Summary
Karl Pineau is a media design researcher and educator with 11 years of experience leading research-action at the intersection of information science, digital culture and responsible design. As director of the Media Design Lab at L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique and co‑founder of Designers Éthiques, he builds frameworks for ethical, persuasive and participatory media that reconnect documentation, museum practice and public debate. His doctoral work on the "dossier d’œuvre" blends information-ontological analysis with practical software R&D for cultural collection management, revealing how digitization reshapes the grammar of artworks. He teaches digital culture and responsible design across higher-education institutions and co-organizes Ethics by Design and a podcast on associative life, signaling a rare mix of academic rigor, applied R&D and public engagement.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information architecture, Master's degree, Information architecture at Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon
Master's degree of the Ecole du Louvre, Architecture history, Master's degree of the Ecole du Louvre, Architecture history at Ecole du Louvre
Doctorat, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Doctorat, Sciences de l'information et de la communication at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
French, English, Italian, Dutch