Pierre on Pierre Lévy

Pierre Lévy

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Drawing on theories of embodiment and Japanese philosophy and thought, my research proposes a cultural decentring of the arts, design and engineering in order to explore their relationship with non-institutionalised creative moments in everyday life (appropriation, deviation, etc.). Through this research, I am interested in the attitude, the societal role and the limitations of design in the service of transforming practices.

Chaire of Design Jean Prouvé

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The Jean Prouvé Chair in Design is a welcoming space dedicated to developing the role of design practice and research in society and culture. Its focus is on expressing beauty through everyday materials and reflective practices.

Courses

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Events

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Pierre Lévy

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Publications

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Research

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Japanese phylosophy inspired design

Transforming practices

Kansei studies

Perceptive qualities

The notion of perceptual crossing indicates the experience of interplay between perceptive activities of multiple beings (train anecdote). Charles Lenay explained the importance of perceptual crossing in the encounter of the other’s perceptual intentionality, in the mutual attraction of perceptual activities (“they come to start a sort of a dance together”), leading to the constitution of a shared world of emotions. Creating such a connection between beings is often experienced, and it is (and it has been for a long time) a quest in design to build such connection between a being (or user) and an artefact: how to design for perceptual crossing?

Teachings

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