The programme
Bring to life the objects that will reinvent tomorrow's usesBecome a designer able to imagine, develop and shape meaningful objects at the crossroads of craft and emerging technologies, conceived to meet new uses and the challenges of tomorrow. Through immersive teaching, hands-on projects and input from working professionals, the Bachelor Design d'Objet & Culture Maker prepares you to explore a range of materials and new manufacturing processes in order to create objects that are inventive, functional and responsible, in an ever more inclusive and innovative way.
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Why choose this Bachelor?
Curriculum
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Teaching strengths
Methods used
ESDAC's strong and distinctive hallmarks are the opportunity to personalise your academic path by choosing an option that will nurture the student's creativity and technical skill.
Courses in general & artistic culture, semiotics, scientific culture and creative methodology.
Drawing and representation, with roughs, technical drawing and modelling…
Applied techniques through courses such as computer graphics, publishing, technology and materials and model-making, together with workshops that put theory into practice through real projects.
Creation studio classes devoted to object and product projects, practical and lecture-based courses, project supervision and workshops.
Taking part in open days to present work and build confidence in public speaking, support with the search for a placement, creative craft workshops…
a choice of options allowing students to refine their vision of object design and thereby add to their course additional skills that broaden their scope around the object, the product and the everyday environment.
98%
pass rate for candidates on the Bachelor Design de Produit, class of 2025.
83%
pass rate for apprentices sitting the RNCP34317 professional qualification – Responsable Marketing et Evènementiel Sport (Sports Marketing and Event Manager), class of 2024.
After the bachelor's
On completion of the qualification, the Bachelor leads straight into professional life or on to the first year of the Mastère Designer Produit et Innovation.The roles targeted by the qualification
Once you have graduated, you will be able to work in one of these sectors and hold these roles linked to the qualification.
➜ SMEs and start-ups
➜ Consultancies specialising in design and in research and development
➜ Small independent agencies across the country
➜ Self-employed professional practice
➜ Accessories designer
➜ Craft furniture designer
➜ Ergonomics and usage designer
➜ Packaging designer
➜ Street furniture designer
➜ Designer-maker
➜ 3D modeller
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Our admissions advisers will help you choose the programme that fits your career plans.
“A former ESDAC student in interior architecture, I now run my own interior architecture practice between Megève and Geneva.
My success is also, in part, theirs and that of the whole teaching team. I have had the chance to compare this programme with many other schools through the profiles of work-study students from all over France. ESDAC is clearly among the most complete programmes: all the keys to succeeding in the professional world are given, and it is then up to each person to take hold of them seriously. The teachers are committed and skilled, the programmes are in step with market expectations, and the skills acquired make it possible to envisage a career, including internationally, for motivated candidates.
I recommend this school without hesitation, as much for its human dimension as for its professional quality. ”
Hugo Allegre - Mastère Design Architecture d’Intérieur - ESDAC Clermont-Ferrand
“Product design is a discipline I teach at ESDAC, where we try to develop everyday objects methodically across every possible sector (sport, medical, luxury, craft, industrial production runs, etc.). What we really want to pass on to students is a passion and a curiosity for making things, and the habit of thinking before proposing an idea and then building it on solid foundations. In this stream we try to find the designer that each student wants to become. ”
Maxime Paulet, product design lecturer at ESDAC Aix-en-Provence
“What is great about ESDAC is that the teachers are there to guide us in what we want to do. We steer our projects with our tutors, but the ideas come from us. It is collective work with our tutors and that is what is beautiful about this school. Nicolas Robineau was my technical tutor; he always gave me the keys so that I was never blocked in my ideas. That is also what we lack as students, having too little and taking on too much, so while we are still studying we can let go, open up the possibilities of the building and improve our knowledge, our technique and that desire to put a viable project in front of our juries. It is a hands-on experience and I wish it on every student of interior architecture or spatial design. ”
Argan Martinez, ESDAC Marseille alumnus, Design d'Espace et Architecture d'intérieur class of 2024-2025
“My aim is to give students a concrete picture of what the profession expects. Professionals know precisely what they are looking for, and it is essential that students have that moment of clarity: understanding how to develop a project in a sound and structured way.
I place great importance on exchange, offering different approaches to broaden their range of skills and open up as many prospects as possible. The strength of our teaching also lies in the fact that most of our lecturers are working professionals: we know concretely where to guide them so that they become the designers they want to be. ”
Mathilde Guterhlé – Interior architect, spatial design lead and lecturer at ESDAC Nancy.
