Art Souterrain is a non-profit organization that exhibits artworks in Montreal’s underground city. The exhibition space is a seven kilometer path leading through the heart of Montreal’s underground passageways. Visitors can participate in various activities during the festival, including workshops, lectures, and artistic performances.

The identity for the 2022 edition, Voies-Voix Résilientes (Resilient Voices-Pathways), was designed by Paprika using Oldschool Grotesk Air for animations and posters, as well as other weights of the family for info texts and signage.

From Paprika’s case study:

Who are these minority voices? How do they build resilience? How do they find solutions to systemic violence? It is through a desire to establish an equitable dialogue through a more egalitarian social utopia that the 2022 edition of the Resilient Voices Underground Art Festival is set. An identity created by weaving, representing this social fabric as the result of an entanglement of these singular voices; those of the festival’s artists. A series of accumulations, of additions creating the rhythm of these crossed voices; ultimate resistance to normalization.

Graphic design studio Paprika has designed a new commemorative stamp for Canada Post to mark the 70th anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Love is used as the main typeface, paired with a yet unidentified typeface [It’s Mirador, see comments].

The monarch is represented under her iconic profile, created by sculptor Arnold Machin and used by the Royal Mail since 1967. The composition is full of elegance. It offers a delicate play of overlapping typography combined with a platinum finish that gives the whole the pomp of a great celebration.

In 2020, Sébastien Paradis designed a special edition packaging for the natural cosmetics and wellness brand Naturiste. Created in 1968, this brand was one of the first to open shops specialized in naturopathy and natural well-being in Québec, and is still one of the leaders on the market.

The products in this line are all dedicated to aromatherapy and offer either sets of essential oils only, or box sets with diffusers. The whole design uses Kessler from Production Type, designed by Alaric Garnier. It’s set in harmoniously arranged caps, making the words look like they’re floating in the air. Each box features a different pastel color: the choice of tones reminds us of colors found in plants, giving these artificial objects a fairly natural look. At the same time, the packaging conveys a sense of preciousness: the hot-foil stamping makes the different product names look like monograms, while Kessler’s caps, with their light weight and contrast, bring the delicacy of an inscriptional style. The packages seem to contain jewels – which are, in this case, treasures taken from nature.

“QQCHOSE breaks entirely new ground in the world of online retail. It’s an extraordinary achievement that extends the frontiers of luxury shopping.” — Paprika

The logo uses Chap with a custom ‘Q’.