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The Graphic Arts Press in France in the Age of Photocomposition (1949-1979): A Professional Culture in Transition
Revue française d’histoire du livre
Société des bibliophiles de Guyenne, Bordeaux
To be published in fall 2026
1/8
Digital humanities workshop, DSAA Cotton
1/9
Typographic Discours in France, “Composite” magazine, n° 4
1/7
Experimental Typography workshop, DNA1
Juanma Gomez
graphic design
research
education
→ contact
@juanmagomez_fr
@graphisme_en_revue
Graphic designer, educator, and researcher, Juanma Gomez holds a Master’s degree in Typo/Graphic Studies from the London College of Printing [→], supervised by Ian Noble and Russell Bestley and awarded with distinction, and in Editorial Design from the Istituto Europeo di Design [→] in Madrid. In 2023 he obtains a postgraduate degree from the ANRT, Atelier national de recherche typographique/ENSAD Nancy [→], where he specializes in the study of editorial graphic forms and their history.
He is currently pursuing doctoral research at Paris 8 University (UR AIAC), in association with the ANRT [→], under the supervision of Catherine de Smet and Alice Savoie. His work examines the role of the professional press dedicated to graphic design and the printing industries in France during the second half of the 20th century. In 2025, he joins the team of the bilateral collaborative research project “Reception of the New Typography in the French-speaking graphic scenes: rejections, adoptions, renegotiations (1925–1979)” [→], supported by ANR and SNSF and led jointly by Paris 8 University (UR AIAC) and ECAL/HES-SO. In 2026, he joined the research programme
Desigraph: Indexing Graphic Design in French Heritage Collections [→] target: _blank rel: noopener noreferrer), supported by the Fondation des sciences du patrimoine, based at the Bibliothèque Kandinsky – Centre Pompidou, and directed by Victor Guégan, Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov and Mica Gherghescu.
In 2007, he founds the studio Graphique-lab [→] in Paris, situating his practice at the crossroads of publishing, visual communication, architecture, and contemporary art, with a keen focus on typographic form and the ergonomy of text. He collaborates with creators, agencies, and institutions to design visual identities, websites, editorial objects and exhibition signage systems. Since 2024, he is part of the editorial board and in charge of the art direction of Même si — Malou éditions [→], a Paris-based platform for research and contemporary creation. Involved in higher education since 2017 at ESAM Caen and ENSAD Amiens Colleges of Art, Juanma Gomez currently teaches at the DSAA Design éditorial multisupports programme in Montreuil.
Photographies:
- 1 Workshop digital humanities: Graphic Design Heritage Collections and the Digital Editorialisation of Historical Objects. A Case Study: Type Specimens in France (1945-1970), DSAA Design éditorial multisupports, Lycée Eugénie-Cotton, Montreuil, in partnership with the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris, 2025
- 2 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 3 Workshop Espèces d’espaces – A practical approach to the exhibition of Graphic Objets with Christopher Dessus, architect and publisher, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2024
- 4 Collective publication on typography, DNA2 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2018
- 5 Biennale internationale Exemplaires – Formes et pratiques de l’édition, opening days, international talks and exhibition showcasing the work of the students from 13 French-speaking art schools, IsdaT, Toulouse, 2021
- 6 Workshop Challenge Share[d]esign, with the photographer Adeline Keil, supported by the Institut Français and the French Embassy, Art’Com Sup, Marrakech, project by Hugo Canut, 2024
- 7 Portrait rélié, collective publication, DNA 2 design graphique, in collaboration with Peggy Letuppe, documentalist, ENSAD Amiens, 2026
- 8 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 1 Typographic Discourse in France, between Formal Tradition and Technical Innovation: An Examination of the Journal “Caractère Noël”, Composite magazine, Dumpling Books, July 2023
- 2 Typographic Discourse in France, between Formal Tradition and Technical Innovation: An Examination of the Journal “Caractère Noël”, Composite magazine, Dumpling Books, July 2023
- 3 Paysage (renversé), publication for the Biennale internationale Exemplaires – Formes et pratiques de l’édition, DNSEP Design éditions, ESAM Caen, IsadT Toulouse, 2021
- 4 Study trip, Basel, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2018
- 5 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 6 Type design workshop with Roxane Gataud, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2020
- 7 Collective publication on typography, project by Arthur Heilporn, DNA2 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2018
- 8 Dos – n° 2, Robbert Mapplethorpe, project by Lola Li, DNSEP Design éditions, ESAM Caen, 2019
- 9 Parle-moi, project by Maurine Gautier, experimental typography and interface design, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2017
- 1 Experimental typography workshop, in partnership with The Dôme – Sciences Centre of Caen Normandy, DNA1 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2021
- 2 Type design workshop De droite à gauche, with Sina Fakour, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2023
- 3 Editorial workshop [Re]lectures, DNSEP Design éditions, ESAM Caen, 2019
- 4 Digital interface research prototype for the study of the publication Caractère Noël, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 5 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 6 L’interface mimétique du bureau – La transformation numérique de notre savoir, project by Simon Bouvier, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2017
- 7 Portrait rélié, collective publication, DNA 2 design graphique, in collaboration with Peggy Letuppe, documentalist, ENSAD Amiens, 2026
This website does not use audience measurement cookies and does not collect personal data for statistical or advertising purposes.
