Tim Ingold's 'Lines: A Brief History' Published in French

Zones sensibles, a Belgian publishing house founded in 2011, has released the French translation of Tim Ingold's 'Lines: A Brief History', filling a gap in French-language literature on graphic design theory. The book lays the foundations for a comparative anthropology of the line, drawing on examples from Siberian labyrinths to Amerindian weavings, Roman roads, Chinese calligraphy, Richard Long's installations, and Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin. Ingold's rigorous theoretical approach, influenced by Nelson Goodman, defines what a line is and how it is produced by cartographers or walkers. The final chapter associates the straight line with modernity, broken by postmodern fragmentation. The book is essential for those interested in contemporary practices of architects, composers, and artists.