
Design graphique :The Light Observer / Eleonora Paciullo & Hugo Berger
Imprimeur : Ediprima Srl, Italie
Re-faire architecture
Collectif (Carine Bonnot, Nicolas Dubus, Christophe de Tricaud, Pascal Rollet, Jennifer Buyck), À l’école des sentinelles. Re-faire architecture, Lyon, 2024, Éditions deux-cent-cinq.
Design graphique : Éditions deux-cent-cinq
Imprimeur : Imprimerie Ott, France
Guy de Cointet, Transatlantique
Collectif (Rachel Valinsky, Davide Balula, Eva Barto, Julie Béna, Jesse Chun, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Gordon Hall, Alan Reid), Guy de Cointet, Transatlantique, Paris, 2024, ER Publishing.
Design graphique : Catherine Barluet, Jean François Maurige
Imprimeur : Média Graphic, Rennes, France
La route parallèle
Teddy Goldenberg, La route parallèle, Paris, 2024, Fidèle.
Design graphique : Jean-Philippe Bretin
Imprimeur : Jelgavas Tipografija, Lettonie
Coucou Cucu
Frédérique Rusch, Coucou Cucu, Marseille, 2024, L’Articho.
Design graphique : Yassine de Vos , Chamo
Imprimeur : Jelgavas Tipografija, Lettonie
Paravents
Eva Taulois, Paravents, Nevers, 2024, Tombolo Press.
Design graphique : Jean-Philippe Bretin & Ewen Guehenneux
Imprimeur : Graphius, Belgique
Plates
Jan Kinsbergen Architects, Plates, Paris, 2024, Caryatide.
Design graphique : Spassky Fisher
Imprimeur : Musumeci, Italie
Parents must unite + fight
Camille Richert, Hackney Flashers, Parents must unite + fight — Hackney Flashers: agitprop, labor and socialist feminism in England, Nevers, 2024, Tombolo Press.
Design graphique : Charles Mazé & Coline Sunier
Imprimeur : Die Keure, Belgique
Musique du Diable III
MÖ, Julien Fischer, Basile Peyrade, Musique du Diable III, Bagnolet, 2023, Acacia Books.
Design graphique : Julien Fischer
Imprimeur : Chirat, France
Bert Sliggers - For Sale
Bert Sliggers, Bert Sliggers - For Sale, Marseille, 2023, Le Dernier cri.
Design graphique : Bert Sliggers
Le temple de la pierre qui tue
Amélie Royer, Hippolyte Tessier, Jean-Baptiste Petit, Pablo Marion, Thomas Jacoulet, Le temple de la pierre qui tue, Strasbourg, 2024, Bétonite.
Design graphique : Bétonite
Imprimeur : Bétonite France
Hubert et Alexis
Henri Crabières, Hubert et Alexis, Le Fauga, 2024, Misma.
Design graphique : Misma
Imprimeur : Jelgavas Tipografija, Lettonie
Capolavori – Chefs-d'œuvre
Livio Vacchini, Capolavori – Chefs-d'œuvre, Paris, 2023, Caryatide.
Design graphique : Spassky Fisher