My classes aim at making students aware of the new economical context heading back to a multi-localised but higly advanced society. The understanding of the new "human condition" requires the development of a new ethical reorientation of design thinking and making. Designers will be the key developers of a more flexible society. Their proactive attitude will aim at making people experiences shared by creating a comprehensible and generous relational esthetics through their creations.

Head of ENSAD DESIS Group since April 2019Research professor and director of the research project “4Cs From Conflict to Conviviality through Creativity and Culture”, Creative Europe since July 2017- December 2021Head of the Object Design Master programme at the ENSAD, Paris 2015-2018Research Professor at the EnsAD Lab and director of the research project “IC-IC Enhancing interconnectivity through infoconnectivity » 
7th EU Framework Programme - Sustainable Surface Transport , Paris February 2011- December 2014

Discussant at the DESIS research conference “Multiple places” at the Maison POC Collaborative Cities, Lille Metropole 2020, World Design Capital, Design Week, Lille, 17/10/2020. Speaker at the conference “Participation, power and privilege” at the Maison POC Collaborative Cities, Lille World Design Capital, Lille, 29/09/2020. Organizer and moderator of the international 3 days Symposium “Towards sharing common futures. Celebrating diversity for more resilient and convivial society through design”, a convivial event (conference, inter-school workshops, exhibitions, shows) in the framework of the Creative Europe Project 4C, Paris, 05-06-07/02/2020. Organizer and moderator of the conference “Silent Metamorphoses. When design is committed to the creation of sustainable social environments”, Paris, 04/10/2019. Speaker at the conference “A resilient and sustainable design in times of transitions, Paris Design Week, Paris, 07/09/2019Moderator of the conference “Global transition and local design response” at “Cumulus Wuxi 2018. Design and transitions”, Wuxi, China, 01/11/2018Keynote speaker at the conference “Fragile, Design et précarité” with the paper “The new pedagogical objects”, in the framework of the Biennale Reciprocity Design, la Cité Miroir, Liège, 5/10/2018Keynote speaker at the international conference on design Theory and criticism Fair Design on Excess with the paper “Beyond Design”, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Design, Warsaw, Poland,

18/05/2018Organizer and moderator of the conference “Cultivating Conviviality”, ENSAD, Paris, 05/02/2018Keynote speaker at the international conference Catedra Europa, in the session “The people of design, new roles and challenges” with the paper “Co-creation: highlighting the potential of cultural goods”, Universidad del Norte, Catédra Europa, Jornadas de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseno, Barranquilla, Colombia 27/03/2017 Co-organization and moderator of the conference “The human scale of borders, from leaving beings to city borders. Exploring fictionary patterns of mental and phisical geography” with Anne-Laure Amilhat-Szary, Rafaat Majzoub, Norbert Hilaire ENSAD, Paris, 06/02/2017-10/02/2017Speaker at the conference Cumulus Hong Kong 2016. “Design in times of transition”, Hong Kong, 21-24 novembre 2016Organization and moderator of the conference of Ezio Manzini "Connecting diversities Living together in a fluid world. What design can do", ENSAD, Paris, 17/05/2016Co-organization and moderator of conference “Time within the process of transition: durable practices and constraints” with Timothy Morton, Lucy Neal,etc. ENSAD, Paris, 08/02/2016-12/02/2016Speaker at the conference “Designing design”, ENSAD, Paris 22/01/2016Speaker at the conference “Cumulus Mumbai 2015. In a planet of our own, a vision of sustainability with focus on water” with the paper “Designing paradigm shift”, Mumbai, India, 04/12/2015

Co-organization of “Ecology in the city: exploring tomorrow tactics and tools”. Speaker: Ezio Manzini, Alastair Fuad-Luke, Jonathan Chapman, Arne Hendriks, Patrick Viveret, etc (http://www.cyclefaconnerlavenir.ensad.fr), Paris, 7/01/2015-8/4/2015, “Innovation by humanitarian design” at AIDEX 2014, Bruxelles, Belgium, 13/11/2014, "ENSAD’s young talents of public innovation”, Paris, 12/11/2014,D’Talks “Design in the city”, D’ Days , La Gaïté Lyrique, Paris, 23/05/2014, “Design for social innovation”, Université de la Mode, Lyon, 21/02/2013; Roundtable “Public and Collaborative Days Conference” organized by DESIS Lab (Ezio Manzini), Liège, 16/10/2012; Design research symposium « Designer’s skills and knowledge for societal change» University Paris I, La Sorbonne/PCA with « Design in times of transition », Paris, 01/06/2012; “Turn me on, design hits Luxembourg” with “Beyond co-creation”, MUDAM, Luxembourg, 27/04/2012; “Design in a glocal culture of transition”, ENSAD, Paris 16/03/2012; "Co-creation Camp #1», paper “Dimensions of co-creation”, Bruxelles, 21/11/2011; “The question of scale in design for social innovation and sustainability projects” , ISDN conference, Paris, 25/06/2011; “Design for sustainability”, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 08/06/2010; “Design au Banc N°2”, on the theme “Tomorrow…”, organized by the VIA at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 31/03/2010; “1st International Future Design Colloquium” with “Tomorrow is today. How design is rapidly evolving to face global change”, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan, 20/11/2010; “Slow design thinking”, Parson’s School of Design, Paris, 06/10/2009; “Living Design"; ”Design Education Roundtable & Discussion”, Seoul, Korea, 11/10/2008; “Changing the change”, Torino, Italy, 11/07/2008; “European Design Culture”, National Museum of Singapore, 04/12/2007; “Beyond design” at the Raffles Design Institute, Singapore 03/12/2007; “Emotional design”, Faculty of Design and art of Bolzano, Italy, 02/11/2005

