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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. Son travail se porte sur l’histoire de la créativité, la littéracie médiatique et comment la psychologie positive aiguille la culture et la société contemporaine.
         Avec Artexte, sa recherche a pu examiner comment le bonheur et l’affective positive se font prendre par les infrastructures de mesure et de surveillance numérique. Sa refonte de Hazlitt, la revue littéraire numérique de Penguin Random House Canada, a été primée Site web de l’année par les Prix du magazine canadien.
         Au Canada et aux Pays-Bas, ses partenaires ont aussi compris l’auteur Daniel Canty, Centre pour les droits numériques, le photographe Philip Cheung, Droog, Estuaire, Fondation Mediamatic, Metahaven, Institut Strelka et VPRO, un diffuseur public néerlandais.
       Michèle 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 du design et de l’architecture pour Back Office, C Magazine, Failed Architecture, The Gradient par le Walker Art Center et Volume par la Foundation Archis.

who wanders between research, art direction and publication design on- and off-line. A graduate of Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, she frames design as a form of public inquiry. Her work focuses on the history of creativity, media literacy and how positive psychology shapes culture and society today.
         With Artexte, her research examined what happens when happiness and positive affect get tangled in the infrastructures of measurement and digital surveillance. Her redesign of Hazlitt, a digital literary magazine by Penguin Random House Canada, won Website of the Year from National Magazine Awards. 
        In Canada and the Netherlands, her partners also include author Daniel Canty, Centre for Digital Rights, photographer Philip Cheung, Droog, Estuaire, Mediamatic Foundation, Metahaven, Strelka Institute and VPRO, a Dutch public broadcaster.
        Michèle teaches sometimes, recently as guest professor at the School of Design at University of Quebec in Montreal. She writes about the visual culture of design and architecture for Back Office, C Magazine, Failed Architecture, The Gradient by Walker Art Centre and Volume by Archis Foundation.

La clé du bonheur est dans le mot clé,

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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

Le mirage du bonheur n’est pas bon,

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Propriétés Positives,
School of Design, UQAM,
Fall 2017,
Montreal, 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 Geert Dumbar and 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 variety of graduate projects engaged in media criticism and the design reflects this by borrowing from and 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,