The graphic designer and art director Julien Vallée represents a new generation
of designers. The young Canadian is a virtuoso at melding the most diverse
analog and digital design techniques. He combines graphic design, stop-motion
film, and a talent for staging space to create fascinating worlds of images in
his work.
Enthusiastically multidisciplinary, Vallée is as versed in
traditional skills such as drawing, cutting, illustration, and collage as he is
in the use of technologies such as stop-motion animation, video editing,
and interactive design. Thanks to his expertise in both of these realms, the
Montreal-based designer seamlessly bridges the gap between the manual and
virtual production of art.
Although he mostly develops and stages
his installations and stop-motion films using simple materials such as paper,
wood, and plastic, Julien Vallée’s magically arranged spaces are, at
times, reminiscent of the work of a twenty-first-century Escher. The designer’s
work has already been heaped with prizes such as the ADC Young Guns Award and
the Creative Review Award 2010.
The monograph Rock, Paper,
Scissors not only presents Julien Vallée’s commissioned work for clients
such as the New York Times, MTV, AOL, and Computer Arts, but
also includes a selection of personal projects. Each book includes a unique
log-in code for accessing Vallée’s own making-ofs and other video work
online.
