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Option Media & Interaction Design

FOUNDATION YEAR

Option Media & Interaction Design

Travaux de graphisme spécifiques d'interface de site internet conçus à partir de divers contenus de pages Wikipedia. L'objectif est d'amener par des mise en pages graphiques originales un nouveau point de vue et une réinterprétation des informations.

Self-Initiated Project - Fall 2020 - MAP1

PHOTOGRAPHY

Self-Initiated Project - Fall 2020 - MAP1

with Milo Keller

First-year students worked on self-initiated projects tutored by Milo Keller. Students had the option to propose projects that would explore technologies and themes related to the current master's research project Automated Photography.

Materialized Photography - Autumn 2020

PHOTOGRAPHY

Materialized Photography - Autumn 2020

with MAP, Alix Marie

In this course tutored by guest lecturer Alix Marie, the second year students conceptualized and executed strategies to coherently materialize their image in the space.

Applied Photography - Fall 2020

PHOTOGRAPHY

Applied Photography - Fall 2020

with MAP, Charles Negre

The first year students have been tasked with creating a story for Klima magazine. The course was tutored by Charles Negre.

Extra 2020

MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Extra 2020

with Cyril Diagne

A one week workshop with Cyril Diagne where students were asked to question the browser and its use, to change the experience of the web thanks to chrome extensions.

TEXTMODE

MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

TEXTMODE

with Andreas Gysin

Modes of display and use of text as creative material: raster, ASCII art, emoticons and poetry. Projects created in the first year Bachelor Media & Interaction workshop TEXTMODE given by Andreas Gysin. Workshop assisted by Paul Lëon.

Book making workshop

PHOTOGRAPHY

Book making workshop

with Nicolas Polli

The workshop is a complement to the Photobook semester project during which the first year students, tutored by graphic designer Nicolas Polli, learned to think of the photobook as an object. Each student developed their sequence and made creative choices that led to the production of a dummy.

Humans Have Bodies

PHOTOGRAPHY

Humans Have Bodies

with Maya Rochat

Humans Have Bodies, workshop with the Swiss artist Maya Rochat. Projects realised by the first year students of the Photography unit during a one week workshop. The workshop was based on the novel "Sapiens" by historian and author Yuval Noah Harari. "100.000 years ago, the earth was inhabited by at least six different species of hominids. Only one survived. We, the Homo Sapiens" Each student had to interpret a chapter of the book relatively to her/his personal work.

Bastien Claessens – Taalee

MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Bastien Claessens – Taalee

with Alain Bellet, Christophe Guignard, Gaël Hugo, Laura Nieder, Pauline Saglio

At bedtime there is nothing like reading a tale alone with your child to smoothly transition from excitement to calm. Snuggled up against you, your child enjoys this intimate moment and escapes into his/her imagination to the rhythm of the story. With the help of soundscapes, Taalee seeks to reinforce this magical moment. Taking the form of a mobile app, Taalee offers a creative and sharing space accessible to all and thus enables anyone to add to their stories with the use of featured compositions or by creating your own.

Santiago Chacón – Ecce homo (direction)

FILM STUDIES

Santiago Chacón – Ecce homo (direction)

with Claire Burger, Rachel Lang

Juan Antonio finds his father who is back home after a long absence. There, during the preparation of the most important religious festival of the city : the Ecce homo; father and son go to share in solitude, their hatreds for each other. santichacon91@gmail.com

Stefan Tanase – Delivery Trip

FINE ARTS

Stefan Tanase – Delivery Trip

by Stefan Tanase

In 2017 I started to focus on the contemporary meaning of “delivery” as a daily job in real life. Since then, this concept has become the main subject of my artistic approach. This topic has also become a cultural movement throughout the world. Nowadays, “delivery” acts as a daily reminder about my day-to-day work. Hence, when you see someone in the city making a delivery or when he/she is delivering something to your home, it evokes my work and vice versa. What comes to your mind when you think about delivery? Struggles, illusions of happiness, easy money, the youth, neighbourhood life, the working classes, etc. More than that, the cultural aspect of delivery impacts upon everyone (Amazon, DHL, artwork deliveries, Uber Eats to name but a few…). For my graduation project I address the concept of delivery like a trip (excursion) and a journey under the influence (trip). What next?

