Camondo, interior architecture and design

Mission Statement

• A very careful tutelage

As a human-sized school (almost 400 students), Camondo yest deploys almost 75 teachers, all active in their professional field. From 1st to 5th year, the tutoring rate ranges from 1 teacher for 30 students to 1 for 12, in order to better guide them through their individual pathways.

• The workshop at the heart of the training

Collaborative teaching definitely is Camondo's trademark. Over the 5 year curriculum, from entrance to graduation, a fair balance between core topic courses and project-centered workshops shapes open minds which are fit to embrace a career. The crossing of disciplines amplifies the creative approaches of each project.

• School-Business partnerships

Intimately linked to our school's history, manufacturers, distributors, public authorities ans communities play a part in the qualitynof our training by suggesting projects rooted deep in a craft's reality, as much in architecture as in design. They lead to an assessment of prototyping and planning by profesionnal jurors.

• At the heart of a complete network

Our schoolhas started this year developing partnerships with unique places where expertise in the traditional or innovative crafts are unrivalled. Our campus workshop will allow students, all along their schooling to experiment with new materials and exceptional manufacturing process.

• Ressources to serve students

Beyond priviledge acces to the Arts Décoratifs Museum, our school offers a model workshop, a specialized library endowed with 13.000 books and a free access to the whole Mac and PC IT stock. A yearly Masterclass programmemixing arts, history and prospective science completes the 5 year curriculum.

International Role

• A clear international development

Semesters of studying abroad are organised in 2nd and 3rd year with the Universities of Montréal (Canada) and Belgrano (Buenos Aires), Hong Kong Design Institute (Hong Kong).

Institut Supérieur des Arts de Bruxelles (Belgium), the Glasgow School of Art (UK) and the Politecnico of Milan (Italy), IED Madrid, IED Barcelona, Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, Academy of Art and Design de Bâle, supported by the ERASMUS + fundings.

National Role

• A unique bond with a great museum

Our school is part of the institution Les Arts Décoratifs. It grants us a unique position in Europe in whith museum collections and curating improve and enliven our students' training.

• A valued and acknowledged degree

Since 1989, Camondo has had the National Ministry of Education's acknowledgement. Our degree is a level 1 degree accredited according to the National Repertoire of professional certifications' criteria. Our training is approved by the French circle of Interior Architects (CFAI).

In 2016 the Ministry of Higher Education granted Ecole Camondo the Visa for its degree.

Main Focus

The Ecole Camondo has been training and educating designers for more than 75 years who shape interior and exterior living environments, individual and collective functions and spaces.

Our school stands out in the higher educational landscape both at home and abroad, thanks to the high quality of our cross-curricular courses in interior architecture and product design. We give our students the keys to a dynamic and skilled professional practice which is ever on the go and devoted to sharing knowledge and skills.

This noble and enthralling responsibility, we collectively deliver to our students and in the service of the profession's drive for the coming decades.

Since September 2019 Ecole Camondo Méditerranée has opened in Toulon, south of France.