"Workbays Village" exhibition in collaboration with Vitra, 29.06–24.09.2017, Port des créateurs, Toulon

"Workbays Village" exhibition in collaboration with Vitra
29.06–24.09.2017
Port des créateurs, Toulon


Following a workshop led by Camille Blin and Erwan Bouroullec, Master Product Design students of ECAL present projects around the Workbays created by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and edited by Vitra.


Together with new functionalities, these prospective work environments are presented on the occasion of Design Parade Toulon  – festival international d’architecture d’intérieur.

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With Workbays, which they created for Vitra a few years ago, the French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, who regularly collaborate with ECAL, have developed a micro-architectural system that redefines the working environment and breaks with the typical rigid planning structure of offices. Thus Workbays create distinct areas where individuals or groups can retreat from the general office environment to carry out specific activities. The units come equipped with everything users need: work surfaces, seating, optional storage and power connections. The structure of Workbays consists of slim aluminium profiles and organically shaped wall elements made of pressed polyester felt.

“The ECAL students suggested we devised new typologies for these working environments, adding novel features and supplying them with new accessories”, says Camille Blin, the designer and professor who headed the project. So the Master Product Design students worked for a full semester under the watchful eye of Erwan Bouroullec and invented new structures that call to mind Japanese 0capsule hotels, a prototyping workshop, a gym, a bar, a garden or a resting area.

For each of these spaces, the students created specific and original objects, ranging from Bluetooth loudspeakers to miniature lamps reminiscent of stadium ones, desk pads-cum-bags, a semi-standing stool, a cable-covering carpet, in & out wastepaper baskets, multi socket trays or a desk partition with vases and drawing pins.

A 3D animation film specifically created by TRAUM Inc. presenting these unusual Workbays can also be seen at the exhibition.


Opening reception on Thursday 29 June 2017 from 6.30 pm to 21 pm at the Port des Créateurs

Exhibition from 30 June to 2 July, from 10am to 6pm during the Festival.
Then until 24 September, from Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 7pm.

Le Port des Créateurs
Place Savonnières
83000 Toulon
www.villanoailles-hyeres.com
www.ecal.ch
www.vitra.com

 

Informations
Dates and schedules

29.06–24.09.2017

Venue
Port des créateurs, Toulon
Film by TRAUM Inc.
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General View – Image ECAL/Younès Klouche
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General View – Image ECAL/Younès Klouche
Capsule Bay, ECAL/Antoine Chauvin – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Capsule Bay, ECAL/Antoine Chauvin – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche

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Workout Bay.jpg
Workout Bay, ECAL/Paul Louda – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Magnetic Lamp.jpg
Magnetic Lamp, ECAL/Yen-Hao Chu – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Nap Bay.jpg
Nap Bay, ECAL/Yasunori Morinaga – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Stadium Bay.jpg
Stadium Bay, ECAL/Adrien Cugulliere – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Plug & Tray.jpg
Plug & Tray, ECAL/Maxime Augay – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Bar Bay, ECAL/Sara de Campos – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
In & Out Bin, ECAL/Yeyeon Park Images ECAL/Younès Klouche

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Divider Bay and Standing Help.jpg
Divider Bay, ECAL/Hiroyuki Morita – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Farm Bay.jpg
Farm Bay, ECAL/Paula Cermeno – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche
Hacking Bay.jpg
Hacking Bay, ECAL/Aleksandra Szewc – Images ECAL/Younès Klouche