Emilie Dingli Lauga

Libra rising Aquarius, creative slasher, ceramist, Leica addict, mom to Prune and Milo. Graphic Designer.

My story with graphic design began long before my studies. As a child, I spent hours in my painter grandmother's studio. The smell of turpentine, the ripped paint tubes, the canvases drying against the wall... That's where I learned that creating is a language. That colors speak, shapes tell stories, and art has this incredible power to make you feel things without saying a word.

I formalized this sensitivity to images by getting a Baccalaureate in Literature with an option in visual arts, followed by a Master's degree at ECV Bordeaux. No detours, no hesitations. I always knew this is what I wanted to do.

After my studies, I dove into the deep end: graphic designer-illustrator for a merchandising company (Johnny Hallyday, the French Swimming Federation, Amel Bent...), then Head of Creation and Communication for a wood industry company. Diametrically opposed worlds, different constraints, varied challenges. It was formative, intense, and fascinating.

2010: The big leap

But I'm a go-getter. A Libra-Aquarius who needs freedom, who can't stand routine. So in 2010, I created Elegant Design in Seignosse. My studio, my rules, my choices.

Why here, in the Landes region? Because it's where I find my balance. A balance between land and sea that plays with my roots, that recharges me. A paradise on earth.

And then there's photography, first with Canon, now with Leica, ceramics & tufting that I practice on weekends, travel, sports... All these passions fuel my creativity. They teach me to see differently, to compose differently, to dare.

15 years later, over 3600 projects completed, and still the same excitement when starting a new creative adventure.