Coline Confort – Imperial (direction)

FILM STUDIES

Coline Confort – Imperial (direction)

with Laurent Larivière

At dawn, a cannon shatters the silence. The horses gallop across the beaten ground. Eva, 21, wants to join the Imperial HorseGuards, a historical reenactment of a Napoleonic regiment reserved for men.

Lucas Giordano – Askêsis

FILM STUDIES

Lucas Giordano – Askêsis

with Laurent Larivière

Two imprisoned brothers, with no dreams or realities, seek a bit of air to breathe.

Fanny Reynaud – Nebraska (photography)

FILM STUDIES

Fanny Reynaud – Nebraska (photography)

with Josée Deshaies

The movie tells two stories that temporalities each other ultimately :  the encounter between a Swiss farmer and a Portuguese traveler, and a cow’s pregnancy.

Tennessee MacDougall – Two Pencils

FINE ARTS

Tennessee MacDougall – Two Pencils

by Tennessee MacDougall

In an act repeated over several hours, the sharpening debris of the wood that protects the lead of the pencil are distilled and their smell captured in a new form. A trace of a memory, invisible, like lines that no one will ever read.

Hugo Paternostre – Vigie

PRODUCT DESIGN

Hugo Paternostre – Vigie

by Hugo Paternostre

“Vigie” is a camera that aims to provide a new perspective on public surveillance. Even if they have been in our streets for a long time, nowadays cameras are still considered mysterious objects. We expect that there will be more than a billion of them worldwide by 2021. Nevertheless, their design and what they represent for the general public have never been questioned. My project thus simply focuses on the following question: what does a surveillance camera look like when it is intended for users of public spaces? hugo.paternostre@hotmail.com https://www.hugopaternostre.com

Fanny Mersmann – Le petit bout manquant rencontre le grand O

FINE ARTS

Fanny Mersmann – Le petit bout manquant rencontre le grand O

by Fanny Mersmann

Film animation, in my artistic work and research, was initiated by my interest in flip-books and children’s books throughout art history. Inspired by stories like El Lissitzky’s “About 2 Squares” and Niele Toroni’s “L’Histoire de Lapin Tur”, I decided to work on how to recount a painting or an artistic approach through children’s stories.

Aurel Ganz – Montana 1977 (photography)

FILM STUDIES

Aurel Ganz – Montana 1977 (photography)

with Josée Deshaies

Rey and Moretti are two undercover narc in the middle of a police operation in the Swiss mountains of Valais. It’s during a routine operation that one of them will do a terrible mistake and together they will have to escape from this difficult situation.

Thibault Villard – Those who care to know each other (photography)

FILM STUDIES

Thibault Villard – Those who care to know each other (photography)

with Josée Deshaies

Two figures meet in a pitch black room to make love. Once the lights are on, Lucien and Anton are faced with their differences but are drawn even closer together.

Nora Longatti – Strangers

FILM STUDIES

Nora Longatti – Strangers

with Laurent Larivière

A young woman challenges the daily grind with an unusual habit: getting in touch with strangers.

Nikita Merlini – Rondinella

FILM STUDIES

Nikita Merlini – Rondinella

with Laurent Larivière

Staying with her mother after the fire, Sofia dreams of freedom. But the smell of smoke doesn't leave..

Rodrigo Muñoz – Tarmac (direction)

FILM STUDIES

Rodrigo Muñoz – Tarmac (direction)

with Laurent Larivière

Wednesdays after school Inès meets Julien on the train. The other passengers watch them.