“Silent Methamorphoses”, Tripostal, Lille Metropole 2020, World Design Capital, Design Week, Lille, 10-18/10/2020“Beyond design, questioning design for human survival”, Institut Français de Milan, Milan 01/03/2019-16/04/2019“New pedagogical objects”, international Biennale on Design for Social Innovation Reciprocity, Musée de la vie Wallonne, Liège, Belgique 05/10/2018-25/11/2018 “Creative conversation”, Institut Français Togo in Lomé, 09/06/2018-15/06/2018“Biomimicry life principle learning tools”, National Taiwan Science Education Centre, 12/06/2017- 06/01/2018“Ensadland” for ENSAD at the Salone Satellite 2015, 14-19 April 2015, Milan, ItalyCurator for ENSAD for the exhibition of Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman “Lost in Paris, design and tourism in Ile de France, Le Lieu du Design, 10/09/2013-11/01/2014, Paris“TYPOlogies” for EnsAD at the Salone Satellite 2013, 9-12 april 2013, Milan, ItalyCo-Curator with Remy Bourganel and Mika Lumi Tuomola of “Citysets”, Finnish Cultural Institute, Paris, 31 May-31 August 2012Advisor of the German designer Konstantin Grcic for his first exhibition as curator “Design Real”, Serpentine Gallery, London, 25/11/09-07/02/10“That’s EnsAD!“, 22-27 april 2009, Milan, Italy“Walls of memories” with Australian interaction designer Christopher Pearson, “Fantasmagoria” with German designer Sven Anwar Bibi and Daghenhart, “H20” with interaction/event designers Electronic Shadow, “Fundoshi Experience” during the 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 editions of the International Design Event Designer’s Days at Boffi Bains, Paris.“Retail duality” with the Dutch designers Ontwerpbureauvier, Designer’s Days, Maxalto, Paris, 2005“Freedom Of Creation” by the Finnish/Dutch FOC, Dyson Gallery, Paris, 13/01/-05/02/2005.“Fundoshi Experience” at the Design Biennale “Interieur”, in Courtrai, Belgium, 2002. “Design France” at the 2003 Köln Möbelmesse, Germany, 2003.

Publications:Articles “ De la simplicité , de Jon Maeda” (The laws of simplicity by John Maeda) and “Projet Uinfopark” in Leonardo Electronic Almanac/Olac/ Les Basiques (Etudes et essais) on Interaction Design, Paris, 2010Article « Slow design, con brio » in “S_TILES, Italian Tiles towards sustainability”, Confindustria Ceramica Italiana, Milano, 2009Co-editor of Laser, Esthétique/Design 1998/2008, under the direction of Philippe Lemoine, Laser, Paris , 2008.Article « Musica maestro ! » in Interviews, Sabine Voggenreiter/ Olaf Meyer, Cologne, 2007.Article « Design sans frontières : le cas Bouroullec. Entretien avec Andrea Branzi » in Design & Designers français, under the direction of Christine Colin, ed. Medifa, Paris, 2006.Co-editor of Hybrid Realities, ed. Archibooks, Paris, 2005.Article « Design et archivage informatique » in Design & Sic., under the direction of Christine Colin, ed. Medifa, Paris, 2004.Article “Testimonial” in Designmai::2, ed. Art Berlin, Berlin, 2004.Co-editor of We’re made for living, ed. Industries Françaises de l’Ameublement, Paris, 2003. Article “Testimonial” in Designmai::1, ed. Art Berlin, Berlin, 2003.Co-editor of International MODEM Design Guide 2003, Sarl 13524R, Paris, 2003.Journalist for different Design magazines since 1999 (Intramuros, Form, Design Week, Beaux arts Magazine, Dam’n, Citizen K, InView et View on Colours).

Semiotic, trend, marketing and focus groups case studies for different international agencies and companies.Design consulting for different Design editors and Brands (Amorepacific, Mandarina Duck, Boffi, B&B, Bulthaup, etc.)