audacioza

What audacioza does

audacioza is a design and advertising studio founded in 2009 and headquartered in Marcq-en-Baroeul, within the Lille metropolitan area of France. The studio operates as a hybrid creative shop offering visual identity, motion design, illustration, and print/editorial design services to a regionally concentrated client base that includes museums (e.g., MUDAAC), tourism boards (Hello Lille, l'Effet Vosges), local government and SMBs, and adjacent accounts such as real estate (La Flamande Immobilier) and education-sector clients (CEL). Disclosed headcount is 1–10 employees, and the studio is independently operated with no disclosed investors, funding rounds, or named leadership.

The business runs on a dual model. The primary B2B line sells creative services on a project basis, with stated price points ranging from approximately €1,000 to €10,000+ per engagement, supporting work such as a 2026 planetarium campaign across the Lille metro and ongoing regional cultural/tourism projects. The secondary line is a D2C e-commerce operation under the Cassel Mont Préféré sub-brand, retailing branded merchandise — badges, apparel, mugs, postcards, and event-driven SKUs such as Tour de France-themed "Ride in Cassel" products — at unit prices between roughly €2 and €35. The studio's web presence is built on WordPress with the Hello Theme, and it supplements its commercial offering with a "Tips" educational content library of PDF guides aimed at the regional design and tourism audience.

Monetization is split between discrete creative projects for B2B clients and incremental unit-level D2C merchandise sales. No revenue figures, funding, headcount growth, patents, awards, or partnership disclosures are present in the available data, leaving the company's scale and trajectory inferable only from pricing tiers, project cadence, and product catalog breadth.

Name

audacioza

Legal name

audacioza

Website

https://audacioza.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

audacioza is a Lille-based (Marcq-en-Baroeul) design and advertising studio, founded in 2009, serving regional museums, tourism boards, and SMBs in Hauts-de-France with visual identity, motion, illustration, and editorial work, alongside a D2C merchandise sub-brand, Cassel Mont Préféré.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graphic Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Graphic Design Services (541430), Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (541850)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging & Brand Identity Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Experiential Brand Design (Retail/Exhibit/Signage) (MPAAAEAG), Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Visual identity design
• Motion graphics services
• Editorial print design
• Brand merchandise products
• Custom illustration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marcq-en-baroeul

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Creative Agency Services: Project-based design services including visual identity campaigns, print design, motion graphics, and illustration for B2B clients in tourism, culture, real estate, and institutional sectors. Revenue generated through custom project quotes based on client needs and budget tiers.
2. E-commerce Product Sales: Direct-to-consumer merchandise sales through online store featuring Cassel Mont Préféré branded products including prints, postcards, badges, apparel (t-shirts, sweatshirts, pullovers), and mugs. One-time purchase transactions at fixed price points ranging from €2 to €35.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Audacioza is a design and advertising studio that creates visual identities, motion design, illustration, and editorial/print design projects for organizations in the Hauts-de-France region. The studio also operates a direct-to-consumer branded merchandise line called "Cassel Mont Préféré" sold through an online store, offering enamel badges, illustrated posters, postcards, mugs, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers featuring regional themes.

Product overview

Audacioza is a hybrid design studio based in Marcq-en-Baroeul, France, offering both design services and a branded merchandise product line. The studio provides creative services across four core domains: visual identity (Identité visuelle), motion graphics (Motion), illustration, and print/editorial design (Édition). Complementing these services is the Cassel Mont Préféré sub-brand, a licensed merchandise line featuring illustrated postcards, enamel badges, embroidered patches, clothing (t-shirts, sweatshirts, pullovers), and mugs celebrating Cassel's cultural heritage including landmarks, the Tour de France cycling heritage, and local giant figures. All branded products are designed and printed locally in the Nord region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cassel Mont Préféré: A sub-brand/product line featuring illustrated merchandise celebrating Cassel and the Flanders region, including postcards, badges, clothing, and accessories.
• Hybride

Products and services

• Visual Identity Design Creation of brand visual identities for organizations including logos, brand systems, and visual guidelines, serving regional tourism boards, museums, and local businesses.
• Motion Design Motion graphics and animation services for promotional and advertising projects, serving clients across cultural and commercial sectors.
• Custom Illustration Custom illustration services for editorial, branding, and promotional projects, often featuring regional landmarks and heritage themes.
• Editorial and Print Design Editorial and print design services for publications, catalogues, posters, and printed materials, serving museums, cultural institutions, and local clients.
• Design Studio Project Services (Quote Request) Project-based design services offered through an online quote request system, accommodating projects across tiered budget bands from €1,000 to €10,000+.
• Cassel Mont Préféré Branded Merchandise Collection A direct-to-consumer branded merchandise line featuring regional designs inspired by Cassel and northern France, sold via WooCommerce online store.
• Cassel Enamel Badges Enamel pin badges featuring Cassel and Mont Préféré regional motifs, sold individually through the online store at fixed unit prices.
• Cassel Illustrated Posters Art prints and illustrated posters featuring landmarks and views of Cassel, sold through the WooCommerce storefront at fixed unit prices.
• Balade Casseloise Postcards and Walking Maps Illustrated postcards and walking maps featuring Cassel tourist routes, sold individually through the online store.
• Cassel Icon Mugs Ceramic mugs featuring iconic Cassel characters including Reuze Maman and Reuze Papa designs, sold through the online store at fixed unit prices.
• Cassel T-Shirts Apparel t-shirts featuring Cassel regional designs including the Cassel Mont Préféré and La cerise sur le mont motifs, sold through the online store at fixed unit prices.
• Cassel Sweatshirts Sweatshirts featuring Cassel regional designs including the Cassel Mont Préféré and illustrated variants, sold through the online store at fixed unit prices.
• Cassel Pullovers Pullovers featuring Cassel regional designs including the Cassel Mont Préféré and La cerise sur le Mont motifs, sold through the online store at fixed unit prices.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wokine: Lyon-based branding and design studio focused on brand identity, naming, and visual systems. Comparable boutique French studio with similar scope (visual identity, brand systems) for SME and institutional clients.
• Lonsdale: Paris-based brand design and identity agency working across branding, packaging, and editorial design. Closely aligned with audacioza's core offerings (visual identity, print/editorial) though operating nationally and at larger scale.
• Studio Apeloig: Paris-based graphic design and typography studio under Philippe Apeloig, working across cultural, publishing, and identity commissions. Comparable on editorial, typographic, and cultural-identity projects that audacioza also serves (museums, cultural institutions).
• Graphèmes: French graphic design studio providing brand identity, editorial, and signage design. Directly comparable on the bundled identity + print + signage offer audacioza provides to regional public-sector clients.
• W&Cie: French independent creative agency specializing in brand strategy, identity, and editorial design. Directly comparable on brand identity and print capabilities, with a similar boutique French positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Dragon Rouge: French-origin global brand consultancy offering branding, packaging, and brand identity services. Comparable in core discipline (visual identity, brand strategy) but far larger and global vs. audacioza's regional French footprint.
• Carré Noir: Long-established French brand and design agency (now part of Publicis) offering brand identity, signage, and environmental design. Comparable on environmental/experiential brand work (which audacioza also delivers at metro scale), but with much broader resources.

Emerging players

• Superdupers Design Studio: Independent French branding studio working on visual identity, motion, and editorial design. Comparable as a small French hybrid studio mixing brand identity, motion, and print — closely aligned with audacioza's 'studio Hybride' positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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