The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (; ÉnsAD) also known as Arts Decos' and École des Arts décoratifs, is a public grande école of art and design, constituent member of PSL Research University. The school is located in the Rue d'Ulm in Paris.
Profile The École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs played a major role in the development of the Art Deco design movement in the 1920s and in the creation of new design concepts. The School has an international reputation for its teaching in the fields of animation, photography, scenography, industrial design, communication design, interactive design, video, interior design, fashion, textile and engraving.
History The E.N.S.A.D. has its roots in the École royale gratuite de dessin (Royal Free School of Design) founded in 1766 by Jean-Jacques Bachelier, confirmed in 1767 by letters patent from King Louis XV. Its founder's aim was to develop crafts relating to the arts in order to improve the quality of manufactured goods. Through a rigorous and demanding apprenticeship in the Arts, the school strove to combine technique and culture, intelligence and sensitivity, so as to enable the more gifted artisans to develop into creative artists. After several changes of name, in 1877 the school became the National School of Decorative Arts (École nationale des arts décoratifs) before taking its present name of ENSAD (École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs) in 1927.
Directors Charles Edmond Kayser, 1938–?, Léon Deshairs, ?−1940, and 1943–1945, Léon Moussinac, 1945–1959, Jacques Adnet, 1959–1970, Michel Tourlière, Richard Peduzzi, 1990–2002, Patrick Raynaud, 2002–2008, Geneviève Gallot, 2008–2013, Marc Partouche, 2014–2018, Emmanuel Tibloux, 2018–present
Notable teachers
Pierre Bernard (graphic designer) Rosa Bonheur Cassandre Marcel Gromaire Jean-Philippe Lenclos André Lurçat Pierre Louis Rouillard, professor of sculpture from 1840 to 1881 Joseph-André Motte furniture and interior designer Philippe Starck Roger Tallon
Notable alumni
Philippe Apeloig, graphic designer Ximena Armas, painter Antun Augustinčić, sculptor Pierre Bismuth, artist François Boisrond, painter Ronan Bouroullec, designer Yvonne Canu, painter Jean Chaleyé, painter and lace designer Nina Childress, painter Claude Closky, artist Sylvie Covey, artist, printmaker, and author Paul Coze, artist Leon Dabo, painter Sylvaine Dampierre, documentary filmmaker Léon Delarbre, painter, museum curator Philippe Dupuy, cartoonist Benoît-Pierre Émery, graphic designer Vincent Ferniot, actor, presenter, writer Jean-Paul Goude, photographer and director René Georges Hermann-Paul, artist and illustrator John Howe, illustrator and author Camille Henrot, artist Pierre Huyghe, artist Jean Jansem, painter Marcel Ichac, director and photographer Richard Isanove, cartoonist Claire Keane, illustrator Fernand Léger, artist Georges Léonnec, illustrator Annette Messager, artist Florence Miailhe, animator Morteza Momayez, graphic designer Sarah Monfort, costume designer Fernand Mourlot, lithographer, publisher Thierry Mugler, fashion designer Victor Nicolas, sculptor Francis Picabia, artist Arthur de Pins, director of the 2000 animated short film Geraldine Charles Ethan Porter, painter Robert Poughéon, painter Alfred-Georges Regner, painter engraver Pierre Roy, painter Émile Savitry, painter, photographer Jacques Tardi, cartoonist Raymond Templier, jewelry designer Adrien Voisin (1890–1979), American sculptor. Jean-Didier Wolfromm, critic, writer Cédric Blaisbois, director, graphic designer Rostislav Doboujinsky, Russian designer Nachiket Barve, Indian Fashion designer Pierre Vigoureux, artist
References
External links
Official ENSAD Website