About




B. 
Profile
Julia Claire Reitzer
My name is Julia Claire Reitzer, and I am a designer-researcher currently pursuing a PhD at the intersection of design and ancient materials. I also work as an independent graphic designer. My practice gradually shifted towards textiles following an artistic residency, and later developed through an interest in archaeological techniques.

My research is conducted at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay). It is carried out across the Centre de recherche en design (CRD) and the PPSM chemistry laboratory. The project is co-supervised by designer James Auger, chemist Loïc Bertrand, and the Mihaly company. This research is funded by the Île-de-France Region.
       
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B. I. 
Background

B. I. 1.
Experience
Since 2023





Since 2021


10. 2026



06. 2026




2026–2027

2026–2027

01–02 2025


2020–2021




2020–2022

04–07 2020

06- 08. 2018


Contractual PhD candidate
→ Centre de recherche en design (ENS Paris-Saclay, ENSCI–Les Ateliers), Laboratoire PPSM (CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay), Mihaly. Paris Région Île-de-France.

Independent designer
→ Microenterprise, SIRET 90461134000012.

Visiting researcher
→ CTR TexLab, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Examination board chair
→ Space design (DNMADe), École Boulle, Paris, France.

Design teacher
→ Research in design (Master), ENS Paris-Saclay | 64 hours.
→ Space design (DNMADe), Lycée Camille Claudel, Vauréal | 18 hours.
→ Space design (Master, DNMADe), Ensaama, Paris | 15 hours.

Member of the Helios designers' collective
→ Pavillon d'Angiviller, Mobilier national, Paris, France.

Designer in studio
→ Ruedi Baur network (Integral designers, civic city, DMH) Paris, France | Full-time.
→ Cakedesign agency, Paris, France | Internship.
→ Irobe Design Institute, Tokyo, Japan | Full-time.




B. I. 2.
Education
Since 2023





2022–2023


2020–2021





2018–2020



02–06 2019



2015–2017



PhD in Design
→ CRD (ENS Paris-Saclay, ENSCI–Les Ateliers), PPSM (CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay), Mihaly. Initiative funded by the Île-de-France Region.

Master's degree in Design research
→ ENS Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Master's degree in Creation, project, transdisciplinarity
→ CNAM, CESAAP, Campus des Métiers d'Art & Design, École Boulle, Ensaama, Duperré, Estienne, Mobilier national.

DSAA in Graphic design, transmedia
→ Ensaama Olivier-de-Serres, Paris, France.

Erasmus exchange, MSc in Design
→ Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy.

Two-year technical degree (BTS) in Graphic Design, printed media
→ École Estienne, Paris, France.


B. I. 3 .
Residencies, grants
& awards
11. 2026



10. 2026



07. 2026



05. 2026



04. 2024



07. 2023



2020–2021







International textile residency
→ Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland | 1 month.

International research visit
→ CTR TexLab, Elsa Yvanez, Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 week.

Archaeological excavation fieldwork
→ APSADiodurum, Olivier Blin, Jouars-Pontchartrain, France | 10 days.

Grant for fieldwork
→ GS Humanités et Sciences du Patrimoine, Université Paris-Saclay, France | 1 year.

Grant for equipment acquisition
→ Objet Interdisciplinaire Palabre, Université Paris-Saclay, France | 1 year.

Doctoral fellowship
→ Paris Region PhD 2023, Île-de-France Region, DIM PAMIR, France | 3 years.

Artistic residency
 → Manufacture des Gobelins, Mobilier national, Paris, France | 1 year.



B. II. 
Contribution
B. II. 1.
Coordination
Since 2025


Since 2025




Since 2024



10. 2026



01–05 2026



08, 2025



2023–2025






2023–2025

PhD student representative
→ CRD, ENS Paris-Saclay.

Committee member, “Experimenting at the time of finitude”
→ CRD, PPSM, CRH, EHESS, ENS Paris-Saclay, MSH Paris-Saclay.

PPSM seminar coordinator
→ PPSM, Matériaux anciens et du patrimoine, CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay.

Textile workshop coordinator
→ Fête de la Science, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, France.

Workshop contributor, “Prototyma”
→ ENSCI–Les Ateliers and DIM PAMIR, Paris, France.

Workshop coordinator, « Introduction au textile »
→ Fablab U.P-Saclay.

