Founded in 2015, Pli is an independent publishing house supporting the new generation in architecture and design through different mediums and actions. Until recently exclusively devoted to the publication of an annual magazine, Pli Revue officially becomes Pli Éditions and launches its first collection of independent volumes, focusing on contemporary creatives. The creation of this first collection is a turning point for the publishing house, as this new project of significant scale aims to broaden the audience and the range of distribution of Pli, ultimately ensuring the long-term existence of the association.

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Be they architects, product or graphic designers, researchers or theoreticians, many creative people are now developing singular, atypical and inspired practices. Pli Éditions is committed to making their productions and their creative processes visible in order to support them and nourish a more global research on contemporary forms of creation. Through a series of books, each dedicated to a personality from the studied creative fields, this collection aims to constitute a toolbox for understanding and deploying these disciplines. Aimed at amateurs as well as specialists, the Collection 01 seeks to enrich and disseminate theoretical and plastic insights necessary to the practices of design and architecture.

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The first two books of the collection will respectively be focused on the work of the industrial designer Samy Rio, and on that of the winning architectural duo of Pli Public Workshop 01, MLAV.LAND. These two books will reveal the editorial and graphic line of the Collection 01, and will report on the theoretical and plastic work carried out by the creatives through a precise selection of their projects, research and productions. Both books will contain texts translated into French and English. The distribution will be handled by Les Presses du Réel.

Futurproof? Ongoing research 2015–2020

Samy Rio, industrial designer

⤑ French & English

⤑ One essay by Catherine Geel

⤑ Graphic design by Jean-Baptiste Parré

⤑ Photography by Pierre Antoine

⤑ From 150 to 250 pages

⤑ Format 17x27 cm

⤑ From 200 to 250 photographies

About the authors

Samy Rio studied woodworking for four years before following a five-year course at the École nationale supérieure de création industrielle (Ensci-Les Ateliers) in Paris. This double formation allows him to combine industrial and artisanal techniques, which he considers complementary and indispensable to each other. After graduating with distinction for his research on the use of bamboo tubes for industrial applications, he won the first prize of the Villa Noailles Design Parade in 2015. He then went on to carry out residencies at the CIRVA in Marseille, the Cité de la Céramique in Sèvres and the Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. He also collaborates with the kreo gallery and the Atelier Luma.

Catherine Geel is a design historian, curator, publisher, art director and project manager. She teaches design history and theory at ENSAD Nancy, ENS Paris-Saclay, and Sciences Po Paris. She is an associate researcher at the Centre de recherche en design (ENS Paris-Saclay -Ensci-Les Ateliers), and a member of various scientific committees and councils.

More informations on the designer here and on the book here.

Pré-Histoires 2017–2021

MLAV.LAND, architectural collective (winners of the Pli Public Worksop 01 prize for publication)

⤑ French & English

⤑ Graphic design by Fakepaper

⤑ From 150 to 250 pages

⤑ Format 17x27 cm

About the authors

MLAV.LAND is a territory of research, exploration, investigation and production on architecture. MLAV.LAND (Micro-Laboratoire pour l’Architecture et la Ville) is composed of Maud Lévy, state-qualified architect, interior architect and designer, and Antoine Vercoutère, state-qualified architect. The duo a prize for publication delivered by Pli Éditions in November 2019 at the inauguration of the exhibition of the Pli Public Workshop 01.

More information on the duo here, and on the book here.

Pli Éditions – Collection 01

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