EnsadLab

Art & Design Research Laboratory at Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. EnsadLab, the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs 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 co...