Bastien Baumann was born in 1979 in the picturesque village of Aix en Provence, France. He gained a post-graduate degree in Graphic Design from ESAM University, PARIS, and completed his studies at the the same school, with a diploma in Communication Design.
From 2002 to 2009 he worked as Designer for a boutique studio in Paris, Coandco, on clients such as GIVENCHY, CHANEL, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, DOM PERIGNON, VACHERON CONSTANTIN, CARTIER, ROLEX.In 2010, Bastien became an Art Director at Ogilvy and Mather, Paris and guided the digital artistic direction for LOUIS VUITTON and HERMES. From 2011 to 2013 he was promoted to Senior Art Director and was tasked to build a design department inside the agency to elevate the craft and help winning new businesses.
By the end of 2014 the studio had more than 10 designers and help win new Clients such as BABOLAT, JPMORGAN, IBM and VITTEL.

In 2014 he moved to New York to build a design department inside OGILVY and serve as a Creative Director on clients like TIFFANY, IBM, COCA COLA and THE UNITED NATIONS. After 3 years, the department includes more than 20 peoples ranging from Creative Technologists, UX/UI to Motion designers and Brand Designers.
He now guides brands like SAMSUNG, FILA, IBM, ROLEX, and LINCOLN CENTER.
In parallel, Bastien never stopped collaborating with brands such as VEUVE CLICQUOT, RED, DAVIDOFF, DIPTYQUE and LEE SAVAGE on Packaging Design, Branding and Art direction.
Over the course of his career he won multiple awards including 5 D&AD yellow pencils, 3 Grand Prix at Cannes Lions.