Committee member, “Design, Narrative(s) and Literary Theory(ies)”
→ ENSCI, ENS Paris-Saclay, universities of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Nanterre, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 8.

Committee member, “Donner corps au patrimoine”
→ Objet Interdisciplinaire Palabre, Université Paris-Saclay.



B. II. 2.
Written contribution
In progress




In progress





In progress







2026






2026





2025

International article. Jérémie Ritoux, Julia Claire Reitzer, Arnaud Brayard, and Loïc Bertrand, Cleaving fossils.
→ Preprint submitted to Elsevier.

Book. Julia Claire Reitzer, Loïc Bertrand, Etienne Ainheim. Expérimenter au temps de la finitude. Quand l’étude des matériaux anciens rencontre ses limites.
→ Preprint submitted to Éditions de Minuit.

Book chapter. Julia Claire Reitzer, Loïc Bertrand. Exploring the past for modern technological applications, in Materials, Technology and Society, Volume 2/3.
→ Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and David Pontille. English-language editions, World Scientific.

International article. Han Zhou, Julia Claire Reitzer, and al. Paleo-inspiration as a stimulating novel approach for sustainable practices in heritage conservation.
→ ICOM-CC, Triennial Conference Publications.

Journal article. Julia Claire Reitzer. Donner corps aux absences, « Faux voir », Azimuts 62.
→ Cité du design | Esadse (LEM). Bilingual edition.

Conference proceedings. Julia Claire Reitzer, Le textile en transparence. Mettre en lumière les dimensions imperceptibles, in Montrer-cacher, ou la Transparence Textile.
→ Éditions Les Indes Savantes.


B. II. 3.
Oral presentation
Since 2023


11. 2026



06. 2026




05. 2026


02-04 2026




02. 2026


12. 2025





11. 2025


04. 2025


03. 2025


01. 2025



11. 2024



11. 2024



07. 2024


06. 2024


05. 2024



2024


05. 2023



06. 2023
 CRD PhD seminars
→ ENSCI - Les Ateliers.

Study day « La matérialité à l’épreuve du projet »
→ LéAV, CRD, GS HSP Paris-Saclay.

Vivatech 2026 forum
→ Paris Région Ile-de-France stand, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France.


5th edition, « Les Ontonautiques »
→ ENSCI - Les Ateliers, France.

Cycle of seminars “Experimenting at the time of finitude”
→ ENS Paris-Saclay, EHESS, MSH Paris-Saclay, France.

DIM PAMIR congress « Émergence »
→ Université Paris Nanterre.

International conference “Design, Narrative(s) and Literary Theory(ies)”
→ ENSCI, ENS Paris-Saclay, Universities of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Nanterre, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 8.

Seminar “Prototype stories”
→ ENSCI, ENSAD de Limoges, etc.

4th edition, « Les Ontonautiques »
→ École Camondo, France.

SITEM forum
→ Carrousel du Louvre.

Academic study day « Canons culturels et savoirs institués »
→ Université d’Évry.

AFET 2024 study day « Montrer-cacher, ou la Transparence textile »
→ Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.

Seminar « Le corps à l’œuvre. Geste(s), patrimonialisation »
→ OI Palabre, Maison de l’Île-de-France,

Gordon research conference
→ Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

PPSM student days
→ PPSM, ENS Paris-Saclay.

Seminar « L’œuvre du corps. Dynamiques créatrices et dynamiques spectatrices »
→ OI Palabre, UVSQ Paris-Saclay.

Seminars « Le DNMADe et après ? »
→ Université de Franche-Comté,

International study day “New Research on Mineralized Textiles”
→ Musée du Louvre,

Mediation in museum
→ Galerie Dior, salle des Artisans, Paris.





B. III. 
Expertise


B. III. 1.
Archaeo-textile
09. 2025

07. 2025



05. 2025


09. 2024



09–10 2024



09–12 2023



Dyeing archaeological textiles
→ Marie Marquet, Die, France | 2 days.

Archaeology of textiles
→ Marie-Pierre Puybaret, Landébia, France | 4 days.

History and anthropology of textiles
→ Sophie Desrosiers, EHESS | 1 week.

Analysis of ancient textiles
→ Suzanne Lassalle, ENSCI–Les Ateliers, Paris, France | 1 week.

Qualification in Handloom weaving
→ Côme Touvay, ENSCI–Les Ateliers, Paris, France | 2 months.

