Olaf Avenati
Teaches graphic design at undergraduate level and information design at postgraduate level.
Directs the Datavisualisation research programme and the Brain Roads research project.
A graphic and digital designer in Paris who graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in 1997, he has worked with the Tout pour plaire studio since 1998 and has been developing his own studio since 2014. He creates communication objects, exhibition itineraries, websites and digital applications. He regularly collaborates with Mathieu Ehrsam / Les Diverstructeurs and Audrey Tenaillon & Nike Knoke’s architecture and scenography agency Maskarade.
After working with DNSEP students for ten years, he now teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses, he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design (ÉSAD) in Reims. He conducts research into datavisualisation in conjunction with scientists, and is developing an interdisciplinary post-master’s course combining design, engineering and management: Innovation, Design and Committed Entrepreneurship (IDEE). He also teaches at Sciences Po, Télécom SudParis and Institut Mines-Télécom Business School.
Associate member of the Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity. Image Space Material Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, he is developing the Brain Roads project, which aims to visualise and explore the digital model of the human brain.
He is a member of the Scientific Research Council at ÉSAD in Reims.
Books
Avenati, Olaf, Chardel, Pierre-Antoine, Godart, Elsa, Guichard, Éric, Maftei, Mara Magda, ChatGPT, Socrate et moi,
Revue Esprit, 2023.
Katchatourov, Armen, Avenati, Olaf, Chardel, Pierre-Antoine, Queval, Isabelle, dir., Corps connectés – Figures, fragments, discours,
Paris / Reims Presses des Mines / ÉSAD de Reims, 2022.
Avenati, Olaf, Oser Voir ! – Donner formes aux données,
in “Études digitales”, 2020 — 2, n°10,
Paris Classiques Garnier, 2022.
Avenati, Olaf, Partager ses outils,
in “Archives 19. Me, you, nous. Créons un terrain d’entente”, Catalogue Post-Biennale internationale Design 2019,
Saint-Étienne Cité du design, 2020.
Eudes, Émeline, Maire, Véronique, De l’innovation sociale vers le care : l’expérience de la chaire IDIS,
in “Design et pensée du Care – Pour un design des microluttes et des singularités”, Dautrey, Jehanne, dir., p. 72,
Paris Les presses du réel, 2018.
Avenati, Olaf, Chardel, Pierre-Antoine, Ceccon, Lorène, Techno-critique des imaginaires numériques,
in “Azimuts”, 2017, Travail — n°47,
Paris Presses du réel, 2017.
Peillod, Claire, Ribault, Patricia, Bretillot, Marc, dir., Les quatre cents goûts – Design, Cuisine et Geste,
Reims ÉSAD, 2011.
Articles
Avenati, Olaf, Chardel, Pierre-Antoine, Godart, Elsa, Guichard, Éric, Maftei, Mara Magda, ChatGPT, Socrate et moi,
Revue Esprit, 2023.
Katchatourov, Armen, Avenati, Olaf, Chardel, Pierre-Antoine, Queval, Isabelle, dir., Corps connectés – Figures, fragments, discours,
Paris / Reims Presses des Mines / ÉSAD de Reims, 2022.
Avenati, Olaf, Oser Voir ! – Donner formes aux données,
in “Études digitales”, 2020 — 2, n°10,
Paris Classiques Garnier, 2022.
Avenati, Olaf, Partager ses outils,
in “Archives 19. Me, you, nous. Créons un terrain d’entente”, Catalogue Post-Biennale internationale Design 2019,
Saint-Étienne Cité du design, 2020.
Eudes, Émeline, Maire, Véronique, De l’innovation sociale vers le care : l’expérience de la chaire IDIS,
in “Design et pensée du Care – Pour un design des microluttes et des singularités”, Dautrey, Jehanne, dir., p. 72,
Paris Les presses du réel, 2018.
Avenati, Olaf, Chardel, Pierre-Antoine, Ceccon, Lorène, Techno-critique des imaginaires numériques,
in “Azimuts”, 2017, Travail — n°47,
Paris Presses du réel, 2017.
Peillod, Claire, Ribault, Patricia, Bretillot, Marc, dir., Les quatre cents goûts – Design, Cuisine et Geste,
Reims ÉSAD, 2011.
