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Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries B e r n a r d K a h a n e , D i r e c t o r, E N S C I - L e s A t e l i e r s
As the new director of ENSCI-Les Ateliers I am delighted to introduce this 2012–13 catalogue of graduate projects. It bears witness to the wide
variety of work that I have discovered here over the course of my first year.
This school is not only an important centre for design teaching and
research, it is also a special place in the world of design education thanks to its teaching methods and steadfast interest in what we might call ‘new territories of design’ (interactive design, eco-design, service design, participatory design, invisible design, etc.).
At ENSCI-Les Ateliers each student’s thesis defence takes places over an entire half day – a particularly demanding format. Each time I have
been present at these defences I have sensed the challenges that emerge through the design process and the original and serious view-
points cast on the worlds of the past, present and future. In a world where change is the one new constant, these approaches and practices by designers are more essential than ever when it comes to
developing and finding meaning in future practices, combining aes-
thetic and functional concerns in objects and systems that are both material and immaterial, and opening up these territories of design that will build tomorrow’s world. Unlike any other, this school knows
how to transcend disciplinary boundaries (graphic design, wood,
metal, resin, electronics, digital design, etc.), by forging links with every profession (researchers, engineers, managers, architects, artists…), thereby exploring the potential and the constraints of many different approaches. These approaches are sometimes embedded in a tradition that they re-examine, often through technologies that
question it, such as digital manufacturing or data visualisation. For me, each student’s degree means a window onto future worlds through which the design student uses their creation to ask what the
industries and services of tomorrow will be like. It is this ability and
willingness to create, to transform reality, this sometimes Utopian, sometimes critical energy that drives the design students at this school, who are precious to us all.
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Thirty Years On: St i l l a U n i q u e School
Resisting presentism Jannick Thiroux
GILLES BELLEY
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CAMILLE ANGIBAUD
ANTHONY ASHCROFT
FLAVIEN BERGER
super-powers
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DREAMMACHINE 003
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ALEXANDRE ECHASSERIAU
LAURELINE GALLIOT
PAULINE GILAIN
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ROMAIN JUNG
AZILIS JUNGST
UNGDON KIM
I nde f ine the de f inite
al g i p o w a c u lti v e r l’ é ne r g ie
a c o nt r adicti o n that Re p r esents d u r a b ilit y
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CLÉMENCE PAGE
ROMAN PIN
MARION PINAFFO
SERENDIPITY
PA R A L L E L U N I V E R S E S
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CHARLES SEULEUSIAN
JULIE THIESSEN
CLAIRE TRÉFOUX
p r o g r ammed mate r ial
OB J E c T S p atte r ns
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textile design
Textile Design a t ENSCI L e s At e l i e r s
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JULIE CORSIN
CÉCILE DIA
LYSANDRE GRAEBLING
Wande r in g and W o nde r in g
W E AV E T H E S W I N G
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CHRYSTEL SAMSON
CÉLINE THIBAULT
ALIX VALIGNY
HOLO
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THAÏS COUTINHO
PERLE-LOAN DANG HEUDEBERT
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FLORA LANGLOIS
CLAIRE LAVABRE
SANDRINE DE LIGNAC
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Thirty Years On: St i l l a U n i q u e S c h o o l GILLES B ELLE Y , H e a d o f G r a d u a t i o n Ye a r
When it opened in 1982, ENSCI-Les Ateliers championed teaching by means of projects, courses of study tailored to the needs of each individual student, and a form of teaching that did not specialise in a restricted range of design practices, thus asserting both its uniqueness and its specificity.
Thirty years on this approach still holds true. What are the results? The graduate work of 2012–13 gives us the answers.
In the subjects they have chosen for their theses, the students address classic design questions (on the methodologies and processes of creation; the
relationship between design and material; and the function of objects); they tackle topical challenges in industrial design (innovation; evolution
in production modes; user interaction with the object; design’s susceptibility to crises); they pioneer approaches to new subjects (living in
extreme environments; the relationship between design and capitalism); they demonstrate unique approaches to objects (thankless objects; sustainability; jokes in design) or to the world (citizen involvement, artificiality, honesty, memory, tedium).
The degree projects themselves also display a similar profusion of production, from the classical (recycling, decoration, furniture, vacuum clean-
ers, radios) to the unique (party, the Antarctic, super-powers), including all the fields that design addresses today (alternative production and fab labs, smart grids, digital design, industrial design, service design).
The diversity of forms is also striking, ranging from texts, photographs and
drawings to image compositing and comic strips. Free to interpret their
academic constraints, for the students the thesis is an arena for analysis and personal research. An overview of all the projects reveals broad heterogeneity in the final products.
This profusion of themes and products should not be seen as the school simply encouraging a multidisciplinary attitude, however. This diversity
is above all the product of the unique approaches created by the students with the school’s help. Ultimately, beyond the themes and products, we should probably above all observe the positions and perspectives advocated by each graduate. And we should note that the very impossibility
of describing what ENSCI-Les Ateliers produces is a mark of its uniqueness and specificity.
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Resisting Presentism J a n n i ck T h i r o u x , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e J u r y
Ever since I became President of the Jury of the industrial design graduates
at ENSCI-Les Ateliers in 2011, people have regularly asked me why I enjoy doing it. You might think this is a strange question. My answer is that it
is good to know how to give and to take time listening to the designers of the future. Then I mention that ineffable something that catches my
attention at every thesis defence, something that is without doubt linked to the school’s unique approach and to the students’ desire to investigate the many arenas of design, whether past, present or future.
Globalisation and the crisis in Europe present us with many problems. You
might counter that this is nothing new: indeed the world lived through a similar situation in the second half of the 19th century, during what was called the Long Depression (1873–96).
The future design professional draws on creativity, form, materials and innovation, and questions politics, the industrial world and common practice primarily through objects or experimentation. The history of design is
closely linked to the Industrial Revolution and its continued development relies on technological innovation.
What makes today’s situation different, perhaps – and this is ongoing – is the
economic downturn and stagnation produced by the crisis and its nega-
tive climate. This entails a number of phenomena: massive youth unemployment, instability, undermining of the state’s sovereign powers,
national self-interest, the rise of extremism, the information revolution,
etc. Are we entering a period of belt-tightening and cutbacks? How can a student at ENSCI-Les Ateliers think about their future in this kind of
atmosphere? How can they continue to investigate the development of a profession that many manufacturers still do not consider fully legitimate?
With courage and determination the students continue to ask questions,
suggest new ideas and tackle new problems. Is innovation the right way
forward? Has the fab lab had its day? What future is there for intellectual or industrial property? How to contribute to this society and respond to new practices? In short, how to take part in urban life to make it liveable
and pacified? How to design a tomorrow that takes account of the past while being part of a more or less short-term future?
What is admirable in the students of this school is that they never succumb to ‘presentism’. What is presentism? I define it as our inability to think long-
term, since for the last forty years we have been experiencing a transformation in our experiences and in our relationship with time. Short-termism now
means storytelling via sequencing, which is the same as a continuous present. The past and the future have become almost obsolete. In this context it is hard
to project, even to think about one’s contribution to or impact on the world, as the present tends to take up all the space by virtue of one word – crisis.
I encourage all of you to consider and think hard about what these graduates are proposing, for their projects might be the sources of innovation that will re-invent the world.
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powers p ro je c t Pro ject direc tor : Guillaume Foissac
Super-heroes are everywhere in today’s popular culture, feeding the fan-
tasy of the high-performance man. They reflect our world. These powers are the area of global research in which this project operates. Within this
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imaginary world, four categories have been chosen in terms of their
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k r y p t o nite Fans know all about this rock from Superman’s planet for its disastrous effect on the caped hero. These objects explore the question of the powers created by new technologies. Kryptonites are thus used to foil or modify these new omnipotent powers. Red kryptonite challenges predictability; green kryptonite
offers a temporary disconnection; and black kryptonite provides a way to oppose omnipresence.
T he T ime M achine This object addresses contemporary questions about industries that deal in memory and big data. It is located in a future where s algorithmic software such as this will surely be much more common. In the near future, the mass of information they handle could offer the user a number of more or less useful services. Here this capability is used in the context of a subject as inscrutable, subjective and impenetrable as one’s future life or destiny. CAMILLE ANGIBAUD
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the tele p o r tati o n The movement of a body or an object through space without physically impacting on the points between departure and arrival. This process of deconstruction in one place and reconstruction in another recalls the operations of contemporary recycling channels that seek to make new objects out of
T he I n v isi b ilit y C l o ak The cloak is based on two principles: camouflage stripes and the moiré effect. It is a piece of clothing to be worn like a banner plus a tool that protects against the capture of our image and identity, particularly in public spaces. It covers the upper part of the body and part of the face, which are an individual’s most recognisable areas.
useless materials. It is hence possible to imagine a conceivable process where ‘nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed’ [Lavoisier]. Materials that are upcycled make new items out of the potential of the original objects.
Thesis Thesi s
I am Nesia
Project director: Yann Potin
Lost your memory? This is the feeling we get when trying to recall a
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surround us and our memory, to understand how they preserve and transform it. It identifies the changes made to our memories through
‘attic’ objects, the media and machines. Personal memories and the
objects we own will become sites for analysis and research on the evolution of human memory. CAMILLE ANGIBAUD
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selected projects
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folder of dreams
p roje ct
20 09 Partnership with Matelsom
In shape and form it looks just like a normal folder, the kind found on every
desk. On the outside it is made of thin coloured cardboard that blends into the deskscape. When the folder stands opened in front of the potential sleeper, they find the inside covered with a midnight-blue material that creates an atmosphere conducive to a relaxing, refreshing power nap.
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aside 20 11 Partnership with SynTTAC Project with Luc Serreboubée
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Each of the objects in this collection is designed to accompany moments
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of well-being during the day. For each object the choice of wood was key: a beech duckboard for when you get out of the bath; sticks of liquorice
for stirring tea, cedar perfumed diffusers to protect linen; beech windchimes for an afternoon nap; and a pine garden lantern. CAMILLE ANGIBAUD
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Muops p roje ct
20 1 2 Partnership with l’Atelier de Création Urbaine (ACU) and the Région Île de France Project with Marine Gaudin (CELSA student)
The Région Île de France invited us to examine the future of tourism in 2030. Muops consists of two devices: a sensor and a souvenir printer. When the user holds the sensor while travelling, it starts to record
sounds, video and information about the environment. The button can
be pressed to capture an image that will be the focus of this souvenir. At the exact same moment the printer, the device left at home, creates a physical representation of the journey according to various criteria.
On his return the user discovers the image that has been created while he was travelling.
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a c o nt r acti o n
p ro je c t Pro ject directo r : Jean-François Dingjian
How can we reveal or reappraise the essential nature of a technical object? ‘Design by contraction’ is one possible answer, focused on shaping
processes and on research into the identity of materials, what their lim-
its are and wether they can be extended. Trying to achieve more with less through experiments in shrinkage and hybridisation, this design meth-
odology finds the shortest route between a function and its implementation. To illustrate the process of development by contraction, a synthesis of this research is illustrated here through two everyday objects.
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P r inte r scanne r This machine is technically configured so that it can work with all dimensions and in any format. Its multipurposefulness is made possible by contracting its two basic functions combined with the transfer of optical pick-up technology.
ANTHONY ASHCROFT
Thanks to the precision of the optical technology and to reduction of the number of components via hybridisation (such as the printed circuit and the casing), it is possible to imagine a portable device and guidance structure that are both reduced to the absolute essential.
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S u s p ensi o n lam p Made from a bamboo stalk, this lamp is an object comprised of crafted elements plus elements derived from industrial processes. In its final form the lamp evokes both these worlds. This object’s organisation and function are closely linked to bamboo’s internal, hollow, compartmentalised structure, here revealed.
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N at u r e s d e l’a r t i f i c i e l
Thesis director: Laurence Salmon
The central theme of this thesis addresses the nature of human produc-
tion and how we experience it. Through an analysis of different ideas linked to both traditional and contemporary production methods, this research is primarily an opportunity for understanding how even the
most ephemeral artificial forms construct a material and symbolic system that underlies our relationship to space and time – in other words, our
culture. This study in the evolution of production techniques, from the first rudimentary tools to industrial processes, in particular highlights
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over the course of the last century. It enables us to better understand the
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the profound transformations that man-made systems have undergone reasons behind the recent change in the values that we attribute to the material world. In short, this thesis investigates the different mecha-
nisms, both modern and pre-modern, through which man creates and perceives the artificial world. The aim is to pick out the fundamental aspects that must occur in the design of contemporary artefacts. ANTHONY ASHCROFT
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selected projects
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Kitchen p roje ct
w o r kb e n c h 20 0 8 Partnership with VIA and kitchen design company Hardy-Roux Project undertaken with Stanislas Rak
This project is a reinterpretation, in the world of kitchens, of the techno-
logical and ergonomic rationale of a workbench. The different elements in this kitchen (storage boxes, mixer tap, hot plates and chopping boards,
etc.) have been regarded as utensils in their own right that need to be moved around easily, cleaned and integrated in the space of the work surface. This has been done using a magnetic grid that has been incor-
porated into the worktop. This project was selected and prototyped for presentation at the 2009 Foire de Paris.
