Formwork

An ongoing construction site.
Formwork is an independent design studio founded by Barbara Virginia Tedeschi (IT) and César Bourgeois (FR), working across visual communication, art direction, and spatial thinking.

We guide projects through their formation. We are drawn to ideas in the making — unstable, unfinished, and full of potential. We work to develop solid foundations, building structures designed to hold and evolve over time. Alongside client work, Formwork operates as a Lab. A space for independent exploration, where ideas can exist outside of immediate application. These experiments generate friction, producing noise that feeds back into commissioned projects.

Services

Art Direction

Typography

Exhibition Design

Editorial Design

Brand Identity

Website Design

Clients
Nekua
Massimo Osti Studio

Selle Royal Group

Under

Maison Chimère

info@formworkstudio.eu, @formworkstudio.eu

Services

Art Direction

Typography

Exhibition Design

Editorial Design

Brand Identity

Website Design

Clients
Nekua
Massimo Osti Studio

Selle Royal Group

Under

Maison Chimère

info@formworkstudio.eu, @formworkstudio.eu

Graphic and art direction for the book and exhibition by Carolina Sartori, built around the star as a symbol: from celestial body to graphic sign, reduced to its essence until it becomes a primary, shareable unit capable of infinite variation without losing its identity. The exhibition unfolds through a process of deconstruction and recomposition, pairing images, video and illustration as visual analogies. From this research comes an original star-based typeface designed by Formwork Studio. The investigation is gathered into a book, presented for the first time at the exhibition, collecting both the typeface and the imagery that shaped its development.

Author, Creative Direction: Carolina Sartori

Graphic, Art Direction: Formwork Studio

Exhibition Curator: Serena Correale

Photography: Francesca Rossi

Project type: Book, Exhibition

Venue: Spazio Neue, Milano

Dates: 18–20 December 2025