Our Experts:
Profiles of a kind
Caroline Naphegyi
Consultant
Caroline Naphegyi is a major figure in French design. Former director of lille-design and Lille Métropole 2020 – World Design Capital programmes, she contributed to the programming of Lille 2004 and lille3000. Founder of Tomorrowland and the Design for Change association, she works to promote sustainable and collaborative design. She was also educational director of the École Camondo from May 2023 to September 2025.
Sébastien Kunz
Consultant Strategy, communication and Digital marketing
Designer, communications strategy and digital marketing expert, Sébastien Kunz has been Dominique Sciamma's partner for over 20 years. Together, they designed and implemented communications strategies for Strate School of Design, then CY School of Design.
Stéphane Bureaux
Consultant
Stéphane Bureaux founded his global design agency in Paris in 1990. A professor at ESAD in Reims from 1993 to 2003 and a pioneer in culinary design, he also contributed to the creation of the Executive Master Food Design programme at the Royal Academy in Brussels. His cross-disciplinary approach has led him to collaborate with both Renault and the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, and he is co-author of the book "Design Culinaire".
Jean-Louis Fréchin
Consultant
Designer and architect, pioneer in digital design, Jean-Louis Fréchin founded the NoDesign agency in 2001, specialising in innovation, interactive objects and technological uses. A scholar with a passion for industrial technology and teaching, he is the former director of innovation and prospective at ENSCI-Les Ateliers School. He is the author of ‘The Design of Things in the Digital Age'.
Dominique Sciamma
President
A leading figure in the design ecosystem in France and internationally, Dominique has been involved in teaching since 1998. Director of Strate School of Design from 2013 to 2020, he is the creator of the campuses in Lyon, Bangalore (India) and Singapore. In 2020, he created and directed CY School of Design, the first design school ever created within a university in France, which has since become the largest public design school in France.
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Jacques Malz
Head, Asia-Pacific
Co-founder and director of Strate Campus in Singapore, Jacques is well versed in all the rules and standards required to establish and lead Education Institutions in Asia. Based in Singapore for 20 years, and also serving as Foreign Trade Advisor, he has a thorough understanding of the cultures, business practices and working methods of this region of the world.
Guillaume Lom Puech
Consultant
Designer, entrepreneur, co-creator and director of Strate Lyon, then general director of Strate School of Design until Dec. 2024, Guillaume is a respected and listened player within design education, and more generally in the professional ecosystem.
Erika Cupit
Consultant for Overseas Territories
Social UX Designer and Public Service Designer Erika Cupit has developed a multifaceted career working with communities, businesses and schools to promote a social approach to design. With her extensive knowledge of the Caribbean region, she is dedicated to projects in these territories.
