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Presque Rien

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Presque Rien

with Erwan Bouroullec

Led by the acclaimed French designer Erwan Bouroullec, the workshop 'Presque Rien' unfolded as an exploration of design possibilities within the setting of his estate and recently renovated Burgundy farm. The project envisioned an open canvas, encouraging ECAL’s Bachelor Industrial Design students, to diverge from traditional problem-solving.

BELLE RIVIERA X ECAL

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

BELLE RIVIERA X ECAL

with Adrien Rovero

For the member municipalities of GEDERIVIERA, the waste management perimeter of the Vaudois Riviera, students in the BA Industrial Design are envisioning a new public trash can.

USM Design Grant - 6th Edition

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

USM Design Grant - 6th Edition

with Christian Spiess, Fondation USM, Théâtre de Vidy

The USM Design Grant is a study grant launched by the Fondation USM to encourage innovation by rewarding a student’s project. For the 6th edition of the USM Design Grant awarded by the USM Foundation, ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design students, under the guidance of Swiss designer Christian Spiess, were asked to design new outdoor seating for the terrace of the Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne.

Wonderbread

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Wonderbread

with Francesca Sarti

Within the Wonderbread workshop led by Francesca Sarti, food designer and founder of Arabeschi di Latte, BA Industrial Design students explored history, traditions, rituals, and recipes related to bread, in order to imagine new unique signature bread.

CIN CIN !

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

CIN CIN !

with Chris Kabel

Within a one-week workshop with Designer Chris Kabel, BA Industrial Design students were asked to develop a glass for a drink of their choice, whether it was for a cocktail, a fresh beer, a classy Negroni, or simply a glass for water to quench their thirst. The final designs reflect the characteristics of the drink or emphasize how the drink is prepared, served, and drunk. All glasses were blown in the ECAL courtyard with the support of the artisans of Swiss glass manufacturer Niesenglass.

Abundance & Scarcity

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Abundance & Scarcity

with Nadine Sterk

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.

ECAL x BMC - Daily Mobility

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ECAL x BMC - Daily Mobility

with Christian Spiess

In collaboration with renowned Swiss bicycle brand BMC, second year Bachelor Industrial Design students, under the guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of the programme, and Christian Spiess, Swiss designer and bicycle aficionado, present a collection of handy and colourful accessories for the modern daily bike commute.

Junkyard Diving

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.

Alternative Measuring Tools

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Alternative Measuring Tools

with Manuel Krebs (NORM)

Measuring, it seems, is one of the dominant concerns of modern society. We measure ourselves, our weight, our height, our temperature, from head to toe, from collar size to shoe size. We measure what is around us, from tiny to incredibly large. We measure time (from seconds to lifetimes), we measure the familiar (length, weight, volume) and the unusual (sound, radiation, voltage), we have measurement systems for everyday life and for experts. For this workshop, the students of the Bachelor Industrial Design have developed alternative measuring devices.

ECAL x MEHARI EDEN

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ECAL x MEHARI EDEN

with Elric Petit, Stephane Halmai-Voisard

The 2CV Méhari Club Cassis has developed an electric version of the iconic Citroën released in 1968 : the EDEN. From its inception, this car was designed for summer sports and leisure activity. Our current renewed interest in outdoor activities together with electric technology makes this car particularly attractive. With this in mind, the 2nd-year BA students in Industrial Design, under the direction of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Programme, and designer Elric Petit, showcase a series of accessories for tomorrow’s electric Méhari.

ECAL x MUJI: Compact Life

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ECAL x MUJI: Compact Life

with Michel Charlot

A collection of clever furniture and household accessories to help organise everyday life. Following the method of carefully observing our daily routines to identify unique needs and then creating intuitive and practical products, the Bachelor of Industrial Design students imagined a collection of clever furniture and household accessories to help organise our daily lives, under the guidance of designer Michel Charlot. As an important part of the development of MUJI products is based on detailed photographic studies in people's homes, the students were invited to follow the same process by documenting the spontaneous state of their own homes and other people's environments in order to reveal how they interact with the products, and to identify how the objects are used as direct inspiration for their design.

