Christian Égéa Design

visual + editorial communication

Bio + CV

Core competencies:

  • + web design;
  • + information design;
  • + art direction.

 CV

Artistic skill set:

  • + drawing;
  • + storyboard;
  • + web and interaction design;
  • + graphic design;
  • + typographics and layout;
  • + illustration;
  • + animation.

Technical skill set:

  • + Adobe CS (PS, IR, AI, ID);
  • + Flash;
  • + Dreamweaver;
  • + TopStyle;
  • + XHTML + CSS;
  • + basic PHP.
Photograph of Christian Égéa

Professional Practice

My professional focus is on web and interaction projects with a particular interest in serious games and information design.

All of my design projects are built on a solid conceptual and artistic foundation. Ideas are first fleshed out in writing, through concept drawings, hand–made three–dimensional constructions, storyboards or other means of direct, “hand–made” communication. Digital media are used in a second phase, as a tool in final production.

I hand–code all of my XHTML, CSS, and ActionScript. I am committed to designing and building W3C standards–compliant, accessible and forward–compatible websites, namely by keeping structure, presentation, and behavior separate.

Artistic Education

DSAD (French MFA equivalent for applied arts) in Visual Communication specializing in Information Design from the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg, www.esad-stg.org.

Education

BA, European Studies and Philosophy + TESOL teaching certificate, The American University of Paris, www.aup.fr.

Personal

Born in Boston, French–American, bilingual and bicultural.

Everyday I ride my bike to work. I play tennis and swim at least once a week, but I prefer team play over individual sports, so I get in a game of football (soccer) or basketball whenever enough friends are available.

Besides design, I also know how to make dangerously addictive chocolate chip cookies.

Site designed, developed and authored by Christian Égéa.