Our missions

-Programming and production of exhibitions and events

-Visitor services, mediation, and Arts and Cultural Education programme (EAC, Éducation Artistique et Culturelle)

-MakerLab Management

Supported by the Department of Hauts-de-Seine, the JAD – Jardin des métiers d’Art et du Design in Sèvres is a unique venue dedicated to creation, transmission, and dialogue between crafts and design. Located on the edge of the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud and the Manufacture de Sèvres, it hosts around twenty workshops, an exhibition gallery, a MakerLab — a space for learning and experimentation — as well as areas for conviviality, research, and collaborative work. Open to all, it brings together designers and master craftspeople within a unique complex listed as a historic monument, and throughout the year offers workshops, exhibitions, tours, and events designed for a broad audience. Through an ongoing dialogue between craftsmanship, innovation, and territory, ideas take shape every day, closely connected to creative gestures and processes.

As part of a three-year contract that began in February 2026, Manifesto is responsible, on behalf of the Department of Hauts-de-Seine, for the artistic direction, cultural programming, visitor services and mediation at the JAD, as well as the management of its MakerLab. This mission aims to animate the JAD and strengthen its visibility among both the general public and professionals in the fields of crafts and design. Manifesto pursues this ambition through an ambitious and inclusive cultural programme that places making and hands-on practice at the heart of the visitor experience, notably through an Arts and Cultural Education (EAC, Éducation Artistique et Culturelle) programme and the operation of the MakerLab.

To lead this project, artistic direction has been entrusted to Patrice Chazottes, drawing on his experience as Directeur des publics at the Centre Pompidou.

The artistic project developed for this three-year programme is built around three fundamental pillars:

·      A culture of hospitality inspired by the spirit of omotenashi, fostering an open community in which every detail encourages encounters and exchange.

·      A laboratory for contemporary forms where design, craftsmanship, and digital technologies intersect to generate new imaginaries.

·      A mission of outreach and knowledge-sharing, contributing to the dissemination of ideas and practices of excellence at local, national, and international levels.