Victoria Ha

This role works closely with the creative director and fashion photographer, Hubert Crabières (Hermes/Vogue), and head stylist, Josiane Martinho (Swiss design finalist 2025), to support their artist residency sponsored by Villa Arson and Université Côte d'Azur. Coordinating models, stylists, photography assistants, directors/points of contact for each site, studio setup, catering, and broad communication to synthesize said team over 3 months. Outside of the 4 photo shoots, there were also multiple preparatory days consisting of sewing, cutting, sculpting of life-size dolls, and building a 9-meter structure to support life-size prints of each model. This project had a very minimal budget that pushed our synthesized creativity towards more sustainable and experimental means. It is an ongoing production and will be released in the next issue of the magazine. Some BTS can be found here. After the project, work is continued in art residency research and grant writing for continued creative productions for the magazine.

role helped build the structure for Navire Avenir's exhibit at La Station's (Le 109) Le Chant des Sirènes exposition on display from May to August 2025. The exposition speaks to the human relationship with the ocean in anticipation of the United Nations Ocean Conference in July 2025, held in Nice. This build was the first prototype and navigated design discrepancies with quick adaptations. Go forward, Marc visualizes the structure with reclaimed materials, and the structure doubles as a disaster relief shelter. Some BTS can be found here.

This role prioritized event production (First Fridays, pop-ups), keeping up with local artists and vendors, project tracking, projecting trends, checking inventory reports, and analyzing customer demand to be reflected in ordering and the presentation of the store and online. This role simultaneously supported the sales floor. It was customer-facing and focused on guiding gift-giving and stationery usage for everyday or creative purposes with a cheerful disposition. This role included straightening up the products and window displays, customer service, and hospitality while managing cash flow and gift-wrapping upon request with continued learning of product knowledge: primarily stationery, such as fountain pens, different vendors and brands, also Japanese products, jewelry, teas, coffees, and other lifestyle goods.