Swiss Grand Award for Design 2026 for Simone C. Niquille

Congratulations to Simone C. Niquille, ECAL resident at La Becque in 2020, for winning the Swiss Design Grand Prize 2026.

The first winner of the prize in the field of "Media & Interaction Design", Simone C. Niquille's transdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of design, research and education.

Simone C. Niquille's practice, Technoflesh, investigates the representation of identity and the digitisation of biomass in the networked space of appearance. Through her films, installations and research-based projects, the designer takes a critical look at digital technologies and their cultural impacts.

Involved in knowledge transmission, Simone C. Niquille has taught at ECAL in the Master Photography, on the Automated Photography research project, as well as in the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design.

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