Paul Gallet

About

I am a graphic production designer for exhibitions and luxury, trained as a printmaker. My practice is grounded in craft: every file is prepared as an object that will be printed, cut, assembled and installed, with the precision that requires.

Craft

I studied printmaking at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

It was a school of rigour, creativity and experimentation: engraving, bookbinding, ink, paper, mixed techniques. These are gestures that cannot be undone, where each step is prepared, tested and checked before the next.

I bring the same discipline to the scale of a runway, an exhibition, a wall or a ceiling: colour registration and print tests, layouts checked before anything is printed, assembly guidelines for the teams on site.

Japan

Japan has long been my reference for craft and for attention to detail.

I took part in a collaborative project with students of Kyoto City University of Arts (2017), attended workshops in Tokyo and Nagoya as a laureate of the Japan Foundation (2019), then worked at Ryoji Ikeda's studio in Kyoto, where I co-produced a generative artist's book of 1,665 pages. I am based in Kyoto until December 2026.

Services

Large-format print production and pre-press

Trompe-l'œil and surface patterns

Exhibition graphics, signage and captions

Window displays, showcase layouts and installations

Event stationery: menus, invitations, save the dates

Follow-up from brief to installation: files, bills of materials, technical documentation

In figures

400 m² faux-marble marquetry floor in 156 print files: Fendi Couture FW23

15 planets, spheres of 2- to 18-meter diameter: Chanel SS26

800+ objects laid out in showcases: Homo Faber, Venice

400+ objects across 1,200 m²: Audemars Piguet 150 Years, Shanghai

Background

Date

Company

City

Title

Since 2024

Independent

Kyoto

Graphic production designer

2022–2023

Bureau Betak

Paris

Graphic designer for the Paris, Los Angeles, New York and Shanghai offices

2021

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

Paris

Graphic projects coordinator, touring exhibitions

2019

Studio Ryoji Ikeda

Kyoto

Art director assistant

2018

Institut national d'histoire de l'art

Paris

Graphic designer

2018

Chanel

Paris

Photo stylist, Fashion Division

2014–2020

École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs

Paris

Master's degree in printmaking

2017–2018

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago

Printmedia department

2013–2014

École Estienne

Paris

Preparation to applied arts

Selected clients

Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Acne Studios, Maison Margiela, Gucci, Saint Laurent

Audemars Piguet, Louis Vuitton, Omega, Clarins, Opéra de Lille

Languages

French, English, Spanish. Japanese in progress.