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20 0 9 A week focused on different computer-aided design and prototyping techniques
This project re-examines the practical aspects of 3D printing as an inte-
gral part of implementation of the final product. Through the resistance and flexibility of ABS plastic filaments added in layers during
fused deposition modelling, the functioning of this tape dispenser
echoes the practical qualities of the filaments which act in the opposite way to wood grain. ANTHONY ASHCROFT
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ENERG ĂŽ T ES p roje ct
20 1 0 Partnership with DIGITEO - LIST - INRIA/LRI/IN-SITU
In order to make people more aware of their patterns of consumption, this project proposes the decentralisation of energy production by using local resources. The idea is to develop an energy region made up of local producers and consumers. Using instant mapping tools, and estimated
measurements and calculations of the various network fluctuations, the EnergĂŽtes app aims to simplify access, management and deployment of this new territory.
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003 p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Matt Sindall
This project proposes a new relationship to the experience of listening to music and to packaging. The listener is given the possibility to ‘aug-
ment’ the piece of music and modify it. An effect exclusive to the machine gives the listener a performative freedom. These modulations
are operated via controls. The artist chooses which effect the listener can play on in relation to his composition.
The swirling process adds a random factor, as each colour produces a unique result, offering different levels of perception.
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a word. These three machines form a first season. A season is a group of
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FLAVIEN BERGER
Thesis thesis
GUIDE t o t h e Geochronmechane
Thesis director: Rémi Sussan
The Geochronmechane is a fantasy herbarium, created at the junction of
science and philosophy, combining the occult and the spiritual. It is a
two-dimensional foundation for understanding time and its dimensions. This treasure map is a representation of the time machine created by
author Paul Laffoley. This thesis is conceived as a guidebook. It helps the viewer analyse this profound work —the Geochronmechane painting — and helps him to navigate its multiple references and strange forms. flavien berger
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DIMI T RI p roje ct
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This is a formal investigation of the fundamental exercise of designing a chair. Dimitri, or how to simulate superfluous technical areas through
a sculptural form inspired by space robotics. Using this same design principle, a low, armless chair is produced. The materials used are extruded polystyrene, alkyd paint and phosphorescent strips.
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Artificial Flowers
p roje c t
20 10 High-definition video, 08’, 04”
If we could synthesise smells in the same way we can synthesise images
and sounds, what kind of object would that create? Les Fleurs artificielles
tells the story of a young man who comes across such a technical tool. It
is a story about reality and fantasy, about a tool to make us believe, about short-circuiting perceptions. It is a moment of teenage science fiction
whose main character is a white object that fits into the palm of the hand and that intervenes in the real world. FLAVIEN BERGER
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DAM DYS T OPIA 20 1 1 Partnership with a hydraulic energy consortium
This project reinvents the image of the dam through five science-fiction stories. To understand these schematic shapes we must read the tale that
goes with them. In one story the dam is replaced by a huge creature from another planet; in another it disappears and thousands of little drone fish
collect the energy instead; in yet another the dam becomes the source of sublime aquatic shows and fantastic rainbows that herald a new religion.
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T r o p ics p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Swann Bourotte
This project dreams of highlighting the intelligence and beauty of what already exists. It designs minimal devices to shape the immaterial qual-
ity of a moment. Starting with one thread, it is possible to create complex, precise materials thanks to industrial mesh techniques.
By controlling these materials’ structure and texture, it becomes possible
to shape the light and shade that pass through them; more than a skin, the textile becomes a filter.
On the outside, the inside and the boundary, this project designs three moments through three objects conceived to be just right: a roof, a light
fitting and a partition whose textile elements are made in a single-step process, shape, effect and function are included.
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P r é fa c e
Thesis director: Jérôme Eneau
This project addresses the theme of autonomy in learning, the impor-
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tance of what one owns and what one has done, and the choice of an three designers, an amateur astronomer and a master glass painter. It is
also a voyage through a landscape of thought, a journey by night-train.
There are sections on knowledge, myths and science, auto-didacticism and intuition. Préface describes what is already there, what goes before anything, what does not aspire to be validated. thaïs coutinho
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RenĂŠe p roje ct
20 0 8
This is a project to design a chair and its collection. The idea is to make
a fiction materialise, to transform a story into an object. A video intro-
duces the character of RenĂŠe. The chair, armchair and day-bed are made of birch plywood and solid maple.
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Partnership with Arcoroc
This is a ten-piece 10/18 stainless-steel, moulded and stamped cutlery
set. The fork seems to have been made from just a single fold in the steel,
which creates its volume and its comfortable fit in the hand. The knife is designed using the same simple curves. thaĂŻs coutinho
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clair p roje ct
20 1 1 Partnership with Schneider Electrics
This project redesigns an already existing solar-energy lighting system for people who have limited access to electricity. The size of the LED
torch, which also contains electronic circuits, is reduced to a minimum.
To protect the diodes from dirt, an ordinary plastic bag can be placed over them, then cut to fit using the teeth on the casing.
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o f s u s p ensi o n p ro je c t Pro ject directo r : Vincent Dupont-Rougier
The objects we display, whether everyday or rare, occupy our home in a more or less purposeful way and sit as best they can on shelves or items of furniture. How can we give them real breathing space, reveal them and create a narration for them?
En Suspens is a device made up of four main elements in wood and fabric
to which a video player, wooden plinths, lighting and a glass case can be added. Created in different formats, the items of furniture function individually or grouped together, depending on the size and characteristics
of the objects to be displayed and the space available in the home. Like
an exhibition plinth, each item disappears when closed in order to highlight the displayed objects. When open, the coloured, padded interior evokes the idea of protection for the objects, whether placed in storage or on display, and dramatises their staging.
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The concealed technical elements (detachable magnetic door, adjustable interior lighting, exterior lighting via a technical surface into which a cordless light is ‘planted’) help to display the objects. The wooden plinths emphasise and re-define particular areas while vanishing beneath the technical fabric of the surface. The device can house a video box that looks like a mirror, enabling objects that are not visible in the collection to be perceived, for example, or to project
a particular viewpoint. The screen disappears when it is switched off, turning back into a plinth again. A glass case made of two-way mirror enables the object to be viewed from different angles, and plays with the viewer’s sense of perception. This device thus shows objects in a state of suspension, querying notions of presence and absence, the visible and the invisible.
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Curiosité(s)
Thesis director: Jannick Thiroux
In a society cluttered with objects of all kinds, it is easy to accumulate, whether consciously or not. We are ruled by objects, which enter our
daily life and, after the act of accumulating, create the act of collecting.
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What place and role do collectors have in society? From the Wunderkammer
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and Kunstkammer to the cabinet de curiosités, the chambre des merveilles or the
museum, in what ways are collections still a source of inspiration for contemporary art and design today? This thesis tries to understand the
similarities that sometimes exist between the ways in which artists and designers work and make our view of the everyday object evolve. PERLE-LOAN DANG heudebert
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Shoji 20 09
Both a screen and a heater, this object has an everyday utility whatever the season. Made of wool felt, chosen for its thermal and mechanical
properties, the openwork allows light and heat to permeate, creating an intimate space in the domestic sphere. Inbuilt radiant heating tubes enable optimal directional heating.
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C u m u l o s t r at u s 20 0 9
One is small, spherical and yellow. The other, its antithesis, is huge,
irregularly shaped, broken up, and its colours (hidden behind the white
layers) are revealed as the shadows change and the object moves. This project goes to the heart of the topographic shape to extract a yellow ball, like matter in fusion. It plays on capturing the colours suggested by the
shadows. We can see them brightly, then when the light permeates the layers and we can see only the edge, they become briefly evanescent. PERLE-LOAN DANG heudebert
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cells p roje ct
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How to make best use of offcuts of materials in order to upcycle them into new objects? Starting with a construction principle of cellular surfaces that create volume, we look at the properties of flexibility and rigidity that they create to make accessories that respond to the demands of the body in motion.
A shoe made of identical leather strips makes use of these properties of
flexibility and resistance to compression to create a shape that becomes the sole of the shoe.
A bustier made of more than 900 fabric cells forms a flexible tube that follows the curves of the body.
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M o o r ish
p ro je c t Pro ject d ire c tor : Jun Yasumoto
A margelle is a seat that forms the edge of a pond. A multi-person, informal causeuse with an open form. This project is an outdoor furniture system.
Deliberately simple and lightweight, it revolves around two margelles, two
artificial stones. They are hollow containers covered with a mineral material and held together by a galvanised steel frame. The project investigates ideas as subjective and abstract as pleasure and comfort. The presence of shade can bring some additional charm, so textile elements are used here and there to complete the design.
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In the shade
Thesis director: Maurice Ronai
An atlas is a diffracted form and thought. It is a means of knowing the world in a roundabout way, through montage. This thesis takes us on
a walk. The use of the satellite dish allows us to show in turn: Swiss architecture; the light shows of a Paris cabaret; the formalist abstrac-
tion of Minimalist art; Merce Cunningham’s choreography; Tacita Dean’s art; the lyricism and epic nature of a sporting challenge; the
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Age; the perspective down the central path in the Tuileries garden; the
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dreaminess of a water cinema; the eclecticism and speed of the New colours used by a carnival painter, etc. Through this corpus, certain
subjective affinities between places and distant figures will be explored.
If analytical thought is needed to successfully complete a project, a more intuitive, less direct kind of thinking surely offers the conditions required to conjure up an idea. RAPHAËL DAUFRESNE
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Cyclope 20 0 8 Project with Charlotte Depin and Roman Pin
This project looks at signage in the city to develop a system that is both personal and contextual. Cyclope is a GPS system for bicycles. The route
planning comes from an Internet site that maps the best routes while taking account of events during the journey. The guidance system works
via a projector fixed to the handlebars. This projects luminous signs directly onto the road to show the cyclist the way. Photos: Simon Vanquaethem
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20 10 Partnership with Le Syndicat national des Tourneurs et Tableliers du Jura Project with Adrien Goubet
How to enhance traditional expertise? This contextual project designs a
family of utensils and furnishings for the kitchen. It is a collection of eight objects that meet basic functions: a stool re-designs the paradigm of the milking stool; a corkscrew recalls a vine stock; a pair of scales
combines the formal archetype of mechanical scales with the technology of an electronic scale; a pestle and mortar are inspired by a millstone, etc. RAPHAËL DAUFRESNE
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20 1 1 Project with Pierre Alex and Emeline Raphanaud
The identity of a place involves a system that is subtle and hard to repli-
cate. The starting point of this project is the observation that codification of national football teams seem globalised nowadays, and the Japanese
team is no exception to this rule. This project aims to put signifying details back into the team’s kit. Photos: Alexandre Willaume
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p ro je c t Pro ject director : Laurent Massaloux
This project is a voyage, a journey of several months in search of uncon-
ventional materials, technologies and expertise. On the subject of spe-
cialists we could express the same distrust expressed by Roger Tallon who, on summing up his career, described them as people ‘who only
know how to do what they know how to do’, a backhander directed at the designer’s ability to always know how to shift the area of his lack of
expertise. Is it not the designer’s job to act as go-between? This project aims to place design at different junctions or articulations of the triangle
formed by ‘expertise – material – technology’, in order to investigate and develop projects that might reveal an unexpected richness created by this ‘patchwork’ approach.
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the helmet Keratin is a polymer found in hair and nails. Working with biochemist Antoine Rouilly, we tested the qualities of this substance though a series of experiments on hair and then on wool. By following the moulding process used by the milliners of Caussade [France’s leading hat-making town], we submitted the keratin contained in the wool to several tonnes of pressure using a machine from Antoine’s laboratory. At 150ºC and almost 11 tonnes of pressure, the wool melted. These experiments produced extremely rigid shells with mouldable properties and interesting mechanics that can be used in the manufacture of cycle helmets.
T he case This sturdy leather iPad case has an integrated keyboard. The object arose from the desire to integrate a printed circuit into the leather itself to make the electrical connections durable. With the help of tattoo-artist Jéremy Lorenzato, conductive ink with carbon charged particles was tattooed directly onto the leather.
This printed circuit enables electrical signals to be transmitted from the keyboard to the iPad by means of a miniature Bluetooth aerial. The case and the keyboard were shaped in a single operation thanks to the figuring work of master ‘gainier’ (leather craftsman) David Rosenblum.
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the s p eake r This speaker derives its acoustic qualities from the sound box that was digitally milled by marble specialist Jeremy Codron. Its resistant, heavy sides incorporate a sound system tuned by acoustic engineer Mathias RĂŠmy. The technical elements of the speaker face a dichroic surface that either diffuses or concentrates
the sound depending on whether the speaker’s convex or concave side is being used. This aesthetic treatment is possible thanks to a very thin layer of metal created by Fabrice Lemarchant of the Fresnel Institute in Marseille.