ECAL x MEHARI EDEN - Hyères Design Parade

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ECAL x MEHARI EDEN - Hyères Design Parade

with Elric Petit

A series of accessories that will make up the electric Mehari of tomorrow. The 2CV Mehari Club Cassis has developed an electric version of the iconic Citroën car released in 1968: the EDEN. From the outset, this car was intended for summer sports and leisure activities. Today, our renewed interest in outdoor activities combined with electric technology makes this vehicle all the more attractive. With this in mind, the 2nd year Bachelor of Industrial Design students, under the direction of designer Elric Petit, are proposing a series of accessories that will make up the electric Mehari of tomorrow. This project was realized in partnership with the 2CV Mehari Club Cassis, at the initiative of Massilia.design and Nathalie Dewez, with the precious support of Bananatex® and the Hyères Design Parade Festival.

Mobile Fan

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Mobile Fan

with Christian Spiess

Fans with USB power supply for mobile use, for the Swiss brand Stadler Form. Stadler Form is a Swiss company that produces fans, humidifiers, purifiers and other air treatment devices. For this project, the students in 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design, directed by designer Christian Spiess, had to make a “personal” fan, equipped with a USB power supply for mobile use. They had to think of new scenarios and contexts where a small fan would be useful. They were free to explore different usage scenarios, materials, etc. other than those currently in the Stadler Form catalog. The projects had to meet Stadler Form’s high standards of industrial design, but also challenge and question their existing products. Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Agnes Murmann Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Alex Nguyen Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Stéphane Mischler Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Lucie Herter Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Alexandre Desarzens Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Constance Thiessoz

Paper Park

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Paper Park

with Emile Barret, Marie Douel

Marie Douel and Emile Barret from Hors Pistes led a workshop with the 2nd year bachelor in industrial design. They asked the students to create a maze made entirely from the paper waste of the ECAL printing centre. Based on the principle of the exquisite corpse, each group created one part of the labyrinth with a strong aesthetic and structural approach, allowing the visitor to get lost in distinct universes.

Workshop Clara Von Zweigbergk

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Clara Von Zweigbergk

with Clara Von Zweigbergk

Under the guidance of Clara Von Zweigbergk, the 2nd year students had to design paper or cardboard objects around the theme of celebrations: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and any other type of festivities.

Workshop Jonathan Olivares

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Jonathan Olivares

with Jonathan Olivares

Jonathan Olivares asked the 3rd year students to identify an object or subject of interest and consider a room built around it. The room purpose, materials contents and construction all stem from themes found within the selected object or subject. The room should be 130 Square meters, free standing, transferable to any location or context, and could serve as an exhibition, installation or habitable interior.

Summer University Istanbul

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Summer University Istanbul

with Chris Kabel, Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

For their graduation trip, the 3rd year students went to Istanbul. Accompanied by Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard and Chris Kabel and collaborating with students from Bilgi University, they had to create souvenirs of the city. Some were able to collaborate directly with local craftspeople. The projects were exhibited at the Istanbul Design Biennial at the end of this trip and had the chance to see their ECAL x Mac Guffin project also exhibited there at that time.

Platform 10

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Platform 10

with Michel Charlot

Platform10 is the transformation of a railway and industrial site to a new district entirely dedicated to to culture. The space, some 22,000 square meters, hosts three recognized cultural institutions: the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of the Elysée and the Museum of design and contemporary applied arts, to a few steps from the station, in the centre of Lausanne . In order to complete this major transformation, Platform 10 launched a competition (by invitation) , in which the 2nd year students took part to design coherent propositions of outdoor (urban) furniture for this new public space.

Workshop Fabien Cappello

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Fabien Cappello

with Fabien Cappello

Under the guidance of Fabien Cappello, designer in Mexico, 2nd year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to work around books on the move. They had a one-week workshop to imagine different scenarios.

