Philippe Apeloig (b. 1962) is a French graphic designer and typographer. Apeloig was educated at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where he gained experience in what was then the traditional approach to typography—calligraphy, hand lettering, and metal type. While still a student, he worked as an intern at the Dutch firm Total Design under the guidance of Daphne Ofreski and Yoleen van der Vouw. Both Ofreski and van der Vouw were assistants to Total Design founder Wim Crouwel, and they imparted in Apeloig the value of the organizational grid that would become one of the foundations of his personal approach. Following his graduation, Apeloig worked as a designer for Musée d’Orsay in Paris from 1985 to 1987 before traveling to Los Angeles to work with April Greiman. Under Greiman’s mentorship, Apeloig was encouraged to embrace emerging technology as a design tool. He returned to Paris to establish his own studio, and has since taught typography and graphic design at The Cooper Union School of Art in New York and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Since the late 1980s, Apeloig has produced poster designs and graphic identities for the New York Type Directors Club, FIAF (French Institute / Alliance Francaise) in New York, Instituto Universitario di Architectura di Venezia (IUAV), Musée du Louvre, Association des bibliothécaires de France (ABF), The New York Times T Magazine, the Châtelet Theatre Musical de Paris, La Maison de Photo, Brittany, and Galerie Litvak, Tel Aviv, among others. Apeloig is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Philippe Apeloig
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Greeting Card, “New Years” Philippe Apeloig, 1994-95
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 1996Object ID: 18653071
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Poster, Crossing the Line – FIAF Fall Festival, 2010
Poster featuring the repeating text “CROSSING THE LINE” in white letterforms composed with computer-generated punctuation marks. “FIAF/ FALL/ FSTVL,” SEPT/ 10-27/ 2010″ and “fi:af french institute/ alliance française” printed in…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2013Medium: screenprint on coated paperObject ID: 35460847
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Poster, Wim Crouwel a graphic odyssey, 2011
Poster featuring the text “design museum/ Wim/ Crouwel/ a graphic/ odyssey/ 30.03 – 03.07 2001” printed in black with white dots arranged against a light gray background and darker gray…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2013Medium: screenprint on coated paperObject ID: 35460849
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Poster, Le Havre, Patrimoine mondial de l’humanité [Le Havre, World Heritage of Humanity], 2006
Poster depicting the buildings of the Le Havre in blue, yellow and red. Each letter in the words “Le Havre” and “Patrimoine mondial de l’humanité is arranged to correspond to…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2013Medium: screenprintObject ID: 35460841
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Poster, Vivo in Typo, Affiches et alphabets, 2008
Poster featuring the text “VIVO IN TYPO” composed of red, black and white computer-generated punctuation marks. Additional text with details of exhibition printed in white at the right hand side.
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2013Medium: screenprint on coated paperObject ID: 35460843
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Poster, Des bibliothèques à vivre, Usages, espaces, architectures, 55e congrès international, 2009
Poster featuring the text “des bibliothéques a vivre” in graphic white and black letterforms. Neon green, orange, blue and gray rectangles contain additional white and black text with the details…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2013Medium: screenprintObject ID: 35460845
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Poster, Bruits du monde [Noises of the world], 2012
Staggered, smeared black letters on light blue ground read “bruits du monde.” The letters are rotated in different directions. “Fête du livre” (book festival) is printed in smaller white text…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2014Medium: screenprint on paperObject ID: 68268335
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Poster, Chicago, Naissance d’une métropole [Birth of a metropolis] 1872–1922, 1987
The right half of an archival 1913 photograph of Chicago by J.W. Taylor, from the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago’s Burnham Library, is tipped to the left to…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2015Medium: screenprint on paperObject ID: 68268331
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Poster, Street Scene, 2012
Large, white letters spelling “STREET SCENE” are folded into a staggered, staircase formation, which extends diagonally from the poster’s lower right corner to its left edge. The letters seem to…
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2014Medium: screenprint on paperObject ID: 68268333
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Print, Design for “Vivo in Typo” Poster on Red Ground, 2008
Vivo in Typo in single iteration, oriented vertically. Letters printed in black ink with white ground on red, in dense overlay.
Artist or Group: Philippe ApeloigAcquired: 2014Medium: digital print on paperObject ID: 68515689
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