James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have been collaborating on projects since the concept of the Audio Tooth Implant was first conceived in October 2000.
[Industrial] Design is mostly concerned with the process of bringing products to market – making them desirable and therefore saleable. By removing the commercial aspect from the development of the [designed] object, it can be given a different agenda, investigating the process that gives birth to it rather than being defined by it. In this way design can comment on consumer culture; the role of products in shaping human behaviour and experience and the role of technology. It becomes a tool for questioning rather than problem solving. Through the development and dissemination of speculative and critical artefacts Auger-Loizeau aim to instigate a broader analysis of what it means to exist in a technology rich environment both today and in the near future.
Our intention is for this analysis to take place over a broad a spectrum as possible.
Auger-Loizeau projects have been published and exhibited internationally, including MoMA, New York, 21_21, Tokyo, The Science Museum, London, The National Museum of China, Beijing, and the Ars Electronica festival, Linz and are part of the permanent collection at MoMA.
Many of our projects are self-generated and self-funded but we are also available for industry funded research projects, commissions and workshops.
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BIOGRAPHIES
James Auger
Work
Director - Design Department
École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
2021 -
Co-director - Centre de Recherche en Design
ENSCI Les Ateliers / École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
2021 -
Enseignant chercheur - Design Department
École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
2019 - 2021 -
Associate professor
RMIT, Europe
2018 -
Associate professor
M-ITI, Madeira, Portugal
2015 - 2019
Tutor & researcher
Design Interactions
Royal College of Art, UK
2005 - 2015
Visiting professor
HEAD,
Geneva, Switzerland.
2010 - 2015
Designer
Miyake Design Studio, Japan
2005
Research Associate
Media Lab Europe, Ireland
2002 - 2005
Special Effects Technician
Asylum Models and Effects, London
1996 - 1999
Engineering Apprenticeship
Rolls-Royce (Aero Engines)
1986 - 1990
Education
PhD: Why Robot?
Speculative design, the domestication of technology and the considered future
Design Interactions
Royal College of Art, UK
MA(RCA) Design Products
Royal College of Art, UK
2001
BA(Hons) Product Design
Glasgow School of Art, UK
1995
Awards
Transmediale Award 2010 nominee
Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots (Auger-Loizeau)
Transmediale, Berlin
Special Mention
Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots (Auger-Loizeau)
VIDA 11 Art and Artificial Life Awards
2009
Honourable Mention, Interactive Art
Iso-phone (Auger-Loizeau)
Ars Electronica, Linz
2004
Köln Klopfer (Cologne Thumper)
Designer of the Year 2002 (Auger)
Köln Institute of Design (KISD), DE
2003
Top 100 designs of 2002
Audio Tooth Implant (Auger-Loizeau)
Time magazine
Future Products Award
Audio Tooth Implant (Auger–Loizeau)
Science Museum, London
2001 - 2002
Design for our future selves
Social Tele-presence (Auger)
Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, London
2001
Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
Rio Tinto Scholarship, UK (Loizeau)
2000
Blueprint Award, UK (Loizeau)
1999
Jimmy Loizeau
Work
Tutor
BA Design
Goldsmiths College, UK
2004 –
Visiting professor
HEAD,
Geneva, Switzerland.
2010 – 2013
Design Consultant
Freelance, UK
2004 – Present
Research Associate
Media Lab Europe, Ireland
2002 – 2004
Education
MA(RCA) Design Products
Royal College of Art, UK
2001
MA Fine Art
Birmingham College of Art, UK
1991
BA(Hons) Fine Art
Maidstone College of Art, UK
1989