Brief
Double Jeu is the exhibition catalogue dedicated to the outcomes of Léa Renard’s artist residency at MIC – International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, as winner of the 63rd Faenza Prize Under 35. The publication documents the development of her sculptural research in Faenza, tracing the dialogue between historical collections, local workshops, and a contemporary ceramic practice grounded in play, transformation, and material experimentation.
The project is developed within the AFAM PhD Programme in Sciences for Artistic Production and Heritage (Course Curricula No. 2: Visual Communication Design and Public Service), in association with ISIA Faenza, and supported by a DM 630/24 co-funded scholarship in partnership with MIC Faenza. Within this framework, the catalogue becomes a field of experimentation where editorial design, museum communication, and legibility research intersect, addressing a diverse adult public while remaining closely connected to the institutional identity of the Museum.
Concept
The concept of the catalogue starts from the core idea of Double Jeu (Double Game): an encounter between past and present, between existing forms and new gestures that displace, extend, and re-activate them. The editorial language echoes this double game by staging a continuous tension between archival references and contemporary visual narratives, between museum architecture and the temporary installation, between the fixed nature of print and the open process of residency.
From a design perspective, the publication is conceived as a readable “exhibition space on paper” in which images, texts, and white space are orchestrated to sustain a fluid, unhurried reading rhythm. The layout emphasises clarity, hierarchy, and visual balance, allowing the reader to move from contextual essays to residency notes and work sections without losing orientation, and to perceive the connections between Renard’s practice, the MIC collections, and the Faenza ceramic tradition.
The catalogue also embodies the principles of the PhD research, High Legibility: New paradigms in inclusive museum visual communication, through the application of the High Legibility Index (HLI) methodology. Legibility parameters – from type choice and size to spacing, contrast, and line length – are calibrated to support prolonged reading and cognitive comfort for an adult audience, while preserving the expressive specificity of the project and the museum’s institutional tone of voice.
The catalogue has been assessed using the High Legibility Index (HLI), achieving a score of 8.5 on a 10-point scale. This rating places Double Jeu among highly readable publications, indicating that its typographic, spatial, and contrast choices are suitable not only for a general adult audience but also for many readers with dyslexia, who may benefit from clearer visual hierarchies, generous spacing, and reduced visual noise.
HLI < 6
A book that is difficult to read, even for a normal reader.
6 ≥ HLI > 8
A book that is sufficiently readable for a person with dyslexia and easily readable for a normal reader.
HLI ≥ 8
Highly legible book.
Specifications
Format: 170×240 mm.
Binding: Perfect Binding.
Credits
Layout: Rossella Santapaola, within the AFAM PhD Programme in Sciences for Artistic Production and Heritage, Course Curricula No. 2: Visual Communication Design and Public Service at ISIA Faenza (Led by Academy of Fine Arts of Catania, associated with: Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, Academy of Fine Arts of Urbino, Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory of Music in Catania and ISIA Faenza).
Artist: Léa Renard.
Edited by: Claudia Casali, Léa Renard.
Promoted by: MIC – International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, on the occasion of the 63rd Faenza Prize – International Ceramic Biennial.
PhD and research framework: High Legibility: New paradigms in inclusive museum communication – application of the High Legibility Index (HLI) methodology to museum editorial design and communication tools.
MIC Faenza director: Claudia Casali.
Photography: Francesco Bassi, Elina Belou, François Boulanger, Anne-Pierre Gaignon, Stefania Mazzotti, Geoffrey Migault, Camille Veillard, Lucas Wullschleger, courtesy of the artist and MIC Faenza.
Publishing and production
Publisher: MIC – International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza.
Printing: Modulgrafica Forlivese, Forlì (IT), January 2026.
Scholarship and industrial partner: DM 630/24 co-funded PhD scholarship with MIC – International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza.