Paradiesvogel

Toan Vu-Huu

Created for the CNAP’s Messages/Images commission with La Cité internationale de la langue française, this work draws on the German expression “Bunter Vogel” (colorful bird), symbol of a free spirit. I imagined a hybrid being—half human, half crow—transformed into a luminous figure bearing Pride colors and the words “La diversité fait pousser des ailes”. Shown in public space, it embodies joy in difference and invites openness, visibility, and pride.

Images of Paradiesvogel

  1. Image 1 — CNAP Paradiesvogel FAB A0 (Paradiesvogel)
  2. Image 2 — IMG 1985 (Paradiesvogel)
  3. Image 3 — 25 05 TVH Paradiesvogel Cnap13 (Paradiesvogel)
  4. Image 4 — C76 EFBAC 550 E 4 FA8 847 E 5 DD25 E0 F2151 (Paradiesvogel)

    Toan Vu-Huu, France (2019)

    Toan Vu-Huu is a German-born graphic designer of Vietnamese and English descent. He studied sociology while working as a DJ in Frankfurt, organizing events and collaborating with graphic designers, an...

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    Created for the CNAP’s Messages/Images commission with La Cité internationale de la langue française, this work draws on the German expression “Bunter Vogel” (colorful bird), symbol of a free spirit. I imagined a hybrid being—half human, half crow—transformed into a luminous figure bearing Pride colors and the words “La diversité fait pousser des ailes”. Shown in public space, it embodies joy in difference and invites openness, visibility, and pride.

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    • CNAP (Centre national des arts plastiques)
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    • Illustration
    • Lettering
    • Poster
    • Typography

    Toan Vu-Huu is a German-born graphic designer of Vietnamese and English descent. He studied sociology while working as a DJ in Frankfurt, organizing events and collaborating with graphic designers, an experience that led him toward visual arts. He studied graphic design at the University of Applied Arts in Darmstadt and later joined Intégral Ruedi Baur et associés in Paris, contributing to projects such as Cologne-Bonn Airport signage and the Cinémathèque Française identity.

    In 2008, he co-founded baldinger•vu-huu, known for conceptual, multidisciplinary work across identity, signage, publishing, museography, and type design, including the City of Chaumont identity and the Dina Chaumont typeface. The studio received the Grand Prix at the Toyama Poster Triennale (2018), a TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence (2019), and two first prizes at the Club des DA (2023).

    In 2022, he launched BVH Type Foundry. Since 2023, under studio vu-huu, he created the visual identity for the Cité du design in Saint-Étienne. His works are in collections including CNAP, MAD, Le Signe, TDC New York, Lhati Museum, and Toyama Museum of Modern Art.

    Education

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    Diploma mentoring, éditorial design, visual identity

    • Undergraduate,  
    • Postgraduate

    2010 – today

    • École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (France)

    Typography, editorial design

    • Undergraduate,  
    • Postgraduate

    2007 – 2011

    • École supérieure d’art et design d’Amiens (France)

    Agencies

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    Awards

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    • 2018

    Grand Prize, “The 12th International Poster Triennial”, Toyama
    • 2018

    3rd Place, «Trnava Poster Triennial», Trnava
    • 2019

    Certificate of typographic excellence, «TDC 65», New York
    • 2019

    Winner “Mut zur Wut”, Heidelberg
    • 2019

    Winner, “Anfachen Award”, Hamburg
    • 2019

    Grand Prize, “9th China International Poster Biennal”, Hangzhou
    • 2019

    Selection, “28th international poster competition”, Chaumont
    • 2019

    Finalist, “Taiwan International Graphic Design Award”, Taiwan
    • 2019

    Prize nominee work “Tokyo TDC Award”, Tokyo
    • 2019

    Finalist, “Type Design Competition”, Morisawa
    • 2020

    Finalist, Golden Bee, Moscow
    • 2020

    Finalist, The 27th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw
    • 2020

    Finalist, Fedrigoni Top Award
    • 2020

    Certificate of typographic excellence, «TDC 66», New York
    • 2020

    Finalist, 16th International Poster Biennal in Mexico
    • 2021

    Finalist, TDC, Typographic Design in China, Shenzhen
    • 2021

    Selection, TDC Tokyo
    • 2021

    Selection, “29th international poster competition”, Chaumont