Thesis thesis
Jokerama
Thesis director: Catherine Geel
“You must be joking? You must be joking!”
This thesis roams the question linked to this everyday expression. Indeed,
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idea of play, however (whether intuitive or intellectual). In a world where
a project’s success is dependent on story-telling, this thesis aims to observe the silent desire of designers to create, manipulate or sometimes stifle their laughter in another world, which aspires to crack jokes rather than treat them subtly. alexandre ECHASSERIAU
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Madame Flex p roje ct
20 09
The challenge of this project is to express fluidity in wood. After a
methodological sampling of the properties of sand rushes, several characteristics intrinsic to the material were selected. These lines of tension
are fixed during the oven-moulding process. The tongs are a logical result of this process.
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i n Ja pa n 20 10 With Jin Kuramoto
Designer Jin Kuramoto is well known in the world of Tokyo design. He
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employees. This stool project represents a new design approach for me, as it means re-thinking the design brief in a bespoke way for young
Japanese couples who are setting up home. ‘A stool but not only a stool’, is the concept. The stool consists of a hand-turned oak base and seat on a frame of moulded oak. alexandre ECHASSERIAU
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20 1 1 Partnership with CNRS, LPS Orsay, CitĂŠ des sciences
Set in motion by superconductivity, the menagerie inmates in this miniature circus swing, dance, are catapulted and perform acrobatics.
Each little scene becomes a pretext for discussing the properties and possibilities of superconductors. This mobile circus fits into a suitcase
and can be packed and unpacked as required for use in science demonstrations.
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et masse p ro je c t Pro ject directo r : Patrick de Glo de Besses
Designers’ drawings should correspond to the process by which the
object is created. In that case, shouldn’t there be as many ways of drawing as there are manufacturing processes? In classic industrial design, objects are line drawn, regardless of the method of manufacture. By con-
trast, in painting and modelling, many ways can be used to construct the representation of an object as a mass and directly in colour. Couldn’t these means and tools of representation help to identify unexploited
resources and thereby develop new ways of designing objects? After
much searching of software and production methods, I present a couple of tools linked to 3D animation design and its reproduction using 3D
printing. The chosen software enables objects to be created by building up material, texture and colour simultaneously.
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LAURELINE GALLIOT
Thesis thesis
a finger in the eye
Thesis director: Frédéric Siard
It is very hard to draw a form of practice. Drawing means making the
inner workings of a practice visible, but not explaining it (in the sense of justifying it).
So when it comes to drawing the practice of drawing we find the eye and the hand acting in concert, in standby mode as much as in dream mode, combining memory and action in the act of making. This is the topic of
this thesis, a kind of reactivation of reflection in tautology. Knowledge
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when establishing a link between the action of the draughtsman and the actions of the blind* – is the subject of this reflexive journey.
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trunk p roje ct
20 0 8 Partnership with les Compagnons du Devoir
Initially a classic trunk is simply a wooden box characterised by sharp edges and projecting corners. Then craftsman cover it with lots of pieces
of leather, brass corners and other fastenings to turn it into a piece of
luggage. Malle’s shape does not need extra hardware to protect it, as its edges and corners are sunken. Moreover, it is designed from a single piece of leather that incorporates the handle.
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20 0 9 En partenariat avec le CIAV Meisenthal (Centre International d’Art Verrier) Projet réalisé avec Medhi Moujane
D’une boule en fusion aveuglante et uniforme, la matière, refroidie, révèle ses strates de couleurs entremêlées. LAURELINE GALLIOT
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20 1 0 Partnership with SynTTAC (Syndicat de fabricants d’objet en bois, du Jura) Project with Claire Lavabre
The Jura region of France is famous for manufacturing traditional wooden toys. The challenge of this project is to bring the Jura’s traditional expertise up to date, by designing a new collection of toys that combines wood with electronics.
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C o llecti o n p ro je c t Pro ject director : Benjamin Graindorge
This project is about exploring materials, shapes, colours, motifs, the
sense of touch, etc., by working at the frontier between possible ambivalences, on the edge, at the place where the appearances and the reality of things meet.
This is a collection of domestic objects at the boundary between the visible and the invisible, the possible and the impossible, the true and the false, etc., created by experimenting with the meeting between materials, expertises, effects, colours and shapes.
This collection of objects comprises a writing desk, a modest item made
of leather and upholstery foam; two mirrors: the first, the quiet one, is a
black mirror inspired by the Claude glass and the second, the echo, is a
‘witch’ (convex) mirror; two clocks, the shy one and the disturbed one, subvert our view and measure time discretely; and finally, the tanned
wall-fitting in natural leather onto which a metallic Mylar shape has been screen-printed, making the object reflective.
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PAULINE GILAIN
Thesis thesis
b l a n k pag e a landscape o f c r e at i o n
Thesis director: Cloé Pitiot-Fontaine
This thesis focuses on the creative method, the method that searches for form. How is the story of a project written? How do we know what
importance to attribute to one element or another that constitutes a project? What do we choose? Which idea? Which form? Which material? Which colour? Sometimes decision-making is simplified by the parame-
ters that control the process of choice. On other occasions, no one solution dominates.
We must choose. What is right? Is intuition a kind of method? Is inspiration officially permissible as a resource?
By means of interviews and examples, this project attempts to identify working methods, thought modes, habits and particular forms of behaviour in order to try to create a personal method. PAULINE GILAIN
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Achille p roje ct
20 09 Partnership with La société Spérian Project with Julie Thissen and Roman Pin
This is protection for the hands, a glove that acts like a piece of armour against objects that can cut or puncture, such as contaminated syringes.
This glove is associated with an over-glove which maintains and improves the protective function (such as letting skin breathe, acting as
a cleaning cloth, colour, etc). Inspired by the world of sport, the collec-
tion will change the image of the profession, as these are protective gloves for ‘urban athletes’.
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20 11 Partnership with Le Défi Innover Ensemble Designed and implemented by les Compagnons du Devoir with support from the J. M. Weston Foundation Project with IFM students, leatherworking colleagues and Clémence Page
This is a 48-hour weekend bag made of leather and linen. Combining
ecological and technical materials with soft, matte leather, this collec-
tion is both good-looking and innovative, and specially designed for travellers. This overall project provided a fulfilling and realistic experience of entrepreneurship. PAULINE GILAIN
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20 1 2 Partnership with the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and Sèvres – Cité de la céramique
This projected was the result of a workshop that brought together 16 students from Sciences Po and ENSCI.
LAPIE (Laboratoire Artisanale de Production Innovante et Expérimentale) is a centre for specialists, a space dedicated to expertise. It represents and
takes inspiration from the social and cultural values of craftsmanship.
Its aim is to support exceptional expertise with particular reference to the values of authenticity and uniqueness. At the same time it promotes social, technical and technological innovation.
SHIFUMI is a biannual professional journal published by LAPIE. Suppor-
ting the ambitions of LAPIE, its aim is to highlight various forms of expertise through articles featuring portraits of craftsmen, particular techniques or materials, designers, etc.
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p ro je c t Partnership with bio-engineer Michka Mélo, EPFL + ECAL Lab, the Life Sciences and Technologies section of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Industrial Ecology section of the Université de Lausanne (UNIL) Project director: Stéphane Villard
This project aims to establish new design approaches and strategies, combining inspiration derived from biological systems with the demands of
industrial design. The idea is to design objects that last without compro-
mising performance. The tools designed during this programme have been applied to an everyday object, the kettle, which in itself combines a number of environmental problems (energy production and consump-
tion, materials, production processes, etc.)., Drawing on the design methodology created for this project, one of these strategies produced Nautile, an electric combustion kettle made of ceramic clay and manufactured using 3D printing technologies. Thanks to principles inspired by the nau-
tilus shell, the termite mound, the toucan and the polar bear, combined with a re-direction of the principles of physics and tips on usage, a kettle has been designed with a greatly reduced environmental footprint. At the
same time it retains the most advanced functions of modern kettles while including no electronic parts.
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GUILLIAN GRAVES
Thesis thesis
a potential industrial evolution Thesis director: Jacques François Marchandise
Written in the form of research articles, this collection starts by questioning factors linked to innovation – be they social, technical or technological, spatial or temporal – in order to find out where, when and how creativity is generated. Analysis gradually gives way to exploration, to
the formulation of hypotheses in which each of these links can hybridise with another, enabling us to envisage potential new avenues in the practices of creativity, design or research – i.e., new industrial modalities.
Versus Partnership with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland and Belgium
Written in the form of a laboratory notebook, Versus provides the reader with a first-hand account of a collaboration between design and bioengineering through the Biomimesis project which aims to design
objects in a different way taking inspiration from biology. Over almost a
year of regular entries, the notebook offers thoughts and various lines of research and experimentation in new ways of designing bio-inspired objects – of which the NAUTILUS project is one of the first. GUILLIAN GRAVES
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HORN p roje ct
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Partnership with l’EPFL École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Horn is a stand-alone photovoltaic speaker equipped with photovoltaic cells developed by EPFL that turn indoor lighting into energy. The speaker recalls the shape of a gramophone horn, from which it derives its acous-
tic properties. To save energy Horn has a single loud-speaker whose power is amplified by the object’s structure. The shape is produced by folded
photovoltaic cells screen-printed onto strips. The technology becomes at once the form, the material to be moulded and the source of energy.
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20 0 9 Partnership with CEA, LETI, Grenoble City Hall, GEG, GDF Suez, Eclatec, Cofely & Ineo
In our cities at night, the languages of various illuminated systems of signs and way-marking (functional lighting, signage, advertising, etc.) clash in a disorganised way. When this happens inhabitants become disoriented, and neighbourhoods lose their identity. Illumination, infor-
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new 3D LED technologies to work with digital technologies, this lamp
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principle behind Compass relevant to the urban environment. Adapting offers a new system of lighting and 3D communication. It creates a new
typology of objects adapted to the urban environment. Compass can illu-
minate, guide pedestrians, produce signage (bus, underground system, car-parking etc.), and can create new environmental moods and a sense of identity in the city. GUILLIAN GRAVES
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20 1 0 Partnership with Aldebaran Robotics
This is a robot that provides assistance to the elderly or people with reduced mobility. Its human scale (height: 1.40 m) is appropriate for the
tasks it is designed to perform. It is equipped with the most advanced technologies, giving it a high degree of precision. Designed using crafts-
manship from the French textile and leather industries, Ido establishes
France’s position in the world of robotics  one that was hitherto nonexistent. These new materials are used alongside a hidden mechanism that translates the robot’s movements via an innovative series of expres-
sive gestures. These gentler, more welcoming and reassuring gestures are linked to the intentional distortion of the material.
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Through a series of research projects on movement, we were able to define several relational levels between the user and the object. Identifying the movement and the degree to which the body is involved leads to a different conception and experience of the object and its use. The first
object we addressed in this way is a lamp whose light source can be adjusted by the user to modulate the mood of the lighting in a particular
space. The second is an Internet radio whose handling and operation give access to basic functions, information about the audio stream and variable listening modes.
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Thesis thesis
Gestural objects
Thesis director: Roland Cahen
The gesture is difficult to comprehend. It is often associated with the action of one or more parts of the body. We immediately think of our
hands, those privileged organs, but even the action of one finger involves the entire body to which it is attached.
This thesis explores various aspects of gesture. Initially, it is described through its expressive physical, socio-cultural and technical aspect. We
then gradually move towards the surfaces and mediums which the body touches. Ranging from our relationship with the most everyday objects to the evolution of technical objects, this panorama attempts to reveal
the forces that take part in the creation, existence and disappearance of gestures and examine what their future holds. JULIEN GROBOZ
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20 06 Partnership with Hermès
This item of luggage is a reinterpretation of the duffle bag. Through a
system of pleats and fastenings the bag’s volume can be adjusted to suit
its content and the morphology of the user. It suits travelling that is spontaneous and unplanned – a cross between a handbag and a travel bag.
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20 0 8 Partnership with Matelsom
This object combines a pop-up book and a shadow theatre. Projected in a shadow show, the paper scenes pop up as the pages are turned and help
lull children to sleep. The screen, which is separate from the book, can be used independently like a small backdrop, encouraging children to invent their own stories. JULIEN GROBOZ
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20 1 0 Commissioned by CMFI, UniversitĂŠ de Lille 3
This instrument was designed for use in training young music students. It has all the acoustic properties of the traditional Alpine horn, while also taking into account associated issues such as transport, storage,
comfort and the possibility of playing in a variety of different keys. The use of inexpensive materials and the ease of manufacture make the product affordable.
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Our perception is clouded; objects mutate and come to life. They change colour; things appear and disappear. They take on new shapes and proportions. Humans (finally) witness what they always suspected went on
in their absence – objects communicating among themselves, metamorphosing and coming alive.
Taking illusion and the optical and kinetic arts as the starting point, we generated optical effects, and through them we animated and trans-
formed everyday objects. Then we investigated their status, their function and the materials from which they are made. We therefore gener-
ated a dialogue between objects, space and people, with movement acting as the principal language in this dialogue.
