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ECAL Xmas Market,
21.12.2022,
ECAL, Renens
All I want for Christmas is... an ECAL gift! On December 21st from 6pm to 9pm, the traditional ECAL Christmas market is back.
ECAL Xmas Market,
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Willy Guhl - Thinking with Your Hands,
09.12.2022–26.03.2023,
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
From December 9, 2022 to March 26, 2023, Bachelor Industrial Design students will take part in the exhibition Willy Guhl - Thinking with Your Hands at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich, which invites the pulbic to rediscover the creations of the famous Swiss designer.
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100 beste Plakate 21,
08–16.12.2022,
Galerie l'elac
From December 8 to 16, 2022, the 100 most beautiful posters of 2021 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) are back at Galerie l'elac! The exhibition organized by 100 beste Plakate e. V. and in collaboration with ECAL presents the posters selected during the competition in 2022.
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EXHIBITION OF THE WINNERS OF THE ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE OF THE CITY OF RENENS,
01–18.12.2022,
La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens
From December 1 to 18, 2022, la Ferme des Tilleuls hosts the exhibition of the Encouragement Prize of the City of Renens. A prize that rewards Lea Sblandano and Luis Rodgriguez, students respectively in Bachelor Photography and Master Product Design for the quality of their work.
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ECAL x JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: Under Your Smell,
10–12.11.2022,
Paris
From November 10 to 12 2022, Jean Paul Gaultier opens the doors of its Paris headquarters to the general public. During Paris Photo, the House is partnering with ECAL to present the photography exhibition Under Your Smell. Students from Bachelor Photography will show their interpretation of Gaultier's perfumes. Free entry.
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ECAL at Geneva International Film Festival - GIFF,
04–13.11.2022,
Genève
From November 4th to 13th, the Geneva International Film Festival - GIFF offers films, series, interactive installations and works in virtual reality. On the occasion of the 28th edition and as part of its Virtual Territories program, Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students present 3 VR projects in total immersion.
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ECAL DIPLOMAS 2022,
02–28.11.2022
On Wednesday, November 2, ECAL presents Bachelor and Master graduation films at the Cinémathèque suisse. Then, from November 4 to 28 - opening on Thursday, November 3 from 6 to 8 pm - the diploma projects will be exhibited at ECAL, in its building in Renens.
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ECAL at KIKK Festival,
27–30.10.2022,
Namur, Belgique
ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students are part of the Kikk Festival in Namur (Belgium) from October 27 to 30, 2022.
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Official launch of the Marsotto LAB collection,
21.10–23.12.2022,
Milan
From 21 October to 23 December 2022, ECAL and more specifically the students of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship will unveil the result of their latest collaboration with the Italian brand Marsotto LAB and officially launch the collection of the same name, composed of a selection of accessories created between 2018 and today through collaborations with international designers.
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The ECAL Manual of Style – How to best teach design today?,
15.10.2022–16.04.2023,
Vitra Design Museum
From 15 October 2022 to 16 April 2023 at Vitra Design Museum, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 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 IN BASEL: EXHIBITION FANTASTIC SMARTPHONES,
07–21.10.2022,
HEK, Bâle
After the Salone del Mobile in Milano, the Galerie l'elac and the KIKK Festival in Namur (BE), the Fantastic Smartphones exhibition will be held at the HEK - House of electronic Arts in Basel from 7 to 21 October 2022.
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ECAL x On,
23.09–08.10.2022,
Zürich
Following a collaboration with the Swiss avant-garde brand On, ECAL presents the interdisciplinary work carried out jointly by the 2nd year students of the Product Design, Photography and Type Design Masters. An exclusive exhibition to discover from 23 September to 8 October 2022 in Zürich.
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ECAL in Seoul : exhibition Automated Photography,
17.09–08.10.2022,
PLATFORM-L
Following the success of the exhibition resulting from the Automated Photography research project at Paris Photo in 2021 and then at the Galerie l'elac in 2022, the ECAL is exporting this project to Plateform-L in Seoul from 17 September to 8 October 2022, through an immersive audiovisual exhibition.
