French Students visit FusionLab

In November of last year, we were contacted by Marianne, head of studies in the department of Communications Networks and Services at the University Institute of Technology of Marne-la-vallée near Paris. She explained that her students are planning a trip to New York and that they hope to interview some companies in related fields. In subsequent emails Marianne explained that the students researched such companies on the internet and selected FusionLab for the range of its activities, the design of our site and our achievements. We agreed to host them and answer any questions they may have.

This Tuesday a group of ten students as well as Marianne and a fellow teacher knocked on our door. We had a lovely time discussing how we work, went over our latest portfolio and showed them previews of projects that are about to launch but not yet live. We also discussed design philosophy and reviewed a selection of books I thought they should see (some about grid design, as well as books by Josef Müller-Brockmann, Edward Tufte information design books and more).

The students listened intently to everything my partner and I had to say with a sense of seriousness (visiting a foreign country and office) as well as play (one student taped the whole thing, another wrote every url I showed them). In short, it was a lovely, and lively visit. I hope we can see their impression of the visit online soon and we wish them all the best. Au revoir!