Communication design consultancy
Identity, Branding, Packaging, Visual merchandising, Exhibit design and Archigrafia.
Teaching
Worldwide workshops about “Identity and Packaging”.
Master conferences
For students and graphic designers, designers, architects, marketers and influencers.
Online consultancy
Our clients are around the world, we also follow up online,
in English, French, Italian and Japanese.
Ginette Caron Communication Design is a precious mix of Canadian and Japanese graphic designers, based in Milan, whose work grows through lightness and playful poetry, digging into the very essence of the question to create unexpected communication systems. They have a multidisciplinary vision that ranges from Visual Identity, Archigraphica, Packaging, Exhibit and Editorial Design, Illustration up to Product though maintaining unchanged their extremely refined design approach. Among their clients, Bulgari, Knoll, Moleskine, Swatch and Vatican. eir projects have been published, exhibited and awarded internationally.
Ginette Caron was born in Montréal where she graduated and worked for a few years before heading to Italy. She lived in Bologna, Venice and now in Milan where she founded the studio in the eighties. She has been in-house design director at Benetton and Prada Groups.
Speaker at design conferences and member of international jury boards, she has been teaching at IUAV Venice and presently at Raffles-Milano. She is continuously active with lectures and workshops to foster design excellence in Canada, China, Cyprus, England, France, India, Italy, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey.
She has been elected a member at the “Royal Canadian Academy of Arts” and nominated “International Ambassador Canada 150” by the Canadian Minister of Heritage.
Masami Moriyama is Japanese, born in Aichi; she worked for a long period in Osaka in advertising agencies before settling and freelancing in Milan in 2003. Her projects have been selected at the New York Festival and ADC Japan. She joined the studio in 2006.
ADI PREMIO ECCELLENZE DESIGN LOMBARDO – Regione Lombardia, Italy 2019
ADI DESIGN INDEX, Finalist for XXVI° Compasso d’Oro – Italy, 2019
CONCORDIA ALUMNI, #WomenWednesday, August 21th 2019, Canada
LA PRESSE NEWSPAPER, “Personnalité de la Semaine”, May 2019, Canada
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN, Montréal-Canada, 2018
WOLDA, Award of Excellence, 2017
ICON MAKERS – Best 100 Italian Photographers & Graphic Designers – Interni Serie Oro, 2017
BIE Bureau International des Expositions, First Prize – Paris, 2015
AWDA – AIAP Women in Design, Menzione d’Onore – Italy, 2015
AIAP Progetto Committenza Attestato di Qualità – Italy, 2015
Unione degli Artigiani Italiani, First Prize – Italy, 2015
IIID Award- Bronze Award in Didattics – Austria, 2015
XXIII Compasso d’Oro ADI, Menzione d’Onore – Italy, 2014
EDAWARDS Finalist – Greece, 2014
XXII° COMPASSO D’ORO – ADI, Menzione d’Onore – Italy, 2011
FEDRIGONI TOP APPLICATION Award – Italy, 2009
Premio Architettura e Colore, 1°Prize – Italy, 2009
RED DOT Communication Design Award, Germany, 2008
PRIX INTERIEURS Ferdie – Canada, 2008
GRAPHIS Logo Gold Award – USA, 2008
ART DIRECTORS’ CLUB NY Merit Award – USA, 2008
EDAWARDS Finalist – Greece, 2008
ARCHITETTURA E COLORE, Primo Premio – Italy, 2008
GRAPHIS Logo Gold Award – USA, 2008
FERDIE Intérieurs, Canada, 2008, 2008, 2008
EULDA Logo Award – Italy, 2006, 2006, 2007
XX° COMPASSO D’ORO – ADI, selection in Index – Italy, 2004
MILANO GRAPHIC FESTIVAL / MUBA-Museo del Bambino, Milan, Italy, 2022
INTUIT.LAB, Mumbai, India, 2020
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY , United Kingdom, 2020
ISCHIA TORRIONE “Il Viaggio della Parola”#12 – 2019
TORINO GRAPHIC DAYS sponsored by Fondazione per l’architettura Torino, 2018
PULP JOURNAL #13 launch and conference, Milan Design Week, 2018
INTUIT LAB / Ecole Design et Communication visuelle, Mumbai, India, 2018
WORLD DESIGN SUMMIT, Montréal, Canada, 2017
DX AIAP International Graphic Design Week, Rome, Italy, 2017
IDD (Italian Design Day) Montréal, 2017
SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland, 2017
DX AIAP International Graphic Design Week, Rome, Italy, 2017