Workshop Geckeler Michels

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Geckeler Michels

with David Geckeler, Frank Michels

Under the guidance of the Berlin based design studio Geckeler Michels, 1st year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to built Monuments out of Styrofoam blocks within one week.

Workshop Point and shoot

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Point and shoot

with Alex Hulme, Paul Wolfson

Under the guidance of Paul Wolfson and Alex Hulme, designers at Map Project Office, 3rd year Industrial Design Bachelor students and Media & Interaction Design Bachelor students have conceived "point-and-shoot" objects. Those ones were inspired by the opportunities created by this new wave of Open Source and could be made easily available to people who might need or want them.

Workshop Julie Richoz

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Julie Richoz

with Julie Richoz

Under the guidance of Julie Richoz, a designer from Paris, 1st year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to rethink ladders. They had a one-week workshop to do so.

Workshop Bloc studios

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Bloc studios

with Joséphine Choquet (Thévoz Choquet), Virgile Thévoz (Thévoz Choquet)

Marble connotes weight, stability and robustness, and is a quintessentially noble material. In light of this, what kind of objects are able to take full advantage of these properties? How can the sensations of balance or weight be fully expressed, while respecting the innate qualities and limits of this substance? This was the question that ECAL /University of Art and Design Lausanne Industrial Design Bachelor’s students addressed in 2016 at a workshop led by Swiss designers Joséphine Choquet and Virgile Thévoz. This collection has been jointly developed over recent years by Bloc studios and ECAL, and comprises a selection of objects that focus on the rational balance between materials and proportions – playful ball-joint mirrors, punk marble plates pierced through with steel, marble vases in tension with aluminium, minimal tub plugs and mesmerising wedged vases.

Summer University Tokyo

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Summer University Tokyo

with Nicholaï Wiig-Hansen, Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

The 2nd Industrial design students were asked to create a mobile (kinetic sculpture) as part of a collaborative project with the Japanese brand Tempo.  Tempo is owned by Mother tool, a product manufacturer that works with local craftsmen and different know-how, from Ashikaga and Tokyo area, to create products by pairing up and making the best use of different materials and production techniques. With the support of the "Summer University" program of the Canton of Vaud, the students went to Japan , to present their ideas and prototypes to Tempo’s design and production team, do factory visits and totally immerse yourselves into the Japanese culture.

Workshop Aldo Bakker

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop Aldo Bakker

with Aldo Bakker

Under the guidance of Aldo Bakker, designer in Amsterdam, 1st year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to rethink pouring vessels. They had a one-week workshop to do so. Images by ECAL/Younès Klouche

Elite Hotel by ECAL

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Elite Hotel by ECAL

with Chris Kabel

Luxury Swiss bed manufacturer Elite invited 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students to thoroughly reconsider the mattress and its direct surroundings (bed frame, bedside table, linin, pillow, slipper, pyjamas…) in order to offer new and innovative solutions. Photographs by ECAL/Calypso Mahieu assisted by ECAL/Mathieu Lang

Portable LED lights

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Portable LED lights

with Cédric Duchêne, Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

Under the guidance of Cédric Duchêne, Engineer at EPFL+ECAL Lab, and Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, 3rd year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to conceive portable LED lights based on the inherent qualities of this technologie: compact, durable, energy efficient and modular. Projects by Gianfranco Baechtold, Tobias Brunner, Raphaël Constantin, Athime De Crecy, Marie-Camille Gras, Vincent Mailh, Zoé Nguyen, Elie Reboul, Paul Vachon and Adrian Woo, assisted by Mathieu Lang and Nadine Fumiko Schaub. Video by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier, assisted by Mathieu Lang and Nadine Fumiko Schaub

Festival Images

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Festival Images

with Adrien Rovero

Pour la troisième fois consécutive, l’ECAL s’associe au Festival Images de Vevey, manifestation gratuite centrée autour de l’image contemporaine. La spécificité du Festival Images est de présenter de la photographie monumentale en plein air, tout en présentant des projets autours de l’image dans un sens plus large en intérieur. Pour l’édition 2016, et suite au succès de l’installation RAFT de 2014,  les étudiants de 3e année Bachelor Design Industriel ont créé des dispositifs «aquatiques» investissant les berges de Vevey le temps du Festival Images.

