sacha léopold and françois havegeer have worked together as syndicat since 2012.
their cross-disciplinary practice, taking in self-initiated projects as well as design-based commissions, addresses issues of originality, reproduction, and reproducibility in the context of art today, using their expansive knowledge of printing and manufacturing techniques whether designing books, creating visual identities, or curating exhibitions.
syndicat has actively collaborated with contemporary artists and art centers to create one-of-a-kind visual identity programs, publications, monographs, and artists’ books, leading in 2015 to the creation of empire, their own publishing imprint.
alongside their design activities, they have curated several exhibitions exploring printing techniques process.
adress
9, passage Duhesme
75018 Paris, France
clients
empire books, paris
program/me, paris
kunsthal gent, ghent
villa medici, roma
mac lyon
antoine de galbert fondation, paris
tel aviv museum of art, tel aviv
mac val, vitry-sur-seine
nmnm, monaco
palais de tokyo, paris
peaks architects, Paris
le carreau du temple, paris
centre pompidou, paris
kandinsky library, paris
profane magazine, Paris
fri art art center, fribourg
centre of contemporary ceramics, la borne
villa arson, nice
area books, paris
cirva, centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques, marseille
cinémathèque française, paris
théâtre de l’hôtel de ville, le havre
t&p work unit, paris
cac brétigny, brétigny
école nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, paris
villa du parc art center, annemasse
la belle revue, clermont-ferrand
in extenso gallery, clermont-ferrand
tombolo presses, nevers
ravisius textor gallery, nevers
le quadrilatère art center, beauvais
frac nord-pas de calais, dunkerque
laac, dunkerque
béton salon, center for art and research, paris
scriptorial, avranche
sextant & +, marseille
loevenbruck gallery, paris
laroche-valière studio, paris
les restaurants du cœur, nevers
international poster and graphic design festival, chaumont
maison d’art bernard anthonioz, nogent-sur-marne
marseille-provence 2013, marseille
parc saint-léger art center, pougues-les-eaux
treize gallery, paris
bibliothèque universitaire du havre
116 art center, montreuil
Prices
international poster competition 2023, 1st prize
d&ad awards 2023, 2nd prize in magazine & newspaper
le club des directeurs artistiques 2017, 2nd prize (books)
le club des directeurs artistiques 2015, 1st prize (books)
research
la quadrichromie comme mode de représentation du monde, supported by fnagp, 2014
taylor, supported by cnap, 2012
la grande ourse, pougues-les-eaux art center, 2012
teaching
ésad amiens, 2015-2016
isba besançon, 2012-2014
ésa cambrai, 2012-2014
ésaab de nevers, 2009-2011
talk
design 360 magazine, guanghzou, 2022
ésad pyrénées, pau, 2022
écal, lausanne, 2021
penninghem, paris, 2021
university of applied sciences, aachen, 2020
ensba, lyon, 2020
écal, lausanne, 2019
easy lessoning, other means, new york, 2019
luca school of arts, ghent, 2019
kunsthal gent, ghent, 2019
esadhr, le havre, 2019
ensba, paris, 2019
camberwell college of arts, london, 2018
l’image-livre, bordeaux, 2018
printemps de la typographie, paris, 2018
bibliothèque françois mitterrand, paris, 2018
design en recherche, paris, 2018
musée des arts décoratis, paris, 2017
otis college, los angeles, 2016
ésaab, nevers, 2013, 2016
integrated, antwerp, 2015
international poster and graphic design festival, chaumont, 2015
ecv, paris, 2015
ensba, lyon, 2015
isdat, toulouse, 2015
esadhr, le havre, 2014
ensaama oliviers de serres, paris, 2014
ensa, nancy, 2013
eesab, rennes, 2012
public workshop
maba, nogent-sur-marne, 2018
bpi, centre pompidou, 2018
prison, bois d’arcy, 2017
prison, fresnes, 2016
prison, marseille, 2013
prison, chaumont, 2011
j1, marseille, 2013
art school workshop
intl workshop, 2023
university rennes 2, 2022
écal, lausanne, 2021
ensci, paris, 2021
esaa duperré, paris, 2020
écal, lausanne, 2019
université rennes 2, rennes, 2019
otis college, los angeles, 2016
ésaab, nevers, 2013, 2016
ecv, paris, 2015
ensba, lyon, 2015
ensa, nancy, 2013
isdat, toulouse, 2015
ensaama oliviers de serres, paris, 2014
eesab, rennes, 2012
degree panel
head, geneva, graphic design bachelor’s, 2022
head, geneva, graphic design bachelor’s, 2019
ebabx, bordeaux, design master’s, 2019
esa pyrénées, pau, graphic design master’s, president, 2018