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Thesis thesis
L a n at u r e en ville
Thesis director: Marie-Haude CaraĂŤs
By comparing the experience of living in three different European
countries through interviews with three city-dwellers, and by analysing the role of fauna and flora and the ways man has transformed it, this
project tries to understand: what is urban nature and what is its status when animal cloning and genetically modified plants have become the norm, and flowers in vases and perfectly manicured, fenced-off lawns are presented as the most natural things in the world. johanna HARTZHEIM
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Sugar bowl and honeypot
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This beech sugar bowl and honeypot are characterised by supple shapes and curved surfaces. This is a material-based approach that tackles sim-
plicity of use. The sugar bowl contains a surprise. Lifting its lid we dis-
cover its interior painted bright blue. Its spoon fits perfectly into the slot made for it. The honeypot is designed with a honey dipper integrated into the lid; the visible part of the lid completes the integral, continuous shape of the pot.
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20 11 Graduation project for Master of European Design – Günter Horntrich
Using two typologies, this project is about re-interpreting the literary
methods of the Oulipo group through materials, using arbitrary and voluntary constraints as a design approach. Pique-nique au bois is inspi-
red by Georges Perec’s book The Exeter Text: Jewels, Secrets, Sex. It is made from a single material (ash wood) and is produced using a single method (woodturning) over a one-month period.
Exercises de style is a collection of light-fittings whose name refers to Raymond Queneau’s work of the same name [Exercises in Style].
The lampshade is created using ten different materials and production methods. The constraint is both an obstacle and a stimulus, as each material lends itself more or less easily to the format imposed on it. johanna HARTZHEIM
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20 1 1 Partnership with Le MusĂŠe du Quai Branly Project undertaken with Isabell Jusek
This digital and analogue game for children and adults enables visitors to discover the musical treasures of the MusĂŠe du Quai Branly in Paris.
The aim of the game is to collect families of musical instruments across
the five continents. Each card represents an instrument and is associated with digital content that provides information about said instrument. When a family of instruments has been collected the player is given
access to additional information, and can listen to and see the instruments in their native context.
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the de f inite p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Stéphane Villard
This project follows on from a series of experiments carried out on extruded L- and T-shaped metal sections. By distorting this material, and
treating it as soft and malleable, a formal alphabet was created out of these straight lines that reinterprets these sections in three chapters.
The first chapter is a sculptural study. By removing metal from par-
ticular areas in order to twist the straight lines and extract them from their original configuration, the material took on a new shape. The second chapter looks at the question of connection in a manufactured object. These connecting parts link two axes to create a self-locking object.
The third chapter looks at an open system. The connecting part is con-
ceived as a piece of hardware that enables multiple configurations. This
third chapter is a system of hybrid furniture. The connecting part gener-
ates different volumes, can be adapted to a particular space, and can create new ones.
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ROMAIN JUNG
Thesis thesis
views on landscape
Thesis director: Jacques François Marchandise
How can we look at landscape? The first part of this thesis takes a more
theoretical, technical view and shows how the landscape we look at today has been entirely created by man, with agriculture playing a crucial role (particularly post-war). This journey into the world of agriculture leads
to an attempt to define landscape by focusing on what it represents
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landscape, using the philosophical concept of artialisation to show how may thus be a cultural construct. To develop this theory further we then
look at artists who create their landscapes by playing with materials, colours and composition.
The thesis ends with a series of photographs taken by farmers themselves to highlight their viewpoints as both creators and players. ROMAIN JUNG
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20 0 8 Partnership with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne laboratory
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne laboratory has developed
a new system of photovoltaic cells. This project highlights the advantages of Graetzel cells (third-generation solar cells) in creating a stand-
alone, low-energy domestic object. Tip-Tap is an alarm clock that accompanies the user when they rise.
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Sémaphore uses its vertical geometry and its embedded technologies to
reassure the cyclist on their trips around town. To give the vehicle more visibility the hi-tech membrane that covers the bike emits the same signals as those used by car drivers. ROMAIN JUNG
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Created for the international competition ‘Design for Change’, this pro-
ject raises questions about the major challenges we face in the future regarding food by looking at 3D food printing. The creative and unrestrictive potential of the machine can be understood by playing on different cooking methods, textures and shapes.
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p ro je c t Pro ject direc tor : Frédéric Lecourt
Sailing is an activity that uses up non-renewable resources and pollutes its environment. At the same time boats are taken out an average of five
times a year, which causes congestion in marinas. The latter are dependent on their neighbouring towns, consuming energy and producing
waste materials that have to be processed. How can marinas help to
reduce their ecological footprint and re-balance the relationship between the marina and the town?
A marina can become a competitive energy producer by cultivating phy-
toplankton. Grown in a closed environment linked to a methane production facility, it can produce methane and treat waste water at the same time. The phytoplankton are grown on a circuit exposed to the sun that is built into the marina’s pontoons. Extensions of this circuit, in the form of coiled tubing, are placed on the decks of the boats when they anchored
in the marina. This system makes the marina more autonomous, transforming it into a kind of ‘kidney’ for the town, and giving it the potential to produce renewable energy locally without competing with agricultural land, unlike conventional biofuels.
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Thesis
w h y d o w e h av e thesi s
children, or the world’s fa c t o r y
Thesis director: Frank Burbage
When the ‘human world’ is renewed, creation and transmission co-exist as basic processes. What is the relationship between them?
Kinship and design are two aspects of the process of manufacturing the
world: the first lies in the creation of human identity, and the second in the construction of the individual’s environment. What is the difference between them? Can they cross over? Is it possible to manufacture children? The ‘production’ of children or objects questions our rela-
tionship to people and things, and at a more global level, our responsibility for and our involvement in this world – our world. AZILIS JUNGST
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20 07 Partnership with Leroy Merlin
Thanks to its geometry this lamp can be placed anywhere, in any position, and has multiple uses: up in the attic or down in the cellar, in the
garden during the evening, as a reading light, or as a night light, to name but a few. Independent of any electrical source the lamp recharges via a dynamo built into one of its handles, making this lamp free-standing.
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container itself, its recycling system, and its ability to collect and store rainwater make it a generous, welcoming location. AZILIS JUNGST
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20 09 Partnership with L’EPFL + ECAL Lab
This seat made of carbon makes use of the mechanical characteristics of
this material (lightness and rigidity) within a domestic context. Its spring-like properties are the result of both the design and the delicacy of its carbon sheets.
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Investigating the expertise that makes objects durable, this project proposes to research a new kind of durability in materials. Burned wood is a technique that makes wood 30% more water-, heat- and moistureresistant, and gives it a dark blue–black colour. In Asia farmers have been
using this technique for centuries. By charring the external surfaces, this technique also helps protect a traditional house against the weather.
Taking its cue from functional objects made of burned wood, this project demonstrates a new use for this technique and proposes a principle of
durability that also allows the object to age, as seen in the work of Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa.
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Thesis director: Françoise Fronty-gilles
Over the course of time a classic work of art remains the same, even if
the perception of those looking at it changes. The Mona Lisa’s smile is always the same, although we do not look at it now as we did in the 16th
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comprehensible through contemporary works of art and design objects. The latter create a lasting meaning or message by forming an emotional relationship with people. UNGDON KIM
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20 07 Project with Jean-Marc Bullet
The two main themes of this project are comfort and security for city driving. The elastic properties of wood make it a suitable material that
affords more comfort while travelling. Based on a closed box, the struc-
ture of the frame limits the negative effects of torsion, tension and compression.
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Made of orange peel, this high-performance design uses triangular shapes. The basic structure is a linen glove. An initial model was made
by joining together small triangles to give the maximum amount of flexibility and freedom of movement. UNGDON KIM
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20 09 Partnership with CIAV Meisenthal (Centre International d’Art Verrier)
This vase was designed through a process of experimentation and collaboration with craftsmen. The material shaped the form. Molten glass gave rise to the object.
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Drawing on people’s fondness for the ‘analogue’ features of traditional radio sets, this project investigates how gesture and use can affect radio
design. By creating models and drawings, our research led to the development of two proposals:
CIRCLE: By paying attention to the details (use, operation, finish,
sound, etc.), this domestic radio aims to reassert the ratio between qual-
ity and material in this object. Its circular shape suggests radiation, and
indeed a vent enables the sound emitted by the loud-speaker to be turned in different directions. Operating the controls (volume, aerial, tuner) produces both visual and functional effects.
BEACON: This Internet radio is more adapted to the nebulous nature of
the Internet. It creates new kinds of navigation by means of simple, intuitive gestures, thus bringing an element of chance back into one’s search for a station.
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MODELS
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S o tt o - v o c e
Thesis director: Frédéric Dumond
Listening to the radio a lot. Turning it on without thinking in a daily
ritual, hearing it without listening. A habit, in short. Then suddenly a voice stands out, and the established order is disturbed. It is hard to
identify the exact moment when this happens. A simple variation in a familiar order is enough to reveal the extent to which our senses have been numbed by habit. FLORA LANGLOIS
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Case p roje ct
20 09 Personal project created in the woodworking department at ENSCI
The first stick of this fan is made of solid maple. It acts as a case and protects the other more fragile sticks that are made of sycamore veneer. The oversized frame, which makes this fan unique, makes it comfortable
to hold. When open, the fan reveals the detail of the coloured links that hold together (or articulate) the whole object.
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20 0 9
This scarf can be heated up on a radiator thanks to its integrated gel
capsules. It is cut to be worn in various ways depending on the areas of the body one wishes to warm up (shoulders, neck, upper or lower back,
stomach, etc.). The scarf has more in common with the world of clothing than with the ‘prosthetic’ nature of classic therapeutic hot-water bottles.
It ensures a kind of diffuse, comfortable heat that relieves tense muscles, backache, neck ache, etc. FLORA LANGLOIS
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20 09 Partnership with Mimesis
This desk lamp casts a direct, adaptable light. A loop of highly elastic shape-memory alloy (SMA) makes the controls movable. The cursor can
be held with a light pinch. Slid with a delicate gesture, the light source can be precisely oriented. A conductive material at the same time, SMA
separates the structure of the reflector, giving this lamp its strange appearance. Fragile and old-fashioned, Loop is inspired by the world of the laboratory and measuring instruments.
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p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Felipe Ribon
At the beginning of the project, the eyes drift, wandering in the real
world. Questioning reality until a detail jumps out at us. Observing what exists to come up with an impression, then combining the elements provided by this reality-sensitive experience. We imagine ways of taming these impressions, setting up systems to use an object to translate
one’s perception of reality with some degree of clarity and legibility, of course. Observing the reflection of trees in a lake enabled a mirror to be imagined. The design of the stool brings to mind the inversion of the
object. The carpet uses the construction principle of a stone wall. Shad-
ows appear in the gaps, the surface becomes less smooth and more three-dimensional.
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thesis Thesis thesi s
thesis o n fa m i l i a r ground
Thesis director: Valérie Mrejen
When writing a thesis, we have the opportunity of questioning everyday
life. Everyday life means what we find familiar. Normally we do not question it, as it seems self-evident. However, in questioning it, we can
experience our lack of knowledge of this space. Although it is familiar, everyday life is not always known. We can question situations, objects
– this familiar space to which we do not normally pay much attention – in order to invest them with meaning. CLAIRE LAVABRE
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20 0 8
This collection of objects takes a new look at conventions. Elongating
certain axes and sections produces a straight, tense design language that plays with the ideas of balance and symmetry, altering our perception of
the object and hinting at a manufacturing defect, or damage caused by use. This family of ‘broken arms’, produced in steel, includes a chair, bench, stool and lamp.
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20 0 9
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, one 11 November. Counting seagulls. A buoy
bobs in the distance, flags are waving. As in the lyrics of La Compagnie
Créole’s 1980s’ hit song, it looks like the paintings of Le Douanier Rous-
seau: there are blue parrots drinking coconut milk, spiny-backed tropical
fish, fiery suns hidden in the reeds, and amorous little monkeys playing Romeo. A boat passes by. Tango Tango, Checkpoint Charlie, a trip round the harbour. ‘Oh look, it’s the Harpers.’ Then, splash! CLAIRE LAVABRE
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20 1 0 Partnership with SynTTAC (Syndicat de fabricants d’objet en bois, du Jura) Project with Laureline Galliot
Wooden toys offer an abstract approach to reality. Abstraction in the way
the details are rendered leaves room for a more imaginative usage. These
wooden toys are like silhouettes, mere sketches of shapes. They suggest some kind of representation and try to maintain the relationship a child
can have with a piece of wood he has picked up and which stimulates his imagination. The electronics hidden inside some of the toys in this collection is discreet if not invisible. It creates surprises, encourages simple, intuitive interaction and lends a new dimension to the wooden toys.
