About me
My name is Celeste de Plano, I’m a recent graduate from Norwich University of the Art studying Design for Publishing. I am a designer driven by my interest in detailed type, strong narratives and a playful process that mixes both analogue and digital techniques. I enjoy creating engaging designs with cultural, social and environmental themes. I aim to incorporate joy into all of my work in both my process as well as with the audience’s consumption of my work.
My name is Celeste de Plano, I’m a recent graduate from Norwich University of the Art studying Design for Publishing. I am a designer driven by my interest in detailed type, strong narratives and a playful process that mixes both analogue and digital techniques. I enjoy creating engaging designs with cultural, social and environmental themes. I aim to incorporate joy into all of my work in both my process as well as with the audience’s consumption of my work.
and production company for +150 movie distributors including all five major studios. I shadowed the progression of projects such as interactive websites, international film posters, VR filters, live briefing and more. Throughout the week, I worked with multiple areas of design including illustration, UX, concept and development.
2022 to 2025 - Design Work for Christophe’s Crêpes designing their menus for the two of their shops as well as posters and Instagram posts. This was my first experience with a live brief, responding to the needs of the restaurant and their customers and adapting the design accordingly.
Spring 2025 - Design work for Norwich University of the Arts, where I was asked to design a promotional broadsheet for the Design for Publishing course that would be givent to industry profesionals as well as future students.
Ongoing - Freelance for dpgw, a Los Angles advertising company where I worked on their ongoing branding for luxury bespoke tailoring company Nicholls & Co. Following the design direction already established, I reworked their logo, designed business cards and created Instagram posts and reels for social media. This also taught me how to quickly respond to specific tasks as well as efficiently communicate my ideas by email.
Summer 2025- Adobe Apprenticeship, as a part of the Adobe Creative Apprentice initiative, I was commissioned by Adobe to create a recap reel of their Launch your Creative Career event in London that I took part in. Through this project, I explored effective ways of story-telling in fast paced content, reflecting my creative voice as to stand out online as well as experiment with some motion graphics.
International Society of Typographic Designers 2025 Student Assessment Scheme responding to the ‘Not Just Fleurons’ Brief through the celebration of Barbara Hepworth’s Art and Sculpture Garden - Awarded Membership to ISTD.
Education
- French Baccalaureate specialized in applied arts including graphic design, fashion, architecture and product design.
- Design for Publishing at Norwich University of the Arts 2021 to 2025 - First Class with Vice-Chancellor's Commendation
Languages
Fluent in French and English.
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