The capitalist world, in which development and the creation of wealth went solely to enriching the happy few, has just fallen. The designer, more than anyone else, is responsible for reconstructing the world towards social and ecological progress. If the …
Month: November 2008

Crisis, which crisis ?
The recent emergence of low-cost countries – China, India…– compels us to reorganize the industrial world. People are now starting to realize that mass-production economy might slip off the hands of Western economies.
This is not a new trend. For …

Strategy of development for a design school
Like all higher education institutions L’École de design Nantes Atlantique is soon going to have to cope with major development-related issues, namely:
1) Strengthening the winning triumvirate “research – education – business” upon which its curriculums have been constructed.
2) …