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Curiosités is an exploration of the possibilities offered by a laser-cutting machine. By highlighting the usual machining functions, the technical
characteristics of the materials are revealed with unexpected results. In
addition to the two common uses of a laser cutter – cutting and engraving – it can also be used for enamelling, making materials translucent, creating relief, binding together, making rigid, crystallising, heat-sealing, etc. This research gave rise to this collection of Curiosités. Like a handbook of instructions, the objects indicate the settings on the
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SAND The sand crystallises when subjected to the laser.
wood The suction created by the machine directs the smoke produced during machining. This creates colour effects on the MDF that resemble inlay work.
P o r celain The laser makes the porcelain translucent while maintaining its waterproof qualities. It is shaped in relief or enamelled directly to produce delicate decoration, depending on whether it has been sealed, or is first- or second-firing bisque. SANDRINE DE LIGNAC
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111,370 characterful characters
Project director: Timothy Perkins
This thesis analyses the approaches of Marti Guixé and Jerszy Seymour
one conceptual, the other experimental¬ both of which offer alternatives
to industrial manufacturing. What is the creative intention of an object and where is the happy medium between form and function? This
balance produces an aesthetic neutrality that does not necessarily result
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in materiality. The designer must not impose his design, but must fully is working with. The aesthetic of the object created is a springboard to understanding the motivations and the context of creativity. Other topics
include the introduction of variations into mass-produced objects, and
the appropriation of a project by its user when a designer encourages an amateur practice that blooms with sharing and creativity. SANDRINE DE LIGNAC
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Armor p roje ct
20 09 En partenariat avec la société Spérian
C’est un gant anti-piqûre créé pour un fabriquant d’équipements de protection individuelle et destiné aux agents de tri sélectif, susceptibles d’être
contaminés par des seringues usagées. Le gant est constitué principalement d’Elephant Skin (enduction polyuréthane sur kevlar). Armor allie
efficacité, ergonomie et souplesse grâce à son patronage en écaille assem-
blé sur une maille respirante et imperméabilisé par une enduction nitrile.
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INCLUSIONS p roje c t
20 0 9 Partnership with Villa Meisenthal
This is a collection of glass vases. Without adding an extra step to the glassmaker’s usual process, parasitic elements (such as glass, silver, lead
or wooden beads, etc.) are deposited on the molten glass. They become
embedded or are burnt up randomly, modifying the texture of each of these vases and making each one unique. SANDRINE DE LIGNAC
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20 1 0 Partnership with Altermundi
The dust produced by ENSCI’s materials workshops becomes the consu-
mable used by this 3D printe . Numerous experiments were needed to enhance and bond the particles, which are mainly made up of polyurethane foam (a thermosetting material, therefore non-recyclable). This
residue becomes a raw material in its own right and enables mass-production of flexible objects.
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p ro je c t Pro ject direc tor : Guillaume Foissac
Thursday, 22 November 2012: play with words, letters, eyes, colours, and numbers. Bounce off them. Take photos. Friday: pull thread, tie gold twine into knots. Keep clear of the sea spray and set sail for cherished, uncharted territory. Saturday? Rest. Open a book. Search, deconstruct, reconstruct, design a life. Take a seat in it. Contemplate. Designers work with brands, creating their products, shaping their
image. As a designer, how to maintain brand relevance without succumbing to superficial methods?
This diploma provides the opportunity to generate meaning while developing well-defined specifications; to plumb all aspects of the creative process with the aim of shaping them into tools that might in turn yield creative methods of their own.
Three projects will query the different aspects of product branding.
Each project will explore different methods of branding. Each result,
each indication will be taken into account. The water-tightness of this system will form its own specifications, and principles – a manifesto for a new brand, a new project.
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Thesis thesis
D e s i g n / St r a t e g y ENSCI / CELSA
Thesis approved within the framework of a dual degree in Branding and Brand Strategy, with CELSA Thesis directors: Stéphanie Kunert and Juliette Riquier-Damoisel
Some companies founded by designers who are businessmen consider design to be of utmost importance, since it is at the heart of all strategic processes and decisions. Others prefer to phase design in progressively,
after the fact as it were. As I gather my thoughts on paper with the aim of concluding this dual degree, the expression ‘strategic design’ sounds like a perfect starting point. This is the designer’s added value in the business that I will analyse. CLÉMENCE PAGE
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p roje ct
20 1 0 Creative direction for a fictional food project, undertaken with Pauline Gilain
The premise for this fictional exploration is the desire to extrapolate on
current problems linked to intensive farming and global warming. Fast forward to 2050: imagine our food sources no longer come from the
earth, we have to create and design them. The challenge is to provide nutrients with form, taste and texture‌ A reference indicator will set new food policy, and serve as a guide for the designers who will be creating our fare.
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Partnership with Le Défi Innover Ensemble, conceived and implemented by the Compagnons du Devoir, with the support of the Fondation J.-M. Weston. This project was undertaken by students of the IFM, alongside the Compagnons maroquiniers and Pauline Gilain
Designed with the aim of meeting the user’s needs in various situations and moments, this weekend bag combines expertise and innovation
thanks to its use of technical leather and linen. The design and materials match an array of accessories that improve and expand the bag’s usefulness. CLÉMENCE PAGE
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20 1 1 Partnership with Sanofi
A treatment’s success often depends on communication between doctor and patient. During a medical examination the patient is often stressed, fatigued or bewildered, and might not fully grasp what the doctor is sharing. This can have an adverse effect on subsequent treatment. The
Hippocrate notebook records the doctor’s words, and serves as a kind of
augmented prescription, or personalised health bulletin, thus allowing the patient to take in, understand and accept the doctor’s – or the pharmacist’s – advice and/or prescriptions.
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BLIND HOOVER
A smart shell can absorb the shocks inherent to the use of such an object.
Experiments have yielded the hypothesis that foam would be the solution. Textured semi-industrial products simulate industrial production
of expanded polyurethane foam insulation. Hence the idea of an inflatable rubber membrane to protect the appliance. It can take in and release
air, making the most of the continuous flow of air generated by the
device itself. Much like an airbag, the fabric fills with air when in use, making its shape different from when it is not in use. WOVEN RADIATOR
A reinterpretation of the dry inertia electric radiator (with a ceramic core)
that aims to create new ways of heating. Based on the principle of the industrial heating mat, a heating wire assembles the porcelain parts.
These in turn distribute heat through a perforated surface that acts as a
heat exchanger. The ceramic work will feature an assortment of colours and finishes, thus turning the radiator into a valuable object.
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T HAN K LESS O B JEC T S - # 0
Thesis director: David Dubois
With a tone reminiscent of an interior design magazine, this number
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zero offers a kind of inventory of apparently ‘thankless’ objects. This list kless. This study queries both the place certain objects hold within the present standardised, homogeneous model, but also, more generally, our
relationship to objects that we find thankless. After all, don’t the objects we look down upon have as much to say about us as the ones we enjoy seeing? ROMAN PIN
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Cyclope p ro je ct
20 08 Partnership with CITU (federation of digital design and research laboratories)
This is a low-tech guidance system for bicycles. Its screenless, voiceless
GPS resembles a miniature projector that the user attaches to the handlebar. The device then projects directional information onto the road in real time, with a laser beam. It can record a route in progress or set down
a pre-recorded one. A simplified interface allows users to edit and share their itinerary, thereby enriching the initial database.
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Achille p roje c t
20 0 9 Partnership with Spérian Project undertaken by Julie Thissen and Pauline Gilain
Seamless gloves for street cleaners. Combination of a protective Elephant
Skin® underglove (Kevlar mesh + polyurethane coating) and a ventilated overglove which together form a covering that protects the hand from
sharp or jagged objects. Freely inspired by the world of competitive sport, the ‘Achille’ range compares the physical intensity of a garbage man’s work with that of a professional athlete. ROMAN PIN
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This project seeks to turn household water use to advantage through a
range of objects that treat three types of water: a rainwater recovery system, a greywater collection system designed to fit under the sink, and
a humidity-channelling suspension system for bathrooms. These passive
objects are all a blend of water-repelling fabric and mineral-based material such as glass, concrete, and clay, and run without electricity.
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This project is first and foremost a reflection on the creation of moments
rather than objects – or rather how objects can shape a moment in time. Using a host of the most common tools, this project will make organis-
ing all sorts of festivities easy, thanks to simple solutions that need no middle man.
An interface will allow users to define their needs: type of party, colours,
theme, tasks to be carried out. Once these criteria are decided, the user will have a rich variety of solutions to choose from. Example: an invita-
tion, an event, or directions for the guests. These can range from advice on how to proceed, an object to be sent or received, or various downloadable applications. In each case, the idea is to provide a product designed
with parameters that allow the user to adapt to the variety of scenarios that occur in real life.
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ON B OREDOM AS A CA T ALYS T
Thesis director: Jean-Charles Massera
Thesis time comes after the giddy phase of project workshops and
internships abroad. You trade ‘doing’ for ‘thinking,’ you shift from the
answer to the question to the formulation of a question. Instead of
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concentrating your ideas on a given object, you have to try to extend and of boredom. Followed by the question of knowing if boredom can stimulate creativity.
Each time boredom appears in its various guises, it becomes a springboard, a key step toward unleashing and inventing all sorts of strategies to overcome it. Might this approach be adopted by all future designers? MARION PINAFFO
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Source p rojet
20 0 8 Partnership with the EPFL laboratory
This solar charger runs on Graetzel cells which were developed by the
EPFL, and whose low output means this household device can even function indoors.
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This project is a response to the Paris municipality’s desire to ‘reintro-
duce nature’ to the city. It is an itinerant structure destined to set up shop in the city’s liveliest spots. It features furniture, and equipment, and its visibility is sure to attract people. It is also traffic friendly. ‘L’Atelier’ is an extension, a terrace, a stand against the prevalence of cars in the city. MARION PINAFFO
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20 1 0 Partnership with Schneider Electric Project with Juliette Gelli
This set of lighting and energy devices is made for areas of the Indian sub-continent that are lacking electrical equipment. This existing range has been redesigned for improved use, such as making it easier to set up
lights, storing cables, and protecting the devices from adverse weather conditions.
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F r o m landma r k t o landma r k , p lan and cha r t an im p e r manent r o ad
p ro je c t Pro ject directo r : Patrick de Glo-de-Besses
Maps are essential for finding one’s bearings and gaining a grasp of a given area. But what kind of map can be used in an empty landscape? Though this project’s governing principle is the mapping of an Antarctic
logistics raid, its heart is the construction of the trail that follows the
convoy. These three structures – the FastGloo, the LogPod and the BlackBerg – will enable the world of science to gain an extra foothold on the sixth continent. Respecting the environment is an intrinsic part of this
project, and not merely from an ecological standpoint. A zero carbon footprint is a scientific imperative as well as an aesthetic one, for in this exceptional landscape the immaculate whiteness of the ice sheet becomes a catalyst of human utopias.
Visiting experts: Yann Calbérac, geography professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, Patrice Godon, Antarctic logistics and infrastructure manager for IPEV.
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BlackBe r g This ski-mounted shelter located just off the landing strip (currently known as a D85), can accommodate up to fifteen people trapped by the ice. Energy self-sufficient, the shelter uses fossil energy only when the solar panels entirely covering its roof have stopped working.
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FastGl o o This Tyvek®-covered inflatable igloo is designed to protect scientific equipment from snow. It has high thermal performance and can maintain temperatures that are far ‘milder’ than –50°C temperatures outside. The FastGloo’s size (four metres in diameter and two metres high in the centre) allows it to house field workers if need be.
LogPod The increased presence of scientists and equipment on the ice sheet enabled by the FastGloo will make further logistical resources necessary. By allowing regular deposits of helicopter fuel, the LogPod will create intermodal transport along the entire land trek trail. Helicopters will thus be able to make a quick hop from Dumont d’Urville, the coastal base, and Concordia, the continental station more than 1,200 km to the south.
Thesis
MA K ING EX T RAORDINARY JOURNEYS INHA B I T A B LE : thesi s
AN EXAMINA T ION OF SU B MARINE , POLAR , AND SPACE MISSIONS
Thesis director: Marie-Haude Caraës
How to inhabit an uninhabitable environment? How to live in a submarine during patrols that last several weeks? What kind of living quarters can be created in Antarctica, a continent devoid of an indigenous people?
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environments often presented as being similar by their different mission facilitating mankind’s never-ending utopian desire for conquest. Designers have a fundamental role to play in this context, professionally –
through their ability to forge a close collaboration with scientists and engineers – and due to their pronounced tendency to choose the road less travelled, and opt for innovative solutions. CHARLOTTE POUPON
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COR K OLI T H p roje ct
20 09 Partnership with the Grande Épicerie de Paris
Stéliège reintroduces cork in the world of wine, at a time when it is progressively being replaced by other materials. The stele’s solid design represents the paradox between its large, heavy-looking dimensions and
its actual lightness; the holes in which it houses bottles are clad in PMMA tubes, evoking the process by which corks are punched out.
