International Workshops 2023: Experimenting with design

La 21st edition of international workshops welcomed the designers Spaniards Anna Devis & Daniel Rueda, Germans Thomas Wirtz & Frédéric Wiegand and Canadians Maude Bouchard & Sylvie Pouliot. The students in Bachelor 2 et  3 took part in a week full of discoveries, experiments and exchanges, taking advantage of the experience and knowledge of the designers. We present to you the beautiful projects carried out during this moment of creative boiling! 

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“Less is more. Keep it simple”. It is the vision ofAnna Devis & Daniel Rueda to design their minimalist creations. On this principle, students have created quirky posters featuring objects from a famous yellow and blue Swedish brand (we'll let you guess!). But here, there is no question of creating a commercial visual. The true functions of the object are forgotten in favor of its form which comes to inspire new possibilities. They must have imagined their object in another form, another function. A cake mold has thus been transformed into a music helmet! Between brainstorming, sketches, image design, photos and videos, the students deployed their creative process step by step. While working on their English by exchanging with the designers, they learned to make quick sketches, express ideas simply, distribute the work, or even make precise choices. If rigor was required, the students retain a fun workshop! 

Design is not limited to digital or paper! With designers Thomas Wirtz & Frédéric Wiegand, founders of the experimental design laboratory aerosoap, the students played with the natural elements. Water, vinegar, dyes, baking soda, green leaves… have become their new creative tools. The physical transformations and reactions brought surprises during their experiments. The students had to be patient to find the right combination to achieve the desired result. With this experimental workshop, they rediscovered manual work and discovered typography in another way. To shoot their staging on video, they also showed some inventiveness with a little DIY on the program!

Design has also served the commitment with the workshop of Maude Bouchard & Sylvie Pouliot, co-founder of Atelier DIR (Involved and Responsible Design) at the School of Design at Laval University in Quebec. Around the term of thewomen empowerment, the students shared their committed vision through the creation of a fanzine. From the choice of a word like "Fear", "No", "Passion", or "Exist" evoking the meaning of empowerment, they developed their reflections to realize a project that makes people react and think. We find the fight of women, domestic violence or the fact of knowing how to say no among the themes chosen. Design is also a vector of messages to raise awareness and contribute to change! With this work that mixes typography and editing, the students learned to translate their intentions through images, materials and to let go of the layouts. “It feels good to work with primary materials again”, shares a student on this very manual workshop.