Juanma Gomez 2026 — All rights reserved
Activities
2026
Dissertations and diplomas
DSAA graphic design and typography, publishing practices
ESAAT Roubaix, Académie de Lille
16-17 March, 23-24 June 2026
External Agrégation exam in Design and Applied Arts
Oral examination interview, Media
École Boulle, Paris
22 and 29 May 2026
Journals as a Means of Disseminating the Principles of the New Typography
Within the framework of the bilateral collaborative research project Reception of the New Typography in the French-speaking graphic scenes: rejections, adoptions, renegotiations (1925–1979), supported by the ANR / French National Research Agency and the SNSF / Swiss National Science Foundation and led jointly by Prof. Dr Catherine de Smet (Paris 8 University Vincennes – Saint-Denis, UR AIAC) and Prof. Dr Davide Fornari (ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, HES-SO).
Auditorium de la Cité internationale des Arts
Paris
12-14 February 2026
The Invisible Nature of Graphic Design: A Paradox of Collections
Organised with Catherine de Smet (Université Paris 8) as part of the Desigraph research project led by the Centre Pompidou – Bibliothèque Kandinsky, with the participation of the project’s scientific directors, Victor Guégan and Mica Gherghescu.
Espace Même si, Paris
12-16 January 2026
2025
Graphic Techniques and Industrial Transformations: A Comparative Study of Professional Journals (1956-1974)
Within the framework of the research seminar Transformations in the Graphic Industries in Western Europe, from the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Revolution: Current Research and Future Perspectives, organised by Marie-Cécile Bouju (Université Paris 8, IDHE.S), Sylvain Lesage (Université de Lille, IRHiS) and Florian Moine (Université Paris 1, CHS).
Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers
6 June 2025
Graphic Techniques, Cultures and Industries: The Professional Press in France (1945–1979)
Within the framework of the seminar Latin Typography: History and Perspectives, led by Alice Savoie.
École nationale de Chartes, Paris
4 June 2025
External Agrégation exam in Design and Applied Arts
Oral examination interview, Media
Leçon examination
École Boulle, Paris
15-16, 22 May 2025
Les revues spécialisées en design graphique en France (1945–1980) : discours, techniques, pratiques
Within the framework of the doctoral research seminar Research in Progress… PhDs in Graphic Design: Approaches, Tools and Forms of Knowledge, organised by Rosalie Blanc, Louise Wambergue and Vivien Philizot, ACCRA – Université de Strasbourg and AIAC – Université Paris 8.
MISHA, Université de Strasbourg
5-6 May 2025
Graphic Design Heritage Collections and the Digital Editorialisation of Historical Objects. A Case Study: Type Specimens in France (1945–1970)
Within the framework of the lecture series Print in Society — New Perspectives in Research and the partnership between the DSAA Design éditorial multisupports at Lycée Eugénie-Cotton in Montreuil and the Bibliothèque Forney: presentation of the students’ projects conducted with graphic designer Leslie Guidez, followed by a discussion with the public.
Bibliothèque Forney, Paris
30 Aprill 2025
“Caractère” and “Caractère Noël” (1949-1964) : the Publishing Adventure of Maximilien Vox
Within the framework of the “Jeudis de Lure”,
organised by the Association des Rencontres de Lure
Césure, Paris
10 April 2025
Graphic Design in Periodicals: A Material Culture in the Digital Age
Within the framework of the research seminar Design History and Critique, led by Professors Catherine de Smet and Emanuele Quinz, Université Paris 8.
