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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.
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Congratulations to Julietta Korbel, who won with "Still Working" – her graduation film for her Bachelor's degree in Cinema – the Quartz for the Best Diploma Film 2020 on the occasion of the Swiss Film Awards
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At the Solothurn Film Festival 2022, ECAL Film Department took centre stage
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On the occasion of the Design Preis Schweiz/Prix Design Suisse awards ceremony last weekend in Langenthal, ECAL graduates have won six awards
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Fabien Roy 's (b. 1984, Premier - VD) 2020 diploma project in Master Product Design wins the James Dyson Award 2021 (Switzerland)
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On the occasion of the Locarno Film Festival 2021, which ended this weekend, Nora Longatti won the Pardino d'oro Swiss Life for the best Swiss short film (CHF 10'000.-) with her diploma film, "Strangers", in Bachelor Cinema.
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Awards and Grants – 2021 Graduates
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On the occasion of the Solothurn Film Festival (online) from January 20 to 27, 2021, the ECAL Film Department presents several films by students or graduates
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Congratulations to Oubadah Nouktah, a graduate of the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship, who won the Audience Award in the Fashion Accessories category at the 35th International Fashion, Photography and Accessories Festival at the Villa Noailles, Hyères
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Congratulations to Loucia Carlier, a BA and MA in Fine Arts graduate from ECAL, who won the 7th Emerige Revelations Scholarship
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The Leenaards Foundation has awarded its 2020 cultural grants
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Awards and Grants – 2020 Graduates
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At the end of the Locarno Film Festival, which this year offered a hybrid edition with both in-theatre and online content, ECAL graduates enjoyed great success with four awards
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The Act On Your Future Foundation is very pleased to announce the names of the two winners of the fifth edition of the Human Rights Photography Prize on the theme "No Planet B: Human Rights in Times of Ecological Crisis": Lowena Poole for "Stop Time By Smashing Clocks" (RCA/Royal College of Art, London) and Romain Roucoules for "Global Solutions" (ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne)
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Congratulations to Lorenza Longhi, a graduate of the ECAL Master Fine Arts, who has been awarded with the Shizuko Yoshikawa Prize, given every two years by the Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller Brockmann Foundation
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Big success for ECAL graduates on the occasion of the 2020 Swiss Design Awards with 14 finalists, and at the Swiss Art Awards 2020 with 10 finalists
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On the occasion of the "Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2019", around fifteen personalities in connection with ECAL – graduates, professors or lecturers – were awarded:
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Prix d’encouragement de la Ville de Renens 2019 Data Pool
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On the occasion of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Nora Longatti won the prize for the Best film from Swiss film schools with "Bloc B", a film made as part of the ECAL Cinema Bachelor's degree
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"Bonobo", Zoel Aeschbacher's Bachelor Film diploma, won the 2019 Student Academy Awards (Narrative - International Film Schools) - the Oscars for students - presented on October 17th at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater Beverly Hills
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PROMOTIONS BACHELOR - Prix 2019 CHIC – China Hardware Innovation Camp
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Huge success for ECAL during the Swiss Design Awards 2019 ceremony at Art Basel with 9 graduates awarded on a total of 17 winners. ECAL also had 28 graduates amongst the 48 finalists. Regarding the Swiss Art Awards 2019, ECAL graduates won 2 important prizes!
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Congratulations to Tina Schwizgebel, BA Fine Arts graduate, who won the Chloé Award at the Festival international de Mode et Photographie de Hyères (Villa Noailles)
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Congratulations to Maya Rochat, a graduate of ECAL in BA Photographie, who won the prestigious Prix Mobilière 2019 (CHF 30'000.-). Among the eight finalists, three other ECAL graduates were among the selected: Natasha Donze - Andreas Hochuli - Manon Wertenbroek
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Congratulations to ECAL BA Photography graduate Pierre-Kastriot Jashari, who won the Human Rights Photography Prize given by Act on your Future. Amongst the 5 finalists, Zoé Aubry, BA Photography graduate as well
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The Debiopharm-Inartis 2018 Challenge gave a prize of 25,000 francs to a Vaud team, made up of students from the IMD business school, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and ECAL (Georg Foster, Garance Krengel - MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship). With 80,000 francs, this third contest of ideas and projects was a great success with 100 participating teams
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Martin Stricker (BA Industrial Design student) was part of the ten international finalists of the Woolmark Performance Challenge
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Congratulations to Catherine Leutenegger (BA Photography graduate) and Christophe Guberan (BA Industrial Design graduate) who were awarded respectively with the Cultural Photography Prize 2018 - BCV (CHF 20'000.-) and the 2018 Influence Prize - Nestlé (CHF 20,000.-) donated by the Vaud Foundation for Culture
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The Leenaards Foundation gave out its Scholarships and Cultural Awards 2018 last night in Renens
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PROMOTIONS BACHELOR & MASTER 2018