Marie Jourdren
Creative Director
Luxury. Culture/Art. Experiences.

Marie Jourdren
Creative Director

Luxury. Culture/Art. Experience.

Creative Strategy

APPROACH.

Every brand knows who it is. The question is how to make that truth resonate — what to amplify, what to leave silent, and where to aim. My process is to dissect: I go deep into the brand’s heritage, values, codes, and contradictions until I find the exact angle that unlocks everything else. For Bottega Veneta, that angle was four words — “Transcending the Material” — around which I built the Knot’s entire digital narrative.

For Kering, I repositioned K Magazine around four editorial pillars capturing the group’s vision of luxury. For TAICCA, I co-authored a white paper mapping the convergence of 5G, cloud rendering, and immersive content to position Taiwan as a global leader in the spatial internet. Brand platforms, editorial systems, strategic visions — always rooted in a point of view, never in a template.

Brand Platform (Carven)

MUSIC

PHILIP GLASS

CIRCUS DIRECTION

TILDE BJÖSFORS (CIRKÜS CIRKÖK)

VISUAL DESIGN

MAT COLLISHAW

LIBRETTO

DAVID HENRY HWANG, AFTER ROBERT LAX

SET DESIGN

CHRISTIAN FRIEDLÄNDER

SET CREATIVE AND TECH CONSULTING

MARIE JOURDREN

PRODUCTION

PONT-NEUF

APPROACH.

I design experiences where the boundary between audience and story dissolves. Immersive theatre, cross-reality installations, multi-sensory retail, live performance — formats where the visitor walks into the story, touches it, alters it. From an olfactory journey through Prada’s fragrance universes with glasses-free 3D, to a multi-sensory tasting at 86 Champs-Élysées where the virtual world makes aromas visible, to a live performance at the Palais de Tokyo where dancers compose music by moving through abstract shapes.

But experience design is not just the magic — it’s the engineering behind it. I design floor plans and visitor flows to maximise throughput without breaking immersion: 10 spectators every 45 minutes in The Horrifically Real Virtuality, 60 visitors every 10 minutes in Men In Black: The Rookie across three interconnected domes. I work within technical constraints — motion capture footprints, VR tracking zones, physical set dimensions — and turn them into creative opportunities. I think about the economic model from day one: ticket price, session capacity, staffing ratio, run duration. The Horrifically went from a prototype at Cannes to a two-month commercial run at Centre Phi in Montreal with 75% average occupancy. Each project is a space where people forget they’re in a show — and a system designed to make that sustainable.

The experience doesn’t start at the door and end at the exit. I design the full arc: the pre-show — the mysterious invitation, the dress code, the anticipation that starts building days before; the post-show — the debrief, the shareable moment, the artifact you take home; and the marketing content that wraps around it all — trailers, teasers, social campaigns, mockumentaries, activation reels. The story extends far beyond the walls of the experience.