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‘Let us cultivate our gardens.’ The Hinata brand (the word means ‘sunny
spot’ in Japanese) partners with Muji to produce innovative ecological
and technological objects: home solar collectors, a solar battery that
recharges small electronic equipment, a flowerpot that doubles as a natural ioniser through electro-culture. CHARLOTTE POUPON
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DIA B OLO p roje ct
20 1 2 Verallia Competition
This range of jars is for foodstuffs that are stored in liquid, such as pickles, artichoke hearts, lupin seeds, shallots or cherries in brandy. The
aim of this range of jars is to make it easy to remove their contents wit-
hout contact between the fingers and the liquid, while ensuring optimal conservation when stored away. With the Diabolo range of jars, separation occurs simply by turning the jar over.
Verallia first prize, currently in development.
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F I R S T A T T E M P T, RELIEF
p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Marie Moreau
This project aims to maximise the potential of temporary, dismountable
structures in public areas. Whereas this type of construction has tradi-
tionally been optimised for a precise and specific purpose, couldn’t it also be used to reconfigure an area and its uses? For example, turn an abandoned spot into a welcoming cityscape during the summer months, offer
a unique viewpoint on our daily environment, or experiment new urban planning proposals.
This project proposes assorted raised platform systems that can adapt to various surface areas. They can be steep, flat, sloping, tilted, hollow, hilly,
level, variously oblique, allowing multiple spatial configurations. Whatever the shape, the whole is conceived as a modular system laid out in a regular frame structure of 1,80 metres. Thus, the units’ different posi-
tions can intermingle and become hybridised, through the coexistence of multiple uses.
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ME T APHYSICS OF PLAS T ICI T Y
Thesis director: Marie-Haude Caraës
This thesis underscores the emergence of plasticity as paradigm, through a remote dialogue between Democritus, Lamarck, Ramón y Cajal, Simondon, and Sol LeWitt.
Through its connection to non-dualistic materialist philosophy, this paradigm is important for all designers concerned with environment and
lifestyle. It offers an alternative to the ‘form versus content’ idea, which makes theoretical design a difficult proposition at best.
Understanding plasticity as a common characteristic to everything that ‘is’ gives rise to a different way of looking at the relationship between
ontogenesis and cybernetics. In other words, this thesis is an attempt to sketch the contours of a figure, an attitude, an approach to the world, that one could conceivably call ‘conceptual.’ damien remuet
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20 07
This is a system that transmits and visualises spatialised digital content.
The device is equipped with a transparent oled screen, a GPS module and motion sensors.
Interaction is achieved by handling and moving the device through
space, while touching the single button enables validation. In an elevated
position the apparatus displays in overprinting a series of icons, each of
which corresponds to a feature or feed: comments about a certain loca-
tion, content shared with friends, and so forth. The flat position on the other hand gives access to the menu, the list of subscriptions to feeds and
also to the map and navigation. At the opposite end of the immersive augmented reality spectrum, Loun uses elements beyond its field to sti-
mulate spatial recognition, while reducing the number of resources the device needs and avoiding intrusive use.
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20 0 9 Partnership with Sperian Project with Camille Claude and Florie Andonimoutou
Elephant skin® fabric is a composite of puncture-proof aramid fibre and
polyurethane resin. Yet its firmness prevents it from being used to pro-
duce traditional gloves. This project aims to develop potential manufac-
turing scenarios and sponsorship models. Based on observation of the hand’s natural motor skills, the material is pre-folded in a press and
placed between two fabrics in extendable, ventilated mesh. All of which makes up an underglove, or ‘ganfre’. damien remuet
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PROGRAMMES p roje ct
20 1 1 ‘Equip The City’ workshop, ENSAPPB, Frédéric Bertrand
This project is based on the SDRIF, the Île de France master plan, which foresees the reconversion of 50% of the building footprints along the
Canal de l’Ourcq, including the construction of a series of amenities that might help spark an ‘urban upturn.’ This entails, among other things, deciding where to build the future footbridge between the Parc de la
Bergère and Bobigny’s new ZAC Écocité (offices and schools), while using this infrastructure to set up three other programmes: a second footbridge
from the park through the treetops, a floating weekly market and a specialist culinary centre.
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p ro je c t Pro ject directo rs: Fabien Cagani and Laurent Matras
This project is based on a paradox: consumers pay increasing attention
to the quality of the food they purchase and prepare, but tend to be less
attentive to its conservation once they have brought it home. The goal here is to create preservation methods that take the specificities of each
product into account – especially fresh produce. To do this, the idea is to
decompose the refrigerator in order to end up with three separate kitchen containers:
refrigerated (electrically-powered glass cabinet) isothermal (wood and textile)
aerated (cork, porcelain, perforated steel sheet)
These objects invite us to get closer to the places where food is cut and prepared.
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JOËLLE RIGAL
Thesis thesis
gold digger
Thesis director: Yann Potin
This work focuses on the notion of inhabiting, in the broadest sense. The
goal is to query our personal relationship to a given place, through memory, traces, and everyday life.
What role do objects play in our appropriation of a place? They represent a concrete trace of where we live while underscoring the relationship a person has with the space he or she inhabits.
How can they become a bridge to elsewhere, to someone else? How does the individual become part of a community?
These questions are predicated upon two places where things traditionally accumulate: the family home and its archival artefacts, and a photography blog. JOËLLE RIGAL
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WALL- MOUN T ED COA T HANGER
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20 09
This work focuses on turned wood and bentwood. The wall-mounted coat
hanger is a reference to Thonet’s ‘parrot.’ The wood appears to be
sketching a graphic path on the wall, creating an arborescence that becomes a coat hanger as it detaches itself from the wall.
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CU T LERY p roje c t
20 0 9 Partnership with Arcoroc
This range of cutlery borrows its forms from the folds of a leaf, its veins,
by using a stamping process. The folds are responsible for the structural slant. The knife is forged but maintains the same formal principles. Cut-
lery’s traditional decoration, composed of lines, is here revisited. It becomes the cutlery’s structure. JOËLLE RIGAL
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20 1 1 Partnership with Grobois and Haffiz, artisan potters Project undertaken with Philippe Thibault
A small-scale production. The idea was to attack the random nature of enamelling with precision tools, 3D printing and digital milling. A
range of tools, such as casters made it possible to apply patterns to earthen materials.
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mate r ial p ro je c t Pro ject directo r : Patrick De Glo de Besses
The goal of this project is to reconsider the process of wear and tear. Often seen negatively, the idea is to no longer view it as something one
endures, an inevitable consequence of time passing, but on the contrary to anticipate and program it with the goal of embracing and integrating
it. Wear and tear might then cease to bring us down, and instead of reminding us of the tragic destiny of all matter, it might instead become
the very heart of the object, the thing that makes it beautiful and func-
tional at once. By paradoxically making wear and tear the very essence of newness, the object can become supremely noble.
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CHARLES seuleusian
Thesis thesi s
a form of honesty
Thesis director: Nathalie Chouchan
This thesis was born out of the worry, observations and questions posed by a man, a consumer, and future designer.
It is about the industrial world we live in, a world of objects, of conspicuous consumption, of excess and overabundance. Observation, personal
beliefs, intuition and desires that lead to a course of action, a kind of ethical guideline. CHARLES seuleusian
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FĂŠlix p roje ct
20 0 8 Project with Axel Ardeois
Are you tired of feeling trapped in an urban jungle where cars and other motorised vehicles are constantly vying for space? Here is the solution:
Felix, a lightweight, exciting and responsive bicycle. Featuring the speed
of a racing bike and the easy handling of a BMX this hybrid will make you rethink your relationship to the city, which will suddenly seem like a gigantic playground.
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This wastepaper basket was born of an experiment on the limits of the flexibility of wood. A balloon is placed inside an ash wood cylinder with
an incised perimeter. The depth of the cuts varies in order to programme the deformation caused by the balloon as it is inflated. This object combines a well-mastered manufacturing process with an elusive randomness due to the action of the air within it. CHARLES seuleusian
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p roje ct
W o o d s ta c k 20 1 0 Partnership with EDF
This is a new way of considering the purchase and storage of firewood
for home use. Made of poplar wood, this unit is destined to follow the
same path as the logs it contains. To be burned, the better to disappear and to neither pollute nor take up room when no longer useful. This is a
reflection on the birth of a product, its creation, its existence and its disappearance – in this case its destruction through fire.
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PAT T E R N S p ro je c t Pro ject director : François Azambourg
How to integrate patterns into domestic objects, so that they will intrinsically participate in the object’s various functions? After a phase of research centred round the idea of ‘how to produce a pattern’, two kinds of objects came irresistibly to mind: a range of bags, and a bookcase. The
bags are for urban cyclists by day or by night, rain or shine. The bag is designed to blend elegance and practicality; it is made of leather and tarpaulin, with a silkscreened retroreflective pattern. The bookcase is a
variation on the theme of scale and the third dimension of the pattern. At first glance, the wooden structure appears even, yet it is not: a good
pattern should always contain a few surprises. Looking at the object a little closer, the points of contact of the wood parts reveal themselves to be coloured. Here and there, the wood unveils a new pattern, one that is
created naturally by the material itself and artificially through the choice of colour and the overall design.
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Thesis thesis
ON T HE O B JEC T OF T HINGS
Thesis director: Frédéric Dumond
The point of departure of this thesis is a simple yet critical question regarding design: ‘what is the use of objects?’ This question is inevitable.
In practice, a designer must pose it every day. Yet it is a complex question, one that holds many answers, revealing numerous possibilities view-
points. So why not ask this question clearly, in order to attempt to define in the broadest sense possible the question of an object’s usefulness. julie thissen
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De/form p roje ct
20 09
These bowls are manufactured with a lathe, and feature patterned resin
that is not on the surface but rather integrated into the object’s mass. The pattern takes its final shape while on the lathe. The manufacturing
process itself is therefore the pattern’s raison d’être. More than a mere decoration, it becomes an intrinsic part of the object’s matter.
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Achille p roje c t
20 0 9 In partnership with Sperian Project with Pauline Gilain and Roman Pin
It protects street cleaners from the risk of cuts and nicks. The glove’s protective material was developed in partnership, and made flexible and comfortable thanks to pattern cutting. julie thissen
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Péro p roje ct
20 1 0
This project is an in-depth re-examination of traditional family cutlery, in which the object’s value is of utmost importance. Unlike other simple
tools, cutlery sometimes stays with a family for several generations, becoming part of family history. The solid silver is gold-plated, then silver-
plated. Thus, as the cutlery is used, the exterior silver layer wears away,
gradually revealing not just the gold layer beneath, but also the object’s intrinsic value, marking its special use and the family’s history.
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T o q -t o c
p ro je c t Pro ject direc tor : Guillaume Foissac
This project illustrates the potential to simplify a technique through an
object itself while sharing the knowledge of a discipline. This service will allow two people to cook remotely. When several people cook together,
certain immaterial things can be conveyed, such as customs and tastes,
recipes and tricks. Attempting to maintain or even to intensify these
practices, could give us a way to reinvent our spatial and temporal perceptions of the kitchen. Sharing recipes and teaching others how to prepare
certain dishes is also a way of sharing culture, heritage, and experience.
Technological and mechanical characteristics can coexist within the same object. This is the opportunity to show that one and the other can combine to convey a learning experience.
The service includes four objects that are perfect illustrations of the
movements involved – tools that express know-how and are an essential part of the sharing process. Sharing traditions is a gateway to a host of opportunities. Examining the past and our heritage is the key to innova-
tion. This approach aims to translate that history, those now familiar movements that are often so difficult to describe. Now is the time for imperfection and new interpretations.
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Thesis thesis
Ricochet OR EXPLORA T IONS IN PARISIAN DESIGN
Thesis director: Marie-Haude Caraës
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second will concentrate on applying that notion to a given environment:
that of Parisian design. During on-site investigations we will meet and
interview its major players, we will delineate the boundaries of the profession in order to grasp its codes and language and reveal its principal characteristics. CLAIRE TRéFOUX
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Tools p roje ct
20 09 Partnership with Arcoroc
This range of cutlery has an uncommonly large shape, to make each item
easier to handle. Taking their cue from mechanical tools, these forks, knives and spoons are designed to fit comfortably in the palm of the hand. The lines are soft and beg to be held. An enormous amount of care
was put into creating these veritable eating ‘tools,’ with comfort a constant concern.
The spoon and the fork are generously shaped, since they come in direct
contact with the user’s mouth, whereas the knife is thinner and leaner, as befits its purpose.
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S i lva p roje c t
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This cooking device highlights the benefits of heating with wood pellets.
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The stove is made of cast iron, with a heat-generating soapstone cover,
flames are visible within the open-angled hearth. The use of this stove is made even easier by the fact that the wood pellets – reconditioned and ready to use – are readily available online. CLAIRE TRéFOUX
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20 1 1 Partnership with Sanofi Project undertaken with Jonathan Deloy
This digital pill dispenser makes taking and stocking pills easier than
ever. The pharmacist places a sticker with integrated flashcode on the
device, which contains the recommended doses and prescription printed on the package of medication, and can then be read by the dispenser.
Once it is full, it remains active in order to remind the user when it is time to take a given pill, by lighting up the relevant box. The interface is designed for this particular object but also for a digital tablet.
