ABOUT
Hello, I’m Jules Durand — a graphic and type designer based in Toulouse, working independently since 2018. ¶ My work dives at the intersection of typography, visual storytelling, and publishing, often rooted in drawing and shaped through dialogue around cultural artefacts (books, memes, fonts, spirals, symbols, colors, dogs, etc.). ¶ I collaborate with artists, musicians, film makers, video-game developers, festivals, institutions, andbrands to craft bespoke design solutions with a strong typographic sensibility. I'm also involved in various collective ventures, such as Clusterduck, Narthex, Collletttivo,♠1000, & Travailleur·euses de l'Art 31. ¶ Drawing is at the heart of my practice, but collaboration is what brings it to life. ¶ In my lettershapes I foster aesthetics and creative connections (mashup/remix/hybrid) over strict historical fidelity & faithfulness. ¶ I design a lot of fonts — many still in progress — and wish to distribute them by myself once they will be ready to unleash. Wait for it!
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For any inquiry or portfolio.pdf request: contact@julesdurand.com
SELECTED CLIENTS
Unicorn (Paris)
Adidas (Berlin)
Narthex (Berlin)
KUBRIK (Vienna)
Eternal (New York)
Jagermeister (Germany)
Neurodungeon (Barcelona)
Guillaume Roux (Amsterdam)
Museum für Gestaltung (Zürich)
Kunstverein Wiesbaden (Germany)
Beladrys The Cyber Slayer (Berlin)
Maison Pelletier Ferruel (Creuse)
Jerico Mandybur (Los Angeles)
Le Vent des Forêts (Meuse)
Carpenter (Los Angeles)
Topia (Bruxelles)
Zouassi (USA)
Imer6ia (Paris)
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EDUCATION
CONFERENCES / TALKS
07. 2025
03. 2025
10. 2024
07. 2024
02. 2024
05. 2023
02. 2023
03. 2022
10. 2021
09. 2020
05. 2020
Rencontres de Lure, Playing with Louis Jou, Lurs
Alice Savoie Seminary, Renaissance type, Sorbonne, Paris
Don Quichotte as a type revival, Rive Gauche, Toulouse
The musïc metaphor, Dypofest, Fast&Font, Reims
ESADHAR, typographic practice, Le Havre
Atypi Paris, Sorbonnes Campus Pierre & Marie Cury
Ensad Nancy Alumni, modération de Catherine Guiral
ANRT Keynote on Louis Jou, Nancy.
Une Saison Graphique, Le Havre
Type Thursday, Berlin
Tale of Type, master degree presentation, Youtube
EXHIBITIONS (collectives)
02. 2025
12. 2024
12. 2024
07. 2024
02. 2024
01. 2024
08. 2023
11. 2021
09. 2020
01. 2019
07. 2018
05. 2018
02. 2018
01. 2018
Poetics of Encryption, with Clusterduck, Rudolfinum Prague
ANRT – Research in Type Design exhibition, ÉCAL, Lausanne
Bon Baiser de Chaumont, Quintal, Paris
Detective Wall, Poetics of Encryption, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Poetics of Encryption, KW Institute for Contemporary Art
ANRT – Research in Type Design exhibition, Nancy
Detective Wall, Villa Arson, Nice
Le Roucoulement du Cat-Fish, avec MPF, Carré du THV, Le Havre
Les Jours Meilleurs, avec Eugénie Bidaut, Galerie Poirel, Nancy
Ce que l’édition fait à l’Art, Ravisius Textor, Nevers
MemePropaganda, Clusterduck at Greencube Gallery, Berlin
It’s a Book!, bookfair exhibition, Leipzig
The Wrong, Biennale of Digital Art, Panke, Berlin
— Meme Manifesto, first Edition
curated by Nadim Samman
curated by Thomas-Huot Marchand
curated by Le Signe, Chaumont
curated by Nadim Samman
curated by Nadim Samman
curated by Thomas-Huot Marchand
curated by Vittorio Parisi
curated by Une Saison Graphique
curated by Suzana Gallego
curated by Thierry Chancogne
curated by Clusterduck
curated by HGB, Leipzig
curated by Clusterduck
never stop publishing ❦
TEACHING
WORKSHOPS FOLLOWED
02. 2025
12. 2024
12. 2024
07. 2023
02. 2023
06. 2022
02. 2022
08. 2020
06. 2018
Workshop Signalétique, CPGE, Rive Gauche, Toulouse
Suivi éditorial, DSAA, Rive Gauche, Toulouse
Jury DNSEP, VAE, ISDAT, Toulouse
Workshop Peinture en lettre, 1ère, Renoir, Paris
Workshop Écriture Éphémère, avec Jimmy Cintero, DNMAD, La Souterraine
Workshop Calli, avec Tania Raposo & Julia Andréone, 1ère, ENSAD, Nancy
Workshop FUFU, avec Pierre Fave & Pierre Vanni, 2ème, ENSAD, Nancy
Workshop · MemesPrintClub, Clusterduck, Simposio:Utopia Réale, Italy
Into the Mirror, Gallery d'essai, atelier participatif à Ravisius Textor, Never
☙ Franck ✝ Jalleau, 3 times
☙ Charles Mazé, Alice Savoie, Lyon,
☙ Eric Nunes, ANRT,
☙ Héléne Marian, ENSAD,
☙ Twice Studio, Baleapop,
☙ Alexandru Balgiu, Ravisius Textor,
☙ Jan & Randoald & Valentijn Goethals, Nevers
☙ Julien Prévieux, Nancy
☙ Simon Roussin, La Souterraine,
☙ Vincent Perrottet, La Souterraine.
📖 PRESS FEATURES
It's Nice That • It's a Book — Leipzig 2018 • Typeroom • Type—01 • Collide24 • 365Typefaces • Parallel-Parallel • Slanted • Underlit • Emare • Etapes • Feltzine • Arshake • Artribune • Approche — Tombolo Presses
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