ECAL X HORGENGLARUS The Future is... Older

ECAL X HORGENGLARUS The Future is... Older

Who will we be? What will we need? How will we live? What will design offer?

“Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will nearly double from 12% to 22%.” — World Health Organization

Led by Tutor Sam Hecht and completed by first-year students of ECAL Master Product Design with input from the senior-lab, this project presents a range of objects designed for Horgenglarus that cater to the growing population of elderly users. The aim of these objects is to challenge the stereotypes associated with this frequently medicalised category, while leveraging Horgenglarus’s extensive expertise in wood-based craftsmanship.

Studio project, Collaboration (2024)

Assistants
Margo Clavier
Students
Youssef Bassil, Meri Hozumi, Eduardo Altamirano Castro, Sofia Biondi, Gabriella Duck Garnham, Louis Ferraz, Justus Hilfenhaus, Clémentine Merhebi, Fanny Marrot, Lilian Onstenk, Aurelia Pleyer, Antonio Severi, Loïs Weber, Yichen Wu, Tom Jacquérioz
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Horgenglarus Factory in Horgen (Switzerland)
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ASHI by ECAL/Meri Hozumi Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
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Round Chair by ECAL/Louis Ferraz Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Compagno by ECAL/Antonio Severi Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Y Bedside Table by ECAL/Aurelia Pleyer Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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Helper Stool by ECAL/Eduardo Altamirano Castro Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Helper Stool  by ECAL/Eduardo Altamirano Castro Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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Good Night by ECAL/Loïs Weber Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Dialoghi Manipolati  by ECAL/Sofia Biondi Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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Beam by ECAL/Clémentine Merhebi Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Beam  by ECAL/Clémentine Merhebi Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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Max by ECAL/Youssef Bassil Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Struo  by ECAL/Tom Jacquérioz Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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A Handle in the Space by ECAL/Yichen Wu Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Ascent  by ECAL/Fanny Marrot Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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Offset  by ECAL/Justus Hilfenhaus Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Offset  by ECAL/Justus Hilfenhaus Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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Setup  by ECAL/Gabriella Duck Garnham Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel
Point Of View  by ECAL/Gabriella Duck Garnham Image ECAL/Marvin Merkel

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