ECAL MAP EVENTS

ECAL XMAS MARKET 2025,
17.12.2025,
ECAL, Renens

The ECAL XMas Market is back to light up your festive season, Wednesday 17 December from 6pm to 9pm at ECAL.

LECTURES

Masterclass ECAL – Thierry De Peretti,
01.12.2025,
Auditoire Leenaards, ECAL

The ECAL Cinema Department welcomes filmmaker Thierry de Peretti for a masterclass, offering a unique insight into his approach to cinema and storytelling.

OTHER

ECAL Open Day 2025,
29.11.2025,
ECAL, Renens

ECAL opens its doors and invites you to discover its activities in the fields of Fine Arts, Cinema, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Digital Design, and Photography.

EXHIBITIONS

Dark Matter – CITY OF RENENS 2025 ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE,
21.11–14.12.2025,
La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens

From November 21 to December 14, Ferme des Tilleuls hosts "Dark Matter", an exhibition by Laura Cipriano and Yannick de Kalbermatten, winners of the City of Renens 2025 Encouragement Prize.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Maisie Cuisine Book

with Maisie Cousins

The aim of this workshop, led by photographer Maisie Cousins, is to use photography as a tool to broaden our powers of observation. During the week, students explored macro photography to create miniature and abstract worlds using everyday objects and accessories. This invites us to reflect: what else are we overlooking in our immediate environment?

LECTURES

ECAL Conference & Performance – Parasonic,
20.11.2025,
Auditoire IKEA, ECAL

ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts invites you to a two-phase day as part of the Parasonic : the transmission of fugitive aural practices research project.

PHOTOGRAPHY

ECAL x Polaroid Foundation

with Douglas Mandry

This workshop brought together ECAL graduate artist Douglas Mandry, the Polaroid Foundation, and around thirty Bachelor Photography students. They had the exceptional opportunity to work with a camera that produces Polaroid films in a 40 × 60 cm format and weighs nearly 200 kg. This experience was made possible thanks to its operators, John Reuter and Harriet Browse, who introduced the students to the use of this unique device and the Polaroid Foundation team. Douglas Mandry provided the project’s artistic direction and supported the students in their experiments carried out directly with and on the films. The final result was presented as a collective exhibition on ECAL’s premises, revealing a particularly rich diversity of approaches and visions.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

Fondation vaudoise pour la culture : Grand Prix for BIG-GAME

Congratulations to BIG-GAME — Augustin Scott de Martinville, Elric Petit and Grégoire Jeanmonod — who have been awarded the 2025 Grand Prix by the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

Design Preis Schweiz 2025 for Nicolas Le Moigne

Congratulations to Nicolas Le Moigne, head of the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship at ECAL, for winning the Design Preis Schweiz 2025 in the In Between category.

EXHIBITIONS

ECAL at Paris Photo: WARMER VISIONS,
14–24.11.2025,
Paris

Visit WARMER VISIONS at Paris Photo 2025, an exhibition inspired by Moncler's alpine heritage interpreted by ECAL Bachelor Photography students.

EXHIBITIONS

ECAL at Paris Photo: PAPERBOY ECAL,
14.11.2025,
Paris

On the occasion of Paris Photo 2025, ECAL is collaborating with Paperboy Magazine on a special issue!On the occasion of Paris Photo 2025, ECAL is collaborating with Paperboy Magazine on a special issue!

ECAL MAP EVENTS

ECAL at OFFPRINT Paris 2025,
13–16.11.2025

During Paris Photo 2025, ECAL will present a selection of its books at OFFPRINT Paris.

LECTURES

INNOVATION BY DESIGN 2025,
12.11.2025,
ECAL, Renens

Immerse yourself in innovation and design during an inspiring evening organized by the Municipality of Renens as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, on November 12 at ECAL.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

Award for Best Swiss Film 2025 for Marvin Merkel and Noa Epars

Congratulations to Marvin Merkel, graduate of ECAL's Bachelor Photography, and Noa Epars, winners of the 2025 Best Swiss Film Award presented by SUISSIMAGE and SSA (Société Suisse des Auteurs) at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

EXHIBITIONS

RE.CHUV+ECAL,
11.11.2025–15.01.2026,
ESPACE CHUV Lausanne

VU.CH, art in hospitals, is hosting an exhibition based on the RE.CHUV+ECAL project, led by ECAL for CHUV, which proposes a concrete approach to circular design.

