The online community Creative Skills Network has launched. It connects emerging designers and artists to established practitioners, professionals and inspirational educators for live onscreen skills training and guidance. Founded by designer and educator Sebastian Bergne during the first Covid19 lockdown, both as a support and learning resource for emerging creative entrepreneurs and as a curated …
Sebastian Bergne has been appointed as Program Leader (visiting) of the Masters of Design and Innovation at the Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid. The course is a one year, high performance and qualification programme aimed at professionals who wish to change the world through strategic design, sustainability and innovation, and who also wish to change …
Sebastian Bergne was keynote speaker at the recent Design Week Turkey. His talk sat within the overall theme of Beyond Design but particularly addressed the importance of the start of a project. The starting point being different every time and making a project more than a process. It makes them relevant, human and in some …
On the 22nd of October Sebastian Bergne gave a lecture entitled ‘In the Beginning’ at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. The talk covered the full breadth of his work but focused particularly on the importance of the starting point for each project in defining the context, approach and outcome. Kunsthochschule Kassel
The French ministry of culture has appointed Sebastian Bergne onto the acquisition commission of the CNAP (Centre national des art plastique) in the particular area of design and decorative arts. Since 1791 The CNAP‘s mission has been to support artistic creation, build the heritage of the future and promote contemporary art and design. It is a …
In this interview with Sebastian Bergne in Studio-News magazine he talks about his experience as a designer and how it informs his work with the design graduates on the masters in Product & Furniture Design he leads at Kingston School of Art in London. The first group of students recently graduated from their MA Product …
During this years’ Boisbuchet summer season designer Sebastian Bergne and Yoga expert Franziska Kessler conducted a one week workshop entitled Balance The importance of balance in all aspects of art and design cannot be overstated. And in life at large, balance is fundamental for a healthy existence. We don’t always have control of what goes on around …
Sebastian Bergne president of ENSAD jury Sebastian Bergne was honoured to be appointed president of this year’s post graduate ‘object design’ jury at ENSAD, Paris. The jury of 6 deliberated over the work of 15 students for 2 days, awarding an exceptional number of distinctions. This year’s graduating class included projects in wide ranging areas from service design, product, …
Bonbon, a workshop lead by Sebastian Bergne with students from L’ENSAD Nancy, has culminated this week with an exhibition at Gallery Joseph, Paris. Exploring ideas for the conservation and serving of sweets or chocolates, students worked with journalist and lecturer Claire Fayolle, Sebastian Bergne and the CIAV to design and realise their hand blown glass …
‘Controlling numbers with your hands’ was a two week interaction design project lead by Sebastian Bergne with students from the NABA design school in Milan. Students were asked to create a simple measuring object, such as a calendar, scale or other measuring device, that requires physical interaction to achieve its numeric function. April 2014.