Centre Pompidou — Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris
3 April 2025
2024
Challenge Share[d]esign
With photographer Adeline Keil and the support of the Institut français and the French Embassy.
Art’Com Sup, Marrakech
19-24 March 2024
Mirroring Print? Typographic Discourse in France (1951–1964)
Within the framework of the lecture series Practice + Critique, organised by Catherine de Smet (Professor at Université Paris 8) and Philippe Millot (lecturer at the École des Arts Décoratifs – PSL).
École des Arts Décoratifs - PSL, Paris
5 March 2024
Experimenting the Grid
DN MADe Matériaux
Académie de Versailles
Lycée Le Corbusier, Poissy
19, 25 January, 7 April 2024
2023
Typographic Discourse in France, between Formal Tradition and Technical Innovation: An Examination of the Journal “Caractère Noël”
Composite Magazine, Dumpling Books
July 2023
MA Programm
Art Direction and Graphic Design
Campus Fonderie de l’Image, Bagnolet
19-22 June, 11-12 September 2023
“Caractère Noël”, 1951-1964: The manufacture of typographic discourse in France
Presented at the ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) conference.
Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
13 May 2023
The “Caractère Noël” publication, 1951-1964
Campus Fonderie de l’Image, Bagnolet
3 May 2023
“Caractère Noël” — 1951-1964: The (Re)construction of Typographic Discourse in France
Post-master programme in Typographic Research
ANRT, Atelier national de recherche typographique / ENSAD Nancy
30 March 2023
2021
Paysage (Renversé)
Within the framework of the Biennale Exemplaires – Formes et pratiques de l’édition
IsdaT College of Arts, Toulouse
4, 5 et 6 November 2021
2019
Writers and Networks: Correspondence through a Digital Lens
Presentation of the students’ projects of the ESAM Caen School of Arts, developed with Sarah Fouquet and drawing on the Jean Paulhan archival collection, as part of the research seminar.
IMEC, Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
21-22 November 2019
[Re]lectures
Publishing project drawing on the artists’ books collection of the ESAM School of Arts Library, developed with students on the MA Editorial Graphic Design.
ESAM College of Arts, Caen
March 2019
1/8
Digital humanities workshop, DSAA Cotton
Juanma Gomez
graphic design
research
education
→ contact
@juanmagomez_fr
@graphisme_en_revue
Graphic designer, educator, and researcher, Juanma Gomez holds a Master’s degree in Typo/Graphic Studies from the London College of Printing [→], supervised by Ian Noble and Russell Bestley and awarded with distinction, and in Editorial Design from the Istituto Europeo di Design [→] in Madrid. In 2023 he obtains a postgraduate degree from the ANRT, Atelier national de recherche typographique/ENSAD Nancy [→], where he specializes in the study of editorial graphic forms and their history.
He is currently pursuing doctoral research at Paris 8 University (UR AIAC), in association with the ANRT [→], under the supervision of Catherine de Smet and Alice Savoie. His work examines the role of the professional press dedicated to graphic design and the printing industries in France during the second half of the 20th century. In 2025, he joins the team of the bilateral collaborative research project “Reception of the New Typography in the French-speaking graphic scenes: rejections, adoptions, renegotiations (1925–1979)” [→], supported by ANR and SNSF and led jointly by Paris 8 University (UR AIAC) and ECAL/HES-SO. In 2026, he joined the research programme
Desigraph: Indexing Graphic Design in French Heritage Collections [→] target: _blank rel: noopener noreferrer), supported by the Fondation des sciences du patrimoine, based at the Bibliothèque Kandinsky – Centre Pompidou, and directed by Victor Guégan, Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov and Mica Gherghescu.
In 2007, he founds the studio Graphique-lab [→] in Paris, situating his practice at the crossroads of publishing, visual communication, architecture, and contemporary art, with a keen focus on typographic form and the ergonomy of text. He collaborates with creators, agencies, and institutions to design visual identities, websites, editorial objects and exhibition signage systems. Since 2024, he is part of the editorial board and in charge of the art direction of Même si — Malou éditions [→], a Paris-based platform for research and contemporary creation. Involved in higher education since 2017 at ESAM Caen and ENSAD Amiens Colleges of Art, Juanma Gomez currently teaches at the DSAA Design éditorial multisupports programme in Montreuil.