FINE ARTS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Vibrations Forward

with Joël Vacheron, Angelo Benedetto, Olympe Boutaghane, Francis Baudevin

Based on archives and experiences associated with Vibrations (1991–2013), this research analyses how the magazine's textual, graphic and photographic content provides insight into the challenges of communicating about popular music today.

(Re-)Viewing Paik – 2025

with Patrick Keller, François Bovier, Erika Marthins

A comparative and practice-based study on the transformative effects at play in the digital and hybrid exhibition of a body of non-digital native artworks (some artworks by artist Nam June Paik serving as a mean of understanding).

FINE ARTS

FINE ARTS

MA CI

The Assembly of Writings

with Federico Nicolao

A collective exploration of the new relations between contemporary writing and artistic practice.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

FIT Impact Grant 2025 for Lena Bernasconi

Congratulations to ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design graduates Lena Bernasconi, winner of the FIT Impact Grant 2025, which rewards innovative projects at the intersection of design, sustainability, and social relevance.

Design for Recycling through Automation and Robotics in Apparel Accessories and Footwear

with Maxwell Ashford

This project develops design for recycling textile-based goods, one of the most damaging waste streams, using contemporary toolsets to dismantle products into pure fractions.

MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Audio Reactive Festival Poster Series

with Talia Cotton

First-year students designed a series of audioreactive posters for a music festival. They utilized dynamic tools and live data input to explore sound-responsive visuals within social media's digital format, creating a cohesive and recognizable festival identity.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

Leenaards 2025 Cultural Grant for Peilian Li

Congratulations to Peilian Li, a graduate of ECAL's Bachelor and Master Fine Arts, who has been awarded one of the Leenaards 2025 Foundation's 2025 Cultural Grants for her remarkable career and unique creative approach.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Lidia Molina González – Toilet Break Magazine

by Lidia Molina González

It all started with taking a break. A pause. A moment alone in a shared space: quiet, ordinary, a little strange. Toilets might not be the first place you’d look for big ideas, but that’s why we chose them. Toilet Break uses this overlooked space to explore how we live together, take space, and connect. This first issue is about in-betweens: between public and private, inside and outside. It gathers voices from Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, across generations and practices. A place where ideas circulate freely, where serious things can be said with a wink. A collective and personal space to test new editorial forms, listen more carefully, and believe in detours as a way forward. To take, quite literally, a moment to reflect and sit with things.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Flora Hayoz – FACE À FACE

by Flora Hayoz

FACE À FACE is an exploration of loneliness through two mediums: dance and graphic design. This project brings together two practices to give shape to a hybrid creation. On one hand, a choreographic piece co-choreographed with Gaia Menchini, centred on states of loneliness and then captured on video. The second medium is a publication that extends the piece. By questioning the book as an object, it is designed to be read by two people and becomes a tool for dialogue and listening. The publication thus diverts from its usual uses, creating a sensory experience. The two media interact with each other, inviting us to experience solitude both in movement and in the sharing of reading. Thus, FACE À FACE offers an experience where solitude becomes the starting point for an encounter.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SWISS BOOKS 2024

A dozen personalities with links to ECAL - graduates, professors or lecturers - were honoured at the "Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2024" awards

PARTNERSHIP

ECAL × micasa

HOMEWORKS: a limited collection designed by ECAL's Bachelor of Industrial Design programme for the swiss brand micasa

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

ECAL x La Becque Residence 2025 : Jazmín López

Argentinian filmmaker and artist Jazmín López is an ECAL resident at La Becque during the fall semester.

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

Two ECAL photographers honoured with the Dior Prize for Photography 2025

Sara de Brito Faustino and Aline Savioz, respectively a graduate and student of the Bachelor's programme in Photography at ECAL, are among the winners of the 2025 edition of the prestigious Dior Prize for Photography and Visual Arts for Young Talents.