Agora du Design - Introduction to the 2025 Winners

Agora du Design - Introduction to the 2025 Winners

Thursday, September 10th – 3PM


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Auditorium Patrick Ricard, 5 cours Paul Ricard 75008 Paris

As part of Paris Design Week, the 2025 Agora du Design award winners—who are being hosted by the Foundation this year—will present their projects during an afternoon session dedicated to socially engaged and forward-looking research-based design approaches.

by Maxime Heylens

Encounters with Living Things

Off-site events

From Thurday 15 to Sunday 18th of October, 2026


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Corderie Royale, Rochefort
The Foundation is partnering with “Encounterings of Living Things”, a multidisciplinary event held at the International Center for the Sea—La Corderie Royale, in Rochefort. Conceived as an opportunity for reflection and exchange among stakeholders in culture, heritage, research, and regional development, this inaugural edition centers on the theme: Land / Sea – Water as a Common Thread. The Foundation will present several projects by its artists-in-residence exploring this same theme.

by Jade Savignat

Lecture: “Living in and Representing a World Beyond the Human”

© Aurélien Mole

Lecture: “Living in and Representing a World Beyond the Human”

Friday, November 13th – 7PM


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Auditorium Patrick Ricard, Paris

“Inhabiting and Representing a More-Than-Human World: The Evolution of Artistic and Curatorial Practices.” In conjunction with the exhibition “The Monkey and the Clay”, curator Émilie Villez brings together guests to explore the concept of the “more-than-human.” How do artists engage with this concept, and how do curatorial practices reflect the intertwining of living beings?

by Jade Savignat

Lecture: “A Bench-Fountain for the MADD”

© Jean-Baptiste Fastrez

Lecture "A fountain-bench for the madd"

Thursday, November 26th – 7PM


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Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Bordeaux
A discussion with Anne-Claire Duprat, director of the Foundation; Étienne Tornier, interim director of the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Bordeaux; and designer Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, focusing on a special commission: a glass-block water fountain bench, custom-made by the Foundation’s glass artisans, Valentin Rizzo and Gaëtan Oheix.

by Jade Savignat

Screening of Films by Jean Painlevé

© Jean PAINLEVÉ Hippocampe femelle, vers 1934-1935, Épreuve gélatino-argentique solarisé, Les Documents Cinématographiques/Archives Jean Painlevé


Screenings of Films by Jean Painlevé

Wednesday, December 9th – 8:30 PM


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Cinéma Galaxy, Châteaubernard

Screening of films by Jean Painlevé (1902–1989), filmmaker, biologist, underwater wildlife expert, and pioneer of scientific cinema. The screening will be followed by a talk by Pia Viewing, art historian and curator of the exhibition Jean Painlevé. “Les pieds dans l’eau”, presented at the Jeu de Paume (Paris) in 2022.
In partnership with Eurociné.

by Jade Savignat