Clément Grelaud: from interactive design to sound creation

Graduating from the Bachelor Interactive Developer program in 2019, Clément Grelaud specializes in sound design and sound composition. He opened "Sound signature" a sound creation studio in 2022. He has notably collaborated with Hermès, Burgunder and Axel Aricato.

After graduating, I wanted to continue developing my technical and creative skills by adding a sound dimension, so I continued my studies atEnjmin with a Sound design option.

I've always been very sensitive to the sound aspect of digital and audiovisual projects, so it was an obvious choice for me to turn to sound, while maintaining a connection with images.

I then started working freelance and founded "Sound Signature", my own sound design studio , so that I could choose my projects and clients and have the opportunity to develop my own artistic direction.

I'm a composer and sound designer. The aim of composition and sound design is to understand the context and discourse around a visual and translate it into sound.

To do this, I carry out a very precise analysis of the environment, the visual ambience, the temporality and the dynamism of the video or image, so as to be able to enrich it with music and sound.The idea is to be able, at the end, to visualize the image by closing your eyes.

I work with sound emulation software as well as analog synthesizers and drum machines to create this whole world of sound.

I was interested in the connection between image and sound. For me, sound creation is an integral part of the visual creation process, complementing the image. It's a very creative profession, and that's what I liked about it.

The projects I'm offered are quite similar to those we worked on at GOBELINS. They are mainly 3D videos, gamified media orinteractive experiences.

The skills I acquired at GOBELINS were very useful: knowing how to work in a team, being fully immersed in a project...

The field is different, but the research process and working methods are quite similar. The Bachelor's degree at GOBELINS gave me a lot.

It's an ongoing project, I' ll soon be working on a video game developed by alumni.

Several of my friends from school have also set up their own studios, and I'll be collaborating with them soon.

It's a project I did for the Axel Arigato shoe brand. I created thesound illustration and music for a 3D animation. I had to make sure that the sound and atmosphere were properly synchronized and that the musical ambience was coherent.

I really liked the aesthetics of this video and the technical and creative challenge it represented. It was complex to imagine a whole world of sound but I'm very pleased with the result.

I work on very different projects, both in terms of aesthetics and sector of activity. Customer expectations are never the same, it's a constant challenge. That's what I like most about my job.

We worked as a group on a prototyping project for the Hermès brand. We had to imagine an interactive 3D experience using clothes and accessories to present the brand's next fashion show.

We used one of the studios on the Saint Marcel campus to carry out photogrammetry and create 3D objects from existing ones. It was a great experience.

Always be curious and open to others. It's really important to know how to work as part of a team. The circle you form at GOBELINS will stay with you throughout your professional and personal life, and that's invaluable.