" Design should not dominate things. Not dominate people. It should help people."
Dieter Rams
I grew up in an artistic environment where I always felt concerned about how and why people live and react as they do. Eager to learn more on different cultures, I spent most of my vacation in the United-Kingdom as a teenager, deciding to move to London straight after high-school.
I first decided to follow a two years degree of Interior Design at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. I worked on domestic and retail environments, where I understood spaces can shape and create habits. I approached museography by working with the famous French designer Hubert Le Gall, assisting him on spatial design for the Musée d’Orsay, musée Jacquemart-André, il museo Capodimonte…
I felt however too restricted in designing spaces that would only reach a few users. At the same time as my studies, I worked with the artist and designer and artist Simon Hasan, whom explores the medieval technic of boiled leather. Through this internship, I discovered the importance of materiality in a product and decided to turn myself toward product design.
Attentive to others, I left for Asia for a humanitarian project in the Philippines, applying my spatial design skills to build a playground from scratch in a village in need.
Concerned about sustainability and customization, I spread my concept of “Pauppy Jeans” in 2017 – painting on old, used pair of jeans to give them a second life and to reflect the owner’s personality. This project also aimed at tackling the fashion industry ecological issue regarding the over production and its non-ethical aspect; being the second most polluting industry in the world. Regarding my fashion designer skills, I finally worked as an intern for the denim designer Natalie Ballout, where I learnt couture basics and embroideries, using those skills in my spatial and product design models.
Spending a term at Parson, the New School in New York, I was struck by the number of single-use items trashing habits and US citizens’ non-awareness of the issue. This experience has been a turning point of my practice as this is when I understood the impact and the importance designers have on the world in general.
In 2017, I joined directly in second year the product and industrial design BA at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Flourishing through my human-centric practice, I decided to address social and ecological issues. Among different topics, I for instance tackled well-being at work, well-being in prison -in partnership with Design Against Crime and the Ministry of Justice UK, or how to enhance millennials interactions during meal time. Moreover, Central Saint Martins enhanced my Service and UX design skills, fields where I would like to pursue my carrier.
I currently study Communication and Creative Industries at Sciences Po Paris where I broaden my sociological awareness, my cultural comprehension and where I learn how to help industries to transition to an effective greener ethic. With the daily need of creating, I also practice hand drawings on the side as a satirical reading of the society.
Through my multicultural projects and having experienced different design fields, I am doing my best to mindfully address societies’ issues, finding long-term answers that would benefit both our community and our planet.
