Designarium

COMPANY PROFILE
Designarium is a Design agency based in Montreal. With more than 20 years in the business of branding and graphic design, Stphane Leathead is jumping head first into furniture design. In the past 10 years, Stphane designed numerous branding projects that often included three-dimensional shapes or forms. Therefore, furniture design was a natural transition for him. Exocet is the first design created by Stphane Leathead for Designarium.


STPHANE LEATHEAD
Stphane started his career as a graphic designer, after graduating from UQAM school of Graphic Design in Montreal back in 1993. In 1995 he was invited to join the LaSalle International School in Singapore as a lecturer. He developed the Computer Graphics program and shared its passion for design. In 1996, his work for the LaSalle International School was awarded ath the Hong Kong Design 96 Show. After lecturing he worked in Singapore for a few years as an art director before returning to Montreal where he worked for various advertising and design firms.

He co-founded Cellule Design in 2004 and lead the agency as creative director for 10 years. Under his creative direction, Stphanes projects won the agency local and international recognition, to name a few, the 2012 REBRAND 100 Global Awards, the Summit International Creative Award, and the prestigious German Design Award 2013. He was also a recipient of Graphis Letterhead 7, winning a Gold award. He is now a branding consultant and the creative director of Designarium, his new endeavor.

Stphane is a master at synthesizing complex concepts, simplifying communication, making them accessible while maintaining the highest level of aesthetics and design. Every mandate is an opportunity to push its creative thinking to new frontiers.