0651671909
marthe.nachtman@gmail.com
Marthe Nachtman is a Paris-based graphic designer and art director. Of French, Czech,
and Senegalese heritage, she creates work at the intersection of graphic design, illustration, and visual research.
A graduate of École de Condé, she specializes in editorial design, visual identities, and culturally engaged projects. Through a thoughtful and grounded approach, she explores issues of representation, collective memory,
and afro-diasporic narratives.
Her visual language blends typographic precision, storytelling, and political awareness, serving editorial,
artistic, and institutional projects with a distinctive and purposeful aesthetic.
Education
- Master in Artistic Direction
at the school de Condé Paris (2021-2022)
- Bachelor’s in printed graphic design
at the school de Condé Paris (2019-2021)
- Applied Arts preparation at the school
de Condé Paris (2018-2019)
- Applied art Option
with the CNED from (2014-2017)
- High school litterature degree (2017)
Professional experience
- Judge for the student price of the 32th
Chaumont internationnal graphic design biennal,
Le signe, (Chaumont-France)-2025
- Podcast guest for Graphicmatter podcast
“L’aprés école avec Marthe Nachtman”
(Paris-France)-2024
https://open.spotify.com/
- Artistic direction for Omol’s monnogramme,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for Le miracle du chaos,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for REVIEW magazine,
(New York -USA)-2024
- Artistic direction for book “Noir Fluo”
on the project Kintsugi by 74PIXEL X DINOS,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for SSSOUND,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for Alice Grandoit,
Config 2024: Designing new possibilities’s Talk,
(San Francisco-USA)-2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch
v=49w0sJ4I3Yw&ab_channel=Figma
- Artistic direction for Minia Biabiany’s website,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for "The Totem Shoe"'s Box
Omol, (Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for the workshop
“Lire nos archives, écouter nos histoires"
at the festival “Africa is the future” in Bruxelles,
Transplantation Project, (Paris-France)-2023
- Artistic director for the launch of “Corps Noirs”,
Puma France, (Paris-France)-2023
- Conference on the relationship between author
and designer for the 30th Chaumont internationnal
graphic design biennal, Le signe,
(Chaumont-France)-2023
- Artistic director, Re:arc insitute,
Revisions live London : A live editorial program
featuring a special installation of Lay me
down in praise by Justen LeRoy,
(London-England)-2023
- Artistic director, Nianiba,
(Martinique-Caraîbes)-2023
- Artistic director, Les insolentes,
Corps noirs (Paris-France)-2023
- Editorial support, Rizolli Books
/Cassi édition, (Paris-France)-2022
- Community manager for @edcgraphisme,
École de Condé, (Paris-France)-2021-2022
-Visual designer intern, Super Terrain
(Nantes-France)-2022
-Visual designer intern, Studio Dumbar
(Rotterdam-Netherland)-2021
-Internship visual designer intern,
Ben et Jo (Strasbourg-France)-2021
-Internship visual designer intern,
Bennett Africa, (Dakar-Sénégal)-2019
-Internship a printing house,Synchro
Production, (Paris-France)-2018
- Organisation Of An Exhibition
For The Senegalese Biennal,
(Dakar-Sénégal)–2016
- Traineeship At A Printing House,
Graphi Plus, (Dakar-Sénégal)–2015
Cultural experience
- From 2005 to 2007
at Walferdange, Luxembourg
- From 2007 to 2009
at Dakar, Senegal
- From 2009 to 2013
at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- From 2013 to 2017
at Dakar, Senegal
- Since 2017
at Paris,France
Langage
- French (Fluent)
- English, Level C1)
- Master in Artistic Direction
at the school de Condé Paris (2021-2022)
- Bachelor’s in printed graphic design
at the school de Condé Paris (2019-2021)
