This dossier contains around thirty interviews with French and foreign designers. The aim of this survey is to identify how these professionals feel their skills are recognised, and the link they make between their profession and a commitment to both ethics and politics. This field survey, conducted with the help of students from the Design, Arts, Media 2 master's programme (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), aims to test the hypotheses formulated in the research seminar Towards a critical theory of design. These interviews are preceded by a text outlining the purpose of the seminar and the general conclusions reached by the survey. - 2024/01

Following Matthew Fuller and Kim Sacks’ discussion at the Matière/Matériau(x)/Medium colloquium on January 23, 2023, Ambre Charpier renewed this invitation to further the conversation with the intention of developing some of the theoretical ideas on filtering, cybernetics, systems theory and critical aesthetic practices. This conversation took place on October 31st 2023. - 2023/11

Following the Matière/Matériaux/Médium symposium at which researcher and lecturer Laurence Allard and designer Kim Boutin participated to Stratégies d'Occultation workshop, we invited them to continue the discussion around the question of re-materialization of the digital. This conversation between Laurence Allard, Kim Boutin and Anitra Lourie took place by videoconference on September 18, 2023.' keywords: 'Soundscape, ambiance, soundscape design, transculture, city sonic - 2023/11

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris devotes a section to the relationship between design and craftsmanship. As part of a research project within our Master's program in Design, Crafts, and Art Industries, we have met with several designers. Our goal is to explore the collaborative process between designers and artisans in order to understand the creation of unique objects that showcase exceptional craftsmanship. - 2023/06

Cette série d'entretiens est extraite d’un travail d’enquête réalisé pour une thèse. Le sujet de ce doctorat était le graphisme français et le rôle que les idées y tiennent dans la production des formes. La sélection d’entretiens qui suit tend à montrer la diversité des attachements que les praticiens, enseignants et chercheurs acquièrent par l'expérience du métier de graphiste. - 2023/06

This file follows a cycle of conferences with researchers and professionals from design, the arts and the media. It brings together the podcasts and the reports of the eight sessions that took place at Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2022-2023 - 2023/04

This dossier contains some thirty interviews with French and foreign designers. The aim of this survey is to identify the way in which these professionals relate to time, and more precisely to the accelerated temporality of our late modernity. This field survey, conducted thanks to the students of the master 2 Design, Arts, Medias (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), thus aims to test the hypotheses formulated within the research seminar Towards a critical theory of design. These interviews are preceded by a text that outlines the purpose of this seminar and the general conclusions reached by this survey. - 2023/02

Questions put to sound art specialist Philippe Franck (BE/FR). The interview was carried out in parallel with issue 5 of the DAM magazine, to enrich the subject with an opening to the question of the soundscape. - 2024/04

Interview with Ludovic Duhem, artist and philosopher, author of recent works on the Design of territories and ecosocial design. The meeting took place on board the Planque, on the river Lot on July 10th 2022, as part of the Poïpoïdrome Flottant, a collaborative work coordinated by Céline Domengie, whose prototype 01 was designed by the architect Susana Velasco, video by Guillaume Loiseau - 2024/04

Interview with Jocelyn de Noblet, historian, theorist and teacher of material culture and design. The discussion took place at his home in Asnières-sur-Seine on 28 January 2022. Jocelyn de Noblet was director of the magazine Culture Technique from 1979 to 1994 (30 issues), editor and author of the exhibition catalogue Design miroir du siècle (Flammarion, 1993), founding member and advisor to the Japan Institute of Design (since 1995). He is the author of several books on design, including : Design, introduction à l'histoire de l'évolution des formes industrielles de 1820 à aujourd'hui (1974), Le geste et le compas (1988). He was also founder and director of the Centre de Recherche sur la Culture Technique (CRCT) from 1979 to 1995. - 2022/10

Interview with the designer Ariane Prin, head of design for The Socialite Family. The exchange took place on Friday, January 7, 2022, in the Binet cupola of the Printemps Haussmann store, where she was exhibiting her Rust series, self-produced pieces made from recycled metal dust. Here she shares her creative journey, her projects and her vision of design. - 2022/10

This interview conducted on May 24, 2022 at the University of Nîmes with Ezio Manzini with Projektlab seeks to report on a long career in the field of design and social innovation as well as these latest reflections (from the books: Livable Proximity (English translation, 2022) and Politics of the Everyday (English translation, 2019). - 2022/06

Born in 1998 out of the desire of a few professors at the Saint-Étienne School of Fine Arts, supported and carried by its then director Jacques Bonnaval, the Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial has now become an event that is, if not unavoidable, at least major in the field, as well as in a singular local and regional landscape. The research project "A history of the biennial, incisions and bifurcations" proposes to look back over thirty years of design and design exhibitions in Saint-Étienne. A cycle of interviews is part of it. - 2022/04

Born in 1998 out of the desire of a few professors at the Saint-Étienne School of Fine Arts, supported and carried by its then director Jacques Bonnaval, the Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial has now become an event that is, if not unavoidable, at least major in the field, as well as in a singular local and regional landscape. The research project "A history of the biennial, incisions and bifurcations" proposes to look back over thirty years of design and design exhibitions in Saint-Étienne. A cycle of interviews is part of it. - 2022/04

The Totem group was composed of Jacques Bonnot, Frédérick du Chayla, Vincent Lemarchands and Claire Olives. Born in Lyon in 1980, claiming strong affinities with innovative and iconoclastic Italian design - in particular the Menphis group and Alchimia - it contributes, in the eighties, to this re-reading of French design. His designs are deliberately impertinent, offbeat and colorful, with an energy in creation that is reminiscent of the rock bands of the time, such as Téléphone, Starshooter and Marie et les garçons. The departure in 1986 of Claire Olives followed by Vincent Lemarchands marks the end of the adventure. - 2022/04

