Amaury Poudray graduated from the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Saint-Étienne in 2009. He spent a year studying in the United States at the Rhode Island School of Design, and worked for another year with the design team at FABRICA, Benetton's research and communications centre in Italy.
He is now at the head of his own studio in Lyon, Amaury Poudray Networks, which specialises in art direction and furniture and interior design. His work is built on a network that encourages human-based relations and includes companies in various fields of expertise. Innovation and global/local connections are at the heart of the studio's production, which includes collaborations with publishers, furniture manufacturers, small visionary businesses, large firms, art galleries, and schools. Amaury Poudray is currently a teacher and coordinator at La Coursive, a refresher course for foreign students at ESAD Saint-Étienne.