Abundance & Scarcity

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Abundance & Scarcity

When we live in a society with so much abundance yet at the same time so much scarcity, how do we discern the resources around us? How can we look to our surroundings to learn about where things come from, or how we might apply them in our own lives? More importantly, how can we live more harmoniously with nature by respecting it and taking only what we need?

Within the workshop held by Nadine Sterk from Atelier NL the BA Industrial Design students were asked to create tableware around the theme ‘Abundance & Scarcity' from vernacular earth collected together in the Sauvabelin woods in Lausanne. Students and crew had no hesitation in getting their hands (and clothes) dirty to knead, turn, form, glaze, and fire ceramic tableware that tells a story.

 

Workshop (2022) with Nadine Sterk

Assistants
Emma Casella
Students
Basile Avvanzino, Alexandre Li, Melchior Myard, Alexander Paynter Bryant, Flavia Renaud, Shania Soares, Julie Tena, Salla Vallotton, Christophe Ascençao, Oriana Gonzalez Fernandez, Noé Chassot, Bradley Campus, Till Seegräber, Mattia Cook, Camila Hidalgo, Jeremy Loup, Damien Suter, Gaia Vitali, Chiara Corno, Nicolas Honegger, Virginie Lienhart, Lirjeta Maxhuni, Tiziana Rocha da Silva, Louise Dupont, Guillaume Gindrat, Minna Holenweg, Isaure Nicolet, Eva Reymond, Sophia Zeller, Joab Schneiter
Know-how
Craftsmanship, Tableware
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Mattia Cook , Chiara Corno - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta
Louise Dupont , Sophia Zeller - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta
Basile Avvanzino , Alexander Paynter Bryant - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta

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Guillaume Gindrat , Isaure Nicolet - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta
Christophe Ascençao , Shania Soares - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta
Minna Holenweg , Eva Reymond - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta

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Virginie Lienhart , Tiziana Rocha da Silva - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta
Alexandre Li , Melchior Myard - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta
Jeremy Loup , Gaia Vitali - Image by ECAL/Jasmine Deporta

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