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02.27.2017 Fahrenheit 451

Couverture annotée par le cinéaste François Truffaut du livre Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury, éditions Denoël – (La Cinémathèque française © Succession François Truffaut)
Along the way

In the fictitious society of Fahrenheit 451, books are outlawed, hunted down and destroyed by fire.

02.06.2017 The odyssey of paper

Papier "pur chiffon", à la papèterie artisanale Le Moulin du Verger.
Along the way

Because paper is part and parcel of books and of the writing process, it continues to be an invention that is central to humanity.

01.20.2017 diptyque questionnaire: A Paris chez Antoinette Poisson

A Paris chez Antoinette Poisson (photo © AislingGreally – TrésorParisien)
Crossed paths

A Paris chez Antoinette Poisson is a company run by three young friends who are experts in the craft of traditional ‘Domino’ painted paper making techniques. They composed an exclusive illustrative domino for the collection Rosa Mundi.

01.16.2017 The author of authorship

Denis Diderot 1713-1784), peint par Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), Musée Du Louvre.
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In his « Letter addressed to a magistrate on the book trade », Diderot is the involuntary author of the modern concept of authorship and copyright.

01.13.2017 The ‘dominoterie’

Détail d’un papier dominoté conçu comme décor mural. Le « papier de tapisserie » est considéré comme l’ancêtre du papier peint ; (collection de l’auteur, photo © Corinne Schanté-Angelé)
Crossed paths

‘Domino’ printed paper is decorated paper, the patterns having been printed using a woodblock with colour applied using a paintbrush or stencil.

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