X comes from Spain, lives in Germany, has a bachelor’s degree from the Netherlands and a master’s from the States. X did a summer school in Urbino (Italy) and one in Estonia, as well as a field research in Taipei, and a residency in Bangladesh. X prints in Belgium and sometimes Latvia, uses type from Finland, Denmark, Iceland and several more. X works individually but also collectively with Y in Cape Town and Z in Munich. X + Y + Z gather in Amsterdam – their point of departure, from there they do work for others in Dublin, Stockholm and Greece...

FANFARE INC. TRANSPORTATION
What are the circumstances for nomadic labour?
How relevant is location?
Do our surroundings matter?
How personal is your workspace?
How do you travel?
How instant is your furniture?
How does your life look when packed into hand luggage?
How do you compensate leisure with business?
What will the design landscape of 2025 look like?

The first chapter of fanfare inc. directs a specific focus on the impact of transportation, mobility, and cross-country collaboration within the design field.

We hereby initiate the first chapter of an ongoing investigation into the nomadic life of creative practices: fanfare inc. A preface to this programme took shape during the International Biennial of Graphic Design in Brno, 2016. Entitled “Home Display”, it took the form of an exhibition and catalogue reflecting on the circumstances of exhibition displays and independent design. Following up on this, the first chapter of the present series will focus on the literal core of the concept of being nomadic: transportation. With this initiative, we aim to form a free, open and exploratory approach to the investigation’s shape. fanfare inc. Transportation will be presented on the occasion of the Graphic Design Biennale of Chaumont 2017. 14 design practices has contributed with visual and linguistic reflections.