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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
From 31 October to 9 November, ECAL will be present at the GIFF Festival 2025.
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From 31 October to 5 December, ECAL presents the Diploma Projects 2025. Opening on Thursday 30 October at 6 pm.
PROJECTION
On Tuesday October 28, the ECAL presents the graduation films of the Bachelor Cinema at the Cinémathèque Suisse.
EXHIBITIONS
ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design is taking part in the KIKK Festival 2025 in Namur (Belgium) from October 23 to 26, 2025 with a selection of projects.
LECTURES
ECAL Cinema Department welcomes Argentine filmmaker and artist Jazmín López for a lecture as part of her ECAL residency at La Becque.
EXHIBITIONS
From 27 September to 21 December 2025, Reminix, the exhibition by Gary Sandoz, winner of the Plateforme 10 × ECAL Prize, can be discovered under the arcades of Plateforme 10.
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On Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 5pm, the 7th edition of the limited cuvée "lâche-moi la grappe" will be tasted and sold at the Vinothèque du Château de Glérolles.
EXHIBITIONS
From 24 September to 21 December 2025, as part of L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey, Lea Sblandano, winner of the Prix Images Vevey x ECAL 2024, presents Neijuan, her Bachelor Photography project.
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The books awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (OFC) take part in numerous book fairs as well as a travelling exhibition in Switzerland and abroad, including a stop at ECAL from 23 September to 3 October 2025.
EXHIBITIONS
Some ECAL graduates are featured in the exhibition Gen Z. Shaping a new gaze, presented at Photo Elysée.
LECTURES
ECAL presents a talk on new sustainable imaginaries with Emma Piau and Alban Mayne, questioning the role of creatives in addressing ecological and societal challenges.
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A collective exhibition, conceived by artist Miriam Laura Leonardi, which offers an unstable space, without a central theme or linear path, inviting visitors to wander and reflect.
EXHIBITIONS
ECAL is taking part in Designer's Saturday in Oslo with the project Sound & Vision, created in collaboration with Swedish brand Offecct.
LECTURES
The Master Photography at ECAL welcomes British artist Alan Warburton for a lecture on his work with Computer-Generated Imagery and Artificial Intelligence. Warburton’s practice, bridging art, industry, and academia, critically examines and deconstructs cutting-edge technologies.
EXHIBITIONS
Deemed Visionless is a group exhibition by students from ECAL’s Master Fine Arts, conceived as a free, off-programme experience in collaboration with the Parisian gallery Treize.
EXHIBITIONS
During the 2025 Zurich Design Weeks, ECAL will exhibit HOMEWORKS, its limited edition collection created for micasa, and take part in a talk on creative entrepreneurship alongside Pro Helvetia and ZHdK.
PROJECTION
Three graduation films and numerous contributions from ECAL graduates and lecturers will be featured at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, taking place from 6 to 16 August 2025.
PROJECTION
ECAL is proud to announce the selection of three films by its recent graduates at the 2025 edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF).
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Dedicated to young graduates and professionals alike, the “ECAL Talent Day” event aims to build bridges between training and working life by offering the opportunity to forge links.
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ECAL is taking part in the 2025 edition of 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen with the project Sound & Vision, created in collaboration with Swedish brand Offecct.
EXHIBITIONS
On the occasion of Design Days 2025, ECAL presents HOMEWORKS, a new collection born from its collaboration with micasa.
EXHIBITIONS
ECAL teams up with trail running brand NNormal for a unique photography project that blends visual exploration with pushing physical and creative boundaries. Inspired by the mountains, this collaboration invites students to challenge conventions through technical precision, immersion in nature and bold imagination.
EXHIBITIONS
On the occasion of the Mapping Festival 2025, ECAL presents three Bachelor Media & Interaction Design diploma projects as well as the ECAL 360 LAB.
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ECAL is taking part in the 2025 Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne with a selection of projects by its students, graduates and faculty members, along with several contributions to the event’s conference programme.
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ECAL invites you to its major editorial archive sale, accompanied by the launch of the new issue of its magazine Offline, on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, from 5 PM to 7 PM at ECAL.
EXHIBITIONS
Pipistrelles, Serotines, and Bachelor Fine Arts students gather at Cinéma Bellevaux for an evening of performances, screenings, and sounds emerging from the invisible.
EXHIBITIONS
On the occasion of Offprint London 2024 at Tate Modern, ECAL presents a selection of its latest publications
LECTURES
ECAL welcomes Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra for a talk on her contemporary approach to portraiture.
LECTURES
ECAL, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Suisse and Sister Distribution, welcomes filmmaker Albert Serra for a talk.
LECTURES
During the spring semester workshop week, ECAL invites international artists and designers to present their work.
EXHIBITIONS
HUM HUM MAGAZINE, created by ECAL students, is a nomadic exhibition-publication whose first issue unfolds at Treize.
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This event is open to future candidates for the new Master in Digital Experience Design who wish to obtain a preliminary opinion on their application.
EXHIBITIONS
ECAL in collaboration with Karimoku New Standard and Presence Switzerland presents Designed in CH, Made in Japan at Milan Design Week 2025
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Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Milan Design Week 2025.
EXHIBITIONS
ECAL presents Folklore Fusion at Milano Design Week 2025
LECTURES
ECAL welcomes Cecilia Bengolea and Trajal Harrell for a talk and workshop exploring body, dance, and self-representation.
LECTURES
As guest of honour at the 56th edition of the Visions du Réel festival in Nyon, filmmaker Raoul Peck will be giving a masterclass on Tuesday 8 April, organised in partnership with the Cinémathèque suisse. The programme also includes five films by the ECAL's Cinema Department and alumni.
EXHIBITIONS
On the occasion of Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025, ECAL teams up with Ceramaret to present an exclusive collection of jewelry in technical ceramics
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On March 26, 2025, the Master of Visual Arts proposes the symposium Worldbuilding in an era of extreme fragmentation
EXHIBITIONS
Observing Urban Transformation: ECAL Students Capture the New Spaces of Western Lausanne
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ECAL welcomes photographer Tyler Mitchell for a talk in conversation with Hannah Pröbsting, Production Manager at Photo Elysée.
LECTURES
An avant-garde designer and artist, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac anticipated what today constitutes the basis of new creation: art and fashion, detour and collaboration.
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On the occasion of the 8th Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, ECAL is taking part in a meeting with Luc Dardenne, followed by a screening of his film L'Enfant, winner of the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
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Glass Reflections by Nouvel presents the creations of five Swiss designers who have combined their talent with the Mexican brand, renowned for its high-end glass craftsmanship.
EXHIBITIONS
Swissnex in Japan, in collaboration with ECAL, presents Folklore Fusion, a visual communication project exploring Swiss and Japanese folklore through a cutting-edge CGI character project.
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ECAL is launching a MA in Digital Experience Design (DXD), which will start in autumn 2025.
LECTURES
As part of the research project Parasonic : transmission de pratiques aurales fugitives, ECAL is offering 3 lectures.
EXHIBITIONS
Following a workshop in Athens with artist Nikolas Ventourakis, students in ECAL's Bachelor of Photography programme are unveiling an exhibition that captures the contrasts of the city, between its ancient heritage and contemporary challenges.
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Event on registration, open to future ECAL candidates in Masters who wish to get a prior feedback on their portfolio by one tutor or assistant involved in the programme.