« For some artists, the exploration of intergalactic imagery, cosmic graphics and motifs is a form of defiance in itself. Designer Florian Tripoteau includes these themes in his work to experiment with a rhetoric of rebellion. Citing La conquête de l’espace as one of his major cultural influences, Florian Tripoteau postulates that ‘visual pollution and the conquest of public space by advertising devices is already happening on Earth. “For me, over-using space-related imagery in my designs is a way to question it all and say I am aware of this conquest.” Like Carlings and The Fabricant, Florian Tripoteau is sceptical of the dominance of powerful, third-party companies over our domestic spaces, whether that be through the clothes we wear, or through everyday offline and online media saturation. Similarly to Marine Serre, Florian’s intrigue with the future is rooted in the sociopolitical. For designers like these, there is an awareness that they are creating products for consumption, yet they are questioning the very fundamentals and processes of unconscious consumerism. When the medium becomes the message, this self-awareness is integral to the process of creating futurist fashion. »

« In geometry, operating a translation is “the process of moving something from one place to another”. As graphic designers, we spend most of our time translating ideas into visuals, arranging and combining elements. We are litteraly moving things around. From art to bootleg culture, translation and reappropriation has been at the core of our lives. Being a graphic designer is being an arranger, a combiner. Being a graphic designer is about digging and finding. Being a graphic designer is being a translator. Our past, filled with images, texts and signs, should be cherished. As these objects are not just inert things. They are a direct link to a culture, a language and a perception of the world. »