Mia El Khazen

Mia El Khazen

ArchitectProduction Designer

About me

Bridging the gap between spatial architecture and live experience, I am a Paris-based designer creating immersive environments for music, fashion, and live performance.

With a background in architecture, my practice centers on translating sound, narrative, and brand identity into tangible physical worlds ranging from festival stages and intimate concert sets to fashion campaigns. Operating out of my Paris atelier, I combine conceptual spatial design with hands-on fabrication, prototyping and building much of what I design under one roof to ensure every detail translates seamlessly from drawing to production.

Services: Set & Production Design | Spatial Concepts | Fashion Campaign Art Direction

Selected work15 projects

Blue Bay

Art direction for Blue Bay resort’s launch campaign

Two women in striped swimsuits laughing on the bonnet of a white vintage convertible by the sea
A woman in an orange swimsuit and yellow crochet cover-up sitting on rocks under a blue parasol
A woman in a checked swimsuit and cap sitting on the edge of a boat, holding a record
A printed photograph of a woman lying on a beach towel, shown upside down
Two women relaxing on yellow and blue deck chairs on the sand between rocks, with a picnic and cool box

Microfest

Stage design for a small-scale electronic music festival in the mountains

The Microfest stage being built on a bare mountainside: scaffold frames, speaker stacks, a large red disc and a parasol, with a ski lift behind
The red disc with a painted face above the stage scaffold, flight cases and a pink hand-shaped cut-out in the foreground

The Fridge

Visual compilation for Serge Volant’s live performance

Serge Volant at his desk on stage under The Fridge logo, a warm floral projection filling the wall behind him and the crowd in silhouette

Imagine Family x Automatic 01

LAB stage design for Imagine Family x Automatic’s all night long party at WANDERLUST Paris

The LAB room dressed in draped orange and red fabrics, with a lamp-lit DJ booth and patterned rugs, guests arriving
Dense crowd in red light under the draped ceiling
Daytime crowd dancing beneath the striped orange and red drapes
Drapes gathered into the ceiling above the crowd, daylight coming through the windows
Guests seen through a sweep of orange fabric in the foreground
Hands in the air in an orange haze in front of the windows

Imagine Family x Automatic 02

LAB + CLUB stage design for Imagine Family x Automatic’s all night long party at WANDERLUST Paris

The crowd dancing under a canopy of orange-lit drapes, lit rings glowing above the booth
A DJ in an orange shirt at the decks in front of blue and white patterned drapes
A DJ in a purple shirt playing amid the blue drapes, a brass light fitting overhead
Two ring lights above the booth, drapes in orange and white behind
Draped white and blue fabrics against the windows, the crowd in silhouette

Paname All Starz

LAB + CLUB + TERRACE stage design for Paname All Starz at WANDERLUST Paris

A scaffold cube hung with white light tubes and mirror balls above the dance floor, bathed in magenta
The CLUB room in deep red with vertical orange light bars behind the DJs
The terrace bar under red-lit drapes with the pink sphere in the window

La Ruche

Set design for La Ruche Audio, Paris 18

The stage: a wall of stacked wooden crates lit in pink and blue with neon tubes, under a draped fabric canopy
The crowd under the coloured fabric canopy, the crate wall and neon glowing behind

Le Sample

Set design for Le Sample day party

A DJ behind the decks under a wooden pergola, white drapes, plum-coloured discs and tall cacti around her
Close view of the booth flanked by cacti and a plum disc, drapes lit warm behind
Guests dancing in front of the booth in the late-afternoon light

Interlude 01 - House Session

Production design for Interludes & friends listening sessions 01

The same set with the flower sculptures lit in warm orange and white
Close view of the red, blue, white and orange flower sculptures around the desk

Interlude 02 - Blue Rose

Production design for Interludes & friends listening sessions 02

Inside the venue: sheer fabrics hung from the mezzanine carry moving projections while the DJ plays above and guests stand below by a metal staircase
Outside the venue at night: a crowd looks through the arched doorway at the projections glowing inside
Close view of the projected fabrics: swirling red, blue and white patterns over the speakers and mixing desk

Interlude 03 - Nouveau Magnolia

Production design for Interludes & friends listening sessions 03

Two musicians at their desks in front of a sheer backdrop covered in projected pink, blue and orange leaf shapes
The audience in the dark looking towards the lit stage and projected shapes

Interlude 04 - L’impasse

Production design for Interludes & friends listening sessions 04

Portrait view of the stage: orange glowing discs and pink zigzag banners frame the performers
Wide view of the courtyard venue at night, the lit stage seen between two pillars

Interlude 05 - L’impasse bis

Production design for Interludes & friends listening sessions 05

The cloud screen glowing blue above a seated performer, projections on the wall behind

Interlude 06 - The Wrong Side

Production design for Interludes & friends listening sessions 06

The set lit in warm orange and white with pink and blue projected forms

Interlude 07 - Lebanon Concert

Production design for Interludes & friends 3 acts live music concert

The set by day: painted shutters and an arched frame mounted on a timber beam between the trees, speakers and a ladder on the stage
The crowd at night in front of the glowing shutters, the trees lit blue and pink