This seminar aims to launch the third session of the school of not-Knowing. The first began in September 2022 at the French Institute in Milan and culminated in the form of a first exhibition in the same place in January 2024.

Lévy, P. (2011). L'irrégularité, une opportunité sociétale, presented at l'École Supérieure d'Art et Design de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France. February 27th, 2023.

Lévy, P. (2022). La beauté du motif japonais, presented at École Boulle, Paris, France. September 09th, 2022.

Lévy, P. (2022). The moment of design - Inaugural lecture of the Chair of design Jean Prouvé, presented at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France. May 13th, 2022.

We are in need of inquiry into the epistemology of practice. What is the kind of knowing in which competent practitioners engage? How is professional knowing like and unlike the kinds of knowledge presented in academic textbooks, scientific papers, and learned journals? In what sense, if any, is there intellectual rigor in professional practice?
- Donald A. Schön (1983)

Je voudrais m'intéresser aujourd'hui à la place des méthodes et des pratiques en design, et décrire leur entre-deux comme un lieu de développement des pratiques, c'est-à-dire comme moment d'apprentissage réflexif sur la pratique.

The School of not-knowing is based on the conviction that dialogue between art, design, science and society can open up new horizons for understanding and apprehending known and yet-to-be-discovered worlds.

The Chaire of Design Jean Prouvé is a benevolent place dedicated to the development of design practice and research. It is committed to a program combining research, teaching and design projects, with a view to transformation through reflexive practices in everyday life.