ongoing research projects - Centre de Recherche en Design

Types versus standards

Towards new components in design. Historical and critical studies of type in the context of transitional design (1914-2024).

Miotas by Anne XIRADAKIS & Armand BEHAR

This project is about the creation of a collective place for the sharing of food and the production of receptacles. It is inspired by Robert Flaherty’s documentary The Man of Aran, based in the Aran Islands in Ireland.

PIPER project - The Polyfloss Factory by Emile DE VISSCHER

The PIPER project is a programme for a circular humanitarian economy, with the aim of insulating the roofs of schools in Nepal with recycled plastic.

Speculative Urban Futures (SUrF)

The European programme SUrF aims to strengthen the teaching and development of new methods in design.

[Translate to Anglais:] Archaic Smartness par Valentin Graillat

Archaic Smartness by Valentin GRAILLAT

This doctoral research addresses the domestic ideal of the “Smart Home” investigating alternative ecologies to the contemporary model.

news
15/04/2026 14:00 On April 15, 2026, the new working group of the Internet and Society Centre (CNRS) dedicated to the forms of digital technology will be launched, focusing on the aesthetic, political and social dimensions of digital design. +