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Design Teaching: Strate Design Lyon,
Hybrid Year 5 Strate x Kookmin (Seoul) interdisciplinary design course,
Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder and Creative Director, FL@33 – appointed Visiting Lecturer [intervenant] for 2025 at Strate Design Lyon – leading the cross-cultural programme for Year 5 students across product, spatial, and branding disciplines, Strate Design Lyon, France, 3 October – 5 December 2025
YEAR 5 | HYBRID INTERNATIONAL COURSE | STRATE DESIGN x KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY
It was an honour to be appointed Visiting Lecturer [intervenant] at Strate Design Lyon after years of collaboration with international design schools including ECV Lille, ECV Aix-en-Provence, ECV Bordeaux, and MICA Baltimore – delivering workshops, masterclasses, and remote courses in visual communication and experimental design.
___ On this occasion, Tomi Vollauschek of FL@33 led the inaugural Hybrid Year 5 Strate × Kookmin (Seoul) Interdisciplinary Design Course with his specially developed syllabus.
___ The cross-cultural project invited students to explore how French and Korean design perspectives can inform contemporary visual and material practices. Through a combination of conceptual thinking, cultural empathy, and hands-on experimentation, participants investigated flexible multi-disciplinary approaches connecting identity, craft, and product innovation.
___ The course was delivered in English, with students welcome to present in either French or English – and yes, a bit of Franglais added to the charm of this particularly international course.
THE POWER OF THREE AND CROSS-CULTURAL EXPLORATIONS | LYON x SEOUL
Students were encouraged to experiment and explore ideas for concepts, products, or services, as well as aspects of visual identity systems – keeping the newly introduced Power of Three guideline in mind. This approach emphasises finding a balance between Head, Heart, and Hand – Intellect, Emotion, and Skill – while also considering the course's multi-lingual, multi-disciplinary, and multi-cultural perspectives.
___ The resulting projects spanned a wide range of interests and explorations, including shape-shifting translation tools, customisable bags, lamps, a patchwork fabric wrap for baguettes, an identity for an olive oil brand, and several fashion items.
FliP | A modular French-Hangul shape-shifting language-learning system | Jogakbo Baguette Wrap | An Exploration of Korean Patchwork for a Reusable Fabric Baguette Wrap | Jeong Bags | A bag customisation site with oversized obangsaek-inspired knot handles Olivea | Identity for a speculative family-owned olive business branching out | Lamp | An exploration into minimalist lampshades revealing intricate paper textures when lit | Noori | Patchwork-inspired fabric lampshade structure celebrating shadow play and texture | Harmok | An exploration in the experimental fusion fashion
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS (ON-SITE IN LYON)
Year 5 | Clara Gendry, Jeanne Herbinet, Julien Garnier, Matteo Wilputte, Nicolas De Marco, Roxane Stadler and Yuanyuan Liu.
PICTURE CREDITS AND THANKS
Shown here are a few selected course, presentation and exhibition snapshots, together with making-of and work samples that were kindly provided by students courtesy of Strate Design Lyon. All other photos by FL@33's Tomi.
___ A big thank you to Strate’s Axelle Billon, Lucas Lorigeon, Paul Colombat and fellow RCA alumnus Emmanuel Wolfs at Kookmin for facilitating this inspirational course opportunity. Many thanks as well to Emmanuel and his South Korean cohort for their valuable feedback, to Rémi Forte for his typography input, and to my fellow RCA classmate from Seoul, Yeong Cheong, for his insightful cultural reflections.
