Michèle Champagne est artiste graphique.

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Michèle Champagne, M.Des.
Née Ottawa, 1980

Artiste graphique
mail@michelechampagne.com

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Montréal, Québec, Canada







EN — POSITIVITY — ARCHITECTURE

How architecture media shape our views on housing


THE STORY OF SHELTER
Essay, self-published – Montréal (soon). Photography by Jeff Bierk.
2025




EN — POSITIVITY — “SMART” CITIES

What we learned about the Canadian home, housing, and journalism from Sidewalk Labs in Toronto


DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
Essay and collage, Volume no. 65. Stichting Archis, Nieuwe Instituut – Amsterdam.
Cover design by Irma Boom.
2024






EN — CULTURE — DESIGN

On the demise of the Design Exchange


IN OTHER WORDS
Essay, Dezeen magazine, Opinions vertical . JP/Politiken Media – Copenhagen.
2021




FR — POSITIVITÉ — ART — ÉCONOMIE

Le bonheur dans l’art et le commerce modernes


LES SENTIMENTS DU COLOPHON
Essai, Adrienguillet.com – Montréal. Installation par Adrien Guillet.
2021





EN — POSITIVITY — ARCHITECTURE

On the happiness indus­try and its sur­veil­lant nature in pandemic homes


A SOLO SPACE FOR ALL TO SEE
Essay, The Big Picture series. New Cities Foundation – Montréal.
Photograph from the Toronto Star Archive 2020.
2020




2020 — EN — THESE ARE STILL THE TIMES
Interview with Pratt Institute professor Christopher Lee on economic crises and their effects on graphic art and education. For the book Design Dedication.

Sandberg Instituut, Valiz Books, Amsterdam
2019 — EN — WHERE THE IMAGE FLOWS
Visual essay on how Sidewalk Labs’ public relations came to dominate journalism. For the Failed Architecture platform. Edit­ed by Justin McGuirk.

FA Foundation, Amsterdam



2019 — EN — FILM REVIEW: DESIGN CANADA
Review of Design Canada as a neo-colonial film wrapped in happy tunes, modern design and archi­tecture. For C Magazine issue no. 141.

C The Visual Arts Foun­dation, Toronto
2018 — EN — A CONVERSATION WITH MICHÈLE
Research residency interview on the vocabulary of the happi­ness industry and the alternatives offered by art and architecture. For Articles journal.

Artexte, Montréal



2018 — FR — APPRENDRE DE LUS
Un échange épis­to­laire avec Greg J. Smith à la suite de la dis­so­lution des studios néerlandais LUST et LUSTlab à La Haye. Revue Back Office no. 2.

Éditions B42, Paris
2017 — EN — HANDWRITING IN AN ERA OF GLITTER TEXT GENE­RATOR
How human handwriting thrives in an era of machine aesthetics. For the Walker Art Reader.

Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis



2013 — EN — CRITICISM AS A FUN MECHANISM
Essay on design and archi­tecture criticism as a fun mecha­nism for learning and growing. For Volume magazine no 36, ‘Let’s Get Critical’.

Stichting Archis, Amsterdam
2012 — EN — NEW CITY MYTHS
Essay on the visual myths of new private towns in London, Lavasa, and “smart” cities like Songdo in South Korea. For Volume no. 34, ‘City in a Box’.

Stichting Archis, Amsterdam




Michèle Champagne, M.Des., née Ottawa, 1980
Artiste graphique
mail@michelechampagne.com

LinkedInBsky.app

Montréal, Québec, Canada