In the field of graphic design, collaboration is often understood as direct participation, confined to a given time and space. However, there are many forms of collaboration, particularly on a large scale : a community of practice sharing a common culture.
Stéphanie Vilayphiou is a graphic designer in Brussels, member of Open Source Publishing (OSP) and teaches at ERG. She is particularly interested in knowledge sharing, including social accessibility and alternatives to copyright. She explores through commissioned or self-initiated projects the manipulation of text: typography, code, vocabulary, translation. She is currently working on a collection of documents about the mutual relationship between tools, practice and free culture in graphic design, as part of the European research project Libre Graphics Research Unit.