<h3>CUMULUS Association</h3>
<p>ESAG Penninghen has been a member of the Cumulus network since 1991 and is co-founder of the Cumulus Association (International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media) created in Rotterdam in 2000. The association became worldwide in 2005 and now groups together nearly 200 different universities and art colleges.</p>
<p>ESAG was also member of the Cumulus Executive board from 2001 to 2007, and sponsored admission for several French design schools: the School of Design in Nantes (2000), Strate College, Ecole Duperr&eacute;, Ecole Estienne and Ecole Boulle (2002), Ecole Olivier de Serres in 2003, &ldquo;ENSCI les Ateliers&rdquo; in 2004 and the &ldquo;Universit&eacute; de Toulouse Le Mirail&ldquo; in 2006.</p>
<p>ESAG Penninghen also organised the Parisian CUMULUS conference held back in May 2002, as well as the art exhibitions &laquo; European Way(s) of Life&rdquo; at the Carrousel du Louvre&rdquo; in Paris (2002) and &ldquo;Lieu Unique&rdquo; in Nantes (2006).&nbsp;<br />
The 2011 Cumulus conference, regrouping 169 of its members, was also held in France in 2011 including the French schools that make up the FDE Association (French Design Education).</p>
<h3>FDE / France Design Education: studying design in France</h3>
<p>In an industry that has become more and more globalised, France, at the heart of art, culture and innovation, is an ideal location to study design. The FDE groups together 14 of the most prestigious design schools in France (both private and public) that offer design courses recognized both on a national and international level. The strength of the FDE is also due to the fact that it is endorsed by a variety of different schools represented by the Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, or the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.&nbsp;</p>
Members of the FDE in 2014 &nbsp;<br />
Kedge International School of Design, Toulon&nbsp;<br />
Ecole nationale sup&eacute;rieure de cr&eacute;ation industrielle, ENSCI-Les Ateliers, Paris&nbsp;<br />
Ecole Nationale Sup&eacute;rieure des Arts Appliqu&eacute;s et M&eacute;tiers d&rsquo;Arts Olivier de Serres, Paris<br />
ESADSE (Ecole Sup&eacute;rieure d&rsquo;Art et Design), St-Etienne<br />
Ecole Sup&eacute;rieure des Arts Appliqu&eacute;s Duperr&eacute;, Paris<br />
ESAG Penninghen Ecole Sup&eacute;rieure de design, d&rsquo;art graphique et d&rsquo;architecture int&eacute;rieure, Paris<br />
ENSAD (Ecole nationale sup&eacute;rieure des Arts D&eacute;coratifs), Paris<br />
Ecole Boulle, Paris<br />
Gobelins, l&rsquo;&eacute;cole de l&rsquo;image, Paris<br />
Ecole Estienne, Paris<br />
L&rsquo;Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique, Nantes<br />
Strate Coll&egrave;ge (industrial/product design), S&egrave;vres<br />
SDS (Sustainable Design School), Nice<br />
Rubika, Valenciennes</p>

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