Part of Gilles & Cecilie Studio with Gilles Jourdan.
Cecilie is a creative director and work as an illustrator/ graphic artist together with Gilles Jourdan in Gilles & Cecilie Studio. Based in London and Oslo. Works internationally.
She has a Bachelor in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins and Master of Management from Norwegian Business School (BI). Before starting Gilles & Cecilie Studio she worked as junior designer in SDG (Scandinavian Design Group, Oslo), bookbinder at Wyvern Bindery in London and illustrator for a series of animations for Nickelodeon TV.
In addition to her design practice she has been involved with educational projects since graduating from Central St. Martins running workshops, talks and curricular programs for colleges and universities including St. Martins, Winchester School of Art, the CASS, Parsons New School, London College of Communication, KHIO.
Passionate about drawing: She founded the Travelling Drawing Club in 2011 with Gilles Jourdan for the purpose of spending a dedicated time only to observe and draw an object or landscape. With the aim to meet new people and old friends on their travels. The idea is simple: it's 2 hours on location, it's free, it's for anyone that would like to take the time to draw and to network, all participants bring their own sketchbook and tools. For Cecilie, drawing is a simple activity that can be done together with friends, family or communities. It brings people together. Also, the joy of producing something over a fairly short time can be very rewarding.
In general Cecilie aim to use her creative skills and mindset to find better, simpler, creative solutions on problems that surrounds us whether at home, at work, in our community or in the world.