the creative district
New
Design
A district dedicated to creativity and innovation
The Creative District brings together a rich ecosystem of business, technology, art and culture. A strong teaching and research centre, which is developing alongside a centre for technological innovation and cultural and creative industries.
- 107 hectares of creativity and design
- 2 500 students
- 300 researchers
- 150 start-ups
- 1 high-tech building
- 1 innovation through design platform: The Cité du design
A genuine centre for innovation through design
- A comprehensive service offer, including the Cité du design, the Designers + cluster and more…
- Services in terms of network management, research, documentation, training, etc
- Materials library : a resource and research centre for materials and transformation processes, and a place where expertise can be shared :
- Geolocalised database on materials and transformation processes
- Sensory analysis and colorimetry tools
- Specialised technical library
3 500 materials from
all over he world
9 families of materials :
- Concrete/minerals
- Wood/by-products
- Composites/compounds
- Metals/alloys
- Plastics/elastomers
- Textiles/leather
- Plant/animal
- Glasses/ceramics
- Paper/cardboard
A strong centre for education, research and innovation
- ESADSE – Saint-Etienne Higher School of Art and Design
- Télécom Saint-Étienne
- Hubert Curien Laboratory
- Jean Monnet University research centres
- Le Mixeur incubator
- The Grande Usine Créative business hotel…
- The Knowledge and Innovation Centre – The OpenFactory Fablab
- Optical cluster
The cité du design, the heart of the creative discrict
A veritable innovation laboratory, where design becomes an experience and a driver of transformation. At the crossroads of teaching, research and creation, it federates a dynamic ecosystem serving the cultural and creative industries.
This integrated approach has earned it a place in the 1st phase of the “Territorial clusters of cultural and creative industries” scheme run by the French government as part of France 2030.
- Teaching and research
- Cluster
- Business incubators / hotels
- Startups
- Very small enterprises (VSEs)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Mid-sized industrial enterprises (ETI)
Unique in France
the Galerie nationale du design
Unique in France – the Galerie Nationale du Design
With the support of the French Ministry of Culture, the new Galerie Nationale du Design is moving into the Cité du Design.
1000 m² of design works from leading French collections, including :
- The Musée National d’Art Moderne (Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou)
- The Mobilier National
- The Centre National des Arts Plastiques
- The Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole
How would it be if design could become your best lever for transformation?
Saint-Étienne Métropole puts its experts at your service: consultancy, research, networking, financing…