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qui dessine des méandres entre la recherche, la direction artistique et le design d’édition à travers les médias. Diplômée de l’Institut Sandberg à Amsterdam, elle encadre le design comme une forme d’enquête publique.
        Michèle recherche les effets de la psychology positive et de l’industrie du bonheur sur la culture et la vie occidentale—sur la surveillance numérique jusqu’à la pratique et l’édition de design. Aux Pays-Bas et au Canada, ses partenaires ont compris Artexte, le Centre pour les droits numériques, l’artiste Philip Cheung, Droog, la revue Estuaire, la Fondation Mediamatic, Metahaven, la maison d’édition Penguin Random House, l’Institut Strelka et VPRO, un diffuseur public néerlandais. Sa refonte de Hazlitt, la revue littéraire numérique de Penguin, a été primée Site web de l’année par les Prix du magazine canadien.
       Elle enseigne des fois, récemment à titre de professeure invitée à l’École de design à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Elle écrit sur la culture positiviste et visuelle du design et de l’architecture pour Back Office, C Magazine, Failed Architecture, The Gradient par le Walker Art Center et la revue Volume par la Foundation Archis.

who meanders between research, art direction and publication design on- and off-line. A Sandberg Institute graduate, she frames design as a form of public inquiry.
        Michèle’s research examines the effects of positive psychology and the happiness industry on Western culture and life—from digital surveillance to design practice and publishing. In Canada and the Netherlands, she’s partnered with Artexte, Centre for Digital Rights, artist Philip Cheung, Droog, Estuaire journal, Mediamatic Foundation, Metahaven, publishing house Penguin Random House, Strelka Institute and VPRO, a Dutch public broadcaster. Her redesign of Hazlitt, a digital literary magazine by Penguin, won Website of the Year from National Magazine Awards.
        She teaches sometimes, recently as guest professor at the School of Design at University of Quebec in Montreal. She writes about the positivist and visual culture of design and architecture for Back Office, C Magazine, Failed Architecture, The Gradient by Walker Art Centre and Volume magazine by Archis Foundation.

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Life, Smile, Publication,
Artexte,
Spring 2018 to 2019,
Montreal, CA

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A-B-Z,
Artexte, Art Metropole,
Gallery 44, InterAccess, UQAM,
2016 to 2019,
Montreal, Toronto, CA

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Hazlitt,
Penguin Random House,
Summer 2014,
Toronto, CA

Redesign of Hazlitt, a digital literary magazine with an independent editorial mission. Hazlitt centered the views, opinions and reports of emerging and established writers and journalists. E-book cover design for Hazlitt Originals, a digital imprint of fiction and non-fiction singles. Prototype delivery of Hz, a custom image editing tool meant to replace Adobe Photoshop and built with Processing. Hazlitt won Website of the Year from National Magazine Awards,

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That New Design Smell no. 0,
Sandberg Institute,
2010 to 2011,
Amsterdam, NL

Research on the negative effects of positive thinking and positive psychology on design practice and publishing. Writing, editing, art direction and publication design for a web-to-print magazine blending design criticism with Internet comments. Contributions included interviews with Daniel van der Velden from Metahaven and essays by Femke Herregraven and Anja Groten. On-line discussion forum developed by Lennart Bruger and built with WordPress. Winner of Best Student Prize from Dutch Graphic Culture Foundation. Recognized by Items magazine’s ‘Best Dutch Design Graduates’ issue,

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Russia Consumes,
Droog, Metahaven, Strelka Institute,
2010 to 2011,
Amsterdam, NL, Moscow, RU

Cultural research expedition in Moscow on the nature of contemporary Russian consumption habits across socio-economic strata, from inner-city soup kitchens to luxury malls on the outskirts of private towns (Russia Consumes). Design for a literary furniture collection with survival instincts, including a bed wrapped in cinematic silk and a parachute made with a lifetime of t-shirt texts (Fantastical Investments). The collection was exhibited at Droog in Amsterdam,

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De Verenigde Sandbergen no. 64,
Sandberg Institute,
2010,
Amsterdam, NL

Design and writing for a print magazine that doubled as a catalogue for Sandberg Institute’s graduation exhibition at De Brakke Grond, a Flemish cultural center in Amsterdam. A large variety of graduate projects engaged in media criticism and the design reflects this by borrowing from and messing with the style sheets of the The New York Times, one of the world’s most powerful media institutions. Co-designed with Lauren Grusenmeyer and printed by SSP Drukerij. First Prize winner of Coupe magazine’s International Image and Design Awards,

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Daar Zijn Wij Van,
VPRO Broadcasting,
2010,
Hilversum, NL

Design and editorial direction for a three hundred page annual report conceived of as ‘an archive of public voices’ where the pages are laced with public letters, postcards, emails, press clippings and Internet comments. The voices are positive, negative, indifferent and obsessed with VPRO, underscoring the public broadcaster’s active role in Dutch public discourse. The report was partnered with a letter from the director, a social responsibility report, postcard series and custom cardboard box. Co-designed with Brigiet van den Berg and printed by SSP Drukerij. First Prize winner in the Best Annual Report category from the Dutch Graphic Culture Foundation,

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Mediamatic Travel,
Mediamatic Foundation,
2009,
Amsterdam, NL

Art direction and design for a do-it-yourself social network for traveling creatives. Mediamatic Travel created an open-source social network as an alternative to the Silicon Valley network, one built on the cross-border and cross-domain interests of artists, designers and architects, rather than the interests of American advertisers. The network was built with AnyMeta. Design for a custom display typeface and plugin built with Javascript. Design and public program support for the network launch events and exhibitions during Amsterdam Art Biennale,