Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin – 2015

Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin – 2015

Vacheron Constantin presents the “Arts & Crafts & Design: Time according to ECAL and Swiss Craftsmen”, an exhibition produced in partnership with ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte for the Swiss Pavilion at the Milan Expo (May 1st – October 31st 2015), and presented as a preview during the Salone del Mobile at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan.

Collaboration (2015) by Ini Archibong, Rodrigo Caula, Jean-Baptiste Colleuille, Nicolas Lalande, Josefina Munoz, Stefano Panterotto (Panter&Tourron), Mareike Rittig, Ophélie Sanga, Lorena Sauras, Kaja Solgaard Dahl, Alexis Tourron (Panter&Tourron), Annie Tung

This original approach links contemporary creation to several time-honoured know-hows. Within the framework of this project, Vacheron Constantin has asked 12 students from the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship of ECAL to combine their creativity with that of experienced craftsmen in order to produce unique objects and demonstrate the richness, the variety, as well as the relevance to contemporary creation of these artisanal crafts. Under the leadership of Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin (Studio Formafantasma) these 12 “duos” have worked on the same theme, Time, and more precisely on the cyclical time of the seasons, using materials as diverse as paper, stone, glass or carbon.

Aventure Romantique , ECAL / Alexis Tourron  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with Patricia Rochat , saddle-maker, Boussens (VD),  Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Explosion Printanière ,  ECAL/ Jean-Baptiste Colleuille  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with François Junod , automaton-maker, Sainte-Croix (VD),  Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Natura Morta , ECAL/Nicolas Lalande  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Matteo Gonet , glassblower, Münchenstein (BL). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Paysages Désertiques , ECAL/Josefina Munoz  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Peter Fink , ceramist, Ependes (FR). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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L.D.O. – Light Dependant Object , ECAL/ Kaja Solgaard Dahl  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Roland Béguin , glassmaker,Sainte-Croix (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Brise Estivale , ECAL/Ophélie Sanga  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Anne Rosat , papercut-maker, Château-d’Œx (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Decrescendo , ECAL/ Lorena Sauras Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Jeanmichel Capt , instrument-maker, Le Brassus (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Repetitio , ECAL/ Mareike Rittig Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Bastien Chevalier , marqueteur, Sainte-Croix (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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La Macina , ECAL/ Stefano Panterotto  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Luca Bellei , stone sculptor, Bôle (NE). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Eclipse , ECAL/Annie Tung Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Vincent Du Bois , sculptor, Petit-Lancy (GE).  Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Sans Titre , ECAL/ Ini Archibong  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Jean-Luc Arber , aluminium caster, Pully (VD). Photo: Jonas Marguet

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Carbonwood,  ECAL/Rodrigo Caula  Photo: Jonas Marguet
Created with  Bertrand Cardis , specialist in composit materials, Ecublens (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Workshop with Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin ( Studio Formafantasma )
Workshop avec Andrea Trimarchi et Simone Farresin ( Studio Formafantasma )
Workshop avec Andrea Trimarchi et Simone Farresin ( Studio Formafantasma )

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