ECAL × IKEA

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ECAL × IKEA

with Nicholaï Wiig-Hansen

Students have been asked to developped Basic, fundamental pieces of furniture or accessories for urban life at home. Affordability being one of the key focus of IKEA, their solutions have been to be long lasting, flexible and functional products at low prices. Results have been showcased at the Democratic design day IKEA in Älmhult, Sweden in June 2016. Exhibitions views by ECAL/Sébastien Cluzel

Soft Goods

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Soft Goods

with Christophe Guberan

Durant ce workshop, les étudiants ont été amené à développer un objet en utilisant ou détournant un procédé CNC existant de manière simple et intelligente. Les procédés CNC leurs ont permis de déposer de la matière, fusionner, découper, emboutir, laminer, fraiser des matériaux souples existants, afin de les former, assembler, structurer ou additionner. Photographies de Marvin Leuvrey et Cécilia Poupon (BA Photographie)

DNA

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

DNA

with Pauline Deltour

For the DNA project, the students of 1st year Bachelor Industrial Design had to design an handle which look like them personality and them value. The goal was to make this object singular and different from all the other projects.

Still Digital

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Still Digital

with Maik Bluhm, Sebastian Gerbert, Elisabeth Schulze

During this workshop week, the students of 3rd year Bachelor Industrial Design have aimed to create one digital still life by using 3D modeling software and 3D rendering software. Each still life includes one flower and one vase. The students reinterpreted this constraint and freely explored all the possibilities of shepes, materials, arragement of objects anduse of light.

Inter-Face

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Inter-Face

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

Following a one week collaborative workshop between ECAL’s 2ndyear Industrial Design students and Hongik University’s Product and Space Design students, where in mixed teams, they worked on a range of MASKS to cover, disguise, embellish, cloak, protect, decorate or enhance people. Through this project, they shared and discovered their mutual cultures and habits. The outcome is a series of colourful and surprising masks reinterpreting this ancestral object, materialised with textiles and know-how harvested in the maze of Seoul’s enormous Dongdaemun market. Workshop realized as part of the Summer University '15 program of the Canton de Vaud, led by Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, assisted by Giulia Amelie Chehab and Marceau Avogadro. Photos ECAL/Marceau Avogadro

Sheep Mowers of Metis

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Sheep Mowers of Metis

with Adrien Rovero

Reford Gardens and ECAL collaborated on bringing to Québec 25 students from Bachelor Industrial Design, with the support of the "Summer University" program of the Canton of Vaud. This project was conceived and built by 2nd year students in the Bachelor Industrial Design from ECAL/Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Switzerland, overseen by the Swiss designer Adrien Rovero, on the occasion of a one week workshop at Reford Gardens. Photos ECAL/Nicolas Haeni

Drop the chair

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Drop the chair

with Pierre Charpin

For this workshop, the students of 1st year Bachelor Industrial Design had to forget what they knew on chair and seating device and they have aimed to experiment on new way of seat. The result is a diversity of construction to support our body. Photo ECAL/Axel Crettenand

Andreï Roublev

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Andreï Roublev

with Jörg Boner

One week workshop led by zurich based designer Jörg Boner on the topic of moulding process. The 2nd year bachelor industrial design explored and experimented the technique by using tin, which they could cast in the school’s workshop. The point of the results consists in the tin objects as well as in their moulds.

Luceplan × ECAL

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Luceplan × ECAL

with Michel Charlot

Series of lamps using LED sources developed in collaboration with ECAL students of the Bachelor Industrial Design, following a workshop guided by Swiss designer Michel Charlot assisted by Marceau Avogadro.

Kites

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Kites

with Alberto Meda

Workshop on kites led by designer and engineer Alberto Meda. 2nd year students from the Industrial Design Bachelor worked not only on shape and color, but also on physical questions about dynamic in the air.

