Michèle Champagne, M.Des.
Née Ottawa, 1980
Artiste graphique
mail@michelechampagne.com
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Montréal, Québec, Canada
EN — POSITIVITY — ARCHITECTURE MEDIA
THE STORY OF SHELTER
Essay — Montréal (soon). Photography by Jeff Bierk.
How architecture media shape our views on housing
THE STORY OF SHELTER
Essay — Montréal (soon). Photography by Jeff Bierk.
2025
EN — POSITIVITY — “SMART” CITIES
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
Essay and collage, Volume magazine no. 65. Stichting Archis, Nieuwe Instituut — Amsterdam. Cover design by Irma Boom.
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 magazine no. 65. Stichting Archis, Nieuwe Instituut — Amsterdam. Cover design by Irma Boom.
2024
EN — CULTURE — DESIGN
IN OTHER WORDS
Essay, Dezeen magazine. JP/Politiken Media — Copenhagen.
On the demise of the Design Exchange
IN OTHER WORDS
Essay, Dezeen magazine. JP/Politiken Media — Copenhagen.
2021
FR — POSITIVITÉ — ART — ÉCONOMIE
LES SENTIMENTS DU COLOPHON
Essai, Adrienguillet.com — Montréal. Installation par Adrien Guillet.
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
A SOLO SPACE FOR ALL TO SEE
Essay, The Big Picture series. New Cities Foundation — Montréal. Photograph from the Toronto Star archive.
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
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, 2020
Sandberg Instituut, Valiz Books — Amsterdam, 2020
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
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, 2019
C The Visual Arts Foundation — Toronto, 2019
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
Artexte — Montréal, 2018
FR — APPRENDRE DE LUST — 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, 2018
Éditions B42 — Paris, 2018
EN — HANDWRITING IN AN ERA OF GLITTER TEXT GENERATORS —
How human handwriting thrives in an era of machine aesthetics and typography. Essai for Walker Art Reader.
Walker Art Museum — Minneapolis, 2017
Walker Art Museum — Minneapolis, 2017
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, 2013
Stichting Archis — Amsterdam, 2013
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, 2012
Stichting Archis — Amsterdam, 2012
Michèle Champagne, M.Des.
Née Ottawa, 1980
Artiste graphique
mail@michelechampagne.com