Photography by Remy Bourganel © 2011.

Philosopher of design and digital world, Stéphane Vial teaches at the Ecole Boulle and the Sorbonne University Paris 1. Researcher at the Institute ACTE (UMR 8218) directed by Professor Bernard Darras, he is the author of the "Short Treatise of Design" (French University Press, 2010), already translated into Swedish and Korean soon. He teaches User Interface Design and Project management within the "Multimedia & Interactivity" Master Program at the Sorbonne University Paris 1. Involved in the Web since 2003, he is the founder and creative director of LEKTUM, a digital content studio specialising in Drupal content management system for art, culture, research and non-profit websites.

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I am graduate as a philosopher and a psychologist.
I come from the academic philosophical culture. I look at the world as a philosopher. But I am a philosopher who is graduate as a clinical psychologist and went through the experience of psychoanalysis. This is one reason why I no longer work in the field of philosophy itself. I am currently working in the field of design and digital medias.

I am an interactive creative director.
I am founder and creative director at LEKTUM, an independent creative team specializing in content management solutions for art, culture, research and non-profit websites. We believe that the Web is not dead, and that it is more than ever leading us to a new social world.

I am a teacher, my first job.
I teach at several schools of art and design in Paris (École Boulle, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, École de Condé) and at Paris 1 Sorbonne University. My courses deal with philosophy applied to design, digital medias or Web design. 

I am a researcher.
I am interested in digital culture and design as theoretical issues, particularly the problem of digital design. I am the author of the Short Treatise on Design (PUF, 2010) with foreword by Patrick Jouin and already translated in Swedish.

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Research topics

• Philosophy of technology and digital world
• Epistemology and Aesthetics of design and digital design
• Psychology of creativity and innovation

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