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.
- 2016
Les 2 Scènes — Orchestre
- 2016
Les 2 Scènes — Orchestre
Posters for the season 2015-2016 of Les 2 Scènes, for the concerts of the Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté.
- 2012
Scène nationale de Besançon — Posters
- 2012
Scène nationale de Besançon — Posters
Posters for the season 2012-2013 of the Scène nationale de Besançon. An image never appears alone: two are superimposed, one in blue, the other in red, which creates surprising encounters. Despite the huge diversity of the iconography, often provided by the companies, this radical treatment gives a global consistency to the series. These posters can be seen through anaglyphic lenses.
- 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.
- 2016
Les 2 Scènes — Programme
- 2016
Les 2 Scènes — Programme
Annual programme for the season 2016-2017 of Les 2 Scènes. 80 p.
- 2013
Scène nationale de Besançon — Programme
- 2013
Scène nationale de Besançon — Programme
Annual programme for the season 2013-2014 of the Scène nationale de Besançon.
- 2014
Les 2 Scènes — Themes
- 2014
Les 2 Scènes — Themes
Thematical posters for the season 2014-2015 of the Scène nationale de Besançon. The screens are mixed during printing, to obtain several versions of the posters, superimposing the colors and the images.
- 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
A non-rectangular catalogue of Cécile Meynier exhibition Vlan ! At the Château Pertusier. With Nicolas Bardey. 32 p.
- Le Pavé dans la mare
- 200 × 300 mm
- Offset, CMYK
- Empreinte Imprimeurs
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Typeface:
Garaje
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art
CMYK
Garaje takes its inspiration both from the alphabets of the Bauhaus school and the vernacular inscriptions of Spanish garage owners: two worlds that share a desire to reduce typographic forms to simple geometric elements. At the Bauhaus this geometrization is ideological: it represents a rejection of tradition and the affirmation of an objective and rational vocabulary. With garage owners it is a simple matter of logic, certainly due to an ignorance of tradition. It is somewhat naïve to wish to reduce the shapes of the alphabet to elementary forms. Perfect geometrical forms seem less than perfect to our eyes: type Design abounds with optical corrections that compensate for our perception of forms.
Garaje plays specifically with this paradox: its construction is rigorously geometrical, anchored to a scalable modular grid, with no optical correction. A perfectly objective system, but a typographical aberration, simultaneously right and wrong. For the last 20 years, I have extended this family in every direction, to the point of absurdity: extremely narrow or outlandishly wide letterforms, all built from the same modules. Today it is a complete system, available in 44 widths and 5 weights. The complete family counts 445 fonts, hundreds of thousands of glyphs, and zero contrast: Garaje is a typeface which is at the same time brutal and playful, rational and naïve. Garaje Wide subfamily goes from 0505 (5 on 5 grid) to 05015 (5 on 15 grid) and includes 55 fonts + 1 variable font. Its construction allows to compose in many widths without changing the stem weight.
Published by 205TF
- 2019
Les 2 Scènes — Themes
- 2019
Les 2 Scènes — Themes
Thematical posters for the season 2019-2020 of Les 2 Scènes, in collaboration with Jochen Gerner (illustrations).
Annual poster for the season 2017-2018 of Les 2 Scènes. Developed in augmented reality : the printed poster activate a video and online contents, via a specific app.
- 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.
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