The Best Designed International Design Award 2014

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

The Best Designed International Design Award 2014

with Lernert & Sander

Result of a one week workshop led by Lernert & Sander, Amsterdam based artist duo with students of the 1st year Bachelor in Industrial Design and Graphic Design.

Workshop NUS Singapore

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Workshop NUS Singapore

with Christian Boucharenc (NUS), Elric Petit

Hawker Centre Singapore Summer University May 2014 This Summer University workshop on the Hawker Centre is a collaboration between the Division of Industrial Design, National University of Singapore and the ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland. Hawker Centres are traditional dinning halls where Singaporean gather to eat together daily. More than a restaurant, these places are a real melting pot of cultures in Singapore, mainly between the Chinese, Malays and Indians. The aim of the workshop was to immerse the students for one week in the heart of Singapore’s cosmopolitan culture through the Hawker Centres. ECAL and NUS students worked together and designed objects such as utensils, tableware packagings or signage that improves the experience of customers and cooks. All the prototypes have been produced in the NUS « prototyping lab ». This workshop allowed the students from both universities to share their know-how in the field of industrial design. The result of this research reflects a wide variety of design solutions that improves Hawker Centres in Singapore.

Souvenir items for The Olympic Museum

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Souvenir items for The Olympic Museum

with Hector Serrano

To mark the reopening of The Olympic Museum, the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has been working on designing souvenir items for the Museum shop, created by Bachelor of Industrial Design students after a workshop with Hector Serrano, a Spanish designer based in Valencia. Two of these projects are set to go on sale in the Museum shop shortly.  The aim was to create a collection of souvenirs which reflect the spirit of Olympism and The Museum in a contemporary, fun way. Using his experience in this area, Spanish designer Hector Serrano gave the students some tips on what makes a successful souvenir item. The students came up with around 30 proposals, which were submitted to a jury composed of Olympic Museum and IOC employees.

New–Old–New

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

New–Old–New

with Andreas Engesvik

During this one week workshop, the designer Andreas Engesvik invite the students to go back in time and find an object that interested them. The goal was to create an interpretation of it, translate the original conceptual idea into a new expression but within the same category.

Rond–Carré

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Rond–Carré

with Constance Guisset

This week of workshop was guided by the french designer Constance Guisset, with the topic round—square. She confronted the students with the design decisions they would have to make during designing a domestic object so they can understand why and how to choose the forms that would eventually define their products.

Chain Reaction

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Chain Reaction

with Mark Braun

Chain Reaction is a system of 10 connected actions within designed objects to celebrate the gesture of mechanics, material and color on a length of 10 meters

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

with Georg Schnitzer, Peter Umgeher

The aim of the workshop was to uncover/discover relations between a certain product and selected references - making parallels and differences visible. This research should be an inspiring, hands-on and analogue process

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

with Floris Hovers

One week workshop held by the dutch designer Floris Hovers about games. The starting point of the project was the favorite game of the student childhoods.  After analysing and observing them, they were asked to imagine all kinds of games and toys only with on constrain to have fun!

FELCO × ECAL

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

FELCO × ECAL

with Rémy Jacquet

In collaboration with the company Felco, the students had  to understand objects that broaden Felco’s field of products. The project was lead by designer Rémy Jacquet.

Line

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Line

with Pauline Deltour

For this one week workshop held by the french designer Pauline Deltour, the students had to consider the use of a line as a starting point to put their idea in form and volume just by using a metal wire.

Ship

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Ship

with Antoine Boudin

One week workshop with Antoine Boudin whereas the students were asked to design a navigation object using the impulse of the sail. The results are hybrid objects between toys and sculptures with strong aesthetic characteristics and intelligent constructions.

NID India

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

NID India

with Mann Singh

In the context of the Summer University collaboration program between the National Institute of Design (NID) of Ahmedabad, India, and ECAL, the students were asked to work around a local material : the bamboo.

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