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
Mara Wylder
Watercolor Teacher
Maxime Le Quément
Video Teacher
Jonathan Aucomte
Character Design
Catherine Barbaro
Artist, Illustrator
Grant Linscott
Design & Creative Thinking Teacher
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)
(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.
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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.
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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
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
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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