Cécile Dartiguenave

Cécile Dartiguenave is a Design Research & Analysis Manager at FORSEVEN since March 2024, focusing on the automotive sector. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Design Researcher at Kingfisher plc from September 2019 to January 2024, where Cécile led field and remote studies to uncover customer and staff needs. Previously, as an Ethnographic Designer and Design Project Leader at Saint-Gobain Research Paris from March 2014 to July 2019, Cécile specialized in usability and innovation opportunities, collaborating closely with industrial workers. Earlier roles at Saint-Gobain included Development Engineer and R&D Project Leader from July 2010 to February 2014, emphasizing product development in automotive glass forming. Cécile also taught Mechanical Engineering in a technical high school after completing advanced degrees in Innovation Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and Mechanical Engineering from Ecole normale supérieure.