
29 May - 20 June 2010
21st International poster and graphic arts festival of Chaumont
The  International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont came into  life from a collection of vintage posters, which Gustave Dutailly had  passed on to the town. The zeal with which this man collected images of  his time, and discerned their quality, is behind this French cultural  collection that concerns graphic designers as much as the inhabitants of  Chaumont. For 21 years now, the Festival has accompanied poster-making  and its development by organising an annual international poster  competition endorsed by Icograda.
This meeting place with the profession is a rare opportunity to follow up on and confront contemporary development, to plot - year over year - the scenes for its quality and value. 100 to 120 selected posters will be exhibited during the Festival, the highlight of which is the awards ceremony.
Once the awards and exhibitions are over, the selected posters become part of the collection of contemporary posters built up over 21 years of Festival. This association between the contemporary collection and the Dutailly collection is the foundation of the project of an International Graphic Design Centre (CIG). Graphic design in Chaumont is already focusing on the CIG before its
This meeting place with the profession is a rare opportunity to follow up on and confront contemporary development, to plot - year over year - the scenes for its quality and value. 100 to 120 selected posters will be exhibited during the Festival, the highlight of which is the awards ceremony.
Once the awards and exhibitions are over, the selected posters become part of the collection of contemporary posters built up over 21 years of Festival. This association between the contemporary collection and the Dutailly collection is the foundation of the project of an International Graphic Design Centre (CIG). Graphic design in Chaumont is already focusing on the CIG before its
 
 



