Reading Forms is a blog-shaped depository of hyperlinks and images of graphic design exhibitions, and of other situations that are visually, thematically or conceptually related. It tries to examine modes and forms of presentation, observation, curation and interaction in the recontextualized display of graphic design.Tumblr (3.0; @readingforms)http://readingforms.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rkjh9Rzi1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="864" src="http://www.lasalledebains.net/lasalledebains/images/0/03/Guyton23.jpg" width="1280"/><img height="864" src="http://www.lasalledebains.net/lasalledebains/images/d/db/Guyton16.jpg" width="1280"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.lasalledebains.net/lasalledebains/index.php/Wade_Guyton" target="_blank">Wade Guyton @ La Salle de bains, Lyon</a> [France 2006]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/22720169856http://readingforms.com/post/22720169856Wed, 09 May 2012 19:31:00 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3elniMSvO1r957voo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Affiches françaises 2010 @ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.261881410558378.65268.100002095641464&type=3" target="_blank">EDITO</a>, France</p> <p>“Affiches françaises” (a show containing posters of the International Festival of Graphic Design of Chaumont), conceived during a Scenographism workhop at the Ecole supérieure d’art Cambrai, led by David Braillon and Gilles Dupuis, designed by Carine Bail, Cedric Potier and other students of this workshop. [Images supplied by Christelle Kirchstetter]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/22259806512http://readingforms.com/post/22259806512Wed, 02 May 2012 19:26:05 +0300““Organizing graphic design exhibitions is always problematic: graphic design does not exist in a vacuum, and the walls of the exhibition space effectively isolate the work of design from the real world. Placing a book, a music album, or a poster in a gallery removes it from the cultural, commercial, and historical context without which the work cannot be understood. The entire raison d’être of the work is lost as a side effect of losing the context of the work, and the result is frozen appearance stripped of meaning, liveliness and dynamism of use. In spite of this, it is more and more common to see design as ‘object’, not only in books and magazines, but also in the ‘white cube’ of the exhibition space.””<br/><br/> - <em><p>— Peter Biľak</p> <p>Taken from the <a href="https://www.typotheque.com/articles/graphic_design_in_the_white_cube" target="_blank">essay</a> accompanying the <a href="http://www.peterbilak.com/graphic_design_in_the_white_cube/" target="_blank">exhibition</a> <em>Graphic Design in the White Cube</em>, Brno, 2006.</p></em>http://readingforms.com/post/21968079627http://readingforms.com/post/21968079627Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:02:00 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33ylgbvoO1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="520" src="http://www.dezemberbuecher.ch/stuff_img/02_gross.jpg" width="780"/><img height="520" src="http://www.dezemberbuecher.ch/stuff_img/03_gross.jpg" width="780"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.dezemberbuecher.ch/" target="_blank">Dezember Bücher</a> (on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dezemberbuecher" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) [Zurich, 2011]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/21904863851http://readingforms.com/post/21904863851Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:01:45 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30eoi3pYi1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h6><img height="367" src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1a50qYrDH1qipod0o1_500.jpg" width="500"/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1a5avxwgK1qipod0o1_500.jpg"/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1a5j18GjV1qipod0o1_r1_500.jpg"/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1a5hgmOWL1qipod0o1_500.jpg"/></h6> <h6><a href="http://theophilespapers.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Théophile’s Papers</a></h6></p>http://readingforms.com/post/21749815549http://readingforms.com/post/21749815549Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:29:06 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3090ezGIw1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sunset-residence.fr/contenu-librairie/" target="_blank">La Sunset Résidence – Contenu Librairie</a> [Lyon, 2012] (via <a href="http://dailyinput.org/" target="_blank">dailyinput.org</a>)</p>http://readingforms.com/post/21740006878http://readingforms.com/post/21740006878Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:26:37 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ncp3sz5g1r957voo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><img height="399" src="http://bokship.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/xarchive1.gif" width="600"/></p> <p><a href="http://bokship.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/xarchive-badischer-kunstverein-germany/" target="_blank">XARCHIVE / Recent publishing activities at X Marks the Bökship</a> [Germany, 2012]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/21291890158http://readingforms.com/post/21291890158Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:17:27 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2nclbepHs1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="853" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m21x39rwwR1r9ewdgo1_1280.jpg" width="1280"/></p> <p><a href="http://thehappyshow.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Stefan Sagmeister – The Happy Show</a> @ ICA, Philadelphia, PA [2012]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/21291746751http://readingforms.com/post/21291746751Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:15:11 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2n0p05gve1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="853" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg3b02Wv51r0b8ceo1_1280.jpg" width="1280"/><img height="960" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcj87uIlI1r0b8ceo1_1280.jpg" width="1280"/><img height="478" src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltqn1ijvzN1r0b8ceo1_1280.jpg" width="640"/></p> <p><a href="http://installator.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Wrapit-Tapeit-Walkit-Placeit – installator.tumblr.com</a></p> <p>Amazing blog dedicated to photos of artwork being installed.