Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne

"Ressource(s), présager demain" 
13ème Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne 
📍22 mai-6 juillet 2025

A theme at the heart of contemporary issues. 

Faced with environmental challenges, we need to reassess our production and consumption methods. Let's turn constraints into assets! It is against this backdrop that the Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial is unveiling the theme for its 13th edition. It explores the many issues surrounding the use of resources - natural, economic, human and intellectual - opening the way to an enthusiastic reflection on the future of creation and how the designer can assert himself as a resource for making the world a more welcoming place.

Far from being a simple showcase, the Biennial is a laboratory event. It's a place where people come to draw ideas, forge links, cross paths, encourage exchanges, stimulate debate and support design research. Designed to captivate both professionals and the general public, this year's event will also feature Armenia as a guest country and pay tribute to Raymond Guidot.

With exhibitions, original creations from all over the world, and an insight into the world of young designers and industry, the Biennial will be organised around two distinct venues: the Cité du design and the Halles Barrouin industrial wasteland. At the same time, professional days, cultural events and a rich programme of events will be taking place all over Saint-Étienne. The aim is to unite amateurs and experts around the possibilities for a better world that are open to our imaginations.

Eric Jourdan, General Curator of the 13th Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial, Designer and Managing Director of the EPCC-Cité du design-Esadse.

Laurence Salmon, Scientific Director and Director of Cultural and Artistic Development, EPCC-Cité du design-Esadse.