GSM Studios

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Al Shindagha Museum, Dubaï, 2019
  • GR Graphic design
  • ID Industrial design
  • DI Interactive design
  • EV Event design
  • XP Experience design
  • EX Exhibition design
  • IN Interior design
  • OB Object design

Born from the idealistic impulse of Montreal in the 1960s, GSM Studios takes its name from the letters of its creative founders—Jacques Guillon, Morley Smith, and Laurent Marquart— multidisciplinary designers who helped shape the history of design in Canada. Today, GSM Studios designs and produces immersive exhibitions worldwide, leveraging our multidisciplinary team’s expertise in spatial storytelling, graphic design, multimedia and interactive development. With over 65+ years of experience and 1,000 projects delivered in more than 120 cities worldwide, GSM Studios has teams based in Montreal, Singapore and Paris.

Latest awards

2025

  • Quebec Tourism Industry Alliance Tourism Excellence Awards 2025 / Mysterious Carnivores (Parc Marie-Victorin)
  • HUB Innovation Award, Social Innovation Mention, Nanualuk — Northern Expedition (Montreal Science Centre)
  • Oral History Association Mason Multi-Media Award / MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises (Ville de Montréal)
  • Quebec Museum Association Excellence Award / MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises (Ville de Montréal)
  • The Experiential Design Authority / Best Design Detail ‘Lighting Design’ / Pavilion of France Expo2025

2023

  • Singapore Institute of Architects Architectural Design Awards. / Design of the Year / Gallop Extension (Singapore Botanical Garden)
Enterprise data
Full-time employees
40
Part-time employees
13
Local business (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
30 %
Foreign business (international)
70 %
In business since
1958
Location: Montréal-Ouest