Dissemination
I regularly give talks to both the general public and industry professionals to discuss topics such as design, persuasive design, dark patterns and ethical design. I have produced two publications for digital professionals in collaboration with the Designers Éthiques association.
Publications
september 2025
Professional resource with Designers Éthiques.
User research into the use of notifications and the creation of an alternative notification component that respects users’ freedom of choice.
october 2023
Professional guide with Designers Éthiques.
A guide for digital designers and those providing digital services, setting out the stages of a digital service design project to help create projects free from dark patterns.
General public communications
may 2026
25 people
In Strasbourg
Lecture: Captive engagement and dark patterns
april 2026
70 people
In Toulouse
Lecture: ‘Dark patterns’: an in-depth look at deceptive design
april 2026
50 people
In Toulouse
Lecture: 30 years of captology and ‘persuasive technologies’
With Thibault Renard
Professional communications
january 2026
15 people
Online
Lecture: Notifications: Persuasive design and alternative patterns
december 2025
10 people
In Nantes.
Organised by One Point, the Nantes Atlantique School of Design and Monotype.
Lecture: ‘Dark patterns, persuasion, captology… the invisible strategies that influence our daily lives’
november 2025
10 people
In Nantes.
Lecture: ‘Notification: challenges and possible solutions’.
november 2025
50 people
In Bordeaux.
Lecture: ‘Notification: challenges and possible solutions’.
october 2025
200 people
In Nantes
Lecture: ‘Notification: challenges and possible solutions’
december 2024
20 people
Online
Lecture: ‘Captology and dark patterns: the invisible strategies that influence our daily lives’
september 2024
200 people
In Paris
Lecture: ‘From the lunar calendar to smartphone notifications’
With Esther Jacquet
september 2024
30 people
In Nantes
Lecture: ‘From the lunar calendar to smartphone notifications’
With Esther Jacquet
april 2024
30 people
In Nantes
Lecture: ‘Design without manipulation’
october 2023
1,000 people
In Nantes
Lecture: ‘How interfaces manipulate us!’
october 2023
4,000 views
Online.
Launch event for the guide ‘Designing without dark patterns’
Other guests: Romain Badouard, Pierre-Yves Gosset, Estelle Hary, Joséphine Hurstel
Round-table moderator: Karl Pineau
september 2023
10 people
In Quimper
Lecture: ‘Digital design in 2023: ethics and responsibility – a key issue’
june 2022
30 people
In Brest
Round-table discussion: ‘AI for the user experience’
mai 2022
30 personnes
À Brest
Conférence : « La manipulation en design : ces techniques qui influencent nos choix »
Workshops
march 2025
15 people
In Nantes
Workshop: ‘Responsible design of digital services: what does it involve and how can we put it into practice?’
With Sophie Provost and Noël Roisnel
november 2023
15 people
In Brest
Workshop: ‘Dark patterns in user interfaces’
october 2023
15 people
In Nantes
Workshop: ‘Dark patterns in user interfaces’
september 2020
20 people
In Nantes
Workshop: ‘Does your project pass the ethics test?’
With: Sabine Zadrozynski and Lucie Cassisa
september 2020
10 people
In Brest
Workshop: ‘Does your project pass the ethics test?’
With Sabine Zadrozynski
july 2020
20 people
In Nantes
Workshop: ‘Does your project pass the ethics test?’
With Sabine Zadrozynski et Lucie Cassisa
may 2019
20 people
In Rennes
Workshop: ‘How can you uphold an ethical approach when you’re not on your own?’
Podcasts
august 2026
‘Why do even good designers create dark patterns?’
march 2024
‘How to design without dark patterns’
Listen to the podcast (Salut les designers – in French)Interview
2023
‘Gaining a better understanding of attention design and dark patterns: An interview with Flora Brochier of Designers Éthiques’
Access the resource on the DE COP Rouen website (in French)