Célia is a french London based Product Designer currently enrolled in the Product Design MA programme at the Royal College of Art where she is a second year student.
Her process is characterised by a hand-on approach. She is passionate about making. Outside of the RCA, she practises ceramics and culinary photography.
Education
2020-2022 : MA Design Products, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2018-2020 : BTS Product Design, ENS AAMA - Olivier de Serres, Paris, France
2017-2018 : MANAA, ENS AAMA - Olivier de Serres, Paris, France
Awards & Exhibitions
- 980° Concours Vallauris, Second Prize, 2020
(Team : Ambre Maillot) - Terra Project
- London Design Festival, London, 2021
Moobow Project
inaya - Team Project (Emre Kayganaci, Shruti Agerwala, Suzanna James, Justin Tsang, Célia Marchessaux)
- Grand Challenge 2021, RCA x Logitech, Winner team
- Core77 Design Awards, Notable, 2021
- Core77, Community Choice Grand Prize Winner, 2021
- Milan Design Week, BASE , 2022
Statement
Design is about people.
It is about encountering, bridging and reflecting.
Design is a way to look at the world surrounding us.
Being a designer certainly involves a heavy responsibility toward our planet. For this reason, I strongly believe designers have to reinvent themselves everyday to grow with the rapidly evolving societies and circonstances, and collaborate with others in their own journey of growth. It is only by joining perspectives and skills that we will make progress in overcoming real world challenges through precise interventions that impact ecosystems.
Making has always been at the heart of my design practice. I am a maker, hands-on approach believer and craft lover. I believe a designer needs their hands to ideate and feed their creativity.
My design practice focused on human behaviour change through playful approaches that bring a smile on people’s faces. I aim through my design projects to help shape and raise a new generation more aware and responsible. These last 2 years, designing for children has been a recurrent field.