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ECAL AT FESTIVAL IMAGES VEVEY,
03–25.09.2022,
Vevey
From 3 to 25 September 2022, photography in all its forms will take over the streets of Vevey, take over the parks and stroll along the banks of the lake. For three weeks, the Festival Images Vevey transforms the small town on the Riviera and welcomes a large audience. This year, three ECAL graduates are part of the programme.
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ECAL SOUND LAB AT NUMERIK GAMES FESTIVAL 2022,
26–28.08.2022,
Yverdon-les-Bains
From August 26 to 28, the city center of Yverdon-les-Bains will host the Numerik Games Festival, whose 2022 edition will be dedicated to music. The Numerik Games Festival - a public event dedicated to digital art and culture - aims to promote digital technology through the various fields it can cover: musical, cultural, artistic, patrimonial, economic and academic. The ECAL invites you to dive into the heart of the experience, whether it is immersive, interactive or playful!
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L'ECAL at Palais Augmenté Festival,
17–19.06.2022,
Grand Palais Ephémère
At the initiative of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais and Fisheye , the second edition of the Palais Augmenté festival will be held from June 17 to 19, 2022 at the Grand Palais Ephémère in Paris. On this occasion, the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design of ECAL will be represented in several ways.
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ECAL Milano 2022 – three exhibitions,
07–12.06.2022,
Milan Design Week
On the occasion of the Milan Design, ECAL presents three exhibitions.
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ECAL Milano 2022 – Exhibitions by Alumni,
07–12.06.2022,
Milan Design Week
Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milano.
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ECAL Milano 2022: The ECAL Manual of Style,
07–12.06.2022,
Spazio Orso 16
On the occasion of the Milan Design Week (7 to 12 June 2022), Phaidon and ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne are pleased to present "The ECAL Manual of Style" – a book which proposes a comprehensive, first-time revelation of the revered Swiss design institution’s fascinating teaching methodology, brought to life via a curated collection of its most innovative student projects.
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ECAL Milano 2022: Yamaha Sound Machines,
07–12.06.2022,
Spazio Orso 16
On the occasion of the Milan Design Week (7 to 12 June 2022), Master Product Design students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne have created, in collaboration with Japanese brand Yamaha and its Design Laboratory, new types of music players in order to meet new requirements related to listening to music.
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ECAL Milano 2022: ECAL x BMC: Daily Mobility,
07–12.06.2022,
House of Switzerland
On the occasion of the Milan Design Week (7 to 12 June) and as part of the House of Switzerland Milano, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and praised Swiss bicycle brand BMC present a collection of handy and colourful accessories for the modern daily bike commute, created by ECAL’s Bachelor students in Industrial Design, under the guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of the programme, and Christian Spiess, Swiss designer and bicycle aficionado.
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"ECAL toys with Artek",
22.05–04.09.2022,
Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale
Teaming up with iconic Finnish furniture company Artek, Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL, under the guidance of designer Julie Richoz, present a collection of playful objects for children made from salvaged b-quality, rejected and half-finished materials and offcuts. Staying true to the spirit of Artek and its founders, the products promote conscious manufacturing and seek to highlight the natural materials that have gone into producing these designs. Presented at the Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale – from 22 May to 4 September 2022 – at the Old Granary Building in Fiskars (Finland).
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ECAL x MINI: Rethinking the Wheel,
14–21.05.2022,
Munich Creative Business Week
On the occasion of the Munich Creative Business Week from 14 to 21 May 2022, ECAL and MINI present "Rethinking the Wheel" – a series of projets on steering wheels.
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7 TYPES OF AMBIGUITY — A PARADE by Arto Lindsay,
05–25.05.2022,
Cinema Studio, ECAL
Arto Lindsay is an American artist, guitarist, singer and composer living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A genius of noise with collaboration as his main method, he has been working since the early 2000s on the carnival parade as a gigantic musical instrument.
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Exhibition "Time Design" with ECAL,
14.04–08.05.2022,
Pont de la Machine, Geneva
On the occasion of the "Time Design" exhibition organised by Watches and Culture - Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie and presented from 14 April to 8 May 2022 at the Pont de la Machine in Geneva, students from ECAL Bachelor of Industrial Design programme have created the display (windows), highlighting a hundred pieces that illustrate the inventiveness and diversity of watch design.