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PR I V A C Y
p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor: Ramy Fishler
Research on privacy in public hospitals: a complex environment, con-
straining and at times extreme, full of real problems and needs. Privacy
demands clear separation and closeness, and understanding this mechanism in a semi-private space is a real challenge. The aim of this project is to examine the current context of hospitalised patients and come up
with new responses to the challenge posed by privacy. This project features several everyday objects that allow the patient to preserve his or her
privacy, and thus protect and express it within a shared framework. These objects make the hospital environment more appealing and adaptable to the needs of each individual.
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YUN WANG
Thesis thesis
hidden
Thesis director: Françoise Fronty-Gilles
This thesis is articulated around the notion of hiding: a universal subject, both ancient and contemporary. Why do we hide things? What do
we hide? This is a meditation on the way this idea is interpreted in ancient Chinese culture, and on the various facets of hiding as expressed
today in the art and design professions. These issues are broached from
a personal Oriental perspective, by discovering myself, my background, and my future as a designer. YUN WANG
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S o f t Wa r m p roje ct
20 1 0 Partnership with EDF
This pellet stove retains heat that is often wasted with traditional stoves
and spreads it around evenly in the lower part of the room. All of the
system’s functions are hidden behind the stove, along with a week’s worth of fuel storage.
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Coloured Music Box
p roje c t
20 11 Project undertaken with Célia Torvisco
The aim of this game is to make sound visual and to infuse images with
sound. Each colour represents a particular musical note. The app (iPhone)
will scan the patterns line by line with the telephone’s integrated camera, and produce a continuous sound. The placement and size of each colour will alter the sounds they make. It is therefore possible to design one’s own song or transform one’s favourite tune into a drawing. YUN WANG
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In-Clip 20 1 1 Partnership with Schneider Electric
A lighting kit with LEDs (lamp, rechargeable battery, solar panel and
multi-channel recharging system for small electrical devices) conceived
for Indian villages without sufficient access to a stable electrical grid. The
user can set up a clip lamp in five different ways depending on the habitat and their daily needs.
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p ro je c t Pro ject directo rs: Erwan Bouroullec and Olivier Petit
The project aims to develop a new water-based tourism by attempting to make sailing more accessible to the greatest number of people.
This is a rental service for a flotilla of small trimarans designed to bring pleasure through ‘immersion’ and slow voyaging.
Imagined like a beach, the deck is shortened, making navigation and swimming easier. Floating pontoons located near the coastline and conceived like an extension of the boat offer the possibility of stopovers in
order to enjoy the seascape more fully. Sometimes ‘shelters’ are added,
similar to what one might find in the mountains, where tourists can spend the night if need be.
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Thesis thesi s
WI T CHES AND B O B S LA B ORA T ORY FOR ODDS AND B O B S
Thesis director: Eric Aupol
To embrace the object in the most experimental, empirical and direct way possible; not through knowledge, but thanks to a resolutely material approach, a physical relationship to the object. To set off on a quest for
abandoned objects which have been altered by the context in which they find themselves, in order to find out what they are about, in the manner
of an archaeologist, and attempt to extract a new ‘formalism’ from them. alexandre willaume
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IN T ERAC T I V E K I T p roje ct Partnership with SFR Project undertaken with Quentin Caille
An edutainment panoply made up of small active modules whose func-
tions are not clearly defined, based on learning and mastering the pro-
cess of receiving and emitting signals. All of these modules can be structured in random and/or controlled ways, in order to create bugs, or build tools, augment existing games, or even to invent new languages.
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These bags are made for the needs of urban dwellers. They are designed in varying sizes for any and all potential purchases; they also contain
built-in anti-theft tricks and have moisture-wicking elastic back slats. Pockets and other technical components that serve no purpose in an urban environment have been eliminated. alexandre willaume
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p roje ct Partnership with the Mairie d’Argenteuil Project with Léonie Ferry
This project aims to rehabilitate the central square in Argenteuil’s Val d’Argent housing estate. Currently soulless, it is now merely a place
people cross to get from one point to another. This project is a circle sur-
rounding a hothouse that aims to transform the spot into a hub of activities, where people can meet and mull around their surroundings.
project directors Guillaume Foissac, designer, project teacher ENSCI Jean-François Dingjian, designer, project teacher ENSCI Matt Sindal, designer, project teacher ENSCI Swann Bourotte, designer Vincent Dupont-Rougier, designer Jun Yasumoto, designer Laurent Massaloux, designer, project teacher ENSCI Patrick de Glo-de-Besses, designer, project teacher ENSCI Benjamin Graindorge, designer Stéphane Villard, designer, project teacher ENSCI Joachim Jirou-Najou, designer
Fréderic Lecourt, designer Sylvain Rieu-Piquet, designer Inga Sempé, designer François Azambourg, designer, project teacher ENSCI Felipe Ribon, designer Eloi Chaffaï, designer, project teacher ENSCI Fabien Cagani, designer Laurent Matras, designTer Ramy Fishler, designer Erwan Bouroullec, designer Olivier Petit, architect
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thesis directors Yann Potin, historian, researcher Laurence Salmon, journalist Rémi Sussan, journalist- tecnology Jérôme Eneau, professor of Education science Jannick Thiroux, director adviser at Ptolémée Maurice Ronai, consultant Catherine Geel, historian of design Frédéric Siard, teacher of design and history of art Cloé Pitiot-Fontaine, architect, curator Centre Pompidou, Paris Jacques-François Marchandise, philosopher, research director, La Fing Roland Cahen, head of sound studio ENSCI
Marie-Haude Caraës, director Ecole des Beaux-Art, Tours Frank Burbage, professor of philosophy Françoise Fronty-Gilles, communication consultant Frédéric Dumond, writer, videast Valérie Mréjen, artist, videast Thimoty Perkins, visual artist, teacher ENSCI Stéphanie Kunert, Information and communication teacher, CELSA Juliette Riquier-Damoisel, strategic designer David Dubois, designer Jean-Charles Massera, writer, art critic Nathalie Chouchan, teacher of philosophy Eric Aupol, photographer , teacher
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textile design
textile design a t ENSCI - L e s At e l i e r s The Textile Design department of Les Ateliers proposes a three-year multidisciplinary course that prepares students for the Textile Designer degree.
Textile designers conceive and finalise textiles and products for industry in
very varied fields of application: high fashion, professional or sports clothing, the home, architecture, transport, etc.
Aware of new uses and technologies, textile designers convey innovation, create and develop fabrics, compose with materials, colours, and graphic
designs, intervene in the structure and form of the textile product and master the manufacturing processes.
Technological progress and new fibres are now offering textile designers a
chance to explore new territories that represent major stakes for society (health, safety, sustainable development…). In a European context that is
shifting fast—competition, trade globalisation—the traditional sectors of clothing and environment textiles are today resolutely focused on quality production with high creative and technical added value.
The first two years of the course are spent on textile design projects, teaching and research.
The variety of the coursework covers all the aspects of textile creation, from product development to manufacturing.
The training favours experimentation and workshop research: each student has a diverse range of high-performance tools at their disposal to make their textiles.
In their second year, textile design students also work industrial design students on projects that involve a textile problematic.
The programmes are set out each semester and are followed by all the students
in the year. The course applies the ECTS system: one year equals 60 credits.
The third year is a year of synthesis that involves preparation of the degree
project, a long-term internship in a firm and/or a study trip to a foreign school.
The subject of the degree project will be related to the student’s preoccupations and will bear witness to their ability to project themselves in a profes-
sional problematic. The result of analysis and reflection around a theme,
it takes special needs into account, proposes new values of use and brings an original, innovative solution. It is developed with the support of a project director and the teaching staff.
It produces a concrete creation, be it a textile collection, a one-off or a mass-
produced object; it can be developed in partnership with a fashion designer, a designer, an architect, a manufacturer, a stage or space
designer. It is accompanied by a thesis in which the student explains his or her choice and specifications, justifies their approach and takes a stand…
Graduate designers evolve in highly varied sectors of the textile industry that range from clothing textile manufacturing industries to car furnishings
and design research consultancies in high fashion, ready-to-wear, styles and trends.
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A specific training C h a n ta l To u r n ay , h e a d o f D e s i g n Te x t i l e
Throughout their three and a half years of coursework, students at ENSCI-Les
Ateliers will learn to think about textiles in all their different aspects, performances and uses, while developing a creative and prospective
approach that takes into account progress in technology and human behaviour.
Textile is our door into design: the textile designer, like the industrial designer, conceives scenarios of use but materialises them through a fabric, a collection or a product involving textiles.
Textile is protean and ubiquitous in our environment. Each field of application requires specific expertise that our students acquire in the diverse projects studied in the school.
Developing expression through textile means acquiring theoretical knowledge and sophisticated, complex techniques. Textile is rich in ingenious processes that we explore and transpose to meet new functions.
Making a high-quality textile involves smart decisions throughout the development process, from the choice of the raw materials to the type of thread or construction system.
Aesthetic criteria are also essential. During their training, students therefore
regularly update their artistic knowledge in drawing (shape, graphic design, composition) and colours (harmony and range).
At the end of their degree, our graduates become specialists capable of bringing global, innovative solutions to contemporary issues in sectors as diverse as fashion, sports, professional clothing, soft furnishings, the community, transport, and more.
It is the fine balance between artistic training, technical knowledge and sen-
sitivity for the textile object that forges the originality and the value of our training, unique in France.
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p ro je c t Pro ject directo rs: Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman
This collection of fashion textiles comes straight out of a dream: it’s the pursuit of something outside our everyday reality, a kind of ‘dreamwalk.’ Each sequence of this narrative is expressed and illustrated by fabrics that contribute to the storytelling through the material that composes their essence, their colour, their appearance…
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Thesis thesis
Dreamality FLUC T UA T ING B E T WEEN DREAMS AND REALI T Y
Thesis director: Frédéric Dumond
How can one transcribe dreams into reality through cinematic or literary works of art, as well as the emotions and feelings they unleash in us? julie corsin
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IN T HE LAND OF se le cte d
T HE B EARDED PRINCESS AND T HE CA T B IRD
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This conception of a ‘textile architecture wonderland’ has deep roots in
childhood. An oddball dreamscape where fairy tale characters and strange creatures coexist in an unsettling space…
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Can uniformity and personality be expressed in one and the same article
of clothing? Five basics – the trench coat, the battle dress, the white but-
ton-down shirt, the V-neck sweater, and the three-button jacket – are here revisited with the aim of creating a neutral, restrained wardrobe that still manages to express tastes and personality. julie corsin
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D ay & N i g h t p roje ct
20 1 1 Partnership with accessories firm Aridza Bross and the Salon Première Classe
Three bags in one, for short trips: a garment-bag for eveningwear, a carry bag and a shoulder bag for regular use.
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the S w in g p ro je c t Pro ject direc tor : Nathalie Pellegrini
Textile collection for interior furnishings, inspired by Benny Goodman’s 1936 recording of the song, ‘Sing Sing Sing.’
Musical matter, sound and its vocabulary have been reinterpreted picto-
rially (syncopation, swing, breaks, tension, lull…). Through various approaches this colourful world of sound became the major inspiration
for this collection, which brings swingalong to various textile products (wallpaper, wall cladding, chairs, curtains netting…).
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CUL T URAL MIX
Thesis director: Pascale Berloquin-Chassany
To reflect on the blending of cultures is first and foremost to attempt to portray and grasp the complexity of human meetings in society. These
cannot exist nor occur without sharing, interpreting and adopting ideas, know-how and thought processes. Beyond the concept itself, it is an
examination, in the deepest sense, of the world itself. Ambiguous, para-
doxical and unpredictable, this blending of processes can be seen as an endless cultural weave. cécile dia
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L i tt l e W o n d y p roje ct
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A sketchbook filled with drawings allowed the creation of a landscape
based on colour and variation. This illustrated world was developed through a 3D textile structure.
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20 10 ‘If the bee disappeared from the face of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.’ Albert Einstein
A textile collection for the Honda concept car EV-N, drawing its inspiration from bees in a retro, or vintage spirit.
Designed for an ecological vehicle, this collection respects the technical and marketing constraints laid out in the specifications.
The challenge is to come up with a textile concept that is both ecological and aesthetically groundbreaking in terms of the traditional interior. cécile dia
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GE T A HANDLE p roje ct
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Partnership with accessories firm Hervé Chapelier, and the Salon Première Classe Sponsored by Sylvie Haddad – fashion and accessory designer
This bag is based on the traditional outfits and trends associated with
‘ethnic chic’. At once durable and practical, its two flexible handles embrace the body’s every movement: crossed in front of the body,
twisted around or simply slung over a shoulder, they create a new stance for every moment.
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THE NAKED EYE p ro je c t Pro ject di re c tor : Antoine Dupire
This project echoes the thesis on a garden theme and revolves around the flower: its structure and composition, with a special focus on the infinitely small. When examined through an electronic microscope, flowers,
petals and seeds reveal an infinite array of structures and textures that bear a striking resemblance to the materials and surfaces of a whole range of domestic fabrics.
