The Project /

What is STEAD about ?
STEAD is a project based on educational action in school environment (9 to 10-year-old pupils) initiated by ENSCI-les Ateliers and coordinated by the Pôle Universitaire Européen de Lorraine — PUEL. It is in-keeping with the events of the 2003 European Science and Technology Week (November 3rd-9th) — organised by the Directorate Research of the Science and Society programme of the European Commission within the 5th framework programme.

What are its objectives ?
STEAD aims at proving the importance of science and technology in European citizens’ daily life. The project is based upon the discovery of the electrodomestic universe – with household appliances – by 9 to 10-year-old pupils. The common ide ais to use daily life objects (toaster, washing machine, vacuum cleaner…) as a starting point to go back to their origins in terms of science and technology. In other words: to show how far science and technology contribute to our well-being.

Beyond this primary objective, the STEAD project aims at enhancing the awareness of the role of design as an instrument for cultural, scientific and technical mediation.

For which target audiences ?
Mainly young people, but also the general audience and the actors for scientific and technical culture diffusion.



The Stead content ?
The underlying key-concepts for educational actions are the following ones :

• Behind Objects: what is at stake beyond the appearance of objects? How are they designed and manufactured ?

• Intelligent home: does it mean for example a house full of modern gadgets, or a “reactive” house, able to get self-organised according to the number of inhabitants and to fulfil some functions autonomously ?

• Domestic automation: in an hedonist environment, what are the most likely functions to be carried automatically carried out by machines ?

• Intelligent comfort: what does « comfort » refer to once applied to the field of « intelligent » machines? How does it work? To sleep, to tidy up, to cook, to relax, how are all these function carried up by machines ?

Each field was illustrated by workshops. Children, with the help of their teacher and external contributors – young designers and experts –, took part to activities to analyse, reflect, dismantle and reassemble objects, create new ones (for example, imagine what future will be like). All the works realised by children were presented in the places where the experiments were carried out.

Participants involved in the project

Co-contractors in charge with the project :

PUENM - Pôle universitaire européen de Lorraine (F), coordinator
Representatives :
Marc DURANDO, coordinator,
Magali RAMILLIEN, project manager
Barbara VASSENER, project assistant,
Isabel KELLER, administrative project assistant,
Joël GAUVIN, coordination consultant

ENSCI-Les Ateliers (F), cocontractor
Representatives :
Sylvie LAVAUD, project manager
Myriam PROVOOST, Administrative project manager
Sido HENNEQUART-PERROTET, communication assistant
Dominique WAGNER, editorial consultant
Jean-Louis FRECHIN, Designer, project manager
Christian BARANI, Video maker
MASSENET, Video maker
Ismaël BIDEAU, STEAD website administrator

Fondation 93 (F), co-contractor
Representatives :
Daniel VERON, project manager
Thibault NARMAND, project assistant

AFPD - Association Française des Petits Débrouillards (F), cocontractor
Representatives :Mustapha WAFRA, project manager

CDRA — Centre Design Rhône Alpes (F), cocontractor
Representatives :Charlotte NICOLAJSEN, project manager

CREACTION (B), cocontractor
Responsable : Maria RADULOVIC, Chef de projet

UNIBRAD - University of Bradford (UK), cocontractor
Representatives :
Pr. Peter EXCELL, head of the School of Informatics, project manager
Penny SCALFFOLD, project assistant

IIID — Institut International pour le Design Intégral (D), cocontractor
Representatives :
Georges TEODORESCU, Designer, project manager
Hyeon Jeong SUK, project assistant

List of involved schools :

France - Seine-Saint-Denis 93
Partenaires : Fondation 93, ENSCI - Les Ateliers, Association française des petits débrouillards.

École élémentaire petits Ormes 2
9, rue Goya
93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois

École Jaurès
7, rue Fabre d’Eglantine
93700 Drancy

École élémentaire Diez
38, av. Lénine
93200 Saint Denis

École Clos de l’Arche
10, rue de Villiers
93160 Noisy-le-Grand

École Firmin Gémier
14 rue F. Gémier
93300 Aubervilliers

École Romain Rolland
56 rue des blancs villains
93100 Montreuil

United Kingdom
Partner : UNIBRAD

Bradford Girls’ Grammar School
Squire Lane
Bradford BD9 6RB

Feversham College (Muslim Girls’ School)
Radcliffe Avenue
Bradford BD2 1JL

Skipton Girls’ High School
Gargrave Road
Skipton BD23 1QL

Dixons City Technology College
Ripley Street
Bradford BD5 7RR

Hanson School
Sutton Avenue
Bradford BD2 1JP

Belgium
Partner : CREACTION

Ecole primaire Libre subventionnée Ecole Sainte-Thérèse
Rue Dufonteny, 11
7147 Carnières
(Morlanwelz)

Ecole fondamentale communale mixte
Rue Firmin Lepage, 18
6769 Meix-Devant-Virton

Ecole communale mixte de Chenois
Rue des Ecoles
6760 Virton

Ecole communale mixte de Ruette-Grandcourt
Rue de Longuyon, 64
6760 Ruette

Germany
Partner : IIID

Katholische Grundschule Scholssstrasse (Catholic elementary school)
Scholssstrasse 8,
53840 Troisdorf Germany

Katholische Grundshule (Catholic elementary school)
Bluecherstrasse 40,
53842 Troisdorf Germany



Schedule of actions