DNA

DNA

 

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.

 

Studio project (2022) with Wieki Somers

Assistants
Elie Fazel
Students
Jessy Bueno, Mattia Cook, Charlotte Dubois, Hugo Duport, Paul Gauthier, Sam Lombardo, Julie Meyer, Aleksandra Nazarova, Aramis Rüdisühli, Inès Aznar, Alicia Berclaz, Leo Crespin, Sacha Dufour, Louise Dupont, Jade Eymann, Antony Gallay, Camila Hidalgo, Nicolas Honegger, Marie Kurstjens, Meret Jans, Robin Luginbühl, Lirjeta Maxhuni, Sven Odermatt, Marco Renna, Tiziana Rocha da Silva, Cindy Sacher, Léonie Sammons, Shania Soares, Noah Watzlawick
Know-how
soft goods / accessories, Craftsmanship, Furniture
Aleksandra Nazarova ECAL / Raw
Aleksandra Nazarova ECAL / Raw

1/2

Aramis Rudisuhli ECAL / Fleqs
Aramis Rudisuhli ECAL / Fleqs

1/2

Charlotte Dubois ECAL / Bag Rest
Charlotte Dubois ECAL / Bag Rest

1/2

Hugo Duport ECAL / Tension Table
Hugo Duport ECAL / Tension Table

1/2

Jessy Bueno ECAL / Heritage
Jessy Bueno ECAL / Heritage
Jessy Bueno ECAL / Heritage
Jessy Bueno ECAL / Heritage

1/4

Julie Meyer ECAL / BB

1/1

Mattia Cook ECAL / Garten
Mattia Cook ECAL / Garten

1/2

Paul Gauthier ECAL / Wilderfan
Paul Gauthier ECAL / Wilderfan

1/2

Sam Lombardo ECAL / Ferula
Sam Lombardo ECAL / Ferula

1/2

Projects related to Furniture

Home Working

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Home Working

with Dylan van den Berg, Wieki Somers

Projects on the subject of working from home or remote working, which marks our time and leads us to question both what work is, and how and where we work. The recent remote working experience gave us many new insights. This experience could lead to new ways of working in the future, as the COVID19 pandemic amplifies and accelerates. This is a good opportunity to re-evaluate the concept of home office, which started with the emerging computization and technology from the 1950/60s, but has never happened on a global scale like this until now. From the Industrial Revolution until fairly recently, most people worked outside their homes in factories, offices, public buildings or outdoors. Those places and our ways of working in them were designed accordingly. “Home working” or “remote working” marks our time questioning both what is work, and how and where we work. Public and private spaces collapse into one realm with all its social, economical and political consequences. For this project, we wanted to see visionary ideas about where and how we will work in the future and solutions for home working, translated in a surprising/relevant design. This new “home work station” could be a piece of furniture, or an object, or a transforming space.

Step by Step

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Step by Step

with Elric Petit

The "Step by Step" exercise is organised, as its title indicates, in steps - the first is to design a walking stick and the second is a ladder. What Walking sticks and ladders have in common, is that they have to withstand heavy loads. Nonetheless they can be drawn with great care.

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.

Cut Crease Score

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Cut Crease Score

with Christophe Guberan

Objects created from cutting, grooving and folding, made by the students of the 1st year of the Bachelor of Industrial and Product Design.

Diplomas

BA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diplomas

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Chris Kabel, Elric Petit

Bachelor Industrial Design diploma's projects, 2018

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