Vincent Sauvaire

Senior Designer Type Director

Lausanne, UTC

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Numerals set in TT Archetype Pilot by TimeType

Watch numerals for the Hermès Cut featuring bespoke geometric type design by Vincent Sauvaire
Hermès Cut — watch numerals, bespoke type design
Type design featuring bespoke geometric numerals by Vincent Sauvaire for the Hermès Cut, a luxury watch balancing circular and square forms, developed for Hermès Horloger with a bold and elegant typographic contrast.
 Watch numerals for Galop d'Hermès featuring bespoke type design by Vincent Sauvaire
Galop d'Hermès — watch numerals, bespoke type design
Type design featuring bespoke reverse-contrast numerals by Vincent Sauvaire for Galop d'Hermès, a luxury watch designed by Ini Archibong and inspired by equestrian forms, developed for Hermès Horloger with an elegant typographic expression.
 Logotype for Bongénie featuring a bespoke typeface by Vincent Sauvaire
Bongénie — logotype, bespoke typeface
Logotype design featuring a bespoke typeface by Vincent Sauvaire for Bongénie, a Swiss luxury department store, designed at Base Design to reinterpret elegance with a contemporary identity.
 Logotype for Bongénie featuring a bespoke typeface by Vincent Sauvaire
Bongénie — logotype, bespoke typeface
Logotype design featuring a bespoke typeface by Vincent Sauvaire for Bongénie, a Swiss luxury department store, designed at Base Design to reinterpret elegance with a contemporary identity.
 Custom typeface Ottertype for QoQa featuring playful and bold letterforms by Vincent Sauvaire
QoQa — Ottertype, bespoke typeface
Type design featuring the bespoke Ottertype by Vincent Sauvaire for QoQa, a Swiss deal platform, designed at Base Design as part of a vibrant identity built around playfulness, community, and a bold pop aesthetic.
 Custom typeface Ottertype for QoQa featuring playful and bold letterforms by Vincent Sauvaire
QoQa — Ottertype, bespoke typeface
Type design featuring the bespoke Ottertype by Vincent Sauvaire for QoQa, a Swiss deal platform, designed at Base Design as part of a vibrant identity built around playfulness, community, and a bold pop aesthetic.
 Bespoke variable typeface for Hanbury featuring extended and dynamic letterforms by Vincent Sauvaire
Hanbury — bespoke variable typeface, dynamic letterforms
Type design featuring a bespoke variable typeface by Vincent Sauvaire for Hanbury, a US architecture firm, designed at Base Design with extended letterforms expressing a concept of stretch and adaptability.
 Timetype — Archetype Collection – TT Pilot FK Zenithal Light FK Zenithal Light FK Stout Compact Medium FK Stout Compact Medium FK Feather Grotesque Black FK Feather Grotesque Black FK Metrika Circular Thin FK Metrika Circular Thin RSVP Editions RSVP Editions Scarf design for the Swiss Culinary Merit Award featuring an original typeface by Vincent Sauvaire
Swiss Culinary Merit Award — scarf design, original typeface
Scarf graphic design featuring an original typeface by Vincent Sauvaire for the Swiss Culinary Merit Award, a Swiss prize celebrating culinary excellence, commissioned by ECAL.

About

Vincent Sauvaire is a Swiss–French designer and ÉCAL Alum — specialising in type design — currently working as a Senior Designer at Base Design in Geneva. With a strategy-first mindset and a sharp eye for detail, his approach embraces complexity and delivers with clarity and purpose. Design becomes concrete when form, function, and feeling align — shaped by precision, built to last.

Contact

GENERAL

@vincent.sauvaire
studio@vincentsauvaire.com

BASE

@base_design
vincent@basedesign.com

WORK

@madebyfakt
studio@byfakt.co

TIMETYPE

@timepiecetypefaces
abc@timepiecetypefaces.com

Press

Timepiece Typefaces — Not Your Regular Type (of) Expert
Base Design, April 2024

Swiss Style and Watchmaking — A Missed Opportunity
Pierre Grosjean/LargeNetwork, Europa Star, September 2019

Hermès Watch for Any Gender
Robin Swithinbank, The New York Times, March 2019

Selected Clients

Atelier XJC, ÉCAL, Hermès Horloger, Ini Archibong, Nies Oriental Art, RR STUDIO, RSVP Editions, Vacheron Constantin

With Base Design

Art Genève, Bongénie, Château Grandson, CIO, La Prairie, OSR, QoQa, SCDH, Musée Olympique, Unil

Selected Projects

Hermès Cut, Galop d'Hermès, Bongénie Signature, QoQa Ottertype, Hanbury Open Vistas, TimeType Archetype Pilot, Fakt Zenithal Light, Fakt Stout Compact, Fakt Feather Grotesque, Fakt Metrika Circular, RSVP Editions, Swiss Culinary Merit (ÉCAL)