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Mechanical Marvels" exhibition at Homo Faber 2022,
10.04–01.05.2022
On the occasion of Homo Faber a public exhibition of the finest European craftsmanship organised by the Michelangelo Foundation and staged at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice (Italy) from 10 April to 1st May 2022, ECAL presents a series of projects by Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship developed in collaboration with Association Mec-Art.
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ECAL at artgenève 2022,
03–06.03.2022,
Palexpo, Geneva
On the occasion of artgenève from 3 to 6 March at Palexpo, ECAL presents projects by Bachelor Fine Arts students produced during a workshop with American artist Cheryl Donegan.
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ECAL x Jean Paul Gaultier: Smells Like Queer Spirit,
05.02–24.04.2022,
Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle
From 5 February (opening on 4 February at 6 pm) to 24 April 2022 at the Musée des beaux-arts in Le Locle, ECAL presents the exhibition "Smells Like Queer Spirit" created in collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier by third-year Bachelor Photography students, under the direction of Florence Tétier and Nicolas Coulomb (Novembre). Namsa Leuba and Erwan Frotin, two graduates of the Bachelor Photography programme at ECAL, will also be honoured with two monographic exhibitions.
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Images Vevey x ECAL Award exhibition: Sara Bastai,
14.12.2021–30.01.2022,
L'Appartement – Espace Images Vevey
From 14 December 2021 (opening at 6pm) to 30 January 2022, as part of L'Appartement - Espace Images Vevey, Sara Bastai, the first winner of the Images Vevey x ECAL Prize, will exhibit her Master's degree project in Photography, completed in 2021.
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Exhibition "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020",
09–17.12.2021,
Hall Kudelski, ECAL
The "Most Beautiful Swiss Books" competition, launched on the initiative of the Federal Office of Culture, aims to distinguish the best graphic achievements in the field of books and to encourage and promote the quality of publishing. The winning publications will be exhibited at numerous book fairs and in a tour of exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, including a stop at ECAL from 8 (opening at 7pm) to 17 December 2021.
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Exhibition of the Encouragement Award winners – City of Renens 2021,
02.12.2021,
La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens
Pour la 9e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué le Prix d’encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l’ECAL. Mayara Yamada, étudiante en Master Arts Visuels, et Jamy Herrmann, étudiant en Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, se sont ainsi distingué·e·s par la qualité de leur travail.
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Carhartt WIP x ECAL: launch and exhibition of WIP Magazine #5,
23.11.2021,
Hall Kudelski, ECAL
Earlier this year, Carhartt WIP (for Work in Progress) teamed up with ECAL, inviting Bachelor Photography students to interpret in their own way some of the emblematic pieces of the American clothing brand, which develops its own collections from the original Carhartt work clothes.
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ECAL presents "Time to Move" at De Mains de Maîtres, Luxemburg,
20–28.11.2021,
19 Liberté, Luxemburg
At the end of 2020, UNESCO inscribed the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and mechanical arts on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Always ahead of its time, ECAL has long been highlighting projects based on these age-old crafts through original creations produced as part of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship. The De Mains de Maîtres Biennial from 20 to 28 November was the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to craftsmanship by presenting a selection of the best projects designed over the last ten years by students in the programme.
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ECAL at Paris Photo: exhibition, symposium, book "Automated Photography + OFFPRINT & Alumni,
09–13.11.2021,
Espace Commines, Paris
On the occasion of Paris Photo, an immersive audiovisual exhibition, a symposium and a book present critical views and a selection of projects that explore the aesthetic and conceptual potential of automated photography.
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"100 beste Plakate 20" exhibition,
26.10–11.11.2021,
Hall Kudelski, ECAL
We invite you to discover the 100 most beautiful posters of 2020 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), selected in the 2021 competition.
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L'ECAL at Biennale dell' immagine Chiasso,
17–19.09.2021,
Palestra CPC, Chiasso
On the occasion of the Biennale dell' immagine Chiasso, the 2nd year students of the Master Photography programme will present, from 17 to 19 September, "Exquisite Corpse" - a series of Virtual Reality (VR) projects at the Palestra CPC.
