We are involved in a number of international organizations to promote design education, design excellence and the role of design in the emergence of sustainable solutions for our societies.
Cumulus, first association worldwide in the field of design education
Since 1999, L’École de design Nantes Atlantique has been a member of Cumulus, the first world association of higher education institutions in art, design and media. Cumulus now gathers 174 members worldwide and organizes 2 symposiums a year to spur exchanges and collaborative projects.
In 2007 Christian Guellerin, the school’s Managing Director, was elected President of Cumulus. He has been reelected in 2010 for 3 more years.
See also
Cumulus, the first world association of higher education institutions in art, design and media
Free opinion about design education, the blog by Christian Guellerin, president of Cumulus.
Official Facebook page for Christian Guellerin
From 2006 on, a series of events have been organized under the guidance of Cumulus :
• "ETHICS2006 Design, ethics and humanism" conference in June 2006
• The collaborative exhibition "European way(s) of life" that took place in summer 2006 at Le Lieu unique (Nantes), in association with other French schools and members of Cumulus,
• The international design workshop CREDO, 4 editions between 2006 and 2009.
See CREDO’s website for further information
Our international presence
Since 1999 the school has also been member of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). The school regularly participates in various international events (That’s Design Milano, Lodz Design Festival, Shanghai design Biennale, Salone Satellite Milan, Luxe Pack Monaco, Ventura Lambrate Milan, Shanghai Design Week).
Our students have won several prizes and awards (Electrolux Design Lab, SIGGRAPH, IVRC, Pentawards, Braun Prize… ) and had participated in several competitions (Microsoft Imagine Cup, Worldskills, Global Viz Marathon… ). See the Prizes and Awards section for more details.
