We cultivate a collaborative approach to design and offer consultancy and turnkey solutions, with comprehensive support right through to installation.
Our mission: Give life to spaces that have the potential to captivate, inform and engage audiences, while overcoming the strategic and operational challenges of welcoming visitors.
The brilliant minds behind your memorable experiences
Judith Portier
Co-founder, Executive Director
A daring entrepreneur and passionate creator, Judith has a keen ability to analyze a space's potential and communicate it. In her 15-year career in event design and strategic development, she has directed the scenography for hundreds of projects, some of them award-winning, both in Québec and internationally. Her vast experience in the field and her practical and theoretical knowledge of the visitor experience give her a thorough understanding of the sector.
Frédéric St-Laurent
Co-founder, Project Manager
Trained as an industrial designer, Frédéric is a skilled project manager with over 30 years' experience. An expert in urban planning, museography and signage, Frédéric excels at managing multidisciplinary projects. As co-founder of Studio Overall, he is a sensitive, thorough, and experienced team player who thrives on challenges and knows how to adapt to the multiple specifications of projects, clients and our ever-evolving world.
Myriam Peixeiro
Co-founder, Creative Director
Myriam is an energetic, ingenious designer. She specializes in narrative worlds and scenography design. With an ability for cross-functional design, she is very careful to express the nature of things with great finesse. Her approach brings strength, freshness, and sometimes humour, to her unike design proposals. She leads the creative team and ensures artistic cohesion on all the firm's creative mandates.
David Gour
Designer, Project Manager
With his dual training in design and cabinetmaking, David has a unique take on space and objects. His solid experience in museography and furniture design demonstrates his skills in conception, manufacturing, and managing multidisciplinary teams. A keen listener and collaborator, he tackles his projects with great curiosity and open-mindedness.
Marine Lastère
Industrial Designer
Marine has a degree in industrial design from the Université de Montréal and in food design and innovation from the Scuola Politectnica di Design. Over the past 10 years, she has developed strong skills in technical resolution, 3D modeling, and production drawings. She has also participated in several projects for public spaces, including microarchitecture and park furniture for Montréal and Québec City.
Sandrine Thériault
Designer, Project Manager
With 10 years' experience designing public spaces, Sandrine puts her expertise and creativity to work on inspiring projects. With a double degree from the École de design (UQAM) in environmental design and event design, she excels in creating interactive and engaging spaces. With her passion for managing immersive projects, she transforms public spaces into living, participatory places by synergizing art, technology and design.
Daphnée Brisson-Cardin
Graphic Designer
Having acquired solid experience in agencies, at festivals, and as a consultant, Daphnée has developed finely honed skills in art direction and illustration. With degrees in graphic design from UQAM and Collège Ahuntsic, her expertise lies in creating concepts that combine aesthetics and functionality — offering narrative visual environments that are both engaging and user-friendly.
Tom Chaillou
Technical Draftsman
Tom has 10 years' experience in architecture and technical drawing, making him an expert in space, furniture and layout design. With his mastery of drawing tools, he gives form to complex concepts, translating them into precise technical drawings and realistic renderings. Highly attuned to assembly details and material optimization, he transforms ideas into reality.
Sylvain Toulouse
Graphic and Interface Designer
Sylvain is an invaluable asset to the team with his understanding of space and his ability to integrate visuals. He has collaborated with the Studio Overall team from day one, including designing our signature. He has created a number of user interfaces, logotypes and signage variations for a multiple media, including audiovisual content. With his passion for design, his attention to detail, and his boundless creativity, he produces projects of impeccable quality.
Estelle Poirier-Vannier
Museologist and Writer
Estelle is passionate about creating engaging and accessible experiences. She imagines stories that feature human encounters and local know-how. Estelle has a rich background in cultural project management and a specific expertise in historical storytelling, along with a bachelor's degree in tourism. She enjoys exploring participatory and innovative ways to uncover traces of the past through the prism of contemporary issues.
Michel Paquette
Senior Scenic Designer
Michel has over 40 years of professional experience in art and scenography. His success lies in his boundless creativity, his love of teamwork, and his ability to work under pressure with demanding constraints. Michel draws his inspiration from the forests of Northern Québec, so you won't see him at our offices, but you'll certainly see his sketches.
Julien Le Hegarat
Technical Draftsperson
With a master's degree in furniture design from the École Boulle in Paris, Julien has been working in interior design for over 15 years as a scenographer and 3D modeler. He knows how to best communicate and enhance an idea through illustration. He also has the ability to produce detailed specifications, drawings and technical guides for the manufacture, installation, and handling of our permanent and mobile installations.
Sophie Doucet
Executive Assistant
After a long career as a museology project manager at a renowned institution, Sophie joined the team as an administrative assistant. She has a keen grasp of the many aspects of our practice, and uses her knowledge and analytical skills to ensure that the studio runs like clockwork. Her extensive organizational and planning skills are a valuable asset to the team.
Recognition for our excellence
2025
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GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards, 18th edition
Nanouk, the Ice Climbing Polar Bear
Recipient of 5 GOLD certifications
Discipline: Architecture
Categories: Temporary installation, Architecture + Aluminium, Architecture + Collaboration, Architecture + Climate change, Architecture + Lighting -
Singapore Good Design Award
Nanouk the Ice Climbing Polar Bear
Category: Experience Design -
C2 Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest
Studio Overall
Top 25 emerging businesses 2025 -
ECORESPONSABLE™ Certification
Level 2: Performance
Conseil des industries durables (CID) and Ecocert Canada
2024
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Good Design Korea Awards
Nanouk, the Ice Climbing Polar Bear
Category: Architectural Design – Installation -
"Métamorphoses créatives du secteur Montmorency" Contest, City of Laval
Les Boulbes
Ambiance marker winner #4 -
Good Design Awards Australia
Nanouk, the Ice Climbing Polar Bear
Category: Architectural Design – Installation -
Grand Prix de la culture des Laurentides
Christ Church redevelopment project, Musée régional d'Argenteuil
Organization Award
2023
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5th Shenzhen Design Award for Young Talents (Myriam Peixeiro)
Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ)
Category: Signage
2020
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GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards, 13th edition
Espace OSM (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal)
Special Multidisciplinary Award
2019
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Good Design Awards Australia
Espace OSM (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal)
Category: Architectural Design (Urban Design and Public Spaces)
2018
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Ecoresponsible™ Certification
Level 1: Commitment
Conseil des industries durables (CID) and Ecocert Canada
2017
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Village Nordik Igloofest Outdoor Exhibition Contest
Igloo de Lascaux
Special Edition – 375th Anniversary of Montréal
2016
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Illuminart Contest
Charlotte, œuvre d’art lumineuse
Winner - Montréal en Lumière Festival 2017 -
Good Design Awards Australia
Igloofest: Built Environment Place Design
Category: Temporary Architecture -
Ottawa Urban Design Awards
Pindigen Park
Category: Public Places and Urban Spaces -
Call for projects from Montréal's Bureau du design
Un livre sur la tête
Winner of the library support program for raising public awareness of architecture and design -
Call for projects from Montréal's Bureau du design
Ta bibliothèque de plage!
Winner of the library support program for raising public awareness of architecture and design
2015
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Numix Awards
The Devil's Toy Redux (NFB)
Category: Exhibition and Digital Art -
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards, 8th edition
The Devil's Toy Redux (NFB)
Category: Temporary Exhibition -
Call for proposals from Canadian Heritage
East to West
Winner, Winterlude's outdoor public art exhibition -
Grand Prix de la culture des Laurentides
"Ma vie comme Rivières" permanent exhibition (Musée régional d'Argenteuil)
Ambassador Award -
SMQ Excellence Award 2015
"Canada's Titanic – The Empress of Ireland" Exhibition
Category: Institutional Group 1 -
ESTim Awards of the Chambre de Commerce de l'est de Montréal
Categories: Art and Culture
Category: Service or Distribution Company, $10 million or less
2014
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Call for proposals from Canadian Heritage
The Cuckoo
Winner, Winterlude's outdoor public art exhibition -
Tribeca Film Festival Competition
Journal d'une insomnie collective (NFB)
Category: Storyscapes – Immersive Installation
2013
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Design Montréal Open House, 6th edition
Award-winning designers open their offices to the public
2012
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Facteur D by Mission Design
Wellington Promenade, first-ever pedestrianization
Finalist, Multidisciplinary Design -
"Luminothérapie" Contest in the Quartier des spectacles
Vue de nuit
Finalist, in collaboration with La Camaraderie
2011
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Design Montréal Open House, 4th edition
Award-winning designers open their offices to the public
The studio is certified Level 2: Performance of the ECORESPONSABLE™ program of the Conseil des industries durables (CID) and Ecocert Canada, making it a strategic partner in eco-design and sustainable innovation.
We are a village
Our multidisciplinary knowledge draws on a vast network of experts — from drafting to engineering to installation — enabling us to offer turnkey solutions right through to final delivery.
We also work on a consultancy basis for firms looking for a reliable and innovative design partner for visitor experiences.