Transcultural Design China

On Monday the 26th of April, the Chinese program of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique launched a new design workshop. Dedicated to the brand « Haier », it gathers 35 design students from 5 different schools:

-   Tsinghua University 清华
-   Tongji University 同济
-   Shandong Art and Design University 山东工业美术学院
-   Qingdao University 青岛大学
-   L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique / China Campus 法国南特大西洋设计学院 [Read more →]

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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. [Read more →]

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In the middle of November, Nicolas Hubert, a 5th year student at the Chinese campus of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique has organised a workshop with 8 design students from Qingdao University.

The goal of this project was to observe the Chinese way of doing design while asking the students to create a new Mandarin writing machine. [Read more →]

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On Friday the 30th of October, Lynnette Chan came and taught Project Management to the 5th-year students.

After studying industrial design at Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore, Lynnette worked for the best design companies such has IDEO in Shanghai. She then worked for Asentio, a Shanghai based multidisciplinary design studio.

She’s now a Human Centred Design Consultant in Shanghai. [Read more →]

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On  Monday the 19th of October, Seb-Supor R&D Center offered a design brief to 20 students of L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique and the School of Industrial Design of Shandong University of Art and Design.

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From the 19th to the 23rd of October 2009, L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique’s 5th year students will work with Shandong University of Art and Design 山东工艺美术学院 students on a project lead by the R&D Center of Seb-Supor.

Seb-Supor 苏泊尔 is a joint venture that was created in 2006. Founded in 1994, Supor is the leader of the cookware market in China and the third largest cookware company in the world. Its headquarters are in Hangzhou 杭州, in Zhejiang province 浙江省 near Shanghai. It owns six production sites and more than 7,000 employees worldwide.

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In April, Wang Difei, the design director of Hisense R&D Center asked the thirteen 4th year students to find design solutions for Hisense domestic electrical appliances, television and electronic devices to expand its markets.

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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. [Read more →]

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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). [Read more →]

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