Studio Safar – manifesto of fragility, 2022

The design and art direction agency Studio Safar, founded by graphic designers Maya Moumne and Hatem Imam, has created the graphic identity of the 16th Lyon Biennale. Combining fragility and resistance, two seemingly contradictory notions, the motif of the flower served as the starting point for the creation of this identity and of 6 films produced in Arabic, English, French, German, Mandarin and Spanish. This orientation is not only linked to the famous herbarium, one of the richest in the world, preserved in the city, but also to the printed motifs and luxurious textiles that have made Lyon an important centre of silk production for centuries. Colonial histories, artistic production and diverse production systems meet in the flower, an ostensibly naive motif which expresses fragility, resilience and history.

Also on view at the Part-Dieu station.