The École de Design Nantes Atlantique is a private higher education institution dedicated to the design professions. It is a partner to the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an affiliate school to the Université de Nantes and a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles. It is based at the Atlanpole La Chantrerie technological campus in the north-east of Nantes and at the Ile de Nantes creative cluster. It has 1,300 students, four international satellite campuses and more than 80 partner institutions, and offers short and long courses from BTS (advanced vocational certificate) to Masters level.
École de Design Nantes Atlantique is joint scientific director for the West Creative Industries programme with Université de Nantes.
A number of courses and laboratories at the École de Design Nantes Atlantique play an active role in West Creative Industries:
- Bachelors degrees in graphic, spatial and interactive design
- Masters level courses in Care, Digital Culture and Sustainable Cities
- Masters in Design and Innovation Management apprenticeship route
- Design Labs: Sustainable Cities, Care and READi
Nine current projects with West Creative Industries
Five research projects:
- AD LUX – Experience Design, in conjunction with Sustainable Cities Design Lab and GRANEM
- VisAmUrb, in conjunction with Sustainable Cities Design Lab, LS2N and CRENAU
- AmbiDYS, in conjunction with READi Design Lab and LS2N
- IDEA (start-up) and Ph-IDEA (thesis), in conjunction with READi Design Lab and LS2N
- CODESIGN, in conjunction with CRENAU and Care Design Lab
Four initial education modules:
- iCreate, in conjunction with Polytech’Nantes (Université de Nantes) and Audencia SciencesCom
- Digital Mediation Approaches, in conjunction with la Roche-sur-Yon IUT (Université de Nantes)
- City Centre Regeneration, in conjunction with ENSA Nantes
- SHS-Créatifs in conjunction with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management Université d’Angers