1/9
Typographic Discours in France, “Composite” magazine, n° 4
Photographies:
- 1 Workshop digital humanities: Graphic Design Heritage Collections and the Digital Editorialisation of Historical Objects. A Case Study: Type Specimens in France (1945-1970), DSAA Design éditorial multisupports, Lycée Eugénie-Cotton, Montreuil, in partnership with the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris, 2025
- 2 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 3 Workshop Espèces d’espaces – A practical approach to the exhibition of Graphic Objets with Christopher Dessus, architect and publisher, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2024
- 4 Collective publication on typography, DNA2 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2018
- 5 Biennale internationale Exemplaires – Formes et pratiques de l’édition, opening days, international talks and exhibition showcasing the work of the students from 13 French-speaking art schools, IsdaT, Toulouse, 2021
- 6 Workshop Challenge Share[d]esign, with the photographer Adeline Keil, supported by the Institut Français and the French Embassy, Art’Com Sup, Marrakech, project by Hugo Canut, 2024
- 7 Portrait rélié, collective publication, DNA 2 design graphique, in collaboration with Peggy Letuppe, documentalist, ENSAD Amiens, 2026
- 8 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 1 Typographic Discourse in France, between Formal Tradition and Technical Innovation: An Examination of the Journal “Caractère Noël”, Composite magazine, Dumpling Books, July 2023
- 2 Typographic Discourse in France, between Formal Tradition and Technical Innovation: An Examination of the Journal “Caractère Noël”, Composite magazine, Dumpling Books, July 2023
- 3 Paysage (renversé), publication for the Biennale internationale Exemplaires – Formes et pratiques de l’édition, DNSEP Design éditions, ESAM Caen, IsadT Toulouse, 2021
- 4 Study trip, Basel, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2018
- 5 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 6 Type design workshop with Roxane Gataud, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2020
- 7 Collective publication on typography, project by Arthur Heilporn, DNA2 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2018
- 8 Dos – n° 2, Robbert Mapplethorpe, project by Lola Li, DNSEP Design éditions, ESAM Caen, 2019
- 9 Parle-moi, project by Maurine Gautier, experimental typography and interface design, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2017
- 1 Experimental typography workshop, in partnership with The Dôme – Sciences Centre of Caen Normandy, DNA1 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2021
- 2 Type design workshop De droite à gauche, with Sina Fakour, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2023
- 3 Editorial workshop [Re]lectures, DNSEP Design éditions, ESAM Caen, 2019
- 4 Digital interface research prototype for the study of the publication Caractère Noël, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 5 Caractère Noël — 1951-1964: the (Re)construction of a Typographic Discours in France, research project, ANRT, Nancy, 2023
- 6 L’interface mimétique du bureau – La transformation numérique de notre savoir, project by Simon Bouvier, DNA3 design graphique, ESAM Caen, 2017
- 7 Portrait rélié, collective publication, DNA 2 design graphique, in collaboration with Peggy Letuppe, documentalist, ENSAD Amiens, 2026
This website does not use audience measurement cookies and does not collect personal data for statistical or advertising purposes.
Juanma Gomez 2026 — All rights reserved
1/7
Experimental Typography workshop, DNA1
Activities
2026
The Graphic Arts Press in France in the Age of Photocomposition (1949-1979): A Professional Culture in Transition
Revue française d’histoire du livre
Société des bibliophiles de Guyenne, Bordeaux
To be published in fall 2026
Dissertations and diplomas
DSAA graphic design and typography, publishing practices
ESAAT Roubaix, Académie de Lille
16-17 March, 23-24 June 2026
External Agrégation exam in Design and Applied Arts
Oral examination interview, Media
École Boulle, Paris
22 and 29 May 2026
Journals as a Means of Disseminating the Principles of the New Typography
Within the framework of the bilateral collaborative research project Reception of the New Typography in the French-speaking graphic scenes: rejections, adoptions, renegotiations (1925–1979), supported by the ANR / French National Research Agency and the SNSF / Swiss National Science Foundation and led jointly by Prof. Dr Catherine de Smet (Paris 8 University Vincennes – Saint-Denis, UR AIAC) and Prof. Dr Davide Fornari (ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, HES-SO).
Auditorium de la Cité internationale des Arts
Paris
12-14 February 2026
The Invisible Nature of Graphic Design: A Paradox of Collections
Organised with Catherine de Smet (Université Paris 8) as part of the Desigraph research project led by the Centre Pompidou – Bibliothèque Kandinsky, with the participation of the project’s scientific directors, Victor Guégan and Mica Gherghescu.
