Coordinated by Guillian GRAVES, the 'Design and Biology' research programme explores future changes in design practices as they converge with the sciences, particularly the life sciences. To do this, it draws on the Research, Initial Training and Continuing Education departments of the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI-Les Ateliers) and on the resources of an ecosystem of partners from the sciences (including the Institut Pasteur), technology and society, as well as on the advice of international experts.
It is through the organisation of seminars (Design en séminaire), participation in research projects (including Descitech) and the creation of multi-disciplinary courses, both theoretical and practical, that new ways of linking science and design are being tested, by experimenting with new forms of cooperation, methods, spaces and trans-disciplinary tools designed to produce appropriate responses to the environmental, climatic and health challenges of the future.
Keywords
- Biodesign
- Bio-inspiration
- Biomimicry
- Ecodesign
- Science and design
- Multidisciplinary
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06.2018 ¦ Research seminarThe Bio-inspiration for the conquest of space seminar looks at the possible contributions of design, bio-inspiration and bio-manufacturing in the field of space, and then invites us to imagine the potential changes in the space professions as they relate to the Living World.
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02.2018 ¦ Research seminarThe seminar Design and science: conceiving new interactions explores and highlights new practices and methods, as well as new spaces, tools and languages that generate new forms of interaction between science and design, for the benefit of society.
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01.2018 ¦ Research seminarThe Bio-inspired and Bio-manufactured Materials seminar examines our relationship with bio-inspired or bio-manufactured materials, which often have remarkable properties and are transforming our relationship with design, manufacture, objects and their uses, as well as ethics.
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2012 ¦ EssayVersus is a collaborative essay on new forms of cooperation between design and the life sciences, co-written with bio-engineer Michka Mélo.
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2012 ¦ EssayUne possible évolution industrielle is an essay on how our industries and lifestyles might evolve in response to the emergence of new technologies and practices.
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