Michèle Champagne, M.Des.
Née Ottawa, 1980
Artiste graphique
mail@michelechampagne.com
LinkedIn – Bsky.app
Montréal, Québec, Canada
EN — POSITIVITY — ARCHITECTURE
THE STORY OF SHELTER
Essay, self-published – Montréal (soon). Photography by Jeff Bierk.
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
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
Essay and collage, Volume 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 no. 65. Stichting Archis, Nieuwe Instituut – Amsterdam.
Cover design by Irma Boom.
2024
EN — CULTURE — DESIGN
IN OTHER WORDS
Essay, Dezeen magazine, Opinions vertical . JP/Politiken Media – Copenhagen.
On the demise of the Design Exchange
IN OTHER WORDS
Essay, Dezeen magazine, Opinions vertical . 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 2020.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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