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ECAL Diplomas 2021,
16.09–07.11.2021,
Espace Arlaud, Lausanne
ECAL will celebrate its 200th anniversary (1821-2021) by presenting a selection of 2021 Bachelor’s and Master’s diploma projects at Espace Arlaud, where the institution was housed for over a century.
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ECAL Milano 2021,
05–10.09.2021,
Milan
ECAL at the Milan Design 2022
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ECAL Milano 2021: alumni exhibitions,
05–10.09.2021,
Milan
Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milano
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ECAL Milano 2021 – ECAL x MUJI: Compact Life,
05–10.09.2021,
MUJI Store, Milan
Japanese brand MUJI presents – on the occasion of the Milan Design Week (5-10 September) – a collection of clever household furniture and accessories to help tidy up our daily life, imagined by Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL.
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"Fantastic Smartphones": Tour 2021 (Gallery l'elac – Milan Design Week – KIKK Festival) "+ Lecture by Dries Depoorter,
05.09–07.11.2021,
Galerie l'elac – Spazio Orso 16 – KIKK Festival
After the Milan Design Week and the Galerie l'elac, the KIKK Festival in Namur (BE) hosts the exhibition "Fantastic Smartphones" from 4 to 7 November.
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ECAL at Numerik Games Festival,
27–29.08.2021,
Château d'Yverdon
Résolu à vous en mettre plein les yeux, Numerik Games Festival aspire à valoriser le digital à travers les différents champs qu’il peut couvrir: musical, culturel, artistique, patrimonial, économique et académique.
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"Real Facts" exhibition at madd-bordeaux,
14.07.2021–17.01.2022,
madd-bordeaux
At the invitation of the musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux), the 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL, under the guidance of designers Erwan Bouroullec and Adrien Rovero, have given form to their observations and questions about the current agricultural situation.
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ECAL x MEHARI EDEN at Design Parade Festival,
25–27.06.2021,
Villa Noailles, Hyères
On the occasion of the Design Parade Festival in Hyères from 25 to 27 June 2021, ECAL presents the "ECAL x MEHARI EDEN" project.
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Bachelor Photography students at the Fondation de l'Hermitage,
25.06–31.10.2021,
Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne
From 25 june to 31 October, the Fondation de l’Hermitage in Lausanne will host a major retrospective of the Lucerne painter Hans Emmenegger (1866-1940), the first of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland. Bachelor Photography students from ECAL were invited to create their own responses to Emmenegger’s art.
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"ECAL Digital Market" in the V&A collection,
21.06.2021,
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) – the world's leading museum of art, design and performance based in London – presents Design 1900 – Now, a new permanent gallery exploring how design shapes and is shaped by how we live, work, travel, communicate and consume. As part of the gallery, new acquisitions will go on display, including the ECAL Digital Market project by ECAL.
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ECAL at Grand Palais Éphémère – Paris,
19–20.06.2021,
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
Co-produced by Fisheye and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais, the Palais Augmenté festival takes place inside the Grand Palais Éphémère. Exceptionally, in partnership with ECAL, augmented reality projects will be accessible from this point, on the façade of the Grand Palais Éphémère.
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Encouragement award 2020 of the City of Renens,
26.05–06.06.2021,
La Ferme des Tilleuls
Pour la 8e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué l’été passé le Prix d’encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l’ECAL. Amanda Puna, Bachelor Design Graphique, et Caroline Perrenoud, Bachelor Photographie, se sont distinguées par la qualité de leurs propositions.
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ECAL at Mapping Festival,
13–23.05.2021,
Genève
On the occasion of the Mapping Festival which will take place in Geneva at the API - Association pour le Patrimoine Industriel in the framework of the exhibition "Mots Futurs", ECAL is pleased to present two projects created by students of the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspires the ECAL/HEAD Master in Cinema,
21.04.2021,
Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL), Geneva
A l’occasion de la réouverture de la Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL) à Genève à partir du 21 avril 2021, les étudiant·e·s du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD présentent une série de films dans le cadre du Parcours Rousseau.