Centered on the emblematic figure of Pontus Hultén (1924–2006), this issue of Revue Faire explores the director’s publishing work during his time at the head of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, from 1960 to 1973.
Director and founder of a number of institutions, including the Moderna Museet and the Centre Pompidou, Pontus Hultén published books throughout his career. Beginning in the 1960s when he was appointed director of Sweden’s first museum of modern art, he fully embraced the challenge of the exhibition catalog, even becoming involved in its design.
Revue Faire is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to graphic design, published from October to June, distributed issue by issue or in the form of anthologies of three or four issues. Created by Empire, Syndicat studio's publishing house, Faire is aimed for undergraduate students as well as researchers and professionals, documenting contemporary and international practices of graphic design, along with the history and grammar of styles. Each issue focuses on a single subject, addressed by a renowned author. Adopting an analytical and critical posture with regard to the forms and activities of graphic design, editors Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer have been running this print magazine since 2018, working with a growing list of authors (Mathias Augustyniak, Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, Lise Brosseau, Manon Bruet, Thierry Chancogne, Céline Chazalviel, Jérôme Dupeyrat, Aude Fellay, Catherine Guiral, Étienne Hervy, James Langdon, Olivier Lebrun, Victoire Le Bars, Alexandra Midal, Camille Pageard, Remi Parcollet, Sonia de Puineuf, Simon Renaud, Benjamin Thorel, Rica Cerbarano...), resulting in unique and varied topics and writing styles.