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

Marie Jourdren
Creative Director

Luxury. Culture/Art. Experience.

Experience Design

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.

Live Performance — Palais de Tokyo (The Look Elsewhere)

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 15 minutes in Bedlam, 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.

Experience Floor Plan (Men In Black: The Rookie)

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.

Social Media Campaign (The Horrifically Real Virtuality)

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.