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CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED STUDIES – CREATIVE LEADERSHIP 2025
After the success of Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Creative Leadership in 2024, the registrations are now open for 2025 until the 26.11.2024.
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Sara De Brito Faustino winner of the Prix Françoise Champoud 2024
Congratulations to photographer Sara De Brito Faustino, ECAL graduate, who wins the Prix Françoise Champoud 2024, an award that will support the development of her promising artistic career.
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Thibault Walter, ECAL teacher, awarded a Special Music Prize 2024
Congratulations to Thibault Walter, ECAL teacher and co-programmer of the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF), on his award at the Swiss Music Awards 2024. This special award recognizes his unwavering commitment to the underground music scene and his central role within LUFF.
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Anna-Marija Adomaityte receives the June Johnson Newcomer Prize
Congratulations to Anna-Marija Adomaityte, ECAL Master of Visual Arts Graduate, who has won the June Johnson Newcomer prize awarded by the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.
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ECAL graduate wins James Dyson Award 2024 (Switzerland)
Congratulations to Stefan Troendle, ECAL Master Product Design graduate, who has won the prestigious national James Dyson Award for his diploma project.
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Francis Baudevin receives the Leenaards Foundation Cultural Prize 2024
Congratulations to Francis Baudevin, professor at ECAL, who has been awarded the Prix Leenaards 2024, and to Anna-Marija Adomaitytė and Anjesa Dellova, graduates of the ECAL's Bachelor and Master Fine Arts respectively, who have won one of the Cultural Grants.
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Shaping the future of cinema: ECAL listen to their graduates
Just a few days before the opening of the Locarno Film Festival 2024, where several ECAL films will be shown, ECAL and HEAD unveil the results of a survey aimed at shaping the future of cinema training.
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AWARDS & GRANTS 2024
The graduation ceremony, which took place on 28 June 2024, was also an opportunity to reward numerous diploma projects with scholarships and prizes. Congratulations to all the graduates and winners!
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Gabriel Hafner wins the Tectona Prize at the Design Parade Hyères 2024 festival
Gabriel Hafner, who graduated from ECAL in 2022, won the prestigious Tectona Prize at the latest Design Parade in Hyères. This international prize celebrates innovation in garden furniture.
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EXECAL Residences at La Becque - Summer 2024
ECAL graduates Hanna Rocherau and Hugo Hectus are the winners of the EXECAL residencies at La Becque for summer 2024.
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6 ECAL GRADUATES WINNERS OF THE SWISS DESIGN AWARDS 2024
ECAL was once again strongly represented at the Swiss Design Awards in 2024: 6 of the 16 finalists were successful.
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ECAL×JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: UNDER YOUR SMELL
After Paris, Miami and Lausanne, the exhibition Under Your Smell, a brilliant collaboration between the ECAL and Jean Paul Gaultier, is now causing a sensation at the Saatchi Gallery in London and at Gallery X by Parco in Tokyo
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ECAL AT MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2024
ECAL presents two exhibitions that propose consumer alternatives in line with the values of our generation
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3 ECAL GRADUATES AT DESIGN PARADE HYÈRES 2024
Guest of honour and president of the jury for Design Parade Hyères 2024, Fabien Cappello is an alumnus of the ECAL, as are two finalists in the running: Gabriel Hafner and Alex Sinh Nguyen.
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10 ECAL graduates featured in new Phaidon publication 'Designed for Life'
10 ECAL graduates featured in new Phaidon publication 'Designed for Life’, a global survey of 100 of the most creative and innovative product designers working today. With the participation of Alexis Georgacopoulos and Anniina Koivu, director and curator at ECAL.
PRESS RELEASES
Solo exhibition by Lorenza Longhi at Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York
Swiss Institute presents World of Yum Yum, the first solo exhibition in the US by artist Lorenza Longhi, featuring newly commissioned paintings and sculptures in a site-specific installation.
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Happy 2024!
Artist Alessia Gunawan creates the ECAL's 2024 greetings with Noon, an original work based on artificial intelligence.
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Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke selected for the Sundance 2024 Festival
Congratulations to director Klaudia Reynicke, an ECAL graduate, on the selection of her new feature film "Reinas" at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival 2024.
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Three ECAL graduates in artist residencies abroad
Romane de Watteville, Gina Proenza and Baker Wardlaw, three ECAL graduates, have been awarded three Artist Residencies abroad by the Etat de Vaud
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Junge Grafik Award 2023 honors nine ECAL students and graduates.
Congratulations to all the ECAL-related winners and finalists for their participation in the second edition of the Junge Grafik Award.
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Charitini Gkritzali receives an award at the Global Design Graduate Show 2023
Congratulations to ECAL graduate Charitini Gkritzali, who receives an award at the Global Design Graduate Show 2023, in collaboration with Gucci.
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Thaddé Comar winner of the Grand Prix Photographie du Festival de Hyères 2023
Congratulations to photographer Thaddé Comar, an ECAL graduate, who receives the Grand Prix du Jury Photographie 7L at the Festival de Hyères 2023.
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Olivia Schenker receives one of the 2023 prizes from the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture
ECAL graduate Olivia Schenker is the 2023 winner of one of the cultural prizes awarded by the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture.
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The Josef Müller-Brockmann Prize 2023 awarded to Laura Csocsán
Congratulations to graphic designer Laura Csocsán, ECAL graduate, awarded the Josef Müller-Brockmann 2023 Prize for "the richness and depth of her commitment to the field of typography".
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Julie Richoz receives one of the Grands Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris 2023
Congratulations to designer Julie Richoz, ECAL graduate and winner of the Grands Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris 2023.