IED Open Day + Master Days, Cagliari, Italy, 2017
IED Open Day, Rome Italy, 2016
IED Master Days, Naples Italy, 2016
IED Master Days, Salerno Italy, 2016
IED Master Days, Viterbo Italy, 2016
Graphic Design Lectures, Castello Sforzesco – Milan, Italy 2016
IED Master Days, Frosinone Italy, 2016
IED Master Days, Latina, Italy, 2016
IED Master Days, Rome, Italy, 2016
Délégation du Québec à Rome, Rome, Italy, 2016
SPD-Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan, Italy, 2016
RUFA- Rome University of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy, 2016
Pre-visioni per Milano, Urban Center, Milan, Italy 2016
DX AIAP International Graphic Design Week, Milan, Italy 2015
BD! Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2015
ISIK University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015
Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers, Sfax, Tunisia, 2015
ISIA Urbino, Italy 2014
Domus Academy, masterclass Visual Design, Milan, Italy, 2013
Raffles Design Institute, Dong Hua University Shanghai, China, 2013
Creatività Québec, Palazzo Pirelli, Milan, Italy, 2012
Design Per AIAP, Design e imprese, Palazzo Giacomelli, Treviso, Italy, 2012
Raffles Design Institute, Dong Hua University Shanghai, China, 2011
Università degli Studi di San Marino-IUAV, République de San Marino, 2011
UQAM- Montréal, Canada, 2011
IUAV claDIS Università- Treviso, Italy, 2010
IUAV. Convegno sull’identità d’impresa, Venice, Italy, 2010
Franklin College, Lugano – Swizerland, 2010
Design Library, Milan – Italy, 2010
Università Poli.design, Milan – Italy, 2010
Triennale di Milano, Italy, 2010
EdAwards Int. Graphic Design Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 2009
Grafika Day Design Conference, Montréal – Canada, 2006
Libera Università, Bolzano – Italy, 2005
Contract professor at
Raffles Milano RM – Moda e Design, Milan, 2021-2022
Raffles Milano RM – Moda e Design, Milan, 2020-2021
Raffles Milano RM – Moda e Design, Milan, 2019-2020
Raffles Milano RM – Moda e Design, Milan, 2018-2019
IUAV Venice University- Master class, Italy, 2014-2015
IUAV Venice University- Master class, Italy, 2013-2014
IUAV Venice University- Bachelor degree Treviso, Italy, 2012-2013
IUAV Venice University- Bachelor degree Treviso, Italy, 2011-2012
Workshops
MILANO GRAPHIC FESTIVAL / MUBA-Museo del Bambino, Milan, Italy, 2022
EMU Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta Cyprus, 2020
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, Nottingham, UK, 2020
INTUIT.LAB, Mumbai, 2018
SUPSI, Lugano Switzerland, 2017
INTUIT.LAB, Paris, 2017
ISIK University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul -Turkey, 2015
Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers, Sfax, Tunisia, 2015
ISIA (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche) Urbino, Italy, 2014
DOMUS Academy, Milan, Italy, 2013
INTUIT.LAB, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2013
INTUIT.LAB, Paris, France, 2012
IUAV Università di Venezia- claDIS, Treviso – Italy, 2011
Università degli Studi di San Marino, IUAV – Republic of San Marino, 2011
UQAM Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal – Canada, 2011
IUAV Università di Venezia- claDIS, Treviso – Italy, 2007
UQAM Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal – Canada, 1986
DETOUR 2.0: A JOURNEY THTOUGH CREATIVE CATALYSTS
Le Bon Marché, Paris., France, 2022
SUPERMARKET 2021 INDEPENDENT ART FAIR with Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
ADI DESIGN INDEX, Milan, 2019
PORTO DESIGN BIENNALE, “Abitare Italia” Portogallo 2019
GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR JUSTICE. Rowan College South Jersey, USA, November 2019
UBUNTU: SAVE LOVE. Casa del Lector. Matadero Madrid, October 2019
UNUSUAL MESSAGE PROJECT. Benemérita Escuela Normal, Manuel Avila Camacho, Mexico, October 2019
INDEPENDENTLY TOGETHER. Vogue Photo Festival Milan, 2018
FREEDOM MANIFESTO | Humanity on the move. Lazzaretto, Cagliari, 2018
UBUNTU. I am because we are. 150 posters. MUBA – Rotonda della Besana, Milan, 2018
FREEDOM MANIFESTO |Humanity on the move. Centrale Montemartini, Rome, 2017
AIAP DESIGN PER / Rome, 2017
POSTCARD for Giancarlo Iliprandi, AIAP Milano, 2016
SIGNS/24 grafici italiani contemporanei, Base Milano, 2016