- Applied Arts preparation at the school
de Condé Paris (2018-2019)
- Applied art Option
with the CNED from (2014-2017)
- High school litterature degree (2017)
Professional experience
- Judge for the student price of the 32th
Chaumont internationnal graphic design biennal,
Le signe, (Chaumont-France)-2025
- Podcast guest for Graphicmatter podcast
“L’aprés école avec Marthe Nachtman”
(Paris-France)-2024
https://open.spotify.com/
episode/4NfPijb96AFjnmMVfgY9Oz
- Artistic direction for Omol’s monnogramme,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for Le miracle du chaos,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for REVIEW magazine,
(New York -USA)-2024
- Artistic direction for book “Noir Fluo”
on the project Kintsugi by 74PIXEL X DINOS,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for SSSOUND,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for Alice Grandoit,
Config 2024: Designing new possibilities’s Talk,
(San Francisco-USA)-2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch
v=49w0sJ4I3Yw&ab_channel=Figma
- Artistic direction for Minia Biabiany’s website,
(Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for "The Totem Shoe"'s Box
Omol, (Paris-France)-2024
- Artistic direction for the workshop
“Lire nos archives, écouter nos histoires"
at the festival “Africa is the future” in Bruxelles,
Transplantation Project, (Paris-France)-2023
- Artistic director for the launch of “Corps Noirs”,
Puma France, (Paris-France)-2023
- Conference on the relationship between author
and designer for the 30th Chaumont internationnal
graphic design biennal, Le signe,
(Chaumont-France)-2023
- Artistic director, Re:arc insitute,
Revisions live London : A live editorial program
featuring a special installation of Lay me
down in praise by Justen LeRoy,
(London-England)-2023
- Artistic director, Nianiba,
(Martinique-Caraîbes)-2023
- Artistic director, Les insolentes,
Corps noirs (Paris-France)-2023
- Editorial support, Rizolli Books
/Cassi édition, (Paris-France)-2022
- Community manager for @edcgraphisme,
École de Condé, (Paris-France)-2021-2022
-Visual designer intern, Super Terrain
(Nantes-France)-2022
-Visual designer intern, Studio Dumbar
(Rotterdam-Netherland)-2021
-Internship visual designer intern,
Ben et Jo (Strasbourg-France)-2021
-Internship visual designer intern,
Bennett Africa, (Dakar-Sénégal)-2019
-Internship a printing house,Synchro
Production, (Paris-France)-2018
- Organisation Of An Exhibition
For The Senegalese Biennal,
(Dakar-Sénégal)–2016
- Traineeship At A Printing House,
Graphi Plus, (Dakar-Sénégal)–2015
Cultural experience
- From 2005 to 2007
at Walferdange, Luxembourg
- From 2007 to 2009
at Dakar, Senegal
- From 2009 to 2013
at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- From 2013 to 2017
at Dakar, Senegal
- Since 2017
at Paris,France
Langage
- French (Fluent)
- English, Level C1)
- German (Level A2)
- Wollof (Level B1)
Software
- Indesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- After effects
- Adobe XD
- Figma
Feature
- 2024 Graphicmatter
- 2023 Lesigne_cndg
- 2023 CargoWorld
- 2023 CargoWorld
- 2023 CargoWorld
- 2022 Helvetica poster
- 2022 Design by Woman
- 2022 Grafik Media
- 2022 Bounty Hunters
- 2022 Super terrain
- 2022 Stardustees
- 2022 Icographica
- 2022 Stardustees
- 2021 Design by woman
- 2021 The daily dose of design
- 2021 AiGA eye on design
- 2020 Inonica Magazine
- 2020 Generalelectics
- 2024 Graphicmatter
- 2023 Lesigne_cndg
- 2023 CargoWorld
- 2023 CargoWorld
- 2023 Chrisavantdani
- 2023 CargoWorld
- 2022 Helvetica poster
- 2022 Design by Woman
- 2022 Grafik Media
- 2022 Bounty Hunters
- 2022 Super terrain
- 2022 Stardustees
- 2022 Icographica
- 2022 Stardustees
- 2021 Design by woman
- 2021 The daily dose of design
- 2021 AiGA eye on design
- 2020 Inonica Magazine
- 2020 Generalelectics