Reality Check is a hands-on course that applies the theoretical foundations of the Human Lens module through real-world qualitative research and transforming insights into concrete design proposals. Students reimagined the human experience of digital services. Engaging with real people through interviews, diary studies and other research methods, they defined and prototyped new directions for existing services that bring meaningful experience to the fore.
Studio project (2025) with Emily Groves, Margherita Motta
The Writer’s Desk in Notion reframes digital note-taking as a malleable clarification tool, starting from a document on a canvas and gradually shaping the workspace through personal writing practices.
Par Shinyoung Park
By integrating physical-world interactions with personalized digital learning, Duolingo transforms from a one-size-fits-all app into a human-centered platform for real-world language fluency.
Par Amna Ahmad
A critical exploration of how Are.na shapes creative collaboration and unveils new possibilities for embodied communication within digital environments.
Par Emilie Müller
My idea is a Knowledge Map that transforms Moodle into a spatial learning system, making course structure, priorities, and dependencies visible so students and teachers can navigate learning with clarity, autonomy, and reduced cognitive load.
Par Marc Facchinetti
The concept is about building a common language where creative work and corporate strategy not only meet but thrive together. And also to redefine how creative work is presented, valued, and understood in the professional world.
Rethinking the user experience of the file explorer on Windows in the context of tertiary education to meet the specific needs of students : less freedom and less browsing.
Par Gwenaëlle Gustin
BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN
with Angelo Benedetto
Beyond the screen - is a series of interactive machines developed by students in their first year of Bachelor Media & Interaction Design. These systems are inspired by the relationship between instructions and execution within a computer system. These machines create text through a modular typographic system.
BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN
with Harry Bloch
Websites developed over the course of a semester based on books chosen by students, which they adapted into web experiences as part of Harry Bloch's Screen Design course, second year of the Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication.
MA DIGITAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN
with Romain Collaud, Frederik Mahler-Andersen, Lara Défayes
Pixel Perfect is the semester project of the Interface Design orientation module, semester I. It invites students to put into practice the methods and principles introduced in the Macro UI and Screen Grammar courses, exploring how graphic systems structure the digital user experience. Based on the analysis of an existing website, the project encourages a critical and creative reinterpretation of its visual identity and hierarchy. The challenge is to design a contemporary, coherent and expressive interface capable of renewing the original design system while respecting its uses, content and functional constraints, as well as its key principles: consistency, modularity, and the scalability of graphic and interactive components.
BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN
with Mario Von Rickenbach
The students worked on an interactive countdown in a web environment. Each day, they were tasked with creating a new sketch, culminating in their own collection, which could also be combined with projects from the entire class.
BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN
with Sébastien Matos
A collection of interface buttons designed and animated by first-year students of the Bachelor’s program in Media & Interaction Design. Each element includes a standard animation, an exaggerated animation, and an unexpected version. https://toggle.ecal-mid.ch/2025