Espace Même si, Paris
12-16 January 2026
2025
Graphic Techniques and Industrial Transformations: A Comparative Study of Professional Journals (1956-1974)
Within the framework of the research seminar Transformations in the Graphic Industries in Western Europe, from the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Revolution: Current Research and Future Perspectives, organised by Marie-Cécile Bouju (Université Paris 8, IDHE.S), Sylvain Lesage (Université de Lille, IRHiS) and Florian Moine (Université Paris 1, CHS).
Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers
6 June 2025
Graphic Techniques, Cultures and Industries: The Professional Press in France (1945–1979)
Within the framework of the seminar Latin Typography: History and Perspectives, led by Alice Savoie.
École nationale de Chartes, Paris
4 June 2025
External Agrégation exam in Design and Applied Arts
Oral examination interview, Media
Leçon examination
École Boulle, Paris
15-16, 22 May 2025
Les revues spécialisées en design graphique en France (1945–1980) : discours, techniques, pratiques
Within the framework of the doctoral research seminar Research in Progress… PhDs in Graphic Design: Approaches, Tools and Forms of Knowledge, organised by Rosalie Blanc, Louise Wambergue and Vivien Philizot, ACCRA – Université de Strasbourg and AIAC – Université Paris 8.
MISHA, Université de Strasbourg
5-6 May 2025
Graphic Design Heritage Collections and the Digital Editorialisation of Historical Objects. A Case Study: Type Specimens in France (1945–1970)
Within the framework of the lecture series Print in Society — New Perspectives in Research and the partnership between the DSAA Design éditorial multisupports at Lycée Eugénie-Cotton in Montreuil and the Bibliothèque Forney: presentation of the students’ projects conducted with graphic designer Leslie Guidez, followed by a discussion with the public.
Bibliothèque Forney, Paris
30 Aprill 2025
“Caractère” and “Caractère Noël” (1949-1964) : the Publishing Adventure of Maximilien Vox
Within the framework of the “Jeudis de Lure”,
organised by the Association des Rencontres de Lure
Césure, Paris
10 April 2025
Graphic Design in Periodicals: A Material Culture in the Digital Age
Within the framework of the research seminar Design History and Critique, led by Professors Catherine de Smet and Emanuele Quinz, Université Paris 8.
Centre Pompidou — Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Paris
3 April 2025
2024
Challenge Share[d]esign
With photographer Adeline Keil and the support of the Institut français and the French Embassy.
Art’Com Sup, Marrakech
19-24 March 2024
Mirroring Print? Typographic Discourse in France (1951–1964)
Within the framework of the lecture series Practice + Critique, organised by Catherine de Smet (Professor at Université Paris 8) and Philippe Millot (lecturer at the École des Arts Décoratifs – PSL).
École des Arts Décoratifs - PSL, Paris
5 March 2024
Experimenting the Grid
DN MADe Matériaux
Académie de Versailles
Lycée Le Corbusier, Poissy
19, 25 January, 7 April 2024
2023
Typographic Discourse in France, between Formal Tradition and Technical Innovation: An Examination of the Journal “Caractère Noël”
Composite Magazine, Dumpling Books
July 2023
MA Programm
Art Direction and Graphic Design
Campus Fonderie de l’Image, Bagnolet
19-22 June, 11-12 September 2023
“Caractère Noël”, 1951-1964: The manufacture of typographic discourse in France
Presented at the ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) conference.
Sorbonne Université, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
13 May 2023
The “Caractère Noël” publication, 1951-1964
Campus Fonderie de l’Image, Bagnolet
3 May 2023
“Caractère Noël” — 1951-1964: The (Re)construction of Typographic Discourse in France
Post-master programme in Typographic Research
ANRT, Atelier national de recherche typographique / ENSAD Nancy
30 March 2023
2021
Paysage (Renversé)
Within the framework of the Biennale Exemplaires – Formes et pratiques de l’édition
IsdaT College of Arts, Toulouse
4, 5 et 6 November 2021
2019
Writers and Networks: Correspondence through a Digital Lens
Presentation of the students’ projects of the ESAM Caen School of Arts, developed with Sarah Fouquet and drawing on the Jean Paulhan archival collection, as part of the research seminar.
IMEC, Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
21-22 November 2019
[Re]lectures
Publishing project drawing on the artists’ books collection of the ESAM School of Arts Library, developed with students on the MA Editorial Graphic Design.
ESAM College of Arts, Caen
March 2019