Gavillet & Cie is a graphic design studio based in Geneva. From art direction to editorial design, brand identity to typography, web design to signage systems, our practice develop innovative projects extending through the whole range of contemporary graphic design. The studio is a creative partner for artists, cultural institutions and commercial companies both in Switzerland and internationally. Our long-term collaborations include art direction for Geneva-based publisher JRP Editions, editorial design for Art Basel’s annual publications, books for the Guggenheim Museum, brand identity and campaigns for the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, MAMCO Geneva and Photo Elysée in Lausanne.
The studio was originally established in 2001 as Gavillet & Rust by Gilles Gavillet and David Rust. In 2009, Vincent Devaud joined forces and the studio now consists of a team of four designers supported by an administrative manager. In parallel to the studio, Gilles Gavillet and Vincent Devaud are active in teaching graphic design, respectively at ECAL University of Arts & Design and at EAA School of Applied Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds. From 2015 to 2021, Gilles Gavillet was the Head of the Jury of The Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition.
Gavillet & Cie has been exhibited internationally and some works are now part of public collections (CNAP – Centre national des Arts plastiques (France), Museo MADC (Costa Rica). The studio was frequently awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture in recognition of its achievements: the Swiss design Awards (1999, 2002, 2006), and most notably the Jan Tschichold Prize (2005) and the Swiss Grand Award for Design (2012).
Solo Exhibitions
- Palimpstesto, MADC – Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San Jose (2016)
- Palimpstesto, Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana (2016)
- Palimpstesto, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City (2015)
- Le Portique espace d’art contemporain, Le Havre (2015)
- L’art se livre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle (2014)
- Passage, Centre d’art contemporain Troyes (2014)
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Swiss Design Now, Cooper Union, New York (2016)
- Swiss Design, Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo (2016)
- Swiss Style, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (2015)
- Les Pléiades, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (2013)
- Types We Can Make, Cooper Union, New York (2012)
- 100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (2012)
- Frische Schriften, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (2004)