COLLABORATION WITH MEC-ART

Projects MAS DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

COLLABORATION WITH MEC-ART

MECHANICAL MARVELS
Craftsmanship in Movement: Celebrating Design and the Heritage of Switzerland’s Masters of Mechanical Art

Collaboration (2022) by Charlotte Therre, Chia-Ling Chang, Ebony Lerandy, Sunny Oh

Know-how
soft goods / accessories, Craftsmanship

 

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.

Downolaod flyer with descriptions of the projects

 

 

For a number of years, the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship programme at ECAL has enabled its students to work in close collaboration with prestigious maisons to further their design education in numerous areas of excellence.

The university’s partnership with Association Mec-Art is fully in line with this approach, creating the opportunity for students to collaborate with artisans based in Sainte-Croix, the town in the French Swiss Jura which is home to all the know-how involved in the creation of art mechanics. Here, artisans perpetuate their time-honoured expertise in the mechanical arts, including music boxes and automatons—traditions recently added to UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This ambitious project has brought together international students and world-renowned artisans in order to combine design, innovation and engineering.

“Mechanical Marvels” features five interactive installations that mix visual and sound effects and enables visitors to operate the mechanical masterpieces by winding a crank, thereby bringing the various automatons to life. 

 

Horloger: Denis Flageollet
Automatier: François Junod
Horloger: Nicolas Court
Technicien en mécanique: Boris Masur
Marqueterie de bois: Bastien Chevalier
Ebéniste: Luigi Mondia

 

 

Souffle ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Souffle ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Souffle ECAL/Santiago Martinez

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Rencontre ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Rencontre ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Rencontre ECAL/Santiago Martinez

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Danse ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Danse ECAL/Santiago Martinez

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Résonance ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Résonance ECAL/Santiago Martinez

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Récit ECAL/Santiago Martinez
Récit ECAL/Santiago Martinez

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DNA

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

DNA

with Wieki Somers

  Second year BA Industrial Design students had to formulate their own brief instead of getting one from their teachers. In the project's introduction, they were assigned the task of introspectively mapping their own design DNA by contemplating the question: What defines my essence as a designer? They introduced a clear brief related to their own fascinations and relevant topics in the field of design and in the time we live in. Then thes students developed a concept for a product from an original idea and artistic vision. The results are expressed in the form of  products, pieces of furnitures, accessories, proposing a new vision and a new way of producing. The areas of interest are diverse, spacing from open-source projects to process fascination.  
Bag It

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Bag It

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

  For this project, the 1st year BA Industrial Design students had to design a bag, or a collection of bags.  
Junkyard Diving

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Junkyard Diving

with Philippe Malouin

"Form follows function" is an expression attributed to the modernist architect Louis Sullivan. It is a statement that is quite relevant to industrial design. On the other hand, form can sometimes also determine function in a process of reverse exploration. During the workshop with Philippe Malouin, students were encouraged to look for new functions inspired by forms found in a metal recycling center. In this process, random discoveries and associations were made to generate a new and surprising vocabulary of forms.
Collaboration with CSEM

MAS DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Collaboration with CSEM

with Alexis Tourron (Panter&Tourron), Stefano Panterotto (Panter&Tourron)

Through a unique project, students from ECAL and CSEM’s engineers have effortlessly combined modern arts & crafts and nanotechnology to create a series of innovative jewelry pieces, "Structural Colors".
Heein Im – Balancing Circle

MAS DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Heein Im – Balancing Circle

by Heein Im

Balancing Circle is a sculptural object that experiments with the tension and flexibility of textiles. As people walk past, the installation generates unexpected excitement by swaying lightly and interacting with the surrounding space. The object also focuses on material research with elements that are commonly used for fashion accessories such as leather, yarn and fabric. The circle is a shape that is considered to be perfectly balanced. However, by placing it in a critical position, our attention is drawn to the second moment of balance applied to the circle. It is as if we were attempting to establish stability in every situation, forgetting that we are already perfectly balanced beings.

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