Research & Design Labs
A center for design and innovation, the school has opened 5 Design Labs, platforms for design-led research and innovation dedicated to social, technological and environmental changes.
- Care Design Lab (environmental and social health & quality of life),
- Food Design Lab (new eating habits),
- Digital Design Lab (digital innovation),
- City Design Lab (transition to sustainable cities)
- Media Design Lab (communication and information issues)
![maquette care design lab](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/care-design-lab-maquettez.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=1JcvWuAA)
The design research activity at L'École de design Nantes Atlantique, a Research Training Innovation approach since 2008.
![Plum / Pierre Fontaine, Mathis Freudenberger & Vinssent Lasèque / Instrument de musique électronique multisensoriel inspiré du Paon](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/formation-digital-design-projet-biomimicry-paon.jpg?h=4ba3e344&itok=Q92r0kI_)
The Digital Design Lab at L’École de design Nantes Atlantique focuses on the notions of UX Design and digital innovation.
![projet city design lab](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/city-design-lab-recherche.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=PSqEMMlw)
The City Design Lab is a research laboratory for urban design-led research that accompanies urban and territorial change.
![formation care](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/care-design-lab-projet-etudiante.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=OVyUbGp7)
The Care Design Lab aims to train designers in two years in the fields of health, social action and public innovation.
![Scénario prospectif tourné vers 2030 : les étudiants du Food Design Lab ont expérimenté le design fiction](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/lab-food-der-workshop_1.png?h=74d0cd61&itok=PnfeOXIX)
The Food Design Lab explores issues related to the changing nature of food systems and imagines global experiences centered on sustainable food.
![voix du design](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/media-design-lab-livre-or-numerique-workshop.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=jopfdVEQ)
The Media Design Lab explores the challenges of information, knowledge and communication.
![chaire environnements connectes](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_4col/public/medias/image/publication_chaire_connecte.jpg?h=627365f3&itok=Q4rSPfqX)
Chairs and research projects