As a child Blondina has always experimented with her creative talents. At the age of 11 she had already made up her mind she was going to be an architect. Though she has never designed any buildings Blondina has achieved her professional goal and she is an architect of two-dimensional (and three-dimensional) communication supports.
Professional parcourse
Blondina has lived and worked in Martinique, France for 8 years where she graduated summa cum laude in 1999 from Insitut régional d'art visuel de la Martinique (IRAVM) after a 3 year passage in the faculty of Communication Design. While completing her studies she set up as an independent designer and established a number of clients including l’Office de Tourism de Fort-de-France. Her talent has led her to some of the major agencies in the territory which gave her the opportunity to work with clients such as Mercedes, Peugeot, Coca-Cola, Bouyges-Telecom, Carrefour amongst others. Blondina founded atelier Elms in 2002. Clients can be found in Martinique, Dominica and Barbados. She returned to settle in Barbados in November 2003, on a mission to inject her experience and passion into the local design industry. On returning, Blondina was hired as Creative Associate at McCann-Erickson where she managed the creative department. Here she worked on campaigns for clients like Coca-Cola, AmericanAirlines, RBTT Bank. Her passion and years of experience keep Elms on the cutting edge.
References
• Poster and invitation for 'l'expo autour du graphisme' IRAVM
• 2000 New year greetings card IRAVM, Martinique
• Corporate Identity of Madiaplans, Martinique
• Brochure 'The key to your dreams' Trinity Homes, Barbados
• Poster and brochure for the 1st edition of 'Festival du film de
l’environnement de la Martinique' for Parc natural régional
de la Martinique
• Poster, invitation and brochure for 'Challenge international'
Association Cibles d'Or, Martinique
• Corporate Identity of Dance Place Martinique FWI
• Conception, posters, banners for 'reflections' Christmas 2004
campaign The Royal Shop, Barbados
• Corporate Identity of Barbados PhotoAdventure, Barbados
• Calendar 2005 Wibisco, Barbados
• Conception, poster, radio for 'Christmas Loan' Campaign RBTT
• Packaging VHS and DVD 'Healing our lands…' CREP
• Catalogues (direct mail) Carrefour Lamentin, Casino ,Martinique
• Web site design Caribbean Splash Waterpark
• Web site design Caveshepherd (shopatcaveshepherd.com)
• Corporate Campaigns for Orange Caraïbes, Dominica
Workshops
• François Fabrizi — design workshop on the rum of Martinique
• Ruedi Baur — design workshop on the identity visual of IRAVM
• Leipzig, Germany — Hochschule Fur Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
(School of fine arts) included the visit and discovery of Bauhaus
buildings and Master Houses in Dessau