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Thesis
T HE GARDEN : thesi s
WRI T ING AN INDI V IDUAL AND COLLEC T I V E NARRA T I V E
Thesis director: Sophie Coiffier
Private gardens, shared gardens, therapeutic gardens, remedial gardens, family gardens…
What motivates today’s gardeners to tend them? Does the existence of a
garden contribute to the wholeness of a city/help establish an urban environment, or is it a symptom of a withdrawal from society? lysandre graebling
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MAR V ELS p roje ct
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A personal vision of the marvels of illustration, as interpreted through weaving. Textiles blended with leather, paper, lace, and metal.
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20 11 Partnership with accessories firm Hervé Chapelie and the Salon Première Classe
A weekend mini-case for an eight-year-old girl spending time alternately with her father and her mother. Two compartments are separated by a
removable inset. The first can contain clothing and the health record. The second is designed for personal items (doll, book, security blanket).
Made of linen, it has a chequered base in neutral colours, all-over shimmer from bright-coloured stars and a geranium-pink canvas lining. lysandre graebling
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This collection takes a new look at the classic wardrobe (shirt, three-button jacket, trench coat, V-neck sweater) with an added detachable accessory: a collar for the shirt, a wide hood for the jacket, a belt for the trench coat, a scarf for the sweater.
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A C C OR D I N G t o Vict o r
p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Rudolf Ritzer
‘Creating is remembering.’ Victor Hugo This collection is a tribute to a past anchored in the present. It confronts two generations while attempting to preserve and honour the memory of
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T r i p t y ch
Thesis thesis
B AR B IE ’ S SECRE T DIARY OF FEMININI T Y
Thesis director: Cloé Pitiot-Fontaine
‘One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.’ Simone De Beauvoir
Barbie is an object, a toy. Barbie is a dress, a pair of high heels. Barbie is
a teenager, a woman. But more than anything, Barbie is the image of an ever-evolving society – a consumer society. The history of Barbie can be told through the evolution of dolls, their clothes and fashion accessories.
This thesis aims to revisit history through the analysis of one object: the doll and all its accessories. Barbie is here considered as a technical object, a medium for materials, colours, and games. jordane lereculeur
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T HE MAD HA T T ER p roje ct
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A new version of Lewis Carroll’s famous Mad Hatter. With his multiple personalities and crazed outlook, the hatter is a refined bourgeois and decadent dandy rolled into one.
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Welcome to the Diner! The Bel Air Burger has everything the elegant and glamorous woman would want to find in such a place, from the staff to the clientele. The waitress has a set of brightly coloured sponges and dishcloths whose hues recall those of the restaurant itself. The client will
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Man, 30 to 35 years of age, around 5’9” in height, greying hair, single – a card dealer. By blending the traditional French Barrière Casino outfits
with the Las Vegas look, two types of work uniforms are proposed. The
first recalls the elegance of Barrière; the second is reminiscent of the bright lights of Vegas.
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p ro je c t Pro ject directo r : Pauline Ricard-André
This collection draws its inspiration from San Francisco, a creative city full of eco-friendly cyclists. However, even cycling generates waste, such as used inner tubes.
How to raise the issue of recycling in this context? By considering the
inner tube as a major component of a collection of textiles for indoor
and outdoor use. The Kilomètre collection revisitstraditional motifs (chevrons, cannage, hound’s-tooth) in the spirit of sustainability.
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Thesis thesis
the emergence OF SIMPLICI T Y
Thesis director: Anne-Cécile Sonntag
This work queries the notion of ‘less is more’ as well as contemporary reflections on a return to the simple life.
‘The extraordinary attracts us for a moment, but simplicity holds our
attention for longer because simplicity holds what is essential.’ Garry Winogrand, photographer. cécilia lusven
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automobile Project
p roje ct
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A line of automobile textiles directly inspired by nature.
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Partnership with accessories firm Jack Gomme and the Salon Première Classe
The shape of this 48-hour bag is an extension of the form of a scooter.
The helmet fits snugly in the extendible gussets at the front of the bag. The textile – jacquard – lends lightness to the product; the helmet’s pattern is given the all-over treatment, much in the spirit of a monogram. cécilia lusven
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The all-over motif developed through an automatic writing exercise, printed on a natural background.
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I N T eR A C T I O N S
p ro je c t Pro ject director : Christian Tournafol
This project echoes the thesis, whose subject was body modification. The main influence of these modifications will blend with other inspira-
tional images. These principles are drawn from the initial theme, which naturally leads to textile. ‘Interactions’ is a collection, mainly of mesh
fabrics destined for the fashion world. Symbolically, textile here replaces
the leather featured in the thesis. It reveals certain parts of the body and creates the illusion of modifications. This project is experimental in nature. It associates textile-type materials to more surprising elements, for example those that are foreign to the human body. This collection is a play on transparency, a combination of fragile, wraithlike materials,
and voluminous elusive surfaces, which together create a narrative of strange shifts laced with experimental accents.
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FROM APPEARANCE T O ESSENCE
Thesis director: Guillaume Erner
Comparing the tattooing traditions of primitive societies to those of our contemporary society leads to questioning the ever-evolving notion of belonging to society and our relation to the body and to seduction.
Beyond fashion tattoos, why do certain people decide to modify their bodies in the extreme? marion morandi
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Biomorphia p roje ct
20 1 0
A fantastic vision expressed through drawing: a hybrid, ill-defined, almost organic world. Textiles based on Greg Lynn’s architecture and a biomorphic approach bring volume and an impression of reality to this apparition.
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T HE PHO T O - B AG p roje c t
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Specifically designed for photographers, this bag discretely contains pro-
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fessional material as well as personal items.
The very aesthetic of the bag protects its contents, and its concept res-
ponds to the needs of the professional: an easy-access compartment for camera material. marion morandi
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B ASICS p roje ct
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A basic collection of clothes (trench coat, three-button jacket, white but-
ton-down shirt and v-neck sweater) revisited with the aim of placing volume front and centre; with detachable or retractable elements that lend originality, aestheticism and comfort to each article of clothing.
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Holo
p ro je c t Pro ject dire c tor : Marion Lévy
A collection of flexible, adjustable lamps made with textiles that give the
lamps their structure and create a play on the light. This transversal research – material, form, lighting – sparks a dialogue between textile design and product.
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Thesis
T HE CRAC K S thesi s
IN GAMES : a HE T ERO T OPICAL SPACE
Thesis director: Frédéric Dumond
Reflections on the relationship between games-as-design, games-asspace, and space-as-creation. chrystel samson
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T ROGLOHOME p roje ct
20 1 0
This collection of textiles is for an imaginary hotel complex inspired by
troglodyte dwellings and designed to bring travellers closer to nature. The modules have transparent walls and are furnished with soft, wool cocoons.
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IN T HE MOOD p roje c t
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Partnership with Citizen Project with Fernand Manzi
This is a reflection on an adjustable textile accessory that through light signals can guide the user toward favourite spots, based on a list of pre-
ferences passed on by smartphone. The object reacts and interacts with the environment. chrystel samson
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T HE S h o w m u s t g o o n !
p roje ct
20 1 1 Partnership with accessories firm Just Campagne and the Salon Première Classe
A bag made of leather and fabric, with two side pockets and a central section that unfolds if need be. Designed with dancers in mind, it allows
them to carry everything in one bag — personal items as well as professional ones.
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r o ad p ro je c t Pro ject d ire c tor : Fréderic Jalat
This project originated in India, on a Bullet Machismo 500. Ths Khatipura
Road-Lifestyle collection is made for lovers of neo-vintage motorcycles. It features side bags in three colours and materials, and chaps for the city biker, an alternative to waterproof trousers.
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G r een cam o r an g e
Thesis
S T ANDOFF thesis
ON A GIAN T CHESS B OARD : REFLEC T IONS on work
Thesis director: Jacques-François Marchandise
Reflections on work and its value, against the backdrop of the tug-of-war between high finance and humanity. céline thibault
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Amazonian Forest p roje ct
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This collection of fabrics for an ecologically sound vehicle was inspired by the Amazon and by endangered species.
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WANDERLUS T p roje c t
20 11 Partnership with accessories firm Koryom and the Salon Première Classe
Like a seaman’s sack, built from a crescent-shape base and featuring
a reinforced back, ergonomic adjustable straps and a stand-alone interior pouch. céline thibault
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BIKE basics
p roje ct
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Today’s basics hearken back to 1920s sports clothing. That said, my idea was to come up with textiles suited to five basic articles of clothing
(trench coat, jacket, button-down shirt, long-sleeve sweater and trousers with deep pockets) that would be easy for urban cyclists to wear.
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To kyo
p ro je c t Pro ject director : Pauline Ricard-andré
‘The thing that inspires nostalgia in us over here is the very thing which remained inaccessible to us over there.’ Le Japon vu de dos, Christian Doumet.
Four personal episodes from four different countries trace a journey
punctuated with personal snapshots that today form the basis of four collections. These are an invitation to discover a graphic world and a palette of colours that tell of travels in Africa, Indonesia, the United States, and Japan.
Each stage is represented by a collection of three multifunctional fabrics
of different sizes, from the handkerchief to the shawl. Squares on which
impressions of past lives are gathered, a melting pot of different cultures whose essence touches upon both the palpable and the ineffable.
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NEU T RAL T WIN K LINGS
Thesis director: Nathalie Chouchan
This is an investigation into neutrality and its various representations, from its common, rather negative reputation, to its rehabilitation
through examples taken from Eastern and Western philosophies as well
as the emergence of art movements in contemporary design. This jour-
ney leads to a rather more colourful vision of neutrality, and puts it in the position of an element with the potential to inspire. alix valigny
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A u t o m at i c p roje ct
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Illustrations and silk screens inspired by Japanese art brut, in which unexceptional, everyday objects become the subjects of multiple crea-
tions. Starting from this principle, objects are obsessively documented, ad infinitum.
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Outside of the traditional ‘basics’ – black, navy blue and white – the ‘neutral basic’ comes in a more nuanced range. Clothing thus regains its
most basic function: being comfortable and resistant. This collection blends nuanced colours with a patchwork aesthetic, whose reinforced parts highlights the cut of the clothes. alix valigny
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Cities p roje ct
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Wandering in a city: a combination of city maps and depictions yields a marvellously anonymous, timeless city, a city in which one’s itinerary is left to chance. The model is a pop-up form woven directly on the loom for an immediate 3D-representation of an urban setting.
project directors
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Maurizio Galante, fashion designer Tal Lancman, designer Nathalie Pellegrini, designer Antoine Dupire, creative director Rudolf Ritzer, creative director Pauline Ricard-André, art director Christian Tournafol, stylist Marion Lévy, designer Frédéric Jalat, training officer
Frédéric Dumond, writter, artist Pascale Berloquin-Chassany, professor, searcher Cloé Pitiot-Fontaine, author, illustrator Anne-Cécile Sonntag, professor Guillaume Erner, professor, searcher Jacques-François Marchandise, philosopher and research director at FING Nathalie Chouchan, teacher of philosophy Sophie Coiffier, artist
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The non stop design school
ENSCI-Les Ateliers, the french national institute for advanced studies in industrial design, was founded in 1982 under the joint authority of the
Ministries responsible for Culture and Industry and is the only state-
funded advanced education institute specialising in Industrial design.
The education programme, based on a sustainable, human-centred
vision of design, seeks to balance quality of living with the need to enhance competitivity in the French and European economies.
ENSCI was created not only as a ‘design’ school but as an innovative edu-
cation project. Its aim is to provide an optimum learning context for a new generation of designers, able to bring creativity and innovation
to all fields of production and to contribute to promoting the profession. Over the past thirty years we have witnessed profound transfor-
mations in manufacturing and distribution processes and the enor-
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ENSCI has risen to the challenge by constantly renewing its education
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ENSCI delivers master level degrees only. The main activity of the school is centred around two master programmes: the (generalist) 5 year
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The School is a founding member of the PRES (Pole of Research and Edu-
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Mundi University » which gathers the different specialist fields of knowledge around a central axis provided by the EHESS institute for research in human sciences. It is also ENSCI’s role to support the
EHESS in promoting human-led technological and economic development and social innovation.
Further academic partnerships are built around Double Degree pro-
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created by 6 top-ranking European institutions in Glasgow (GSA),
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The School has established a wide range of partnerships with business,
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The MINATEC residency in Grenoble, where student teams work for
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the school’s activities and to date, over 710 industrial designers, 287 textile designers and 200 post-graduate students have graduated. The School has recently opened a Master track for non-French speaking
candidates to the school, offering them the opportunity to spend an initial 6 months in the English-speaking project studio whilst learning French.
In the heart of Paris, near to the Bastille, ENSCI-Les Ateliers occupies a
vast loft space charged with history. Here, previously, the decorative
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ENSCI-Les Ateliers is open 7 days a week all year round and students may access the premises 24/24.
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