Cécile Christmann is a multidisciplinary architect, interior designer and curator of international and wide-ranging background. Stemming from both Central Saint Martins (UAL) and École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles, she has a formal background as well as an autodidact culture and discipline acquired through early freelance experience in London under the helm of photographer Matthew Donaldson as well as production agency Gainsbury & Whiting. She then went on to work for British designer Bella Freud in Marylebone, London as well as for Carbondale, the Paris-based architecture studio of Eric Carlson, and Bureau Betak in Paris where she apprenticed as set designer for exhibitions, fashion shows and private events. She has also accomplished institutional workshops as an architect between Brazil, Spain and California. An architect at heart, she has rapidly gained interest and knowledge in the publishing industry with luxury publisher Assouline, where she has been developing and curating the interiors of both retail and private libraries for more than four years.
With her studio, she is now merging the converging worlds of publishing, hospitality and luxury into new design and curatorial projects, revolving around storytelling through interiors, books and collectibles for private, public or corporate audiences.
Cécile is also a keen writer and has been notably commissioned by establishments such as the Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz or Bulgari Hotels & Resorts for stories.