ECAL × AGO – Seoul Highlights
07.11–01.12.2024
SEOUL DESIGN FESTIVAL Off-site Exhibition - Seochon Lounge

The importance of light in every space is essential, which is why lighting should be the starting point when building a space. Most AGO Lighting collections offer lighting options that can be modulated by architects and designers. 

AGO Lighting has teamed up with students from ECAL's Bachelor of Industrial Design program, under the direction of Swiss designer Adrien Rovero , to design a collection of lighting installations for use in public spaces such as museums, hotels and bars. Focusing primarily on the spatial aspect of light, our approach was to design lighting structures based on components supplied by AGO and inspired by the Seoul landscape. 

The challenge we set ourselves was to reimagine the chandelier, an object that confers distinctive status on a space, while fulfilling its original function of diffusing functional light. 

ECAL x AGO Seoul Highlights is presented for the first time at the Seochon Lounge, operated by Design Press, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Korea. This project was made possible with the generous support of the Summer University program of the Direction générale de l'enseignement supérieur (DGES) of the State of Vaud and the Hanok Heritage Preservation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. It is also linked as an off-site exhibition to the Seoul Design Festival (SDF), hosted by Design House.