The programme
ESDAC offers a unique course of study, the fruit of a bold alliance between industrial innovation and craft excellence. This distinctive duality opens up many employability prospects in a constantly changing world. By combining technological mastery with artistic sensitivity, ESDAC gives shape to innovation while making technology accessible. The objects created are not merely aesthetic: they genuinely enrich our everyday lives, embodying both craft excellence and industrial performance.
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Why choose this Master's?
Programme
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➜ Classes focus on advanced techniques, with courses in digital modelling, model-making, discovering new materials and innovation.
➜ Adding to this the vision of the object and the product in a more craft-based and rarefied world, design projects through the project-related courses, experimental design and innovation, UX system service and Product Design
➜ And the world of design law, entrepreneurship, prototyping, model-making and design drawing, working through the analysis and feasibility phases.
A choice of options is offered so that students can tailor their course of study (see the course diagram).
On campus, with practical and lecture-based classes, project supervision and workshops. Added to this are the professional environment, taking part in the open days to present work, support in finding a placement, and creative studios.
*The programme is not exhaustive; courses may vary and terminology may change from one year to the next.
Teaching Strengths
The main mission of a product designer is to create objects that are at once functional, attractive and manufacturable. This ranges from a simple kitchen utensil to a complex electronic device, by way of furniture, toys and sports equipment… Every project is an exploration of human needs. Designers observe, listen and analyse how people interact with their environment in order to create solutions that make their lives easier.
88%
pass rate among candidates on the Mastère Design Produit for the 2024 cohort.
100%
of students reported to be in employment six months after the professional certification, for the 2024 cohort.
After the Master's
On completion of the qualification, the Master's programme allows students to move straight into working lifeThe professions targeted by the certification
Once you have graduated, you will be able to work in one of these sectors and take up these roles linked to the qualification.
➜ Large industrial groups,
➜ SMEs or start-ups,
➜ Firms specialising in design or in research and development,
➜ Small independent agencies across the country,
➜ Self-employed as a freelance professional.
This diversity of environments offers different career prospects, from innovative, agile projects to larger-scale work with significant technical and human resources. They contribute to creating objects and systems that are functional, attractive, durable and suited to users' needs, in fields as varied as industrial equipment, furniture, transport, everyday consumer goods, interior decoration, innovative technologies, craft and services.
➜ Industrial designer
➜ Industrial design engineer
➜ Design product manager
➜ Design concept developer
➜ Packaging designer
➜ Fit-out & furniture designer
➜ Textile designer
➜ Service designer
They chose ESDAC
« 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 course with many other schools through the work-study students I have met from all over France. ESDAC is clearly one of the most complete programmes available: you are given every key you need to succeed in the professional world, and it is then up to each person to make serious use of them. The lecturers are committed and highly skilled, the programmes are in step with what the market expects, and the skills you gain open the door to a real career, including internationally, for anyone with the motivation.
I would recommend this school without hesitation, as much for its human scale as for its professional quality.”
“Product Design is a discipline I teach at ESDAC, where we set out to design everyday objects methodically, across every possible sector (sport, medical, luxury, craft, industrial production runs, and so on). What we want to pass on to students is a genuine passion and curiosity for making things, and to get them to think before putting an idea forward and then to build it on solid foundations. In this course we try to find the designer each student wants to become.”
“What is great about ESDAC is that the lecturers 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 a collective effort with our tutors and that is what is wonderful about this school. Nicolas Robineau was my technical tutor and he always gave me the keys so that I was never stuck with my ideas. As students we sometimes do too little and sometimes take on too much, but while we are still studying we can let go, open up everything a building makes possible and improve our knowledge, our technique and that drive to put a workable project in front of the panel. It is genuinely hands-on experience and I would wish it on every interior architecture or spatial design student.”
“My aim is to give students a practical understanding of what the profession expects. Professionals know exactly what they are looking for, and it is essential that students have that lightbulb moment: understanding how to develop a project accurately and methodically.
I place great importance on dialogue, offering different approaches to broaden their range of skills and open up as many opportunities as possible. The strength of our teaching also lies in the fact that most of our lecturers are working professionals: we know in concrete terms where to guide them so that they become the designers they want to be.”
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