Welcome to Benoit Santiard’s website,
graphic designer settled in Paris
specialized in designing books, printed matter,
visual identities, websites and signages.
My practice is based on the idea
that content and context bring the form.
I give priority to dialogue with my clients
and collaborators in order to come up to
tailor-made solutions.
Teaching in an Architecture School
in Marne-la-Vallée (near Paris) and
an art School in Dijon allows me
to take a step back on my practice
and to question it at all times.
Poster designed for an exhibition of russian constructivist posters
at the international graphic design festival of Chaumont.
Identity, reference slips and website
for young architects.
Font design inspired from my own handwritting. (Work in progress)
Font design for the signage of a concert hall.
Neon sign designed for the White Hotel, Brussels (Belgium).
Identity for a film festival.
Packaging for a wine bottle.
Silkscreen print.
Book designed as part of an exhibition
at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris.
Part of the winners at the Most beautiful french books contest 2008
Catalog for company carrying research, consulting and training activities in culinary technologies as part of a global visual identity project
Directory of Parisian buildings from
1900 to 2008.
Part of the winners at the Most beautiful french books contest 2008
Font design from letterpress woodblocks. (Work in progress)
File Reference for h2o architectes.
One week workshop at ERG, Brussels, Belgium.
Font design for the signage of a concert hall.
Book designed as part of an exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.
Part of the winners at the Most beautiful french books contest 2009
Art direction of a special issue for the french cultural magazine Télérama, following an exhibition at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris.
Two days workshop at the école
des Beaux-Arts de Beaune, burgundy.
Identity and website for an independant online music store.
Global visual Identity for a major national and public operation, part of the “Grand Paris” city planning project.
Identity, reference slips and website
for young architects.
Signage for a concert hall, in collaboration with BTuA (Bernard Tschumi architects).
Book of 280 pages gatherings the results of an international architecture contest launched by groupe e2.
Three collector boards for suscribers of french graphic design magazine Étapes:.
82 pages book on the art center “Le Point du Jour” in Cherbourg, France.
One week workshop at the ECV Paris.
Online platform between teachers in communication and students of the école d’architecture, de la ville et des territoires à Marne-la-Vallée.
Book designed as part of an exhibition of russian constructivist posters
at the international graphic design festival of Chaumont.
Views of the font (Capitale) designed
for the signage of the concert hall
in various contexts.
Website for h2o architects.
Website for a major national and public operation, part of the “Grand Paris” city planning project.
Display typeface designed with typographer Jean-Baptiste Levée as part of the art direction of the special issue of the french cultural magazine Télérama on the Dogon culture.
Collective exhibition at the espace GHP, Toulouse (France).
Book showcasing 18 houses of architects in and around Paris, with interviews of the occupants.
Exhibition curation and scenography
of a collective exhibition at
espace My Monkey, Nancy (France).
Showcase event conceived and produced with Guillaume Grall at Six Elzévir, Paris, for the book Marnes.
440 pages book conceived and designed with Guillaume Grall for the architecture school "École d’architecture de la ville & des territoires à Marne-la-vallée".
360 pages book following an exhibition at Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, focusing on architecture of the 80’s in and around Paris.