Thomas Huot-Marchand designs bespoke typographic solutions for brands and institutions seeking to strengthen their visual identity. His research expertise allows him to advise and support both clients and creative teams on typographic history, technology, and concepts.
- 2011
Théâtre musical de Besançon — programme
- 2011
Théâtre musical de Besançon — programme
Annual programme for the Théâtre musical de Besançon. This time I completely dropped ITC Bodoni, to compose the whole programme in Mononi. Gradients appear inside the text, thanks to the wonderful stochastic print of Simon Imprimeurs.
Poster of the 4th edition of the festival Émergences, a week dedicated to young creation in Besançon. Black + Gloss varnish. Selected in Chaumont design graphique festival.
- 2013
Scène nationale de Besançon — Themes
- 2013
Scène nationale de Besançon — Themes
Thematical posters for the season 2013-2014 of the Scène nationale de Besançon. For this 2nd season, the plaette is a bit broader : I added a neon yellow to the blue / red pair.
- 2013
Émergences — Journal
- 2013
Émergences — Journal
Newspaper of the 6th edition of the festival Émergences, a week dedicated to young creation in Besançon. 16 p.
- 2018
Les 2 Scènes — Programme
- 2018
Les 2 Scènes — Programme
Annual programme for the season 2018-2019 of Les 2 Scènes. The programme is developed in augmented reality : printed pages activate videos and online contents, via a specific app. 80 p.
- 2014
Émergences — Journal
- 2014
Émergences — Journal
Newspaper of the 7th edition of the festival Émergences, a week dedicated to young creation in Besançon. 16 p.
- 2012
Scène nationale de Besançon — Prologue
- 2012
Scène nationale de Besançon — Prologue
The visual identity of the Théâtre musical was based on an eye. In June 2012, the Scène nationale de Besançon joined two theatres, the Théâtre musical (Théâtre Ledoux, which interiors are all blue) and the Théâtre de l’Espace (all red), in one single institution. To communicate on this major change, I proposed to design a new identity in two spot colors, blue and red, and use anaglyphic glasses two see what’s happening in one place or the other: it was time to use both eyes. Text appears or disappears in the blink of an eye ! In the Pre-programme for the season 2012-2013, Nicolas Waltefaugle did a photo shoot in the stage decor workshop with the whole new team. Photographs are superposed too, to create mini-animations. 40,000 anaglyphic glasses were distributed with the booklets, and we even designed some fancy pairs with Adélaïde Racca. 32 pages
Besançon is the birthplace of utopian socialism : Fourier, Proudhon or Victor Hugo were born here, and, in the 20th Century, huge strikes and social movements tried to implement ideas for a new society. In 2010, I was commissioned by the City to create a work of art in tribute to this historic heritage. I proposed a series of posters that would be installed on all of the city's billboards for a week. These posters expose the theories of Charles Fourier (1772-1837) and the “Théories des quatre mouvements et des destinées générales”. During the day, they show our current society. At night, when the poster is backlit, they show society as Fourier dreamed it. In collaboration with Elsa Maillot.
- 2021
Les 2 Scènes — Programme
- 2021
Les 2 Scènes — Programme
Annual programme for the season 2021-2022 of Les 2 Scènes, in collaboration with Jochen Gerner (illustrations). 80 p.
- 2016
Les 2 Scènes — Moire poster
- 2016
Les 2 Scènes — Moire poster
Posters for the season 2015-2016 of Les 2 Scènes. Each copy of the poster is unique : During screen printing, each sheet is slightly offset with each pass, producing a new moiré effect. Another funny game we played with my friends at Lézard graphique.
- 2011
Émergences — Journal
- 2011
Émergences — Journal
Newspaper of the 4th edition of the festival Émergences, a week dedicated to young creation in Besançon. 16 p.
- 2008
Théâtre musical de Besançon — Identity
- 2008
Théâtre musical de Besançon — Identity
Le Théâtre musical de Besançon (dir. Loïc Boissier) was created in 2008: it occupies Besançon Municipal Theater, an exceptional building by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. The theater is designed according to a very innovative circular plan for the time (1786), which made it possible, in Ledoux's initial project, to see the scene from everywhere. This aspect is represented in a famous engraving, “View of the Besançon Theater in an eye”. This eye and the circle are the basis of the visual identity that I designed for the Theater. To illustrate the richness and variety of its programming, an extensive color code (which covers the entire spectrum) makes it possible to identify the different registers. The character used is the Bodoni ITC, from Sumner Stone, my favorite digital revival of the typeface cut by Giambattista Bodoni in the same year as the construction of this theater. It’s been progressively replaced by my own revival, shown here in the logotype : Mononi, a mono-linear Bodoni.
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