Thibault Rodrigues – Taking the desert (editing)

FILM STUDIES

Thibault Rodrigues – Taking the desert (editing)

by Thibault Rodrigues

Cevennes, 1702. In a totalitarian political state, four men take up arms.

Kimyan Flückiger – Montana 1977

FILM STUDIES

Kimyan Flückiger – Montana 1977

with Laurent Larivière

A short film by Kimyan Flückiger

Evan Kelly – Invisible Network

MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Evan Kelly – Invisible Network

with Alain Bellet, Christophe Guignard, Gaël Hugo, Laura Nieder, Pauline Saglio

Invisible Network is a portable device that makes the invisible and autonomous communications of machines perceptible and tangible. The way they interact with each other is akin to the modes of human communication, thus creating a real social network of machines. This device mediates between users and the machines around them. Via the screen it transmits fragments of its continuous and silent communications in the form of human social metaphors.

Hanna Rochereau – Chit-Chatting

FINE ARTS

Hanna Rochereau – Chit-Chatting

by Hanna Rochereau

hanna.rochereau@gmail.com

Genêt Mayor – Sitting Duck

FINE ARTS

Genêt Mayor – Sitting Duck

by Genêt Mayor

Mention Très bien Several dead ducks are arranged in a circle. Objects are painted and painted again, quickly. A potpourri spreads its memories through time. Detachment allows you to travel light, with peace of mind. Thanks for this moment. genet.mayor@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/genetmayor

Byron Gago – Co-Based Objects

FINE ARTS

Byron Gago – Co-Based Objects

by Byron Gago

The work is designed as a composition of four different pieces, which emulate a type of box reminiscent of various devices for transport and conservation. I am interested in cyber-punk and brutalist aesthetics in connection with an imagination characterised by a dystopian moment. Problem solving devices overlap and create a sense of distance with the original source of the hypothetical content or subject. There is a concept of dislocation behind potential content that works as a fiction narrative component in the pattern between high tech/low life. byronandradegago@gmail.com

Riccardo Sala – BPZ

FINE ARTS

Riccardo Sala – BPZ

by Riccardo Sala

This set of works bears witness to the neoliberal world and its ability to replicate itself through the machines of desire. The images come from assembly instruction leaflets of small toys found inside Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs. Some of them are transformed and shown again through the process of lithographic printing. One of them is painted enlarged on canvas. riccardo.sala@mail.com https://www.riccardosala.online

Cécile Polito – Visible Invisible

FINE ARTS

Cécile Polito – Visible Invisible

by Cécile Polito

I give up on the known world and let myself drift into a space in constant mutation created by Physarum polycephalum, a single-cell species. I photograph these micro-territories using a microscope. The matter which composes the organism reveals traces of an intangible order. cecile-polito@outlook.com

Lou-Théa Papaloïzos – Nebraska

FILM STUDIES

Lou-Théa Papaloïzos – Nebraska

with Laurent Larivière

Two stories temporalities each other ultimately :  the encounter between a Swiss farmer and a Portuguese traveler, and a cow’s pregnancy.

Djellza Azemi – Guha

FINE ARTS

Djellza Azemi – Guha

by Djellza Azemi

Mention Très bien Prix Ernest Manganel Rabbit, rabbit have I told you not to eat my oats? I have a rifle made of tin, I’ll burn your moustache I have a colourful rifle, I’ll scatter your intestines across the field

Nicolas El Kadiri – Jim

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Nicolas El Kadiri – Jim

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

With the rise of street workout, appropriating urban infrastructure to do body toning exercises is becoming increasingly common. “Jim” is a street furniture project that seeks to incorporate training equipment within the urban landscape in a more fluid manner than outdoor gymnastic and callisthenic parks and whose use remains open to all. The very rationalised shape is designed to enable a certain number of poly-articular movements thanks to the steel tube grips on each side and two platform levels made of ash wood, while providing multiple seating positions.

