New European Bauhaus: a platform for connecting research, education and networks

This conference, in partnership with the networks national and international, allowed the necessary dynamics to be woven between the European authorities and the actors in the field. This meeting was an opportunity to understand the vision of the European Union, to give coherence and effectiveness to the financing tools and to note their efficiency through concrete and large-scale case studies. This allowed to demonstrate the importance of institutions and networks in the organization of flows between public power and European citizens.

This conference was moderated by Isabelle Vérilhac, director of international and innovation at the Cité du design ESADSE and Alice Brunot, in charge of the development of partnerships and European programs of the ANdÉA Association Nationale Des Écoles Supérieures d'Art. 

Vera Winthagen Policy Analyst, JRC member of the New European Bauhaus team intervened in the opening session, on the global initiative of the New European Bauhaus, the calls for projects launched, the NEB festival which will take place from the 9th to the 12th of June 2022 and the NEB Lab which brings together the NEB Community. 

The instruments of the New European Bauhaus

This conference was punctuated by two round tables, the first on the instruments of the New European Bauhaus in order to understand how the New European Bauhaus initiative intersects with the support mechanisms of the European Commission to support the transformation of education in response to the challenges of the New European Bauhaus and the Green Deal, for a sustainable, beautiful and inclusive world. With the intervention of Véra Winthagen Policy anlayst, Maria Chiara Esposito EAC/DI Cultural Policy Unit, European Commission, Annabel Vuilliers-Cools technical advisor in charge of culture, Erasmus+ France Agency, Margot Burident member of the NCP Cluster 2 Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society, round table moderated by Pascal Brunet, Director Relais Culture Europe. 

Collaboration with and between networks 

The second round table opened new horizons by connecting these networks to each other for a larger and global community and understand how cross-cutting projects are facilitated by the action of European networks and beyond. Moderated by Alok Nandi, designer and former president of IxDA, Eija Salmi secretary general of CUMULUS, David Kusama President of WDO, Brigitte Trousse ENoLL, Sami Niemela IxDA, Véra Winthagen, Policy analyst, Isabelle Vérilhac President of BEDA, as well as Pascal Brunet, Director of Relais Culture Europe. 

Case studies: Eurofabrique and Le Monde sinon rien 

During this half day dedicated to the New European Bauhaus, we were able to discover two case studies:

- Eurofabrique with the participation of Amel Nafti, director of ESAD Grenoble and co-president of ANdEA, Rodolphe Dogniaux, professor at Esadse, Alexandra Muresan, UAD Cluj Romania

- Le Monde sinon rien, Le Bauhaus du Vivant with the intervention of Sophie Pene professor University of Paris, co-curator of the exhibition with Benjamin Graindorge (ESADSE) and Chetan Kumar Velumurugan, PhD Candidate, Systems Engineering and Evolution Dynamics (SEED) Lab, Learning Planet Institute (LPI)

At the end of April, the Cité du design Esadse submitted a project in response to the Horizon Europe Heritage NEB call with seven higher education institutions and six creative design or UNESCO heritage cities on the theme of mobility.