Julie Marabelle is a French artist and illustrator based in Amsterdam.
She began her career in London designing sets and costumes for theatre, film and television, cutting scale models with a scalpel, a skill that would later shape her approach to paper. Today, she hand-cuts large sheets of paper into delicate, playful scenes inspired by the places she has lived and travelled. Cartography, nature, pattern and colour run through everything she creates, whether cut, drawn or painted.
Julie spent 18 years running her own brand, Famille Summerbelle, taking each product from first sketch through to production, art direction, styling and distribution around the world. The brand closed in 2026, and she now works on one-of-a-kind artworks and bespoke commissions, from single pieces to full installations, often alongside private clients, architects, art consultants and international brands.
Her work covers commercial illustration, home decor, books, clothing collaborations and hospitality projects, and has been shown in Paris, London and Tokyo.
She studied Visual Art with a focus on Architectural Environments at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Olivier de Serres in Paris, and holds a First-Class BA in Set and Costume Design from Central Saint Martins in London.
Selected Clients
Issey Miyake · V&A Museum · WeWork · Panasonic Home · The Londoner Macau · Printemps Ginza Tokyo · BNP Paribas · Sainsbury's · 72 & Sunny ·
Books & Publications
Be Creative with Famille Summerbelle, Edition Paume, Japan · A Map of the world, Gestalten · All About Maps, Sandu · Panorama of Illustrative Maps, Art Quarter, Taiwan · Mapping the Soul of the City, Princetown Architectural Press · Island, Thames & Hudson ·
Featured In
Elle Deco UK · Milk France and Japan · Vogue Living Australia · Marie Claire Maison · Flow Magazine · Living Etc · Spur magazine, Japan · DPI, Taiwan ·
Full list of clients, publications, and press available on request.