Salomé Doucet – Sadji

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Salomé Doucet – Sadji

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

“Sadji” is a set for people who make their own makeup. It features a different container for each of the three different textures that can be obtained, creams, hard pastes and powders, as well as a press. Thanks to glass lids, the colours and textures are visible. The various elements are then laid on a ceramic board that can also hold brushes or other makeup. The project is in line with a zero-waste lifestyle but also seeks to restore value to the moment it is associated with, like an invitation to take time for oneself, as was the case in the past.

Clémence Buytaert – Midi

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Clémence Buytaert – Midi

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

Following up on my thesis “Eating without a Table”, which focuses on workers who have lunch in the public space, I designed a piece of urban furniture for eating alone or in pairs. “Midi” is a cast iron and wood structure that allows for different positions of use, its arched shape providing several composition possibilities to the city that will implement it.

Chia-Ling Chang – Mono

DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Chia-Ling Chang – Mono

by Chia-Ling Chang

The Japanese term “mono” means “substance”. How can we ensure that materials convey their natural richness and simultaneously reveal their network of relationships with all other coexisting substances, while at the same time involving as little artificial manipulation as possible? This on-going composition exercise explores the simplest structures in which multiple landscapes and thoughts can be expressed. By limiting the use of materials to wood, metal and stone, focusing on their various properties and carefully composing them through refined juxtapositions, the results explore the limitations and invisible forces of these materials. hi@chialingchang.com https://www.chialingchang.com

Paula Chacartegui – Ignea

DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Paula Chacartegui – Ignea

by Paula Chacartegui

Aimed at preserving cultural heritage, “ÍGNEA” transfers traditional craftsmanship from Mallorca into a contemporary context. Focused on textile design, it offers a new variation on the traditional flame shape using a colour gradient that interprets the light from the fire. The hanging chair is inspired by Mallorca rocking chairs and allows for easy integration of the textile. paulachacartegui@gmail.com https://www.paulachacartegui.com

Gal Bulka – Bubble

DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Gal Bulka – Bubble

by Gal Bulka

Meet “Bubble”, a graphic application that allows you to track your index finger in relation to the smartphone screen for the benefit of actions that require more than one finger, such as zooming and rotating. This concept can be used for many on-the-go situations that require the use of one hand only such as holding a suitcase, eating, taking a selfie while zooming, etc. galbulka@gmail.com https://www.galbulka.com

Pierre-Antoine Berthy – Light Shaft

DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Pierre-Antoine Berthy – Light Shaft

by Pierre-Antoine Berthy

Based on photographic research about lights and curves, “Light Shaft” features a small collection of ceramic lamps. Through specific processes such as worksheet and moulding, the idea was to reflect the delicacy of lights and handiwork. berthypierre@gmail.com https://www.pierreberthy.com

Malou Briand – Dalia (screenplay)

FILM STUDIES

Malou Briand – Dalia (screenplay)

by Malou Briand

From the 2007 presidential elections to the emergence of the #MeToo movement, from the suburbs to the French capital, “Dalia” traces the journey of a young woman in the contemporary world. It is a story of friendship and of upward social mobility. maloubriand@gmail.com

Aurélien Pellegrini – Pump and Surf

MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Aurélien Pellegrini – Pump and Surf

with Alain Bellet, Christophe Guignard, Gaël Hugo, Laura Nieder, Pauline Saglio

Pump and Surf encourages internet users to find out how much energy is spent when they are surfing the internet. Before being able to view a website, internet users are asked to make a physical effort similar to the energy required to convey the data that will enable the site to be displayed. Through interactive experiences and graphic visualisations, Pump and Surf leads users to take the measure of the quantity of energy involved in the exchange of information, to the point of feeling them physically.

