Science for Designers " Evolution "

This event pioneers the use of Art and Design as a means to communicate and engage a wider audience in science.

This is a collaboration between the Institut Curie, the ENSAD and the Epigenome Network of Excellence.

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• the poster of the conference (pdf)
• the conference's program (pdf)

Organizers

Jean-Paul Longavesne (Head of the Fashion and Design Department at ENSAD, Paris)
Geneviève Almouzni (Institut Curie, Paris)
Edith Heard (Institut Curie, Paris)
Sarah Francescelli (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris)
Brona McVittie (Clinical Sciences Centre, London)
Carole Collet (Central Saint Martins College of art & Design, London)

2009 celebrates the bicentenary of Charles Darwin, who proposed the theory of natural selection as a mechanism to explain evolution.
Darwin's theory has had an enormous impact within and beyond the scientific community. The third "Fabrics of Life" workshop explores the theme of evolution with talks from leading evolutionary biologists and participation from professional artists and designers in a bid to celebrate scientific discovery through the media of design and fashion.

Conferences

Morning: talks are open to the public (to engage a wider audience in science).
Free and open to public.

The afternoon workshop is closed and will involve a brainstorming session between selected students enrolled on courses and ENSAD and the participating speakers. All six speakers will be allocated to a group of at least five students to brainstorm ways to translate the scientific principles presented into design models with the assistance of professional art and design facilitators
This event will be filmed by Kiki von Glasow of www.palladiofilms.de