The concept

At the crossroads of fashions and designs

The specificity of the Docks en Seine concept and its unique character will bring a completely new flow of people into « Paris Rive Gauche » from the environs of the Austerlitz Train Station. By bringing together for the first time and in the same place all the different forms of design – fashion, beauty, numerical design, graphics, interactive, high tech, sustainable development, sound, olfactive and culinary design – this out of the ordinary project will bring about the convergence of a public driven by a common interest. Namely that of understanding the service that can be rendered by design to our individual, environmental and social lives. The goal of Docks en Seine ? To allow everyone to grasp what is ecologically and economically at stake in design.

Open to talent

As the first international assembly of applied arts and numerical design, Docks en Seine will offer talented people from the entire world an opportunity to become known and recognised. It will exhibit the best projects and create « speed meetings » with bearers of innovation and companies. It will serve as a meeting place for French and foreign schools. By exhibiting their work it will inspire creative emulation. Adolescents will also be interested in Docks en Seine, where they will be able to learn about the vast range of professions accessible through the various disciplines.

A tool for professionals

The site will thrive at the cutting edge of all facets of design. As a true meeting forum and place for debate on what is at stake in our time and on future prospects, Docks en Seine will allow each company to express itself and to exchange knowledge at each level of its organisation. The transversal character of areas of competence can only serve to enrich this dialogue. Each brand will be able to show the public a preview of its achievements. Docks en Seine will demonstrate to what extent design in its different forms is an indispensable factor in global competitiveness.

A popular forum and a quality forum

Docks en Seine is not a museum, but rather an educational space of exchange and discovery. The public will become familiar with all forms of design both by visiting the extraordinary concept-stores on the ground level of this grand liner, and in its events room on the first floor. There will be many events over the 3500 m². In some sense Docks en Seine is conceived to be a generalist magazine and a platform for interdisciplinary exchange.

A festive venue

Docks en Seine is not just a place of esthetic, practical, technical, technological, industrial, social or behavioural discovery. It is also a place to experience life, with three restaurants and strolling areas far from the city’s bustle along and overlooking the Seine River. Under the building and along the river bank, an area of 4600 m² will be available for festivities based on fashion and design, as well as other festive events.

Docks en Seine is equipped with means of communication such as internet and television and radio transmission. Various forms of collaboration have already been decided to amplify what is done beyond the walls of the site.

An unique management school