Talk: Keep Experimenting! Graphic design from Pontus Hultén to today

In parallel with the exhibition “Keep Smiling! The Printed Universe of Pontus Hultén”, French and Swedish grahic designers wll explore Hultén’s legacy and the way influences and practices have evolved.

How has the space devoted to experimentation and development in graphic design evolved? What dialogues and influences have existed between graphic design and visual art from the 1960s to the present?

With:

Stina Gromark: a graphic designer, researcher, teacher, publisher, curator of the exhibition “Keep Smiling! The Printed Universe of Pontus Hultén”. She lives and works in Paris and London.

Oskar Laurin: a Stockholm-based graphic designer mainly working in the field of art and culture. He teaches regularly, sometimes organises exhibitions, and his work is published by Otsium Books.

Camille Baudelaire and Olivia Grandperrin: graphic designers and researchers, co-founders of l’Atelier Baudelaire, a studio that has been active for 15 years at the intersection between graphic design, interior design and artistic research.

Moderation: Jérôme Saint Laurent Bié, a graphic designer and lecturer who specialises in graphic design for cultural institutions.

Useful information

  • Discussion in English.
  • Admission free, prior registration recommended. Registration begins on 2 June 2025.