MISSION
The ambition of the Fondation d’entreprise Martell is to develop and promote design projects that address the challenges of ecological transition.
It is a research and experimentation platform for designers, artists, and researchers, as well as a public venue for raising awareness and educating people about living things.
Its program of exhibitions, residencies, conferences, and workshops aims to give priority to supporting innovative design projects with a regenerative dimension. With the goal of enabling new ways to be paved towards a resilient and sustainable future, its projects encourage reflection on the local area and its resources, as well as the exploration of vernacular know-how and practices, in a dynamic of collective intelligence.
ACTION PILLARS
To achieve its mission and materialize its intentions, the Foundation relies on five action pillars:
- Encourage research through creation with design as a lever for transition
In-situ transformation and rethinking the building to improve its uses - Raise awareness among the public through an engaged program that includes different cycles and formats of exhibitions and events fostering exchange and sharing
- Networking and collaborating with homologous structures and partners
- Produce and transmit knowledge by sharing resources around accessible sustainable design practices.