I am an independent French designer and art director based in London, working primarily for cultural organisations, publishing houses and entertainment brands. I love coming up with surprising concepts, crafting striking design solutions, and collaborating with other creatives to produce work that captures audiences’ imagination.

Inside and outside of work, I am passionate about making the industry a more inclusive place. I co-founded and ran for 7 years the Ladies Wine & Design London chapter, a popular community group for women and non-binary creatives. Events I helped organise included portfolio review events for D&Ad New Blood, and talks about Women of Colour working in the Creative Industry, Working In-House and Changing Careers.

I regularly give lectures at universities, and I have a video course on art direction called Generating Memorable Ideas available on Domestika (trailer below)
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Say hi/bonjour:
hello@emiliechen.com

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Instagram: @byemiliechen

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Worked previously at:
National Theatre
Penguin Books

Clients include:
Netflix
Barbican
BBC
Almeida Theatre
Young Vic
Royal Shakespeare Company
Bush Theatre
Penguin Books
Somerset House
Henry Moore Foundation
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Wimbledon

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Domestika course trailer:

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Awards
3 Silver at Graphis 2025 Poster Awards

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Selected Press
Creative Review – Profile
Design By Women – Interview
Creative Review – Bush Theatre 2026/27 campaign
Campaign Magazine – Creative Equals Future Leaders 2021 List (‘One to watch’)
It’s Nice That – Graduating in a Downturn advice column

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Work featured in:
The Graphic Design Bible by Theo Inglis (Hachette)
National Theatre Posters: A Design History by Rick Poynor (Unit Editions)
The 3D Type book by fl@33 (Laurence King Publishing)

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Selected Talks
Birmingham Design Festival
St Bride Library
Typocircle Supercondensed Conference
Creative Mornings London
Rye Here Rye Now Doodle Talks (as part of London Design Festival 2021)
Fail Better Talks

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Guest lecturer at Central St Martins, London College of Communication, University of Creative Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Ravensbourne