L’École de design Nantes Atlantique

I am very impressed by the quality of the projects exhibited by the 3rd year students: 11 projects focusing on “casual fitness”, each accompanied by a perfectly executed mock-up. They demonstrate high quality, professional work which must have required hours of hard work by the students and their tutors. My heartfelt congratulations to you all!

L’École de design is gradually maturing, the students are becoming more and more professional in their projects, more confident in their communication, and the image they are giving out is more and more in line with their talent. And it is essential that this talent be shown, given centre stage, exposed, displayed for all to see. What is the point in having talent if we keep it to ourselves, instead of letting everyone enjoy it? It is a school’s responsibility to give students the means to get themselves noticed. Firstly, so that they make a name for themselves, and benefit from the reputation and the image generated, but also so that others – society in general – can be inspired by their creations and thus progress.

If a school’s responsibility with regard to its students is to ensure that they become creative professionals, then with regard to society, it has a part to play in changing the world. It is the collective duty of a design school or university to exploit every opportunity to get people talking about them and the tremendous talent of their students.

Salone del mobile – Milan – April 2012

Christian Guellerin, Managing Director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique