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Editorial and Print design
Print or digital, your message needs the right format to communicate with your clients – books, magazines, posters, notebooks, textiles, cards, …
Bespoke illustration
Hand-drawn, collage, drawing and/or digital
Creative workshops
Creative workshops such as drawing, collage, bookbinding, type creating and other creative processes to foster connection, expression and exchange
Brand and Visual language
We work together to create a visual system that aligns with your message and audience
Type design
Unique typography design to go with your communication system
Cultural Mediation
Communication and learning experiences in an interactive format
Do you have something else on your mind?
There is also…
Yoga and mindfulness in the creative sectors
Adapted in-person (power) yoga classes and workshops in Luxembourg
Research, installations, and experimentation workshops
on a diversity of topics (communication, language, writing, drawing, typography, participatory, …)
What happens in the moments between – between exploration, expression, reception, interpretation, reflection, remembering?
Communication design and visual art with an interest in translation, contrasts, and performativity in participatory and co-created design.
design development
My communication practice lies in graphic design, product design, print, typography, and drawing on one side, and workshops, participatory installations, performative work, teaching and writing around language, perception and translation on the other.
I am part of the collaborative projects In Progress Asbl and Platforma (Platform for Making), and work independently as cultural mediator in museums in Luxembourg-City and Esch.
concept development
I am particularly interested in communication gaps. The moments, where common grounds make us assume comprehension, exchange and connection. As contemporary virtuality shapes communication and connectivity, my aim is to create tools that raise awareness of the performativity of language, of embodied communication, and experientiable concepts, to encourage curiosity, empathy and connection.
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About Isabelle Mattern and the studio
Isabelle Mattern Studio is a visual communication design practice situated around graphic design, editorial/printed matter, typography, drawing, identity, as well as participatory projects and workshops. Between research, experimentation, concept and design development, each project is crafted in collaboration so as to create playful and adaptive communication tools in all kinds of shapes – from posters to flyers to books, from illustrations to notebooks to participatory installations. Open workshop sessions provide a platform to make, connect, learn, and explore creative processes.
Isabelle Mattern is a creative from Luxembourg – after studies in Paris and London, she is working independently as a designer/artist, as well as a cultural mediator in museums and educational projects such as Centre Formida in Esch/Alzette, as well as the RisoLab with ProSUD/MinettUNESCObiosphere. She is also part of the collaborative projects InProgress Asbl and Platforma.
The studio is currently based at 1535° Creative Hub in Differdange, Luxembourg:
Bâtiment A, #126 115A, Rue Emile Mark, L-4620 Differdange
formal education:
MA Visual Communication, Experimental Communication at Royal College of Art (RCA), London, 2018
BA [Hons] Graphic Design, Design and Interaction at Central Saint Martins (CSM), University of the Arts London, 2014
License en Communication Visuelle at Ecole de Communication Visuelle (ECV) Paris, 2012