In spring 2025, I had the pleasure of returning to my former design school, La Martinière Terreaux in Lyon — not as a student this time, but as a guest lecturer.
Graduating from this school in 2008, I came back with a sense of emotion to lead a paper scenography workshop for first-year DN MADe Event students. It was an opportunity to reflect on the path I have taken, and above all, to pass on the techniques, gestures, and sensibilities I have developed over the years in my creative work.
🙏 I would like to warmly thank the two design professors who invited and supported me throughout this project. Their trust, visual culture, and extensive teaching experience created the perfect conditions for a workshop built on focus, curiosity, and rigor.
The educational project we worked on together had a clear goal: to design a paper window display to promote the Quai du Polar festival in Lyon. After a series of exercises inspired by the film noir universe (images from crime films, mysterious atmospheres, black and white compositions), the students were invited to imagine their own scene: a narrative fragment, a setting, a frame, a clue.
Each display became a visual mystery to decipher — a miniature theatre evoking detective stories, dark alleyways, hidden silhouettes, and barely revealed plots.
Working with white paper is particularly demanding: it requires not only meticulous craftsmanship, but also imposes a monochrome constraint. Creating dark scenes in a white decor is a real challenge, and that is precisely the goal of this learning exercise. The students had to focus on shapes, volumes, actions, contrasts, and light effects, without relying on colour or black. It is a formative experience, rich in discovery.
Working with white paper is a school of discipline.
It forces one to think about narration without colours.
Rather than limiting creativity, this constraint leads you to focus on what truly matters: gestures, rhythm, and storytelling clarity.
A demanding but rewarding exercise.
Paper is both a simple and demanding material. It requires precision, patience, and sensitivity, yet offers endless creative possibilities for those who learn how to handle it with care. Through this workshop, I guided the students step by step in developing their models, helping them with:
I returned to the school on the final presentation day and was delighted to discover their finished projects. Each model had its own voice, its own mystery. Some evoked stylised crime scenes, others threatening urban landscapes, or even rooftop chases.
📷 I captured a photo series of these paper window display projects — shared here as a tribute to their creativity.
This project once again proves that transmission can be a creative act in itself. Supporting, encouraging, and sparking new attention is also part of what I love in my profession.
I remain open to all forms of pedagogical, artistic, or scenographic collaborations — in schools, residencies, or workshops.
I am open to artistic commissions, residencies, scenographic, video, or musical collaborations.
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