</p>http://readingforms.com/post/21277603343http://readingforms.com/post/21277603343Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:58:00 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cec48heF1r957voo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="680" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B-fHnLLDGww/TypOxIi3zyI/AAAAAAAAABY/6CnIaMXrO0g/s1600/1.jpg" width="1000"/><img height="680" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXuREVu0zms/TypO8LDbiJI/AAAAAAAAABw/b7qD6h3A9-4/s1600/4.jpg" width="1000"/><img height="680" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qsxqJrpATUo/TypO4r-lnPI/AAAAAAAAABo/blLaixE9Fsk/s1600/3.jpg" width="1000"/><img height="680" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B-fHnLLDGww/TypOxIi3zyI/AAAAAAAAABY/6CnIaMXrO0g/s1600/1.jpg" width="1000"/><img height="680" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BfjsI_JR0iU/TypPHosuDKI/AAAAAAAAACI/nWWONNAmjNQ/s1600/7.jpg" width="1000"/></p> <p><a href="http://graphicmag.kr/poster_issue/index.html" target="_blank">GRAPHIC #20 Poster Issue @ GRAPHIC shop, Korea</a> [2012]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/20937784444http://readingforms.com/post/20937784444Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:19:00 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ce1kB8Rx1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.studio-sm.se/Becoming_Poster.html" target="_blank">Becoming Minority Poster Series</a> by <a href="http://www.studio-sm.se/" target="_blank">Studio SM</a></p>http://readingforms.com/post/20937335148http://readingforms.com/post/20937335148Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:12:55 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cdtvWRdW1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.1857.no/1857/projects/the-most-beautiful-swiss-books-2009/5" target="_blank">The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2009 @ 1857, Oslo, Norway</a> [2010]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/20937007775http://readingforms.com/post/20937007775Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:08:19 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m13llnDrnq1r957voo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="667" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5024/5660952306_521b89eabd_b.jpg" width="1000"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.thenarrows.org/archive/2011/53.shtml" target="_blank">Karel Martens / OASE @ The Narrows</a>, Melbourne, Australia [2011]<br/>(<a href="http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?p=5373" target="_blank">more info from Eye Magazine</a>)</p>http://readingforms.com/post/19693055120http://readingforms.com/post/19693055120Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:46:00 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1120t8VBQ1qcnefio10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://typolka.tumblr.com/post/19447195444/wim-crouwel-2012-gerrit-noordzij-prize" target="_blank">typolka</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Wim Crouwel 2012 | Gerrit Noordzij Prize Exhibition</p> </blockquote>http://readingforms.com/post/19508167766http://readingforms.com/post/19508167766Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:15:53 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0upsbgcay1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="517" src="http://www.tomsaxby.com/img/graduation/grouped%20me+web.jpg" width="822"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.tomsaxby.com/" target="_blank">Tom Saxby</a> – Political Mindscapes (MA) Installation  </p>http://readingforms.com/post/19267604433http://readingforms.com/post/19267604433Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:36:00 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0upilS46b1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="536" src="http://www.we-find-wildness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC_0151.jpg" width="800"/><img height="1195" src="http://www.we-find-wildness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC_0128.jpg" width="800"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.we-find-wildness.com/2011/04/fanzine-exhibiton-at-lokal-int/" target="_blank">1st international Bienne City Fanzine Week exhibition @ Lokal-Int</a></p>http://readingforms.com/post/19267224793http://readingforms.com/post/19267224793Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:30:19 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0otwodOUr1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h5><img height="750" src="http://www.rogerwillems.nl/images/work/19(Vleeshal).jpg" width="1000"/></h5> <h5><a href="http://vleeshal.nl/en/tentoonstellingen/published-by-roma-publications" target="_blank">Published by: Roma Publications @  De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal</a> (Images via <a href="http://www.rogerwillems.nl/" target="_blank">Roger Willems</a>)</h5></p>http://readingforms.com/post/19077440978http://readingforms.com/post/19077440978Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:19:34 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hvv9qYZu1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://studiomyerscough.com/index.php/22_" target="_blank">Alan Aldridge, The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</a> @ Design Museum, London [2008]</p>http://readingforms.com/post/18883957815http://readingforms.com/post/18883957815Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:18:42 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0a2twVYap1r957voo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="600" src="http://file-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011_Warsaw_Zachenta_web08.jpg" width="900"/><img height="600" src="http://file-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011_Warsaw_Zachenta_web03.jpg" width="900"/><img height="600" src="http://file-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011_Warsaw_Zachenta_web09.jpg" width="900"/></p> <p><a href="http://file-magazine.com/whats-on/wolfgang-tillmans-zacheta-ermutigung" target="_blank">Wolfgang Tillmans – Zachęta Ermutigung</a> (@ Zachęta National Gallery of Art</p> <p>Poland, 2011)</p>http://readingforms.com/post/18623522859http://readingforms.com/post/18623522859Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:08:20 +0200<a href="http://futurehistory.aiga.org/resources/content/2/2/6/8/documents/e_resnick.pdf">Elizabeth Resnick – Curating Graphic Design Exhibitions as an Act of Disseminating Research, Ideas and Knowledge [Essay in PDF]</a>http://readingforms.com/post/18623319855http://readingforms.com/post/18623319855Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:04:50 +0200