Designers Unit

Designers Unit is a design studio based in Paris and London. We focus on exhibition design, communication and wayfinding for cultural, heritage and commercial clients. We help define your needs to deliver powerful tailored solutions with a generous and contemporary approach. Together with our network of creatives and suppliers, we ensure quality and innovation for both small-audience and large-scale projects.

Services

Consulting

Benchmarks
Project Strategy
Leading Meetings
Editorial Consulting
Universal Accessibility
Preventive Conservation
Sustainable Development
Listed Heritage Structures

Exhibitions

Project Management
Artistic Direction
Set Design of Ambiances
Exhibition Layouts and Visitor Flows
Media Installations
Spatial and Object Design
Interactive Device Design
Graphic Design

Wayfinding

Flow Analysis
Blueprints
Orientation Strategy
Project Management
Artistic Direction
Media Typologies
Hierarchy of Information
Content Inventory
Object Design
Graphic Design

Communications

Artistic Direction
Steering and Coordination
Visual Identity
Graphic Charter
Communications Campaigns
Publishing
Digital
Motion Design
Illustration
Data Visualisation
Mapping
Derivative Products

Digital Art

Artist Support
Artistic Direction
Steering and Coordination
Media Installations
Spatial and Object Design
Graphic Design

Interior Design

Project Management
Artistic Direction
Spatial and Object Design
Interactive Device Design
Graphic Design

Team

David Lebreton co-founded Designers Unit in 2018. He is one of the firm’s creative directors and he is also responsible for the firm’s international development. Trained as an industrial designer, he co-founded the design firm studio 5.5 in 2003 before going on to work as an exhibition designer, where he developed a clear, elegant style that he places at the service of transmitting knowledge.

Emmanuel Labard co-founded Designers Unit in 2018 and is one of its creative directors. Trained as a graphic designer, he worked for cultural institutions on their visual communications for fifteen years before expanding his practice by applying graphic design to space, architecture, and digital arts. He has always advocated for a sober design that is attentive to meaning and context.

After working for ten years for the creative agency Vandejong in Amsterdam, Lucie Pindat joined the Designers Unit team as artistic director upon the firm’s establishment in 2018. She is fully involved in the firm’s development strategy, from engaging with clients to understand their ambitions for their project in all its singularities to providing creative direction and managing the firm’s team of graphic designers.

A graduate of the École Camondo in interior architecture and product design, Juliette Bâcle worked with David Lebreton for several years before joining Designers Unit upon its founding in 2018. As the firm’s go-to person for exhibition design, she brings all her creative energies to this field, managing the team of exhibition designers throughout the performance of projects.

A graduate of ESAT in interior architecture and exhibition design, Mathilde Daguzan joined Designers Unit in 2018. With her multi-disciplinary expertise, especially in eco-design, alternative materials, and project management, she has been developing the firm’s London office since 2023.

After earning her degree from the Nantes Atlantique School of Design in spatial and urban design, Réjane Le Gall worked for several years as a wayfinding programmer before joining Designers Unit in 2022. Working at the intersection of client orders and creative proposals, Réjane gives the firm its expertise in the field of wayfinding.

Frédérique Foucher joined Designers Unit in 2019 and is responsible for all of the firm’s administrative operations. She works with the directors to prepare tenders and submissions. Frédérique is the primary point of contact for Designers Unit’s clients and partners for all accounting and billing questions throughout the life span of projects carried out by the firm’s creative teams.

Mélanie Boutet joined Designers Unit in 2021 after working for several years at a firm specialised in graphic design for exhibitions. She works in close collaboration with the exhibition designers on complex museography projects. A graduate of the École Estienne in graphic design and typography, her sure and precise eye provides a sense of harmony and substance to these collective undertakings.

Stéphane Toque joined the Designers Unit team in 2020 after earning his degree at ESAD Amiens in graphic design. He is refining his style at the firm and acquiring a solid mastery of project management in the process. He works in all areas of graphic design.

After earning her degree in spatial design from the Nantes Atlantique Design School, Eva Poussier worked for firms in London, Tokyo, and Paris, even at the Louvre Museum. She joined Designers Unit in 2020, bringing with her a wealth of experience and unique style.

Trained in industrial creation at ENSCI les Ateliers, Hugo Le Guen joined Designers Unit in 2021 as an exhibition designer. He works mainly on museographic issues and on highlighting the heritage of historical collections.

Raphaëlle Bonneau joined Designers Unit in 2022. A graduate of ECV Paris in graphic design and typography creation, she is very sensitive to harmony and balance in her design. Raphaëlle places her skills at the disposal of all the firm’s teams.

A graduate of HEAR Strasbourg in graphic design, Ambre Quemin joined Designers Unit in 2022. She works on a broad range of projects, to which she brings her generous, highly experimental style of design.

A graduate of LISAA Rennes in interior architecture and industrial design, Valentin Dufacteur joined the team at Designers Unit in 2022. Precise and rigorous, he expresses his creative and technical expertise in the firm’s wayfinding and exhibition design projects.

Arom Jeong joined the Designers Unit team in 2022 after earning her degree from ESAD Amiens in graphic design. Attentive to the editorial structure that inspires graphic design, Arom places her talents at the service of the firm’s editorial projects.

Laura Galzin joined Designers Unit in 2023 as an exhibition designer. A graduate of ENSA Paris-La Villette in architecture, she specialises in the use of spatial design as a narrative tool.

A graduate of ENSCI les Ateliers in industrial design, Guillaume Jandin has worked regularly with Designers Unit since 2020. He works specifically on wayfinding for projects ranging from an individual architecture to an entire geographical area.

Contact

France

176 rue du Temple
75003 Paris

United Kingdom

3-5 Bleeding Heart Yard
London EC1N 8SJ

designers@unit.paris
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Job / Internship

We do not currently have any job vacancies. However, we’re always interested to meet new talents to strengthen our team, so feel free to introduce yourself with your portfolio by emailing.