Craft Industry Management and Development

Aude Urcun Brunel Professionnelle de la culture dans des secteurs aussi variés que l’art contemporain, l’architecture ou encore le design, Aude Urcun Brunel est Attachée culturelle à l’Ambassade de France en Chine depuis septembre 2022. Après des études de philosophie de l’art et de management de la culture, elle a occupé différents postes en lien avec le pilotage de politiques publiques dans le champ de la culture et des ICC à l’échelle nationale et internationale (SG du réseau TRAM, Directrice du service arts plastiques d’une collectivité, Attachée culturelle au Nigéria, etc.). Plus récemment à l’Institut français Paris, elle a suivi la mise en œuvre des stratégies sectorielles dans les domaines du design, de la mode et des métiers d’arts ainsi que le pilotage des grandes opérations à l’international : Pavillon français aux Biennales internationales d’art et d’architecture de Venise, Pavillon français à la Triennale de Milan.

Aude Urcun Brunel, a cultural professional working in diverse sectors such as contemporary art, architecture, and design, has been a Cultural Attaché at the French Embassy in China since September 2022. After studying art philosophy and cultural management, she has held various roles related to public policy in culture and creative industries both nationally and internationally (including General Secretary of the TRAM network, Director of the visual arts department of a local authority, and Cultural Attaché in Nigeria). More recently at the Institut Français in Paris, she managed the implementation of sectoral strategies in design, fashion, and crafts, as well as overseeing major international operations such as the French Pavilion at the Venice Biennales of Art and Architecture and the French Pavilion at the Milan Triennale.

Starting from March 1989, Cai Daying successively held positions in light Industry including: Principal of Harbin Light Industry College, Deputy Dean of Central Academy of Craft Art (now the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University), Director of Exhibition Center of China Light Industry, Chairman of China Light Industry Press, Chief Editor of Rayli Magazine, and Deputy Secretary-General of China National Light Industry Council.

Hervé Lemoine began his career at the French Defense Historical Service in 1996. He later served as Deputy Director of Archives and Libraries at the Ministry of Defense and led a research seminar at Sciences Po. From 2010 to 2018, he was Director of the Archives of France. Since February 2018, Hervé Lemoine has been the Director and now President of Mobilier National, overseeing its transformation into a public institution promoting French decorative arts, craftsmanship and know-how. Additionally, Mobilier national plays a significant role in contemporary creation and design.

Stéphane Galarneau is a prominent leader in the French decorative arts industry. He graduated from the renowned National School of Decorative Arts and began his independent creation and production of pewter gilded with fine gold in 2006. In 2018, he joined the board of directors of the  Ateliers d’Art de France, and in 2022, he was elected as the President of Ateliers d’Art de France.

Su Dan, Renowned designer, design critic, curator and writer. Currently the Deputy Director of the China Traditional Culture Museum, Adjunct Professor of the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University. Artistic Director of French Prix Yishu8·Golden Phoenix ,OSI–ORDINE DELLA STELLA D'ITALIA recipient. Used to be the Deputy Dean of Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design (2012—2018), Deputy Director of Tsinghua University Art Museum (2018-2021). He was in charge of the 2015 Milan World Expo China Pavilion Design Project, and he curated "Reviving-Chinese Intangible Cultual Heritage and Contemporary Design"(2024, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris), "Histoire d'YlSHU 8 Résidence d'artistes franco-chinoise"(2024), Published Lectures of Design, City of Black and White, and Vigorous Land (upcoming publication in France).