Hi. I'm Julien.
I'm a french Creative Technologist & Digital Consultant, based in Paris.
I’m a Tech explorer, a creative maker and a solutions finder.
I help teams of strategists, creatives, partners and clients to better understand technology, to find awesome and useful ideas, and to design the best user experiences involving relevant technologies.
I started 14 years ago as a Web developer (with Flash ActionScript, HTML and Javascript) and I’m also an experienced UX & Technical Web projects manager.
I enjoy using both the analytical and creative sides of my brain, and I’m comfortable prototyping with code. I love to learn. I also love to teach (and I’m doing it occasionally for Sciences Po Paris and Gobelins Paris).
Selected Works
You will find below a selection of professional and personal projects I made or I've been involved in, over the last few years. For more details, please contact me (on linkedin or twitter).
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Story Draw experiment
An experiment using the Google Cloud Platform Speech recognition API and the Quick Draw dataset from the Google Creative Lab.
The user tells a story, sentence by sentence, and the algorithm will detect some keywords in the sentences matching the Quick Draw dataset labels. The program then draws the recognized elements.Role: Creative Technologist & Developer
Python (to adapt the dataset), HTML, JS & NodeJS development
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2019 Capsule Easter Eggs
For easter 2019, we decided to internally promote Publicis Conseil Innovation team (aka "Capsule") by distributing custom-made and self-printed eggs.
Role: Creative Technologist
3D modeling and printing
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Average Face Experiment
Inspired by theUnknown Face project, I explored Python Computer Vision capabilities (with the help of some other open source libraries) to create the "average face" of my agency.
Role: Creative Technologist
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Renault TimeMachine Experience
For Renault 120th anniversary and during the 2018 Paris Motor Show, the visitors were invited to enter the Renault TimeMachine Experience. A capsule made to create their own virtual avatar and to make it travel through time and through the Renault History.
Role: Creative Technologist
Ideation, user experience design, prototyping, and technical consulting.
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Extra-light Photobooth
A custom photobooth device that generates GIF animations, very light and customizable, embedding a touch screen and based on the Raspberry-Pi hardware. The UI is coded with Processing.
Role: Creative Technologist
Design, modeling, printing, code and development
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Augmented table prototype
Prototype of an augmented table using video projection and online APIs. This table aims to allow a conversation between 2 languages. Each user can choose its own language on one of the two sides of the table, and each time a users speaks, the table records the sentence and translates it into written words that slowly move from one glass to the other.
Role: Creative Technologist
OpenFrameworks C++ Development
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Custom Conversational Agent
A custom conversational agent/application using a panel of Google Cloud tools (Dialogflow, Firebase, Assistant, Actions) and based on the Google AIY voice kit.
Role: Creative Technologist
Development, conversation design, 3D modeling & prototyping.
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Mum Button
A bluetooth connected button allowing to quickly and easily send a pre-written SMS to a chosen contact with a simple push.
Role: Creative Technologist
Technical advising, prototyping, provider identification, User eXperience design.
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Renault x Solo activation campaign
360° advertising campaign around the "Renault x Solo: A StarWars Story" partnership.
Role: Creative Technologist
Technical advising & provider identification.
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#ShakeParkinsonsOff
A mobile Website using the YouTube API and the Vibration API in order to augment a video clip about Parkinson's disease and make viewers' hands tremble too (on their smartphone).
Role: Creative Technologist & Technical Project Manager
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Head Tracking Demo
A simple head-tracking experiment using 3D and Openframeworks.
Role: Creative Technologist
Prototyping.
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Publicis Conseil Wishes 2018
For its 2018 wishes, Publicis Conseil agency chose to display messages, collected from Twitter, on the Publicis headquarters LED facade.
Role: Creative Technologist
Advising and prototyping.
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VR Explorations
Exploration of VR use cases, combining 3D integration and conversation using Dialogflow API, Google Speech API and IBM Text-to-Speech API.
Role: Creative Technologist & developer
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GIF Photobooth
A DIY Photobooth that takes a series of pictures to generate animated GIFs.
Role: Creative Technologist & developer
Processing development and woodworking.
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Beacon Helper
This project aimed at helping blind pedestrians to easily detect an approaching electric (and silent) vehicle.
Role: Creative Technologist
Advising and prototyping (3D modeling and printing, Android demo app development)
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The Wild Tweets
Creation of a connected tree branch for a Zoo. Thanks to an IR sensor, the parrots movements are converted into letters and then published as tweets.
Role: Creative Technologist
Woodworking, prototyping and development.
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Hanging Photobooth
A Photobooth from a different angle, taking pictures from above and posting them on Twitter (created for an agency party).
Role: Creative Technologist & developer
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ISS Tracker
A live tracking WebGL animation to follow the ISS around the earth. The position of the ISS is extrapolated from TLE datas provided by the NASA and the NORAD.
Role: Creative Technologist
JavaScript development.
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AR Magnet
An Augmented Reality fridge magnet prototype using the Vuforia AR technology.
Role: Creative Technologist
Unity development and AR evangelist.
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Connected Spoon
A prototype to re-invent the kids spoon into a taste discovery game.
Role: Creative Technologist
Hardware prototyping and Android app development.
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Kiabi Colore Paris
An interactive shop window for a Kiabi PopUp store. Users were able to take control of the embedded screen with their smartphone.
Role: Creative Technologist & developer
Web development. For Highlab, Agence 79c & Kiabi
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Connected POS
A POS embedding a Raspberry-Pi working as a local Web server and a WiFi hotspot, in order to allow a user to access a hidden promotional Website.
Role: Creative Technologist & developer
RaspberryPi setup and Web development. For Highlab/Darty/Microsoft.
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Augmented POS
Innovative experiment for Dior, allowing the user to control the visual effects of the POS from its smartphone.
Role: Creative Technologist & developer
RaspberryPi, Arduino and electronics setup + Web and Arduino development. For Highlab/Dior.