L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique will participate in the Business of Design Week 2009 in Hongkong from the 2nd to the 5th of December. Part of the France Forward exhibition area organised by the French agency for industrial creation promotion APCI and the agency for international development Ubifrance, L’Ecole de design will showcase its students works and participate in a workshop entitled “Universal Design Versus Cultural Identity : The French Approach”.

Business of Design Week (BODW) is now on Asia’s leading conference dedicated to design, innovation and brands. This pre-eminent conference and forum brings the best of the global design world to Hong Kong. Organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre since 2002, BODW has aimed to encourage businesses to unleash the power of design by focusing on the vital relationship and complex interplay between design and business.

France Forward, an event within Business of Design Week, will be the opportunity for France to promote French design studios, schools and present French renowned designers and architects such as Matali Crasset, Véronique Gautier from Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean-Marie Massaud, Jean Nouvel, Mathieu Lehanneur, Gaspard Yurkievich, Patrick Blanc, Patrick Jouin, Manuel Warosz and Antoine Audiau.

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L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique will participate in the Icograda Education Network show in Beijing from the 24th to the 30th of October 2009.
Co-organised by Cumulus network, this event will be held during the 2009 Beijing Icograda World Design Congress. It will offer 21 universities the opportunity to present their programmes and their students achievements.
Venue :
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
www.cafa.edu.cn

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On April 18, 2009 the 13 students enrolled in the curriculum offered by L’École de design Nantes Atlantique’s Chinese subsidiary seized the opportunity to showcase their projects during the international Ecodesign Fair 2009 held in Shanghai.

As part of an assignment revolving around the theme “Light my Bamboo” the 13 young designers-to-be centered their efforts on this good-value-for-money raw material.

After researching the topic for quite a while they eventually came up with a new concept : a new type of drugstore dedicated to homeopathic treatments meant to cure modern-day diseases such as asthma, the flu, obesity, diabetes.

The specificity of the drugstore thought up by our students lies in its all-bamboo range of products. Not only do the items sold in the store help customers heal their ailments but through their shape and use those items also have a deep impact upon the customers’ body and mind.

This outstanding exhibition – infused with a poetic hue and a sense of committment in the meantime – has aroused the interest of many a journalist and local visitor.

Maud-Andréa Bidet
Coordinator for L’École de design Nantes Atlantique’s
Chinese subsidiary

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Between the 17th and 18th of April, the students will participate in the Eco Design Fair 2009 in Shanghai. They will present there their works on bamboo stems.

Eco Design Fair : Event meant to propose sustainalble products to Shanghai citizens, it gathers products from over 30 eco-conscious businesses and groups include organic clothing, home accessories, furniture, natural beauty products, stationary, toys, building materials, organic food products plus more information on developing a more sustainable lifestyle.

Date : from the 17th of April to the 18th of April

Work in progress…

In July 2009, l’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique will participate in the Design Creates Future event. It will there present the school programme in China and show some students works.
Design creates future 2009: organised by the Qingdao Industrial Design Association, this event aims at promoting the worldwide communication and exchanging of the consumer electronics between China and overseas, establishing extensive contact between producers and target clients, and accelerating the globalization of consumer electronics market.

Location: Qingdao
Date: 9th and 10th of July 2009

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