EDUCATIONAL STAFF

Meet founders and teachers

The mission of The SDS is to allow the encounter of a new generation of creative, curious students who are concerned about our planet, with enterprises and industries that are looking for new talents in design and sustainable innovation.

A NEW VISION OF DESIGN

PATRICK LE QUÉMENT

Designer
Design strategic consulting
Co-founder of The SDS

MAURILLE LARIVIÈRE

Designer
Professor at Polytechnique School
Co-founder & Director of The SDS

MARC VAN PETEGHEM

Naval architect
Co-founder of VPLP Yacht Design
Co-founder of The SDS

The founders
and our values

Humanism
& empathy

Openness &
multicultural sensitivity

Awareness
& accountability

sustainable innovation for all

WE ARE CONVINCED

A creative and passionate approach to sustainable innovation

approach

Put the person at the center of the design

A strong and common conviction has guided our work in founding the Sustainable Design School: the profound changes occurring in the world today require us to approach innovation in an entirely different, radical way. By sharing our reciprocal pedagogic and professional experiences, we are convinced that : design, as a means of thinking, plays an essential role in new, sustainable innovation for all. This way of “design thinking” puts the person at the center of the design, with a global and creative approach dedicated to design scenarios.

They allow us to rethink and discover new uses, to imagine original services, to create products and relevant business models in the current context of green growth. This methodology is broadened and enriched by overlapping with other fields of innovation: social sciences, engineering, architecture, marketing, management…and on an international level, due to human and cultural diversity worldwide.

educational staff

All teachers are active professionals

Florian Gautherot

Yacht Designer

Christine Truc Modica

design thinking

Cedric de Bruyen

Graphism Teacher

Carol Brand

Teacher

Nicolas Buttin

Biomimetism & Upcycling Teacher

Vincent Gaunord

Freelance Designer – 3D teacher

Valerie Salone

Marketing Consultant, Project Ecosystem

Tore Gulden

System conception

Isabel Cunha

Drawing Teacher

Hervé Bertarione

Rough Teacher

Märta Wydler

Color techniques

Maxime Le Quément

Video Teacher

Jonathan Aucomte

Character Design

Catherine Barbaro

Artist, Illustrator

Grant Linscott

Design & Creative Thinking Teacher

Laëtitia Wolff

Design impact consultant

Alexis Robin

Storyboard Teacher

Emmanuel Fillot

Artist & Poetic Teacher

Gilles Bellaïche

Industrial Designer / Production Workshop Manager

David Morin Ulmann

Philosophy Teacher

Catherine Lenglet

Head of creation, Design of knowledge

Alain Giraud

Engineering

James Toleman

Industrial Designer, Material’s strenght

Lydie Elias

Ergonomist & Sociologist of uses

Pascal Bardel

Industrial design & Partnership Teacher

Olivia Lisicki

Open Innovation & Co-creation

Ivan Bellia

“Niaque” & Partnership Teacher

Philip Nemeth

Industrial designer / Rough Illustration

Alexandre Mensah

Artist, Aesthetic Design

Ken Bills

Car Designer, Sketchs and rough at Toyota

Jean-Marc Fuselier

Perspective Teacher

Indiana Pouilly

Design Manager & Partnership Teacher

François Henry

Marketing Teacher

Nathalie Gatto

Adobe software Teacher

Jean Girard

Engineering

Chrystel Simone

Eco-Designer, Circular Economy teacher

Nathanael Abeille

Designer

Claire Ery

english teacher

Mahe Gaucherot

Design History Manager

Laurent Bouzige

Diploma Project Manager
(Industrial Design Toyota)

Quentin Bezier

Eco-conception

Philippe Costard

Industrial Designer & Poetic Teacher

Eric Peinado

Marketing Teacher

Philippe Hameau

Anthropologist & follow-up of thesis

Coming from different and complementary fields, the teaching staff is international. Passionate and enthusiastic about giving their time to transmit their expertise, the educators take pleasure in accompanying the students to help them reveal their creative talents and develop a responsible global vision.

PROGRAM

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Université Côte d’Azur

DEVELOP INNOVATION & DESIGN

The Université Côte d’Azur (UCA) is a community of universities and establishments (ComUE) with a vocation in « research ».

The SDS is a member of the UCA to highlight the collaborative and transversal aspects of innovation. The diversity of the schools and research centers present will facilitate the encounter of teaching methods, professions and expertise. One of the priorities of the UCA is to develop innovation and design as well as all of the new methods and techniques related to it. The SDS will play a significant role in this.

The school provide future Ph.D.’s with high-level scientific training and prepare them for their future careers.

UCA & THE SDS

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scientific council

OUR MEMBERS

Mr Thierry BENMUSSA,
Directeur des affaires stratégiques, Direction de l’Université Nice Sophia Antipolis

Ms Nadine BOUQUIN,
Schneider Electric, System Consistency and R&D Efficiency Vice President

Mr Jacques BREGEON,
Directeur du CHEDD Bretagne, Président de l’Ecole des métiers de l’environnement

Corentin de CHATELPERRON
Ingénieur et aventurier, fondateur et Président de l’association Gold of Bengal,
membre de la Société des explorateurs français

Mr Christian CONTZEN,
Sage du Grand Emprunt, ancien DG de Renault Sport Technologies et Renault Sport F1 (Belgique)

Mr Pierre-Alexis DUMAS,
Président de la Fondation Hermès, Directeur artistique de Hermès

Mr Ivan GAVRILOFF,
PDG de Kaos, expert en innovation auprès du Medef, intervenant HEC Management

Mr Alain LARDET,
Président des Designer’s days

Mr Ming LEUNG,
Designer, international visiting Professor (Chine)

Mr Toshi MAENO,
Docteur en lettres françaises et japonaises (Japon)

Mr Stefano MARZANO,
Chief Design Officer Electrolux Group, Doctor of Design Honoris Causa (Italie)

Mr Erik ORSENNA,
Ecrivain et Académicien français

Mr Rémi PARMENTIER,
Co-fondateur et directeur du Groupe Varda

Mr Ibrahima SECK,
Designer, co-fondateur Agence design Birsel + Seck – NYC, fondateur de Dakar Next – Sénégal.

Ms Livia TIRONE,
Architecte, promoteur, écrivain, Coordinateur de The Sustainable Construction Initiative, Portugal

Laurence TUBIANA
Professeure associée à Sciences Po. Paris et à Columbia University, NYC, USA, Présidente du Conseil d’administration de l’AFD, Directrice de la European Climate Foundation.

Ms Olivia VERGER-LISICKI,
Fondatrice de QAMAQI, explorateur et catalyseur d’innovations

Ms Zhang ZHANG,
Violoniste, fondatrice Zhangomusic et Monaco String Quartet Ensemble, ambassadrice pour la Fondation Nicolas Hulot,

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