Evy Dutheil

Senior Lecturer, Course Coordinator Sustainable Product Design

Product designer educated in Ensaama, Paris and BIAD, Birmingham, over the last ten years évY has evolved a highly original approach to design by developing concepts on holistic usage. They defy our assumptions using innovative scenarios, materials, processes and exploring sustainability principles.

She has been commissioned independently and as a collaborator on international projects centering on sustainable innovation and global design. Collaborations include working with Pimliko on eco-project and packaging, XXM Architectures on bio-pilot project for Naturalia store, design collaboration with Lago in Italy and artistic collaborations with Ravi Deepres for WayneMcGregor at the Royal Opera House and the Met, NY.

évY also contributes to academic research through publications, exhibition and guest talks. She runs lectures, masterclasses and workshops in Europe and International universities. Furthermore she is in charge of the lab creative component of the research platform ‘EcoDesign Observatoire’, Paris.

External websites

évY Design

Email	Evy.Dutheil@falmouth.ac.uk
Telephone	01326255613

Qualifications

Year	Qualification	Awarding body
2006	MA BIAD, Birmingham	Product Design
2004	BTS ENSAAMA, Paris.	French technician degree in Industrial Design.

Honours and awards

Year	Description
2018	Jardins Jardin aux Tuileries, Paris. Award Laureat Innovation Product Prize
2017	Now ! le off, 9-13 September, Paris. Pre selection Rado Prize France
2016	Cumulus, HongKong. Abstracts and Artefacts selected for Open Design For Environment Exhibition
2011	Mikser Festival, Belgrade. Green Award. Para - Light design sun powered.
2010	BHV, Paris. Shortlisted competition & Exhibition ‘Lumières sur l’art’.
2009	Cele - Paris Council. ‘Paris Young Owner-manager’ Prize winner. Sustainability.

Research Interests

Research interests and expertise

Research initiation study on sustainable design development of innovative concept-products through holistic approach, design process, experimentation from cutting edge technology to craftsmanship skills and local scale to light industrial production.
Material are playing a key role especially bio-material exploration and scientific research lab collaboration.
Series of slowmade objects based on classical elements - Earth, Sun, Air, Wood, Quintessence - essential primal drivers and horizontal evolution, which challenge emotional connection, playful and aesthetic awareness to create unique and biodiverse artefacts and installation.

Research topics

Bio-material
Cradle to Cradle
Circular economy
Design thinking/ system/ making
human centred approaches
Digital technology & manufacturing
Energy

Research Outputs

Publications and research outputs

Book Section

Dutheil, Evy (2016) Five Classical Elements: Earth, Wood, Fir, Air, Quintessence. In: Open Design for E-very-thing. Hong Kong Design Institute and Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media, Hong Kong, pp. 467-469. ISBN ISBN 978-952-60-0080-0 (print) ISBN 978-952-60-0081-7 (pdf)

Conference or Workshop Item

Dutheil, Evy and Deepres, Ravi (2018) Utopias: Sustainable Ethos Design. In: International Open Elective 2019 Ghandhi and Desigh, 21 Jan - 01 Feb 2019, Ahmedabad. (In Press)

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Exhibition

Dutheil, Evy (2019) Eco-Pebble. [Exhibition]

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Dutheil, Evy (2017) Bigger SerieS: Classical Element - Air. [Exhibition]

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Performance

McGregor, Wayne and Deepres, Ravi (2018) AfteRite and Woolf Works. [Performance]

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Design

McGregor, Ravi, Deepres, Wayne and Dutheil, Evy (2018) AfteRite and Woolf Works. [Design] (In Press)

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Events

Year	Description
2018	NID, Ahmedabad : Workshop & Exhibition show on Heritage & Digital Design for the Open International Electives
2018	Jardins Jardin aux Tuileries Paris with workshop outcome of Autograf students.
2015	Shenzhen University : Speaker at the Culture, Design, Innovation Biennale & BCU Students Exhibition Curation.
2013	University of Brighton : Guest Speaker - Panel discussion on Design, Science, Trade Conference
2017	SUIC Sipalkorn University, Bangkok : Guest Lecture for Ba Graphics Communication.
2012	DMY, Berlin : Open Innovation - Elevator Speech : Design meets Technology

Teaching

Areas of teaching

Global Responsible Design

Courses taught

Sustainable Product Design BA (Hons)

Professional engagement

Independent professional practice

Involved on collaborative international industry design project valuing pioneering idea and sustainability on packaging, product, interior, pilot project, brand design and artistic projects.

Developing a range of sustainable concept-product artefacts which have been exhibited in Paris, Belgrade, Hong Kong, London...

Engagement with professional associations and societies

Observatoire de l’EcoDesign, Paris. Research Plateform, team Member. http://observatoire-ecodesign.com/
AFD - French Alliance Designer - Associate Member