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Presentation from https://volumes.lu/a-propos/laffiche
The programme poster published for the Volumes exhibition as part of Une saison graphique is the result of a collaboration between Claire Colnot, Benjamin Lahitte, Jean-Marc Saint-Paul, Amish Shah and Julien Bidoret, designers who are members of the Maison des éditions, and was printed by Lézard graphique.

During the preparation of the exhibition, a document shared between the various participants (members of the Mdé, interns from the ÉSA Pyrénées) was devoted to cataloguing the 585 books on display from the 43 publishers who agreed to take part in the adventure. For Une saison graphique, this number was reduced to 521 after a slight refinement of the book selection and the addition of the collection of Cent Pages works presented at Bel Ordinaire.

This file made it possible to gather information about each book: publisher, title, author, designer, collection, but also height, width, depth, price, URL and photo of the cover. In addition to the need to keep track of the inventory, this document made it possible to design the display of the books with precision.

For the exhibition at the University Library, we chose to produce a poster that plays on the diversity of the books and showcases them all. A Python script was used to generate an SVG file of rectangles correctly sized and coloured according to the dominant colour of the cover.