INFO & CONTACT
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WHO
Karim Zariffa inc.
Karim Charlebois-Zariffa
Director and multidisciplinary designer.
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HOW
e-mail : k@karimzariffa.com
phone : +1-514-804-2459
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WHERE
1-Montréal, Québec, Canada (home base)
2-Brooklyn, New York, USA
3-Ubud, Bali, Indonesiaaa
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REPRESENTATION
For TV commercial I am represented as a director with 1stAveMachine in New York and with Moskito in Montreal along with collaborator Julien Vallée. Everything else outside tv commercial, you can contact me directly, I produce all kinds of project on my own.
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I want to do music videoclips, please reach out to me. I have ton's of ideas.
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INTERNSHIP
If you are looking for an internship, please send us a website with your work (no phone calls). Internships are throught the year and for periods of 3 months. Please apply in advance to reserve your spot. No internship for june, july and august 2013. THERE IS CURRENTLY AN OPENING FOR APRIL AND MAY.
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BIO
Karim Charlebois-Zariffa
1983, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGNER & DIRECTOR
Karim Zariffa is multi-disciplinary designer and director. He is accomplished in multiple formats and technologies, his style keeps changing because he wants to keep moving forward and explore more. Based in Montreal, Canada the 29 years old is already well established in the design world. With some international clients like TheNewYorkTime Magazine, HP, Nokia, Air Canada,
Aol, Coke, etc… and agency like Bbdo, Attik, Grey, Sid Lee, Cossette, Brand new School, etc… Karim has won more then 14 trophies, has been published in many books and magazines, he gives lectures around the world and work mainly in between Montreal, New York and Bali.
He studied 8 years in graphic design and worked as a freelancer for the last 10 years. He touched a big range of design disciplines like ; motion, graphic, fashion, interior, object, installation, music video, tv commercials, movie credits, etc… During those 10 years, he produced everything himself hiring a bunch of collaborators, but for the last couple of years he started to delegate bigger productions to production houses, allowing him to be more creative and less business man. He his now represented as a director at 1st Avenue Machine in New York, working mainly on big tv commercials. As for Quebec clientèle, he works with Moskito to produce his bigger jobs but still accepting direct clients and agencies offers from all over the world. Often collaborating with colleague Julien Vallée, he also surrounds himself with a lot of local talent to produce his jobs.
His mentor is Stefan Sagmeister, he worked under him for a period of 6 months during his sabbatical in Bali. His influence in Karim's work is noticeable visually but also in his process. Bali also made a big influence on Karim, he now goes back every year to work on personal art projects.
He is now more open then ever, with a strong experience in many disciplines, he is now ready to attack bigger projects, he excels in conception and creation. His favourite part is finding the ideas and he excels when working on his own concepts. With a strong art direction sense he has a unique vision and always tries to push the limits of design, in camera tricks are his favourite these days, he believes authenticity can charm the viewer.
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RECENT AWARDS
awards and jury selections
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Awards
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2013 -- LE Grand prix Grafika 2013, all categories (air canada) ****
2012 -- Grand prix LUX categorie objet (yota)
2011 -- Gemini award for opening of La Liste***
2011 -- Grand prix CREA artisant (fête national)*
2011 -- Concours Grafika animation (de père en flic)
2010 -- Concours Lux (de père en flic)
2010 -- Print magazine 20 under 30 (all)
2010 -- Grand prix grafika animation (stm)
2009 -- ADC Young guns (all)****
2009 -- Grand prix grafika site web (karimzariffa.com)
2009 -- Applied Arts young guns (all)
2008 -- Grand prix grafika animation (mtl 12)
2008 -- Gemini award (mtl 12)*
2008 -- Boomerang award (karimzariffa.com)
2008 -- Grand prix grafika étudiant (index)
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On the jury
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2012 -- FAU Florida University (USA)
2010 -- Jury for the coucours Grafika (CANADA)
2010 -- Jury for ADC Young guns (USA)
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CLIENT LIST
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The NewYorkTimeMagazine
HP
Coke
AOL
Nokia
BMW
Air Canada
Kleenex
Moment Factory
STM
Cirque du Soleil
Sagmeister
La Presse
Radio-Canada
ARTV
Le Lait
Yota
Pixcom
Infopresse
Musé Mc Cord
SAQ
Urbania
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LECTURES
talks and workshop
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2013 -- UQAM -- Cours de Mark Choko
2012 -- SDGQ -- 13 gourous et moi
2012 -- UQAM -- Cours de Eva Van Den Bulcke
2012 -- FAU Florida University (USA)
2010 -- Aiga design camp (USA)
2010 -- Concordia university
2010 -- College Dawson
2010 -- University Laval (teaching Motion design class)
2009 -- RDV design Infopresse
2009 -- Cegep Ste-Foy (teachers formation)
2009 -- Jakarta Plaza Design Kinesis (Indonesia)
2009 -- University of Québec in Montreal
2009 -- Cegep Édouard Montpetit
2009 -- Journée Grafika
2008 -- Pecha Kucha Montreal
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FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS
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Friends I work with :
Gabriel Poirier-Galarneau
Julien Vallée
Ben Bryant
SPG
Paul Marcus Fuog
Furni Créations
Robocut
Sagmeister inc
Past interns :
Francis Dakin Coté
Lea Behr
Jean-Constant Guigue
Kyosuke Nishida
Gabrielle Matte
Christian Turmel
Will Vincent
Marion Favier
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PUBLICATIONS
coming soon
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