luca school of arts, ghent, graphic design master’s, 2017
ensba lyon, graphic design bachelor’s, president, 2014
isba besançon, graphic design bachelor’s, 2014
esaab nevers, graphic design bachelor’s, 2011
solo show
taylor, matthieu et ricardo, chaumont, international poster and graphic design festival, 2015
le livre s’expose, pavillon blanc, colomiers art center, 2015
group show
matthieu laurette: une rétrospective dérivée (1993-2023), mac val museum, 2023
faire faire, enter enter, amsterdam, 2023
international poster competition, chaumont, 2023
about revue faire, transtage, hanghzou, 2022
writing is designing, taiwan design museum, taipei, 2022
annoter reader, moma ps1, new york, 2019
lapin-canard #40, une rétrospective, less playboy is more cowboy, confort moderne, poitiers, 2019
volumes, une saison graphique, le havre, 2019
exemplaires, formes et pratiques de l’édition, éesab, rennes, 2019
volumes, le bel ordinaire, pau, 2019
graphisme now 2, bpi, centre pompidou, paris, 2018
god only knows (tropicool théories), torri gallery, paris, 2017
l’écart absolu, le quadrilatère, beauvais, 2017
la chambre du président, le consortium, dijon, 2017
graphisme now, casa encendida, madrid, 2017
international poster competition, chaumont, 2017
design graphique: acquisitions récentes, musée des arts décoratifs, paris, 2017
ne te retourne pas, maison d’art bernard anthonioz de nogent-sur-marne, 2016
si tu me cherches je ne suis pas là, galerie nationale de la tapisserie de beauvais, 2016
graphisme now, bibliothèque centre pompidou paris, 2016
taifed uo taif erte tuep tuot, with giuliana zefferi, in extenso gallery, 2016
l’usage des formes, palais de tokyo, 2015
clouds in the cave, with aurélien mole, fri art art center, fribourg, 2015
international poster competition, chaumont, 2015
magiciens de la terre, retour sur une exposition légendaire, with sarkis, centre pompidou, paris, 2014
international poster competition, chaumont, 2014
bye bye ducks and drakes ! [ricochets], villa du parc art center, annemasse, 2013
affiches françaises, les silos, chaumont, 2013
un imprimeur, chaumont, international poster and graphic design festival, 2012
la grande ourse, chaumont, international poster and graphic design festival, 2012
kunstkammer, galerie 12mail gallery, paris, 2011
abbaye de montmajour, arles, 2010
espace beaurepaire, paris, 2010
international poster and graphic design festival, chaumont, 2010
manystuff exhibition, moscow, 2010
fête de l’humanité, paris, 2010
my monkey gallery, nancy, 2010
momayez fundation, téhéran, 2009
curated exhibition
revue faire, specific topics, program/me, paris, 2023
couler, souffler, presser, pousser, le bel ordinaire, pau, 2022
fonds international d’objets imprimés de petite taille, épisode 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 with quentin schmerber, ésac cambrai, thv le havre, kunsthal gent, galerie l’elac lausanne, ravisius textor nevers, la station nice, 2019-2021
ce n’est pas la taille qui compte, with quentin schmerber, maison d’art bernard anthonioz, nogent-sur-marne, 2018
rapus, exposition sur un collectif de graphistes, ésad esad amiens, with bachelor’s students, 2015
graduation show, ésam caen, 2014
on ne se souvient que des photographies, with remi parcollet, bétonsalon art center, paris, 2013
monozukuri: façons et surfaces d’impression, ésad amiens, chaumont international poster and graphic design festival, isba besançon, ésad esad valence, ésac cambrai, et bibliothèque universitaire du havre, 2013
monozukuri: formes d’impression, chaumont international poster and graphic design festival, erba besançon, ésad amiens, 2011-2012
the works presented
on this site are for some
from collaborations with
célestine claudin,
léa guillon,
kévin lartaud,
francisco lascard,
yonatan vinitsky,
arthur chaput,
julia andréone,
aurélien mole,
manon bruet,
natasha leluc,
pedro cardoso,
paul léon,
peaks,
jonathan llense,
ahmed ghazi,
pierre segway,
rémi groussin,
guillem pompidour,
pernelle poyet,
matthieu laurette,
étienne hervy,
thierry chancogne,
quentin schmerber,
xavier antin,
abiola fatai,
franck jalleau,
lézard graphique,
corentin andreosso,
manon diemer,
lionel dinis salazar,
charlotte taillet,
justine figueiredo,
pilottti,
sarkis,
the tropicool company,
thibaut robin,
sandrine nugue,
théo boissonade,
tristan nigon,
gallien dejean, camille le houezec,
émilie deschamps & mickaël valet,
charles beauté.