From the Saint-Etienne Higher School of Art and Design (ESADSE), Eric Bourbon has been actively involved, since 2002, in each of the Biennales Internationale Design Saint-Etienne, pursuing his own design activities at the same time. First a student, then an assembler and manager, in 2009 he joined the Cité du design production team under the scenographer Thomas Goux, whom he succeeded naturally in 2010.