Christian Schulz – postmodernsandwichwithbacon (A senile animal)

FINE ARTS

Christian Schulz – postmodernsandwichwithbacon (A senile animal)

by Christian Schulz

Mention Excellent Prix Visarte Vaud, Prix Ernest Manganel both microphone and marijuana start with the letter M just like me

Leila Farra – Traces

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Leila Farra – Traces

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

“Traces” is a collection of paintbrushes made out of rattan and horsehair. The idea behind this research was to experiment with the tools. Movement, the design of the handle and the hair position influenced the result. The first tests on paper led to experiments on fabric, resulting in a series of painted textiles whose patterns stem directly from the brushstrokes. This project enabled me to immerse myself into two ancestral crafts, wickerwork and paintbrush manufacturing, which I was then able to merge to create a collection between art and design.

Charlotte Piau – Nommo

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Charlotte Piau – Nommo

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

“Nommo” features a pair of containers designed to prepare hot and cold infusions such as coffee, tea and flavoured waters. With this project I focused on the issue of rituals and what the preparation of these different drinks has in common. Each container is designed with a particular material in accordance with the type of infusion to which it is dedicated. The infusion is made with a filter common to these different elements. This project aims to bring the preparation of infusion back to the centre of the table to create opportunities for sharing.

Bruno Adrien Aguirre – The Guardian

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Bruno Adrien Aguirre – The Guardian

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

Nowadays, the majority of museums use traditional chairs for their supervisors. “The Guardian” is a chair resulting from observations and reflections on this job that I performed alongside my studies at ECAL. The aim was to meet a series of criteria that include the requirements of the job, the user (the supervisor) and the museum context. “The Guardian” is a chair designed with proportions adjusted to its use and environment.

Alix Doussot – Beach Access System

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Alix Doussot – Beach Access System

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

In 2015, a French law required public places to be made accessible to everyone. Considered sensitive due to its nature, the sea shore was not subjected to the same measures as in cities. This system provides access to sand and water for everyone, including people with reduced mobility, throughout the year, while establishing permanent boundaries between transit areas and areas to preserve. The whole system is made up of three types of wooden floor and steel elements that facilitate movement and that can withstand the harsh coastal weather conditions.

Swann Fardel – Focus

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Swann Fardel – Focus

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

In the last few years, working from home has become increasingly popular, bringing with it its share of drawbacks and distractions. Working from home means mixing one’s living and working spaces, which can turn out to be a real challenge. With its textile space divider, “Focus” is a desk that truly enhances the comfort of its user. Thanks to its wheels, the panel can be easily adjusted and adapted to any situation. During a videoconference for example, users can slide the board behind them in order to blur the background, thus preserving their privacy.

Louis Bétin – Traveler

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Louis Bétin – Traveler

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

Enjoying sustainable transport, stopping wherever you want and bivouacking without trouble were the three main markers of my thought process. “Traveler” is designed to meet the essential needs of an independent traveller: transport, sleep and shelter. The polypropylene shell provides a safe and waterproof storage space. The suspended bed offers a comfortable sleeping area and easy access to the cargo hold. Finally, the aluminium roof structure keeps the equipment sheltered and guarantees effective protection against the weather when opened out.

Sven Abplanalp – M–W256

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Sven Abplanalp – M–W256

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Christian Spiess, Maddalena Casadei

“M–W256” is a project that started as a comprehensive analysis of fasteners from the textile industry. This research led me to work on the idea of symmetry through connectors while exploiting its advantages. Suited to a variety of daily situations and designed for urban mobility, “M–W256” is a bag that offers versatility. Developed specifically for this portable item, the androgynous clip enables the user to connect straps in many different configurations for greater adaptability.

Mathias De La Torre – 5000, 20000, 2000

FINE ARTS

Mathias De La Torre – 5000, 20000, 2000

by Mathias De La Torre

Walk through places, creating an experience, a flashback, a recollection, invoking one’s memory. In a passageway two empty wooden modules are placed side by side. From one end to the other, an acrylic plate acts as a crown, unifying the whole to create a portico. Three rollers are installed at its foot. These are bath towels on which banknotes have been printed. Rolled up and placed on the inner and outer edges of the structure, they reveal their amount.

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