Ancient and heritage materials 
→ Loïc Bertrand, ENS Paris-Saclay | 1 semester, 24 hours.


B. III. 2.
Practices
Design research, creative project management (studio, freelance), analysis and practice of Protohistoric textiles, graphic design practice (print, digital), design culture, teaching, workshop management, exhibition and interdisciplinary seminar coordination, research writing.

Weaving, spinning, textile dyeing, sublimation, setup of vertical and horizontal looms.

Screen printing, risograph printing, printing, mapping, photography, illustration, typography, publishing, bookbinding.


B. III. 3.
Digital tools
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, etc.), Affinity, Fontself, WordPress, Cargo, Microsoft Office Suite, Blender 3D, MeshLab, Keyence digital microscope.


B. III. 3.
Languages
French, English.
Julia Claire ReitzerLast updated: August 2026

Research, design and ancient materials
Welcome to the  platform bringing together my current work: activities, research, projects, reflections, and practicesKeywords: design, speculation, historical materials, archaeology, textiles, heritage, fragments, epistemology, institutions.






A. 
Research projects
I. 
Research projects 1. 
Halo Helios
In Praise of Blandness

2. a.
TexNum 2023
Coupling design, digital technology and heritage materials science to renew the experience in museum textile collections (2023).

2. b.
TexNum 2026
Coupling design, digital technology and heritage materials science to renew the experience in museum textile collections (2026).
3.
TRAMEs
Transdisciplinary Research Articulating Multiple EnvironmentS.

4.
SCoPE

Speculative COllection based on Past Evidence.

5.
GAPS Lab
The Group for Ancient and Potentiel Systems.

II.
Research events
1.
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Donner Corps au Patrimoine

2.
PPSM-D
Research seminars, meetings and workshops

3.
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Design, narrative(s) and literary theory(ies)


4.
ETF 2026
Experimenting at the time of finitude. When the study of ancient materials encounters its limits. 






A. II. 03.

Abréviation

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Titre

Design, narrative(s) and literary theory(ies) Collaboration

ENSCI Les Ateliers, ENS Paris-Saclay, Universities of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Nanterre, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 8.


Mireille Séguy et Pierre Bayard. Photos Project led by Aurélien Fouillet at ENSCI les Ateliers, ENS Paris Saclay, (Centre de recherche en Design)

Graphic design @ Julia Claire Reitzer, 
Photos @ Christophe Daguet

Comité scientifique : Pierre Bayard (Paris 8), Mireille Séguy (Paris 3), Fabien Boully (Paris Nanterre), Armand Béhar (ENSCI), James Auger (ENS), Emile de Vischer (ENS), Aurélien Fouillet (ENSCI), Fleur Hopkins-Loféron, Alexandra Midal (HEAD), Thangam Ravindranathan (Brown University), Henriette Korthals-Altes (University of London), Loriane Lafont Grave (University of Chicago), Lucie Thévenet (Nantes Université), Delphine Jayot (Eötvös Loránd University), Ur Apalategui (Université de Pau et des pays de l’Adour), Frédéric Sounac (Université Toulouse 2), Eugénie Péron-Douté (Université de Lorraine)



ogie, histoire et archéologie.

Following the symposium dedicated to Pierre Bayard, held in Chicago in 2024, this international conference, taking place at ENSCI–Les Ateliers in Paris from December 3 to 5, 2025, continues the exploration of the links between speculative and critical design, narrative practices, and literary theory. It brings together several research and educational institutions around an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together theoretical, methodological, and historical perspectives.

Speculative design explores the capacity of narratives to produce critical alternatives in response to contemporary issues. Drawing in particular on science fiction, counterfactual histories, and practices of ethno-fiction, it examines the uses, technologies, organizations, and representations that shape our lives. Objects, interfaces, and services are thus considered as carriers of narratives and scenarios, inviting us to question the materiality of discourse.

Conversely, literary theory, particularly Pierre Bayard’s work on possible worlds, alternative temporalities, and the autonomy of characters, provides tools for thinking about objects and their narratives. The conference notably explores the notions of “possible objects,” agency, fiction, narration, and storytelling, as well as the relationships between the imaginary, politics, and materiality.

Papers, performances, workshops, and exhibitions provide opportunities to explore these issues and foster exchanges between design, literature, cinema, the arts, anthropology, history, and archaeology.



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