02 // NETWORK SENIOR PRACTITIONERS

The Collective.

A distributed guild of senior researchers, typographers, master bookbinders, and computational artists. No account managers, no junior handoffs — the practitioners you meet are the ones crafting every detail.

Elena Vance
Art Direction & Editorial Systems

Elena Vance

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Principal & Creative Director

Trained at ZHdK Zurich and Kyoto paper workshops. Operates as analyst and artist in one instrument, helping organisations see their core truth and design with austere restraint.

Kirsten Gord
Design Ops & Delivery

Kirsten Gord

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Research & Design Operations

Kirsten sees the whole board: the pattern in the archival data, the dependency in the system and the thing that has to move first. Then she clears the path so great craft can happen.

Franco Roncoroni
Identity Architecture

Franco Roncoroni

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Brand + System Design

Franco treats a brand as a system, not just a facade. He is relentless about the spacing, the typographic rhythm, and the logic that makes an identity survive contact with the real world.

Thomas Essl
Generative Systems

Thomas Essl

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Computational Art & AI

Thomas works at the intersection of generative design and code. He absorbs complexity, finds the human signal within algorithmic density, and translates it into interactive digital poetry.

Pete Dyer
Publication Craft

Pete Dyer

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Editorial & Typography Lead

Pete has spent a decade obsessing over how words, carbon ink and white space alter cognition. He brings print-honed Swiss craft to digital monographs, with zero interest in decorative fluff.

Stuart McAdam
Physical Architecture

Stuart McAdam

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Spatial Design & Scenography

Stuart spots when the wrong spatial question is being asked, aligning lighting, materiality, and acoustic pacing before placing a single exhibition plinth.

Jenny Abittan
Material Craft

Jenny Abittan

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Tactile Objects & Packaging

Jenny undersells and overdelivers, happiest in the bindery testing Japanese washi and cold-glue binding. She bridges brand identity and tactile weight without compromising sustainability.

Benny Zuffolini
Design Systems

Benny Zuffolini

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Design Systems & Engineering

Benny spots what matters in a sea of technological noise and aligns multidisciplinary teams around it. Thoughtful and direct in equal measure, with a strong bias for high execution velocity.

Zoe Thompson
Studio Operations

Zoe Thompson

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Atelier Operations & Coordination

Zoe is the connective tissue of the atelier. She partners closely with Elena, bringing clarity to commission priorities, momentum to monograph production, and calm structure to the day-to-day.

HOW WE ENGAGE

Senior craft by design.

Traditional agencies bill for layers of account handling and junior overhead. At Atelier Elena Vance, we assemble bespoke multidisciplinary squads of proven masters for every commission. The result is unparalleled speed, uncompromising depth, and calm collaboration.