FORTE Rémi
Rémi Forte is a graphic and typeface designer, as well as a poet. He currently resides in Lyon. He holds diplomas from the Atelier national de recherche typographique (ANRT, Nancy), the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon (Ensba Lyon), and the École Estienne (Paris). His work lies at the intersection between contemporary poetic practices and typography.?
He is currently developing—within the research unit TransCrit, and under the supervision of Vincent Broqua—a practice-based research thesis entitled, Poetic Program, Typographic System, which is an examination of the tensions that exist between poetic writing, typographic composition, and typeface design. ?
Since 2019, he manages the French type foundry 205TF. He teaches typography at the Strate Design School in Lyon and is a visiting lecturer for the Graphic Design Master’s program at Ensba Lyon.
Selected works
- 2019 : Graphic design for Le temps découpé en son lieu published by the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon in collaboration with the research unit Art contemporain et temps de l’histoire
- 2018 : Graphic design for Olivier Cheval’s Le Partage de la douleur. Une impolitique du film, published by L’Incidence
- 2018 : Graphic design for the Appel à candidatures poster for the Atelier national de recherche typographique
- 2017 : Writing, graphic and typeface design for the poetry work Épanouissement personnel
- 2016 : Graphic design for Le temps suspendu published by the Presses universitaires de Lyon in collaboration with the research unit Art contemporain et temps de l’histoire of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
- 2016 : Graphic design for the 7th issue of the journal Initiales, dedicated to Pier Paolo Pasolini and published by the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
- 2015 : Graphic design for the event Demain l’école d’art, assises nationales des écoles supérieures d’art, organized by the ANdÉA in Lyon
Conferences
- November 2019 : International symposium Let It Read, Campus Fonderie de l’image, Bagnolet
- November 2019 : Presentation of the publication Le temps découpé en son lieu, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris
- September 2019 : International symposium Machiner la poésie (et la poétique) 3, Atilf, Cnrs, Nancy
- June 2019 : Participation in the workshop Écologie des contenus générés par les utilisateurs, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Paris
- December 2016 : Presentation of the publication Le temps suspendu, Librairie Descours, Lyon
- April 2016 : Presentation of the 7th issue of the journal Initiales, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris
Exhibitions
- April 2019 : Participation in the collective exhibition « Algolit », Mundaneum, Mons, Belgium
Publications
- March 2021 : Journal Formules nº 22, « sans langage Pensées »
- February 2020 : Journal Sabir nº 2, « Pour avoir un accent il faut être deux »
- October 2017 : Journal Étapes nº 240, presentation of the editorial project Épanouissement personnel
Awards
- 2017 : Winner of the Partners Award, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
