Jean-Jacques Lanzo
Educator & Thinker

Transmission and Thinking

During the course of the 15 last years, I have been involved in the transmission and diffusion of ideas in universities (Hubei University of Technology, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Liaocheng University …) and at the invitation of various organizations around the world (National Ivory Coast Architectural Board, National Togo Architectural Board…). My work has as well been recognized and published in several magazines while I have been contributing with articles and publications to the design and development field.

I have always been teaching, in my practice, tutoring interns and young professionals, in several design companies and professional organizations, leading workshops and training, as well as in universities, as invited professor for specific interventions or longer-term commitments from theoretical to practical subjects. Students appreciate the constant connection that I establish between wider design principles and the practical aspects of their assignment and how I push them to trust their own voice in the creative process. My open-handed approach to transmission has impacted many and I am committed to reach more young designers and thinkers worldwide.

I am as well a sought-after speaker that have been present in a variety of events themed around design, architecture, development and technology as well as the lighting industry. having been exposed to a rich set of practices and real-life cases across the world, I often shed a different light on each theme I address, always in a pedagogic, emphatic and simple way that keep the audience receptive and entertained. My interventions express my firm belief in design as a process being the key and core of intelligent solutions to the problems of our times.