Mobility Publishing & illustration 2024 → 2026
One hundred and fifty-eight pages so a rule can be read at a glance.
The subject
FORVIA was born from the merger of Faurecia and HELLA. Its ergonomics memorandum still dated from the Faurecia era: around thirty A5 pages, a wooden mannequin on the cover. The Group’s Ergonomics team entrusted us with a complete overhaul, to make it the reference standard for workstations in all its plants.
The idea
Drawing rather than photographing. A cast of characters in FORVIA workwear, in one consistent line, in isometric view: they take on every posture in the reference guide, move along the aisles, handle bins, trolleys and tools. A methods engineer finds the exact dimension there; a workshop manager understands the rule without rereading it.
What we produced
- Art direction and book grid
- More than 200 illustrated plates
- Dimensioned diagrams and “preferred / to avoid” tables
- Interactive PDF, a rule in two clicks
- Chapter-by-chapter proofreading with the experts
158 pages19 chapters, one standard for the whole Group
The illustrations
A cast in FORVIA workwear, in one consistent line.
More than 200 drawn plates for the book. Here are sixteen.
Hand tools: the right grip in green, the wrong one in orange, without a word.
The system
A book you consult as much as you read it.
One grid across 158 pages and 19 chapters: a photo opener for each chapter, “preferred / to avoid” tables, dimensioned diagrams, and a navigable PDF where you find a rule in two clicks.
The schedule
From brief to distribution, step by step with the client.
- May 2024The briefThe old memorandum, Word and Excel files, and one ambition: a standard for the whole Group.
- October 2024The castFirst characters, first postures, first shared line.
- February 2025The mock-upThe book grid and the layout of the first chapters.
- November 2025The proofreadingA complete working version, proofread chapter by chapter with the experts.
- September 2026DistributionFinal version on 2 September, published for all Group employees within the month.
“Your design expertise and your detailed knowledge of the Group were decisive. You were a true Forvian throughout the project.”
Jose Antonio Sánchez · Ergonomics Manager, FORVIA
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