AWDA, AIAP Women in design Award, XXI Triennale di Milano, Expo Gate, 2016
PRe-VISIONI PER MILANO, Urban Center, Milan, 2016
DX AIAP Int. Graphic Design Week, Fabrica del Vapore, Milan, 2015
BUILDING THE EXPO Milan 2015, Chicago Architecture Biennale, USA, 2015
MADE EXPO Building the Expo, Rho-Fiera Milan, 2015
DESIGN E’, ADI Compasso d’Oro: Spazio Ansaldo, Milan, 2014
GRANDE DESIGN ETICO meets Québec, Fuori Salone, Milan, 2014
PERSONALISSIMO ETICO, Fuori Salone, Milan, 2014
ADI DESIGN INDEX, Milan, 2013
TDM5 Grafica italiana, Triennale Design Museum, Milan 2012-2013
AVE AMEN-Design per lo Spirito, Cantiere Barche, Vicenza, Italy, 2013
Tre designers del Québec a Milano, Palazzo Morando, Milan 2012
RCA members exhibition, Parker Gallery, NFL, Canada, 2012
AVE-AMEN-Design per lo Spirito, Studio Laboratorio 2729, Venice, Italy, 2012
UNICITA’ D’ITALIA, Made in Italy e identità nazionale, Compasso d’Oro:
Palazzo delle Esposizioni MACRO Testaccio, La Pelanda – Rome, 2011
SPAGHETTI GRAFICA 2, Contemporary Italian Graphic Design, Milan, 2009
ATTRAVERSAMENTI/ Festival diffuso della Grafica, Umbria – Italy, 2007
GIVE PEACE ANOTHER CHANCE, Festival della Grafica, Venice – Italy, 2007
ADC NY / Detour-The Moleskine Notebook Experience, NY, 2007
MILANO MADE IN DESIGN, Today Art Museum, Beijing – China, 2007
MILANO MADE IN DESIGN, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, 2007
MILANO MADE IN DESIGN, Shiodomeitalia Creative Center, Tokyo, 2007
MILANO MADE IN DESIGN, Toronto Design Exchange, Toronto – Canada, 2006
ADI Design Index / XX°Compasso d’Oro, Milan – Italy, 2004
FIGURE E FORME DELL’IMMAGINARIO, Reggio Emilia, 1998
LAHTI POSTER BIENNALE, 1985
I° BIENNALE DELLA GRAFICA, Cattolica, 1984
IX-X INTERNATIONAL POSTER BIENNALE, Warsaw – Poland, 1984
PULP Journal. Protagonist of issue #13. April 2108, UK
INT magazine “Grands Prix du Design” 11° edition, 2018, Canada
100 ICON MAKERS Interni 2017, Italy
NOVUM World of Graphic Design 07.17, 2017
DESIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Poster for Tomorrow, Paris, 2017
ATELIERS ET STUDIOS, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Canada, 2016
BACKSTAGE TALKS /ByDesign Magazine Issue 1, Bratislava, 2016
MAKE EXTREMISM HISTORY, Poster for Tomorrow, Paris, 2016
PRE-VISIONI per Milano, AIAP edizioni, Italy, 2015
ARTLAB 45 – Texture. Year XIII n.45, Italy, 2016
AWDA, AIAP Women in Design Award, Italy, 2013
KAK, World Design Magazine #3 (55), Moscow, 2010, Russia
GALLERY, the World’s Best Graphics #7, Shanghai, 2009, China
BRANDING A WAY OF BUSINESS, Sandu Publishing, Guangzhou, China
GEOMETRIX, Sandu Publishing, 2009, China
100% EUROPEAN GRAPHIC DESIGN PORTFOLIO, Sandu Publishing, 2009, China
OF ARCH #113, 2009, Italy
GRAPHIS LOGO, New York, 2009, USA
FORM, Sandu Publishing, Guangzhou, 2009, China
ID PURE #19, 2009, Switzerland
NULLAOSTA – Grafica, confini, relazioni, AIAP edizioni, 2009,Italy
ADI DESIGN INDEX 2008, Editrice Compositori, Italy
SPAGHETTI GRAFICA, de Agostini, 2008, Italy
TYPO. #31, June 2008, Czech Republic
GRAFIKA, May 2008, Canada
INTÉRIEURS #45, 2008, Canada
INTÉRIEURS #44, 2008, Canada
INTÉRIEURS #40, Canada
MODO 205, 2007, Italy
NEW EXHIBITS 3 Made in Italy, l’Archivolto, 2006,Italy
PROGETTO GRAFICO 8, anno 4, Edizioni AIAP, 2006, Italy
GIVE PEACE ANOTHER CHANCE, Giorgio Camuffo curator, 2006, Italy
LE RELIQUIE DI SOTTOSPIRITO, Edizioni Aiap,2006, Italy
ADI DESIGN INDEX 2004, Italy
INTÉRIEURS 17, 2001, Canada
DÉCORMAG, November 1986, Canada
ALLURE, March 1984, Canada
GRAND PRIX DU DESIGN – INTERIEURS, International Jury member, Montréal, Canada, 2021
POSTER FOR TOMORROW, “Fake News” International Poster Competition, 2021
GOLDEN TURTLE CONTEST, Moscow, Russia – 2018
SEGUNDA LLAMADA, Australia – 2018
POSTER FOR TOMORROW, Paris – 2016
TOP FEDRIGONI AWARDS, London – 2015
LINEE DI LUCE Concorso Schola Ospedale Pellegrini, Milan, 2015
FUORI FUOCO MOAK, Modica-Italy, 2015
ONE MORE PACK, Cava dei Tirreni – Salerno, Italy – 2014
ADI DESIGN INDEX / Compasso d’Oro, Milan, Italy – 2013
GRAFIKA AWARD / Infopresse, Montréal, Canada – 2011
IERA DEL LIBRO PER BAMBINI, Bologna, Italy – 2010
MEDIASTAR, Milan, Italy – 2008
ART DIRECTOR’S CLUB ITALIANO, Milan, Italy – 2008