Big-stag Graphistes-plasticiens

Big Stag – Graphistes & Plasticiens at PULLMAN LYON SPACES LYON PART DIEU

At PULLMAN LYON SPACES LYON PART DIEU, we are thrilled to host Big Stag – Graphistes & Plasticiens, a gathering that places contemporary graphic design and visual art at the heart of an immersive experience. Our venue’s flexible rooms and clean architectural lines allow the event’s striking visuals—prints, posters, illustrations, installations, motion pieces, and experimental formats—to breathe and converse with the audience. As a hub in the Part-Dieu district, we are used to welcoming projects where craft meets innovation; this showcase extends that spirit, bringing together studios and independent creators who favor bold color, tactile materials, and digital fluency. Expect scenography arranged to encourage slow looking and lively discussion: curated sightlines, gallery-style islands for print work, and projection environments for animated sequences and process reels. The atmosphere is intentionally studio-like, so you can observe how typography systems, risograph textures, and photographic narratives evolve from concept to final artwork. From the vantage point of the venue, our goal is to let the creators’ voices lead the evening while we fine-tune the technical canvas—light levels, screen calibration, and spatial flow—to foreground the precision and play that define Big Stag – Graphistes & Plasticiens.

Inside the experience: process, dialogue, and live techniques

Big Stag – Graphistes & Plasticiens arrives at PULLMAN LYON SPACES LYON PART DIEU with a format designed for exchange. You’ll find process tables that reveal sketchbooks, paper dummies, ink swatches, and color proofs, right alongside finished editions and large-format visuals. The program privileges participation: short artist talks that unpack visual strategy, pop-up demonstrations of print finishing or digital compositing, and informal critiques where visitors can ask about grid systems, icon families, or environmentally responsible substrates. Our team has shaped the rooms to support both intimate conversations and wider presentations—quiet zones to read and compare textures, lounge areas for portfolio browsing, and projection surfaces that let motion design and kinetic typography unfold at proper scale and frame rate. Lighting is tuned to safeguard color fidelity on matte and coated stocks while keeping enough theatricality for reveals and live builds. Because the venue sits at the center of Lyon’s transport network, arriving creators can install new pieces swiftly, and audiences can move fluidly between modules, discovering how an editorial spread becomes a mural, how a brand toolkit migrates into a poster series, and how analog craft—screenprint gradients, letterpress emboss, monotype marks—dialogues with 3D renders and augmented overlays.

As a venue, we also follow the artistic momentum that feeds Big Stag – Graphistes & Plasticiens. The participating graphistes and plasticiens have been testing sustainable pigments, recycled or cotton-based papers, low-impact finishing, and hybrid workflows that bridge hand-drawn linework with parametric tools. Across recent seasons, their studio research has trended toward modular type systems, narrative infographics, and image-making that merges photography with generative textures—an approach that lends itself to the live format showcased here. Many are deepening collaborations with curators, typographers, and motion designers to build cohesive visual identities that travel from poster walls to screens, and the presentation at PULLMAN LYON SPACES LYON PART DIEU is structured to reveal these constellations. Audiences can expect to see new series alongside refreshed classics, with limited editions and process artifacts available for discovery. We have prepared display supports for oversized prints, vitrines for object-based experiments, and calibrated monitors to honor the color intent of digital pieces. Above all, the show’s editorial spine emphasizes transparency: creators openly map the steps from research and references to final artwork, offering a rare, close-up perspective on how contemporary visual languages are authored, iterated, and refined in real time.