Christian Guellerin

Honorary President of Cumulus &

Executive Director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique

 The role of the designer is not to imagine the future but to build it’

Events

  • November 8, 2024

    Keynote about ethical leadership in China

    Christian Guellerin will host a keynote on the concept of ethical leadership at an international conference organized by Jiangnan University School of Design. The conference brings together leading design academics and practitioners from around the world for an in-depth discussion of how design fulfills its essence in today's era of globalization and complex challenges.

  • October 16, 2024

    Conference Cumulus Monterrey

    Christian Guellerin, Honorary President of Cumulus, International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media & Executive Director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique participates in Cumulus Monterrey 2024 which as theme "Design Across Borders: United in Creativity" and speaks at a conference entitled “Business, Industry and Innovation”. 

    Conference Cumulus Monterrey
  • September 24, 2024

    Sustainable design for the future

    Christian Guellerin will participate in the international forum “Sustainable design for the future” at Soochow University on Tuesday, September 24. He will talk about how companies will have to change their model, or how companies will have to move from product to service to save resources and how design and designers will adapt by occupying strategic positions.

  • September 11, 2024

    "What future for design schools ?"

    On the occasion of his presence in Department of Industrial Design, School of Fine Arts, South China Normal University at Guangzhu, Christian Guellerin, Managing Director of L'École de design Nantes Atlantique, will be holding a conference on the theme of "What future for design schools ?" on 11 september 2024 at 7.30pm.

  • April 23, 2024

    Benin conference

    On the occasion of his visit to Benin, Christian GUELLERIN, Chairman and CEO of Africa Design School, will be holding a conference on the theme of "Design, a strategic approach to innovation at the service of businesses and administrations" at Sèmè One, on 23 April 2024 at 6pm.

Events

  • Keynote in China about the ethical leadership

    November 8, 2024

    Keynote in China about the ethical leadership

    Christian Guellerin will host a keynote on the concept of ethical leadership at an international conference organized by School of Design at Jiangnan University. The conference brings together elite scholars and practitioners in the field of design from around the world to deeply discuss how design responds to its essence in the current era of globalization and complex challenges.

  • Conference Cumulus Monterrey

    October 16, 2024

    Conference Cumulus Monterrey

    Christian Guellerin, Honorary President of Cumulus, International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media & Executive Director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique participates in Cumulus Monterrey 2024 which as theme "Design Across Borders: United in Creativity" and will be speaking at a conference entitled “Business, Industry and Innovation”. 

  • Sustainable design for the future

    September 2024

    Sustainable design for the future

    Christian Guellerin, General Manager of L'École de design Nantes Atlantique, will participate in the international forum “Sustainable design for the future” at Soochow University on Tuesday, September 24. He will talk about how companies will have to change their model, or how companies will have to move from product to service to save resources and how design and designers will adapt by occupying strategic positions.

  • "What future for design schools ?"

    September 11, 2024

    "What future for design schools ?"

    On the occasion of his presence in Department of Industrial Design, School of Fine Arts, South China Normal University at Guangzhu, Christian Guellerin, Managing Director of L'École de design Nantes Atlantique, will be holding a conference on the theme of "What future for design schools ?" on 11 september 2024 at 7.30pm

  • Benin conference

    April, 2024

    Benin conference

    On the occasion of his visit to Benin, Christian GUELLERIN, Chairman and CEO of Africa Design School, will be holding a conference on the theme of "Design, a strategic approach to innovation at the service of businesses and administrations" at Sèmè One, on 23 April 2024 at 6pm.

  • Partnership with Cité des Congrès Nantes

    Partnership with Cité des Congrès Nantes

    February 16th, 2024, L'École de design Nantes Atlantique and La Cité des Congrès de Nantes have renewed their partnership agreement at the school, in the presence of A. Brochard, President and C. Guellerin, Executive General of the school, O. Le Floch, Director of Sales, Partnerships and Economic Productions at La Cité  and F. Trichet, Vice-President of Nantes Métropole and Nantes Université.

Last posts

What will being Human mean when robots outsmart us?

A more fundamental question might be, what role will Design and designers play in crafting, creating, characterizing, and charting the world of tomorrow? From the moment the weight of tedious tasks are lifted from our daily lives and our human ability to think, learn and adapt will pale in comparison to the threat of superior …

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Design, the new frontier of ethical leadership

The perception of design has evolved in recent years to finally become applicable to all issues and fields and to establish its strategic nature to support businesses and society in general. design continues to reflect on the shape of objects, interior architecture, graphics… but it now embodies all the strategic concerns of transformation of economic …

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Jules Verne, Man and Machin…

(Written for the preface to the catalog of the exhibition“Jules Verne – 20000 leagues under the sea” – Works carried out by NACAA studentssupervised by Jean Baptiste Blanc) Design questions the uses of tomorrow, it draws them, represents them, gives them form and meaning. it makes them desirable. If the ability to desire what we …

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Christian Guellerin

Christian Guellerin (born August 9, 1961 in France) is the Executive Director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique since 1998. The school has become one of the French and international references in design and innovation education. It has 1,650 students in France and several branches abroad (Shangai, Pune, São Paulo, Montréal and Cotonou). The institution has grown significantly under his leadership, striving to professionalize design studies and facilitate interactions between research, business and society at large. Christian Guellerin is Honorary president of Cumulus, the largest international association of universities and schools of design, art and media. The association includes 340 international institutions on 5 continents. Its headquarter is in Helsinki. He is president of France Design Education, an association of design schools whose purpose is to promote design and applied arts as training, creation, innovation and research activities. Since July 2018, Christian Guellerin is the Honorary President of the Chinese French designer’s association. He speaks at numerous conferences in France and abroad about design, strategy and innovation management. He is the author of numerous articles on design and pedagogy in France and abroad. In 2015 and 2016, he was one of the 50 personalities who make innovation in France according to the magazine “Usine Nouvelle”. In 2016, Christian Guellerin was named Knight of the National Order of Merit. He is President of Design Creative Innovation in Shanghai and President of Africa Design School in Benin, a member of DIID’s Scientific Committee, and Deputy Director and founder of NACAA, the 1st Franco-Chinese design institute in Hangzhu.

L'École de design Nantes Atlantique

Founded in 1988, L’École de design Nantes Atlantique is a partner institute of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes-Saint Nazaire, recognized by the State, member of the Conférence des grandes écoles (top-tier French higher education institutions) and associated with l’Université de Nantes.  The school trains professionals in creation and innovation in formal full-time education and continuing education. It prides itself on its unique positioning which sees design as a discipline at the crossroads between creation, strategy and management, and offers training programs with a strong professional emphasis (internships, work-study training, prospective studies, workshops, projects). The school awards the Master’s degree in design which is certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education, and the National Diploma of Arts and Design (DN MADE, equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree) through the formal education system and via a work-study program in the Apprentice Training Center (CFA) for Design and Innovation.

With a strong international development policy, L’École de design Nantes Atlantique has branches in Shanghai (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Montreal (Canada) and Cotonou (Benin) with Africa Design School and Africa Studio.  A center for research and innovation, the school has opened 5 Design Labs, research platforms dedicated to design-led exploration of topics related to contemporary social, technological and economic changes: Care Design Lab (health & environmental and social quality of life), Food Design Lab (new eating habits), Digital Design Lab (digital innovation), City Design Lab (transition to sustainable cities) and Media Design Lab (communication and information issues). The school also develops research chairs in design.

The school welcomes 1,770 students, including 320 apprentices, and has a network of over 1,000 partner companies and 4,300 graduates.