integral designers ∫ is a graphic and design studio based in Paris, specializing in visual identity, wayfinding, exhibition design, and urban design. As designers, we actively collaborate with architects, scenographers, urban planners, landscape architects, and public and private clients. Drawing on this diversity, our practice is centered on experience and experimentation, while maintaining a keen eye for the aesthetic and technical elements that define our projects.
Since 2023, David Thoumazeau and Benjamin Ribeau have been at the helm of the studio*.
* Founded in 1989 by Ruedi Baur, integral designers (formerly integral ruedi baur paris) is recognized for its graphic design work, particularly its wayfinding and visual identity systems for cultural and political institutions. Starting in the 1990s, the studio embarked on multidisciplinary design work and developed numerous projects in the fields of exhibition graphics and scenography, as well as complex architectural programs. Its pioneering work on the interaction between signs and space has allowed it to thoroughly reimagine the field of wayfinding and become a major player in contemporary design.
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David Thoumazeau Associate
Designer A
graduate of the DNSEP program at the Beaux-Arts de Rennes and holder of a post-graduate diploma in Design and Research from the Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne, he has been collaborating with Ruedi Baur’s various studios for 16 years. He conceives and oversees projects in the fields of wayfinding design and urban design. For him, being a designer means harmonizing aesthetic perception with technical sensitivity to create a formal and functional vocabulary whose plasticity resonates closely with its context. Among the projects he has led with Ruedi Baur are the scenography for the French Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, the exhibition “Les Passagers du Grand Paris Express” at the MAC VAL in Vitry-sur-Seine, the urban scenography – History of the European Quarter in Brussels as part of the Belgian EU Presidency; the redevelopment of the Carreau Wendel plaza in Petite Roselle; the street furniture for the station district in Chaumont-en-Haute-Marne; the street furniture and signage for Grand Parc in Bordeaux; wayfinding projects for the Academic Center of the New School in New York, the Metz city tour route, Station F in Paris, UN Building H in Geneva, the Vauban and Gallice ports in Antibes; and the new headquarters of Lombard Odier bank in Geneva.
Benjamin Ribeau
Associate Graphic Designer
A graduate of ESAG Penninghen, he founded a graphic design studio in Bordeaux in 2001, teaches at several design schools and universities, and participates in research programs with Ten-Billion-Humans and Civic City. Having collaborated regularly with Ruedi Baur since 2012, he joined integral designers in 2020 as a partner and project manager. His projects include the wayfinding system for 15/20, the National Eye Hospital (with Typotheque), the wayfinding and exhibition graphics for the Parcours Romain museum spaces and the creation of the Parcours Byzantin and Chrétientés en Orient at the Louvre Museum (with Why and BGC), wayfinding for the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (with Architecture Studio), wayfinding for Secours Populaire Français, exhibition graphics for the Biodiversity Pavilion in Metz, wayfinding for the Mulhouse cycling network (with Sortons du Bois Paysagistes), the exhibition design for “Les Atlas de Mercator” in Bordeaux, the visual identity, exhibition graphics, and catalog for “Communautés à l’œuvre,” for the French Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale (curated by Christophe Hutin), wayfinding for the Grand Parc neighborhood park in Bordeaux (with Exit Paysagistes), wayfinding for the headquarters of Lombard Odier Bank in Geneva (architects Herzog & de Meuron), exhibition graphics and wayfinding for the Bordeaux Museum of Natural History (with Die Werft) for the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.
Chloé Herbillon Graphic
Designer
After earning a BTS in Graphic Design from the École Duperré and a DSAA in Spatial Design from the École Chérioux, she joined the studio in 2021. Her practice, at the intersection of graphic design and spatial design, leads her to work on visual identity, wayfinding, and exhibition design projects, from conception through implementation.
Notable projects completed with integral designers include the wayfinding system for the La Sirène concert hall in La Rochelle, the Hôpital des 15-20 in Paris, the exhibition graphics for the Pavillon de la Biodiversité in Metz, as well as the visual identities for the Rodin Museum and 104 Paris.
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integral designers has worked with numerous collaborators since 1998.
Thank you to Emmanuelle Guerry, Olivier Duzelier, Fadil Elmansour, Maren Hollmann, Morgane Pontis, Kévin Laclautre, Nadia Campagnola, Chantal Grossen, Eva Kubinyi, Denis Coueignoux, Stéphanie Brabant, Simone Burth, Anouck Fenech, Alexandre Moriceau, Afrouz Razavi, Alex Fernandino, Robin Coenen, Danielle Rosales, Antje Kolm, Anna Trebern, Claude Benzrihem, Matthieu Thonnard, Tiemo Schaefer, Lucie Vidal, Gina Donzé, Mora Prince, Alexandra Bauch, Léo Grunstein, Béryl de la Grandière, Toan Vu-Huu, Simon Burkart, Christina Poth, Eva Klose, Wanja Ledowski, Helena Grintzalis, Victor Gurrey, Alex Gabriela Wolfertz, Ludovic Vallognes, Laurent Lacour, Karim Sabado, Éric Jourdan, Claudia Wildermuth, Laura Martinez, Katharina Peters, Sulliane Bressoud, Camille Prandi, Claudia Leuchs, Viet Tung Dinh, Chloé Nachtergael, Simon Bouchard, Felix Müller.