Following a cycle of meetings with researchers from the fields of design, arts and media, this dossier brings together podcasts and reports from the eight sessions that took place at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2021-2022. - 2022/04

Née en 1998 de la volonté de quelques professeurs de l'école supérieure des Beaux-arts de Saint-Étienne, soutenue et portée par son directeur d'alors Jacques Bonnaval, la biennale internationale du design de Saint-Étienne est devenue aujourd'hui un événement sinon incontournable du moins majeur dans le domaine, comme dans un paysage local et régional singulier. Le projet de recherche « Une histoire de la biennale, incises et bifurcations », se propose de revenir sur plus de trente ans de design et d'exposition du design à Saint-Étienne. Un cycle d'interviews en participe. - 2021/12

Née en 1998 de la volonté de quelques professeurs de l'école supérieure des Beaux-arts de Saint-Étienne, soutenue et portée par son directeur d'alors Jacques Bonnaval, la biennale internationale du design de Saint-Étienne est devenue aujourd'hui un événement sinon incontournable du moins majeur dans le domaine, comme dans un paysage local et régional singulier. Le projet de recherche « Une histoire de la biennale, incises et bifurcations », se propose de revenir sur plus de trente ans de design et d'exposition du design à Saint-Étienne. Un cycle d\'interviews en participe. - 2021/12

Née en 1998 de la volonté de quelques professeurs de l'école supérieure des Beaux-arts de Saint-Étienne, soutenue et portée par son directeur d'alors Jacques Bonnaval, la biennale internationale du design de Saint-Étienne est devenue aujourd'hui un événement sinon incontournable du moins majeur dans le domaine, comme dans un paysage local et régional singulier. Le projet de recherche « Une histoire de la biennale, incises et bifurcations », se propose de revenir sur plus de trente ans de design et d'exposition du design à Saint-Étienne. Un cycle d\'interviews en participe. - 2021/12

A study day devoted to the Workshop in art and design. In its limited duration, ephemeral and even performative dimension, the Workshop implies questioning its remains, its traces, its testimonies. - 2021/12

Study day dedicated to Workshop(s) in art and design. The workshop is first and foremost a practical situation that affects both educational and professional contexts. The aim of this first study day was to define the notion of workshop based on practical situations. - 2021/12

Récemment installé à Semur-en-Auxois, en Bourgogne, Jules Levasseur développe une approche territoriale du design fondée sur un réseau d'acteurs locaux. Deux pièces viennent cette année d'entrer dans les collections du Centre Pompidou. Cet entretien fait écho au dossier thématique n°3 « Les arts de faire », relatif à l'acte I « Les modes d'existence de l'atelier en art(s) et en design» et l'acte II « Design du peu, pratiques ordinaires ». L'entretien qui va suivre relève d'une discussion avec Jules Levasseur, designer, qui s'est tenue le 6 mai 2021, par visioconférence. - 2021/09

Born in 1998 out of the desire of a few professors at the Saint Etienne School of Fine Arts, supported and promoted by its then director Jacques Bonnaval, the Saint Etienne International Design Biennial has now become an event that is, if not unmissable, at least major in the field, as well as in a singular local and regional landscape. The research project "A history of the biennial, incises and bifurcations", aims to look back over thirty years of design and design exhibitions in Saint-Étienne. A series of interviews is part of it. - 2021/07

Born in 1998 out of the desire of a few professors at the Saint Etienne School of Fine Arts, supported and promoted by its then director Jacques Bonnaval, the Saint Etienne International Design Biennial has now become an event that is, if not unmissable, at least major in the field, as well as in a singular local and regional landscape. The research project "A history of the biennial, incises and bifurcations", aims to look back over thirty years of design and design exhibitions in Saint-Étienne. A series of interviews is part of it. - 2021/07

Following the cycle of meetings with researchers from the field of Design, Arts or Media, this file brings together the 8 conference sessions delivered at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2020-2021). - 2021/06

This interview was conducted on February 6, 2021 following many informal exchanges on themes and issues that have evolved throughout the career and constitute the thoughts of Paolo Deganello, architect, designer, teacher and co-founder of Archizoom. - 2021/04

This interview was conducted on February 5, 2021 following numerous exchanges on the culture of the project and the history of radical design. Franco Raggi is co-founder of Global Tools. - 2021/04

The interview was conducted on November 23, 2020. Andrea Trimarchi & Simone Farresin constitute the Formafantasma Design Studio. This discussion follows on from the Cambio exhibition which opened on March 3 at the Serpentine Galerie in London. - 2020/12

The interview which was carried out on November 25, 2020. Keren Detton is currently director of the Frac Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, whose collection consists of contemporary works of art and design pieces. Echoing the thematic dossier devoted to the design exhibition - the very first of the magazine Design, Arts, Médias - she agreed to answer our questions. - 2020/12

Saint-Étienne Design Biennial, Marie Gresset, Mathilde Romand, Christophe Bardin, - 2020/12

The interview was carried out on October 28, 2020. Marie-Ange Brayer, curator, head of the design and industrial prospective service, Center Pompidou, Mnam / Cci (national museum of modern art / industrial creation center) agreed to respond to our questions around the question of the evolution of design and how to exhibit design. - 2020/12

This interview was conducted on September 4, 2020. We indeed know the co-founder of the Vitra Design Museum, in Weil am Rhein (Germany), the passionate collector of design, contemporary art and crafts, but that do we know the route of a man who has lived 1000 lives? - 2020/12