Profil  –  Écrits  







FR – Écrits sur l’art et l’architecture publiés à Ams­ter­dam, Montréal, Paris et Toronto.



EN – Writing on art and architecture published in Ams­terdam, Montreal, Paris, and Toronto.






Atelier Michèle Champagne
Montréal, Québec

Michèle Champagne, M.Des. – Directrice
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On architecture media



On skyscrapers





EN – MEDIA CRITICISM, MONTREAL

THE STORY OF SHELTER, 2026 – Publi­ca­tion design and long­form writing that explores how Cana­dian archi­tec­ture media shape our views on housing—who gets it and who doesn’t. Edited by Emily Keeler and self-pub­lished in Mont­real (soon). Photo­graph by Jeff Bierk, Derrick’s Home, 2020.
EN – EXHIBITION REVIEW, CHICAGO

THE SUMMER OF SKYSCRAPERS, 2025 – Exhi­bi­tion review of Skyscrapers by the Roots at Musée d’art contem­po­rain in Mont­real, cura­ted by François LeTourneux. Edit­ed by Daniel Safa­rik for VERTI­CAL URBA­NISM. With per­mis­sion: Photo­graph by Lynne Cohen, Inter­na­tio­nal Square, OACI, 1977.








On smart cities



On surveillant homes





EN – ESSAY, AMSTERDAM

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME, 2024 – Collage and essay on what we learned about the Cana­dian home and housing from Side­walk Labs’ smart city scan­dal in Toronto. Edited by María Mazzanti for VOLUME maga­zine. Pub­lish­ed by STICH­TING ARCHIS in Ams­ter­dam and NIEUWE INSTI­TUUT in Rotter­dam. Cover design by Irma Boom Office.
EN – ESSAY, MONTREAL

A SOLO SPACE FOR ALL TO SEE, 2020 – Photo­graphy direct­ion and essay on the happi­ness indus­try and its sur­veil­lant nature in pan­demic homes. For the THE BIG PICTURE quarterly and its series, When a Pan­de­mic Goes Viral. Edited by Emily Gribbin for NEW CITIES FOUNDATION in Mont­real. Photo­graph by Fred Ross for Toronto Star, 1970.











Selection






EN – INTERVIEW
AMSTERDAM
THESE ARE STILL THE TIMES, 2020 – Interview with Pratt Institute pro­fes­sor Chris Lee on econo­mic crises and their effects on graphic art, design, and edu­cation. For the book DESIGN DEDICATION. Published by Sandberg Instituut and Valiz Books, Amsterdam.


EN – REVIEW
TORONTO
REVIEW: DESIGN CANADA, 2019 – Film review of DESIGN CANADA as a neo-colonial film wrap­ped in happy tunes, modern design, and archi­tecture. Edited by Chris Lee and Ali S. Qadeer for C MAGAZINE no. 141. Pub­li­shed by C The Visual Arts Foun­dation, Toronto.


EN – ESSAY
AMSTERDAM
WHERE THE IMAGE FLOWS, 2019 – Visual essay on how Sidewalk Labs’ public relations came to dominate jour­na­lism. For the digital magazine FAILED ARCHITECTURE. Edit­ed by Joshua McWhirter and published by FA Found­ation, Amsterdam.


EN – INTERVIEW
MONTREAL
A CONVERSATION WITH MICHÈLE CHAM­PAGNE, 2018 – Inter­view on the voca­bu­lary of the happi­ness industry—and the alternatives offered by art and archi­tec­ture. Interviewed by Joana Joachim for ARTICLES blog. Published by Artexte centre for contemporary art, Montreal.


FR – ÉCHANGE
PARIS
APPRENDRE DE LUST, 2018 – Un échange épis­to­laire avec Greg J. Smith à la suite de la dis­so­lution du studio de design néer­lan­dais LUST à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas. Édité par Anthony Masure pour la revue BACK OFFICE no. 2. Publié par Éditions B42, Paris.


EN – ESSAY
MINNEAPOLIS
HANDWRITING IN AN ERA OF GLITTER TEXT GENE­RATORS, 2017 – How human hand­writing thrives in an era of machine aesthe­tics and glitter text genera­tors. Essay and photography direction for WALKER ART READER by Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis.


EN – TRANSCRIPT
AMSTERDAM
CRITICISM AS A FUN MECHANISM, 2013 – Transcript of an American Institute of Graphic Arts conference on design and archi­tecture criti­cism as a fun mecha­nism for learning and growing. Edited by Brendan Cormier for VOLUME no 36: Let’s Get Critical. Published by Stichting Archis, Amsterdam.


EN – ESSAY
AMSTERDAM
NEW CITY MYTHS, 2012 – Essay on the visual mythologies of new private towns in London, India, Portugal, and “smart” cities like Songdo in South Korea. Edited by Brendan Cormier for VOLUME no. 34: City in a Box. Published by Stichting Archis, Amsterdam.







Atelier Michèle Champagne
Montréal, Québec

Michèle Champagne, M.Des. – Directrice
LinkedIn  –  Contact