ECAL XMAS MARKET 2025,17.12.2025,ECAL, Renens The ECAL XMas Market is back to light up your festive season, Wednesday 17 December from 6pm to 9pm at ECAL. Don t miss this opportunity to celebrate the magic of Christmas and support ECAL talent. Wednesday, December 17, 2025, from 6pm to 9pm, at ECAL. If you re looking for original, exclusive or last-minute gifts, come and discover the luminous creations of our students and graduates: Posters, jewelry, editions, objects, photographs, publications, silkscreens, calendars, confectionery, clothing, and accessories! A panoply of unique pieces to offer or to treat yourself to! Extend the fun by booking your places now at our Christmas dinner table to share a fondue in a festive and musical atmosphere before leaving with your arms full of treasures that will make your loved ones eyes light up!DATES & SCHEDULE17.12.2025 6-9pmVENUEECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensXMAS TABLEFondue registration form CHF 22.-/per person
Masterclass ECAL – Thierry De Peretti,01.12.2025,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL The ECAL Cinema Department welcomes filmmaker Thierry de Peretti for a masterclass, offering a unique insight into his approach to cinema and storytelling. Originally from Ajaccio, Thierry de Peretti is an actor, stage director, and filmmaker. Trained at the Cours Florent, he began his career in theater, directing authors such as Koltès and Fassbinder, and received the Prix Révélation du Syndicat National de la Critique in 2001. In cinema, he is known for notable roles in Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train by Patrice Chéreau and Yves Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello, before turning to directing. His career as a filmmaker includes several acclaimed works: Les Apaches (Directors Fortnight 2013), Une vie violente (Critics Week 2017), Enquête sur un scandale d État (San Sebastian Film Festival 2021), and À son image (Directors Fortnight 2024). Often set in Corsica, his films depict the island s social, political, and intimate tensions with a mix of realism and poetic sensibility, confirming his position as an engaged and committed filmmaker. Thierry de Peretti has a distinctive approach to casting and acting, combining professional and non-professional actors to create a collective energy that serves the story. His direction emphasizes authenticity: performers draw on their personal connection to the story and the filmed location, enriching the narrative with a genuine emotional truth. The discussion will be moderated by , Head of ECAL Cinema Department.DATES & SCHEDULE01.12.2025 1:30 pm Free entryVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL
ECAL Open Day 2025,29.11.2025,ECAL, Renens ECAL opens its doors and invites you to discover its activities in the fields of Fine Arts, Cinema, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Digital Design, and Photography. ECAL opens its doors for you to discover its activities in the fields of Fine Arts, Film, Industrial Product Design, Graphic & Type Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography. Lectures given by department heads will present our courses. Graduates will be on hand to talk about their experiences in the professional world, shedding light on career opportunities. The variety of our disciplines will be highlighted by the Diplomas 2025 exhibition, featuring editions, photographs, typography, art and interactive installations, films and objects. Activities will invite you to explore the building and its infrastructure: gallery, workshops, printing and technology centers, photo and film studios. The results of the latest works in progress will give you a glimpse of the diversity of projects created by students. Academic Service will also be on hand to answer any questions you may have about admission requirements, prerequisites and application deadlines.DATES & SCHEDULESSaturday 29 November 2025 9am – 5pm Free entry from 8.30amADDRESSECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 RenensCONFERENCES PROGRAM09:00am - 10:00am Foundation Year – IKEA Auditorium 10:15am - 11:00am Bachelor Graphic Design – IKEA Auditorium Bachelor Cinema – Leenaards Auditorium 11:15am - 12:00pm Bachelor Photography – IKEA Auditorium Master Cinema – Leenaards Auditorium 12:15pm - 1:00pm Bachelor Media & Interaction Design – IKEA Auditorium Master Photography – Leenaards Auditorium 1:15pm - 2:15pm Foundation Year – IKEA Auditorium Master Fine Arts – Leenaards Auditorium MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship – Nussbaumer Auditorium 2:30pm - 3:15pm Bachelor Industrial Design – IKEA Auditorium Bachelor Visual Arts – Leenaards Auditorium Master Digital Experience Design – Nussbaumer Auditorium 3:30pm - 4:15pm Master Product Design – IKEA Auditorium Master Type Design – Leenaards Auditorium CAS Creative Leadership – Nussbaumer Auditorium NB: If you would like to start a course in the arts, we recommend that you attend the Propaedeutic Year lecture, as well as the Bachelor lectures in the fields that interest you.WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION PROGRAMECAL Open Day 2025 Programme (PDF)