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Leenaards 2023 cultural grant for Romane de Watteville
Congratulations to artist Romane de Watteville, ECAL graduate and winner of a Leenaards 2023 cultural grants.
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Rising Talent Awards 2023 go to three EXECAL
The Rising Talent Awards France 2023 have revealed seven new designers and studios. Among them are Athime de Crécy (studioADC), Sébastien Cluzel (SCMP DESIGN OFFICE) as well as Arthur Fosse and Samuel Perhirin (Passage), all graduates of ECAL.
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THUNDER BY CARMEN JAQUIER REPRESENTING SWITZERLAND AT THE OSCARS 2024
THUNDER is in the running for Switzerland for an Oscar nomination in the International Feature Film category. Congratulations to its director, ECAL graduate Carmen Jaquier.
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Manor Cultural Prize 2024 for Gina Proenza
Congratulations to ECAL graduate artist Gina Proenza, winner of the Manor Cultural Prize Vaud 2024.
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AWARDS & GRANTS 2023
The graduation ceremony, which took place on 30 June 2023, was also an opportunity to reward numerous diploma projects with scholarships and prizes. Congratulations to all the graduates and winners!
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SWISS BOOKS 2022
A dozen personalities with links to the ECAL - graduates, professors or lecturers - were honoured at the "Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2022" awards
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PRIX ART VONTOBEL PHOTOGRAPHIE CONTEMPORAINE 2023 TO EMIDIO BATTIPAGLIA & AUGUSTIN LIGNIER
Congrats to Emidio Battipaglia and Augustin Lignier winners of the fourth Art Vontobel Contemporary Photography Prize A New Gaze.
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ECAL designs the Swiss Parliament's new series of gifts
These products, inspired by typically Swiss symbols, were entirely designed and developed in Switzerland thanks to the collaboration of excellent local partners.
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10 ECAL GRADUATES WINNERS OF THE SWISS ART + DESIGN AWARDS 2023
ECAL strongly represented with 21 finalists including 7 winners at the Swiss Design Awards 2023 and 8 finalists including 3 winners at the Swiss Art Awards.
TYPE BULLETIN
Type Bulletin #6
The 6th issue of Type Bulletin showcases the typographic work of students graduating from the 2022 Master Type Design program.
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Photographer Karla Hiraldo Voleau, an ECAL graduate, is exhibiting at the ICP in New York with some famous names
From 1 June to 11 September 2023, Karla Hiraldo Voleau will be exhibiting her photographs at the International Center of Photography in New York as part of the Love Songs exhibition.
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OFFLINE n°12
For its twelfth edition, Offline focuses on the critical issues currently traversing the field of art and design, reflecting a desire to produce differently.
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DEDON BY NATURE: NEW COLLECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH ECAL
In collaboration with DEDON, acclaimed designer Sabine Marcelis and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship students present DEDON by Nature: Lighting the Future, an innovative digital exhibition of a nature-inspired light concepts collection. To be discovered on studio.dedon.de
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ECAL AT SOLOTHURN DAYS 2023: 19 NOMINATIONS
On the occasion of the 58th Solothurn Film Festival, which takes place from January 18 to 25, 2023, ECAL Film Department presents several films by students and graduates.
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Hochparterre's Die Besten 2022 prize awarded to an ECAL graduate
Every year, the magazine Hochparterre awards the best projects in architecture and design with its Die Besten prize. This year, congratulations to Noémie Soriani, who wins the competition with her Bachelor Industrial Design Matalàs project.
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ECAL LAUNCHES A NEW CLASS: CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Concerned about the quality of its teaching, ECAL ceaselessly strives to meet the needs of its students. This is why a new continuing education programme has been launched : Creative Leadership.
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ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE OF THE CITY OF RENENS 2022
For the 10th consecutive year, the City of Renens awards the Encouragement Prize to ECAL students. Lea Sblandano, student in Bachelor Photography, and Luis Rodriguez, student in Master Product Design, received the 2022 award for the quality of their work.
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Heidi.news and ECAL present 10 short films
In collaboration with Heidi News, Bachelor Cinema students present 10 short films illustrating a series of articles on the theme of food, and made during their first semester of study.
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ECAL×JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: Under Your Smell
The exhibition Under Your Smell offers a hypnotic and immersive experience in Jean Paul Gaultier's headquarters by imagining new definitions of beauty and body expression. Under the direction of Florence Tétier and Nicolas Coulomb, 3rd year Bachelor Photography students brought to life the brand's iconic perfumes through an immersive photographic experience.
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The ECAL Manual of Style – How to best teach design today?
ECAL presents "The ECAL Manual of Style - How to best teach design today?" - a book and an exhibition which propose a comprehensive presentation of the revered Swiss design institution’s fascinating teaching methodology, via design luminaries’ perspectives as well as a collection of its most innovative student’s projects.
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ECAL×On : interdisciplinary collaboration to rethink the brand's universe
Following a collaboration with the Swiss avant-garde brand On, ECAL is proud to present the interdisciplinary work carried out jointly by the 2nd year students of the Product Design, Photography and Type Design Masters.
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Three ECAL diploma projects win the James Dyson Award 2022 (Swiss)
Three ECAL graduates - Yoosung Kim in Master Product Design, Anaïs Lehmann and Lucie Herter in Bachelor Industrial Design - have won the James Dyson Award 2022 for their diploma projects.
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Paolo Moretti appointed head of the ECAL Cinema Department
As of September 1, 2022, Paolo Moretti will become the new head of the Cinema Department at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne.
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Awards & Grants 2022
On July 1st, the various prizes and grants were awarded to the ECAL alumni during the 2022 graduation ceremony. Congratulations again to them and thank you for their devotion throughout their formation.