Alexander Jean Le Sage de Fontenay
Alexander Le Sage de Fontenay (b. 1991) is a graphic designer with a diverse background, working at Brandenburg and also independently. He has experience as a journalist, event organizer, radio producer and DJ. He graduated in graphic design from the Iceland Academy of the Arts (2021) and holds a degree in art history from the University of Iceland (2018). He interned at design studio karlssonwilker in New York from 2022–23.
Weimar Walking: A publication printed in 100 copies, made for student essays on art
exhibiton curation in the times of COVID-19. Institute: Bauhaus University, Weimar and
NOVA project space. Publisher: Lucia Verlag
Logotype for the Icelandic electronic music label Sweaty Records in 2021.
Album cover for Icelandic Volruptus and Australian Jensen Interceptor. Released by: Berlin-based, Icelandic electro music label Sweaty Records in 2021.
Illustration by Björn Heimir Önundarson. Type design, layout by me.
I designed a poster and catalogue for the exhibition ⭐️‘All Is Fair’⭐️ An edition of 500 catalogues was risograph-printed by ‘Prent og vinir’ in bubblegum, blue and black on 150g Munken Polar Rough paper.
Disco at Studio 54 in New York. / Acid house at The Haçienda in Manchester. / Techno at Berghain in Berlin. ‘The Power To Arouse Curiosity’ is my new risograph print celebrating clubbing culture, freedom of expression and creativity.
Silkscreen print and poster designs for workshop exhibit Pressa (Eng: Pressure) in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland 2020. A a printing press owned by Dieter Roth can be seen and I used ‘Seperat’—a beautiful typeface by Or Type—in a playful way.
Double-sided, A1 poster of visual threads and information gathered from my Bachelor thesis. One side is devoted to the Icelandic vinyl record and the other the years 1975-80—an important time for the early days of Icelandic music production
Seyðisfjörður inspired with a touch of 1970s Dieter Roth mixed-media prints; questioning my idea of “home”. The center of attention is a an orange, chubby, cool cat sneaking around some garbage cans in my neighbourhood in Reykjavík. Mjá.
‘Encouragements’ (2020)
watercolor, spray-paint, lip-stick and coal on 150g Hahnemühle • 29,7 x 42 cm • Series of 5 / Edition 1/1
My exhibit ‘RUBBI$H’ which was on display on project-space FLÆÐI for two weeks in summer 2020. An experimental process mixing thermal and risographic printing. Examining the relationship between the aesthetic and unsightly.