Commun design
Commun design serves the purposes for which everyone makes use of things, whether these be natural entities (e.g. a river and its ecosystems, etc.), heritage assets—whether intangible or tangible—or even software and computer data. By focusing on use and the conditions of that use, it proposes ways of coexisting, governing and circulating objects and spaces, as well as transition strategies.
The Arts, Crafts and Computing pathway
The Arts, Crafts and Computation programme offers an approach to digital design that is unique in France amongst regional art schools. It trains future designers and artists to create objects that give physical form to data by combining digital manufacturing processes with expertise in materials (ceramics, wood, metal, textiles, etc.). The programme enables students to integrate digital tools with visual and craft-based practices, within a framework firmly rooted in the spirit of design for the commons.
It allows students to explore the evolving role of the object within connected spaces and digital environments, drawing on a critical, futurological and speculative approach.
The programme is aimed at students of art, design, architecture or engineering.
Teaching Team: Catherine Bazin, Rafal Borkowski, Olivier Bouton, Florian Chéraud, Emmanuelle Chiappone-Piriou, Panni Demeter, Emmanuel Cyriaque, Andree Furey, Gunther Ludwig, Sylvia Fredriksson, Emmanuel Hugnot, Etienne Mosnier et Stephane Detrez, Sébastien Pons, Caroline Zahnd.
Course outline + ECTS
The Objects, Crafts and Computation research programme
The Arts, Crafts and Computation pathway is linked to the Art and Design Research Programme (PAD) Objects, Crafts and Computation, which explores the interactions between artistic gestures, algorithmic form generation and the physicalisation of data in the design of objects and artefacts. It combines traditional craftsmanship with digital practices. Methodologically, it employs collective processes that emphasise cooperation, reciprocity and solidarity.
The Art and Design Research Programmes (PADs) form the core of postgraduate and doctoral training. Postgraduate students are directly involved in the collaborative, shared or collective research and creative process specific to their PAD. The PADs do not distinguish between ‘practice’ and ‘theory’. The research carried out within them is organised around a combination of cross-disciplinary learning periods – practical, theoretical and technical –, periods of shared reflection, periods of collaborative or collective production, and periods of presentation. The PADs aim to introduce students to research activity by involving them in the work of the researchers themselves.
Website: https://occ.esadorleans.fr
Practical information
Language of instruction
French
Annual tuition fees
€830 (€475 for scholarship holders)
Admission
Commission d’entrée en 2e cycle (interne et équivalence)
Contact
Student Affairs