I’m an Art Director and Visual Strategist shaping visual systems across editorial, cultural, and experiential contexts. My work sits at the intersection of structure and expression — crafting visual narratives that are articulate, intentional, and built to evolve. From campaigns to spatial design, from type experiments to editorial frameworks, I create design languages that don’t decorate — they activate. I collaborate with players in the cultural, editorial, academic and AI-driven innovation sectors — translating values into visual coherence, and vision into tangible form. I believe design has the power to clarify, connect, and care — shaping new imaginaries, challenging norms, and giving form to what matters. I co-founded Studio Mirage and I’m currently launching Studio Colossal — creative platforms dedicated to design as a strategic, cultural and civic tool. Based between Marseille, Rome and Paris. Open to bold missions and meaningful encounters.

Clio Chaffardon

I’m an Art Director and Visual Strategist shaping visual systems across editorial, cultural, and experiential contexts. My work sits at the intersection of structure and expression — crafting visual narratives that are articulate, intentional, and built to evolve. From campaigns to spatial design, from type experiments to editorial frameworks, I create design languages that don’t decorate — they activate. I collaborate with players in the cultural, editorial, academic and AI-driven innovation sectors — translating values into visual coherence, and vision into tangible form. I believe design has the power to clarify, connect, and care — shaping new imaginaries, challenging norms, and giving form to what matters. I co-founded Studio Mirage and I’m currently launching Studio Colossal — creative platforms dedicated to design as a strategic, cultural and civic tool. Based between Marseille, Rome and Paris. Open to bold missions and meaningful encounters.

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I’m an Art Director and Visual Strategist shaping visual systems across editorial, cultural, and experiential contexts.

My work sits at the intersection of structure and expression — crafting visual narratives that are articulate, intentional, and built to evolve. From campaigns to spatial design, from type experiments to editorial frameworks, I create design languages that don’t decorate — they activate.

I collaborate with players in the cultural, editorial, academic and AI-driven innovation sectors — translating values into visual coherence, and vision into tangible form.

I believe design has the power to clarify, connect, and care — shaping new imaginaries, challenging norms, and giving form to what matters.

I co-founded Studio Mirage and I’m currently launching Studio Colossal — creative platforms dedicated to design as a strategic, cultural and civic tool.

Based between Marseille, Rome and Paris. Open to bold missions and meaningful encounters.

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Language

French
Fluent
English
Fluent
Italian
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
German
Beginner

Work Experience

Co-founder, Art Direction at Studio Mirage
January 1, 2017 - Present
Co-founded Studio Mirage focusing on art direction and graphic design.
Lecturer, Art Direction (M2 Thesis Advisor) at ECV, Aix-en-Provence
January 1, 2023 - Present
Lecturer in art direction and thesis supervision.
Lecturer, Art Direction (M1 ALT Dissertation Advisor) at ECV, Aix-en-Provence
January 1, 2023 - Present
Lecturer; thesis advisor for M1 level ALT dissertation.
Creative Direction Lecturer at NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Lecturer in Creative Direction at Master level.
Lettering & Art Direction Lecturer at QUASAR – Institute for Advanced Design
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021
Lecturer; lettering and art direction at Master level.
Lettering & Experimental Typography Lecturer at Università La Sapienza
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
Lecturer; lettering & experimental typography at Master level.
Art Direction at 19 Novanta
January 1, 2016 - March 31, 2016
Art direction work.
Art Direction at Marimo
January 1, 2016 - August 31, 2016
Art direction work.
Co-founder, Art Direction at KOMODOR CLUB
January 1, 2016 - Present
Co-founded Komodor Club, Amiens.
Co-founder, Art Direction at Studio B — C. Graphic Design
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2016
Co-founded graphics studio in Amiens.
Applied Arts Teacher, BTS in Graphic Design and Product Design at Lycée Branly, Amiens
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016
Teacher for BTS in Graphic Design and Product Design.
Co-founder, Art Direction at Maison Nº1311. Maison d’édition Risograph
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011
Co-founded Risograph publishing house.
Graphic Designer at Slang
January 1, 2009 - March 31, 2009
Graphic Designer at Anschlaege
January 1, 2008 - June 30, 2008

Education

D.N.S.E.P. Graphic Design (With Honors) at ÉSAD Amiens
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010
D.N.A.P. Graphic Design (With Honors) at ÉSAD Amiens
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2008
Foundation Year – PréP’ART at Paris
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2005
LEA – English, Spanish and Japanese at Université Lyon III
January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2004
Baccalaureate Economics and Social Sciences at Moûtiers
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2003

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other