Publications | Transition design lab

Our types of contributions

Empirical : we analyze design and decision-making cultures of actors in transition.
Corpus oriented : we analyze the semio-technical characteristics and properties of media for design, mediation and decision-making.
Experimental : we prototype, test, and evaluate alternative solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders in relation to their cultures.
Theorerical: we bring in media studies to consolidate design theory.

6 publications 2025
7 publications 2024
7 publications 2023
4 publications 2022
5 publications 2021
5 publications 2020

Mood boards as a tool for the " in-discipline " of design

2015Annie Gentes, Frédéric Valentin, Émeline Brulé

IASDR Interplay 2015, Nov 2015, Brisbane, Australia

Mood boards as a tool for the “in-discipline” of design

2015Annie Gentes, Frédéric Valentin, Emeline Brulé

IASDR, Nov 2015, Brisbane, Australia

The Rhetoric of Design for Debate: triggering conversation with an " uncanny enough " artefact

2014Max Mollon, Annie Gentes

Design’s Big Debates: Pushing the Boundaries of Design Research- DRS 2014, Design Research Society, Jun 2014, Umeå, Sweden. pp.1049-1061

Design in research. Re-thinking design contribution to science

2014Annie Gentes

table ronde Design et recherche - Futur en Seine, Jun 2014, Paris, France. pp.1-8

Poésie et recherche en TIC : contribution des sciences de l'information et de la communication

2014Annie Gentes

XIX Congrès de la SFSIC, Jun 2014, Toulon, France. pp.1-7

Smart grids" : les réseaux et compteurs d'électricité intelligents : émergence d'une ère post-carbone, ou avènement de la société de contrôle

2014Anthony Ferretti

Art et histoire de l'art. 2014

50 ans de Communication & langages

Communication & langages2013Yves Jeanneret, Jean-Louis Soubret, Emmanuël Souchier

Communication & langages, 2013, 2013 (178), pp.5. ⟨10.4074/S0336150013014014⟩

Beyond Rhetoric to Poetics in IT Invention

2013Annie Gentes, Ted Selker

INTERACT, Sep 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. pp.267-279

Looking through tools and situations: investigating how writing tools reconfigure meaning in contemporary artistic practices

Society and Business Review2013Mathias Béjean, Annie Gentes

Society and Business Review, 2013, Special Issue: Art, Aesthetics and Organizations, 8 (3), pp.225-234. ⟨10.1108/SBR-01-2013-0007⟩

Design, meaning making and constructive fixation: conceptualizing semiotic conditions to the process of designing

2013Camille Jutant, Annie Gentes, Mathias Béjean, Cédric Mivielle

IASDR Conference: Consilience and Innovation in Design, Aug 2013, Tokyo, Japan. pp.3509-3519

Contradictory semiotic analysis: to bridge literacies and activities in Design practice

2013Annie Gentes, Marie Cambone

IASDR, Aug 2013, Tokyo, Japon. pp.3999-4007

The CO-SI Card method: how to refine and validate concepts through a scenario generator framework

2013Cédric Mivielle, Maxence Mauduit, Annie Gentes

IASDR, Aug 2013, Tokyo, Japan. pp.4477-4488

Un changement dans la continuité

RTS. Recherche, transports, sécurité2013Catherine Berthelon, Jean‐louis Soubret

RTS. Recherche, transports, sécurité, 2013, 2013 (01), pp.3-3. ⟨10.4074/S0761898013001015⟩

Designing empathy: the role of a “control room” in an e‐learning environment

International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education2013Annie Gentes, Marie Cambone

International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2013, 10 (1), pp.31 - 48. ⟨10.1108/17415651311326437⟩

Is there a anyone out there? How to involve the user in the invention of IT

2013Annie Gentes

Talks on Computing Systems, Apr 2013, Mountain View, United States

Place' and 'Non-Place': A Model for the Strategic Design of Place-Centered Services

