On Tuesday the 23rd of February, 5th year students presented their final year projects to the jury. This one was made of 4 people:
- Michel Grenier, Executive director at UTSEUS Sino-European School of Technology,
- Marie-Chantal Piques, Consumer goods Manager at Ubifrance (French Embassy),
- Thibault Poyet, Design Manager at CBD (Beijing),
- Olivier Baleix, Founder and General Manager at Impacct (textile).

All the 20 4th year students also attended the event.

The jury has been really pleased by the students work.

The next and final step will be in Shanghai on the 6th of September 2010 : the final jury.

Olivier Baleix, Michel Grenier, Thibault Poyet and Marie-Chantal Piques

Quentin Tableau, presenting is lacquer project

Nicolas Hubert, presenting his project on the copy

Cécile Guillet, presenting her project on Chinese wine

Marie-Chantal Piques

Lise Picard, presenting her project on bike accessories

Maud-Andréa Bidet, PR Manager, and Frédéric Bonin, Head of Studies

Marie-Chantal Piques

Michel Grenier

Thibault Poyet

Christine Biancarelli

Olivier Baleix

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On Wednesday the 17^th of December 2009, Frederic Degouzon, Head of Strategy, Research and International Development of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique and Jocelyne Le Boeuf, Head of Studies came and visit the 5^th year students in Qingdao. They participated in the jury of the phase 2 of student’s final year projects.

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On Wednesday the 4th of November, the 5th year students of the Chinese campus of l’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique presented the phase 1 of their final year project before a five-member jury:
- Matthieu Jamet, China Representant of the French Loire Region
- Agathe Nougaret, Urban Planner at Broadway Malyan
- Christine Biancarelli, PhD candidate in Social Sciences at EHESS Paris, Project and research Assistant at L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique / China Campus
- Frédéric Bonin, Industrial Designer and Head of Studies at L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique / China Campus
- Maud-Andréa Bidet, Public Relations and Development Manager at L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique / China Campus

Frédéric Bonin, Industrial Designer and Head of Studies at L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique / China Campus

Christine Biancarelli

The nine students addressed different issues such as the Chinese wine, expatriate families, international transportations, the coming of a new born child in nuclear families, design copy, traditional crafts, tourism, catering and urban culture.

Agathe Nougaret

Agathe Nougaret and Matthieu Jamet

The jury overall opinion on the phase 1 was very positive. They appreciated the seriousness of the students work and encouraged them to keep the same energy for the phases to come.
To be continued…

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After 4 months of internships, the students had to present the different projects they worked on during their training session.

10 students over 11 had done their internship in Shanghai and one in Guangzhou.

10 students worked on product design projects and 3 of them on interior design.

3 of them worked for Chinese design agencies and 8 for foreign companies (German, Italian, French and Australian).

Companies:

• ATELIER FOREVER
• BLACK AND GOLD
• CREATIVOO
• DEDO DESIGN
• KOMODO DESIGN
• MOOMA DESIGN
• RETAIL D’SIGN FACTORY
• VEP DESIGN

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