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2026-03-04
Celebrating Female Designers
Design Portrait: Jacqueline Kessidis, Designer and Co-founder of Crème Atelier
Created by Anine Johnsen
Swedish designer Jacqueline Kessidis didn't follow a traditional path into design. Before founding Crème Atelier, she worked in branding within the pharmaceutical industry. Yet creativity and curiosity were always central to her life. Crème Atelier began as a side project - a way to create something sculptural, sustainable, and joyful for her own home. Discovering 3D printing opened up a new world of possibilities: local, experimental, and creatively limitless.
A Tactile, Emotional Universe
Kessidis describes her design world as tactile, sensual, and emotional. “I’m drawn to the organic forms that feel intuitive rather than constructed,” she says. For her, design is about creating a mood - a presence that lingers beyond the visual.
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Slow, Intentional Creation
At Crème Atelier, the creative process is deliberately slow. Kessidis allows time to experiment with proportions, weight, and balance, exploring the boundary between art and function. She intentionally blurs the line between interior object, sculpture, and artwork, ensuring each piece tells a story through material and maintains a sense of hand-crafted presence, even when refined.
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Trust Your Eye
For young designers, Kessidis emphasizes intuition and authenticity. “Trust your eye and intuition. Don’t adapt your expression just to fit a trend or someone else’s aesthetic,” she advises. Building something true to oneself, she believes, requires patience, discipline, and a commitment to depth - qualities that give work resonance and character. She also emphasizes the importance of supporting one another in the creative field, - through collaborations, recommendations, and investing in female-led initiatives.
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Made with 3D Printing
Crème Atelier’s designs are created using 3D printing, allowing each piece to be produced locally with a high level of precision and creative freedom.
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Expanding the Vision
Jacqueline Kessidis continues to evolve Crème Atelier through explorations of scale and new contexts. With a growing interest in larger, more architectural pieces and international collaborations, she aims to push the brand’s organic language further and move closer to the boundary between art and function.
Building Together
Crème Atelier was founded by Jacqueline Kessidis together with her husband, growing from a personal project into a shared creative vision. Alongside building the business, becoming a mother has brought new depth to her work - shaping a more intentional approach and strengthening her focus on what truly matters, both as a designer and an entrepreneur.
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