EnsadLab Information

Art & Design Research Laboratory at École des Arts Décoratifs - PSL, Paris. EnsadLab, the École des Arts Décoratifs - PSL research laboratory, was created in 2007. The laboratory centres on three areas – materials, interactions and environment – with the goal of using a research-led approach to train a new generation of artists and designers and offer them a practice-based doctorate. It is home to some thirty doctoral and pre-doctoral students as well as around thirty research lecturers who are artists and designers, divided into five research groups. EnsadLab is the first art and design laboratory in France to be part of the PSL research campus, due to its scope and the role it plays at the interface of art, design, humanities and sciences. It offers the guarantee of a practice-based approach to research and is recognised by the international research community. 19 Research groups Laboratory activities are organised into research groups led by teachers from the school, eminent external contributors (artists, designers and scientists) and around twenty student researchers, mainly doctoral students. Reflective Interaction is an art and design research group using and exploring interactive devices. Symbiose focuses on the symbiotic relationship between humans and their environment and concentrates its research on three main areas: Health, Learning and Mobility. Spatial Media explores new forms of mediation linked to the use of digital spaces: Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. Forms of Motion seeks to understand and manipulate motion by investigating its physical, perceptual and imaginary dimensions. Soft Matters explores how materials and technologies, both new and long forgotten, can work to design a more resilient culture.