BellLabs Technological Journal2013Annie Gentes, Yann Gaste

BellLabs Technological Journal, 2013, 17 (4), pp.21-36

Beyond Rhetoric to Poetics in IT Invention

2013Annie Gentes, Ted Selker

14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Sep 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. pp.267-279, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-40477-1_17⟩

Communications et stratégies

new challenges for the video game industry2013Annie Gentes, Camille Jutant

new challenges for the video game industry, 2013, 73, pp.81-103

Designing empathy: the Role of a "Control-Room" in an E-learning environment

2013Marie Cambone, Annie Gentes

IADIS International Conference e-Learning, International Association For Development of the Information Society, Jul 2012, Lisbonne, Portugal

Science fiction ? Scénarios narratifs et visuels dans les projets d'ingénierie des TIC

2013Annie Gentes

Visual Studies, les nouveaux paradigmes du visuel, Les Presses du Réel, 2013

The three paradigms of IT design: function, aesthetics, literacy

2013Annie Gentes

Research Dialogues - London School of Economics, Jan 2013, Londres, United Kingdom

Design de serious game : la question de la convergence

2012Camille Jutant, Annie Gentes

Journée d’études sur le Serious Game - MSH Paris Nord, Dec 2012, Paris, France. pp.1-10

The Game Mechanics of Pervasive Applications: Visiting the Uncanny

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia2012Annie Gentes, Camille Jutant

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 2012, 18, pp.91-108

Nouveaux médias aux musées. Le visiteur équipé

Culture et Musée2012Annie Gentes, Camille Jutant

Culture et Musée, 2012, pp.67-91. ⟨10.3406/pumus.2012.1648⟩

Building (on) possible worlds: meaning making, interpretation and organizational processes in design projects

2012Annie Gentes, Mathias Béjean

European Academy of Management (EURAM), Jun 2012, Rotterdam, Netherlands

« How to create a new media? From the artefact to the program

2012Annie Gentes

Peace Innovation workshop - Stanford University, Apr 2012, Palo Alto, United States

Virtual empathy: designing for togertherness in the context of e-learning

2012Marie Cambone, Annie Gentes

Next generation learning conference, Feb 2012, Falun, Sweden

Designing Interpretation, Making Sense of a Constellation of Texts

2012Annie Gentes, Mathias Bejean

SIG Design Theory Workshop, Feb 2012, Paris, France

Virtual empathy: designing for togetherness in the context of e-learning

2012Marie Cambone, Annie Gentes

Next Generation Learning (NGL), Feb 2012, Falun, Sweden

Les alternatives aux réseaux sociaux : l'architecture distribuée et le design de média

2012Annie Gentes, François Huguet

Réseaux sociaux. Culture politique et ingénierie des réseaux sociaux, , 2012, 978-2-916571-35-5

Les alternatives aux réseaux sociaux : larchitecture distribuée et le design de média

2012Annie Gentes, François Huguet

Bernard Steigler. Cultures, politiques et ingénieries des réseaux sociaux, FYP EDITIONS, pp.83-106, 2012

Nouveaux médias au musée : Le visiteur équipé

Culture et Musées2012Annie Gentes, Camille Jutant

Culture et Musées, 2012, 19 (1), pp.67-91. ⟨10.3406/pumus.2012.1648⟩

Making sense of constellations of objects: a case study of computer-aided writing practices in theatrical staging

2011Annie Gentes, Mathias Béjean

IASDR Conference: Diversity and Unity, Oct 2011, Delft, Netherlands

Expérimentation technique et création : l'implication des utilisateurs dans l'invention des médias

Communication & langages2011Annie Gentes, Camille Jutant

Communication & langages, 2011, 168, pp.91-117

Expérimentation technique et création : l’implication des utilisateurs dans l’invention des médias

Communication & langages2011Annie Gentes, Camille Jutant

Communication & langages, 2011, 2 (168), pp.91-117. ⟨10.4074/S0336150011012087⟩

The Design of Emotions: How the Digital is Making us More Emotional

2011Annie Gentes

Emotion-oriented Systems, Hermès, 2011