Dark Matter – CITY OF RENENS 2025 ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE,21.11–14.12.2025,La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens From November 21 to December 14, Ferme des Tilleuls hosts "Dark Matter", an exhibition by Laura Cipriano and Yannick de Kalbermatten, winners of the City of Renens 2025 Encouragement Prize. The Prix d encouragement 2025 de la Ville de Renens was awarded to two emerging talents from ECAL: , a student in the Industrial Design Bachelor program, and , a student in the Type Design Master program. Inspired by the rural roots of La Ferme des Tilleuls, the artistic duo propose an exhibition that blurs the lines between human and animal, encouraging us to rethink the ties that bind us. With a touch of humor and a critical eye, the creations presented highlight the often disconcerting interactions between our respective worlds. Through objects and photographs, the exhibition questions the artificial transformation of natural elements, recalling our common origin.VENUELa Ferme des Tilleuls – Le Rural Rue de Lausanne 52 CH-1020 Renens WEBSITEfermedestilleuls.chOPENINGThursday, November 20, 2025 - 6:30pmDATES & SCHEDULENovember 21 to December 14, 2025GUIDED TOURSSunday, November 23, 2025 - 2:00pm Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 2:00pm
Maisie Cuisine Book The aim of this workshop, led by photographer Maisie Cousins, is to use photography as a tool to broaden our powers of observation. During the week, students explored macro photography to create miniature and abstract worlds using everyday objects and accessories. This invites us to reflect: what else are we overlooking in our immediate environment?
ECAL Conference & Performance – Parasonic,20.11.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts invites you to a two-phase day as part of the Parasonic : the transmission of fugitive aural practices research project. Led by the ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts, Parasonic: transmission of fugitive aural practices research project, explores the hegemonic mechanisms of racialisation at work in listening practices in art, music, and everyday life. An event organized in collaboration with La Becque and Arsenic. Daytime 2:00 PM – Sounds of Black Switzerland. Blackness, Music and Unthought Voices (Duke University Press, 2025) : a provocative and inspiring monograph. Presentation by Jessie Cox, percussionist, composer, and professor at Harvard University. 3:00 PM – Collective study of the relationship between racialisation and listening in contemporary Switzerland. Moderated by Pamela Ohene-Nyako, founder of Afrolitt , historian of Black-European feminisms and internationalisms, and co-editor of the collective work Un/doing Race. Racialisation in Switzerland. IKEA Auditorium, ECAL Nighttime 9:30 PM – Voice and double bass performance by Fred Moten, poet, cultural theorist, author, and professor of performance studies and comparative literature at New York University, and Brandon López, a key double bassist in the New York improvisation scene. Café de l ArsenicDATES & SCHEDULE20.11.2025 Daytime 2:00 pm Nigthtime 9:30 pm, doors open one hour before Free entryVENUEDaytime IKEA Auditorium, ECAL Av. du Temple 5, 1020 Renens Nighttime Café de l Arsenic Rue de Genève 57, 1004 LausannePARTENAIRESLa Becque - résidence d artistes Arsenic - centre d art scénique contemporain
ECAL x Moncler Drawing on Moncler s Alpine heritage, its timeless style, and its technical mastery, the ECAL Bachelor Photography students developed their own interpretation of the brand s visual language, blending documentary photography with staged scenes, and merging reality with fiction, under the artistic direction of French photographer Philippe Jarrigeon. As part of Paris Photo 2025, the students work was showcased at the Moncler boutique on the Champs-Élysées.
ECAL x Polaroid Foundation This workshop brought together ECAL graduate artist Douglas Mandry, the Polaroid Foundation, and around thirty Bachelor Photography students. They had the exceptional opportunity to work with a camera that produces Polaroid films in a 40 × 60 cm format and weighs nearly 200 kg. This experience was made possible thanks to its operators, John Reuter and Harriet Browse, who introduced the students to the use of this unique device and the Polaroid Foundation team. Douglas Mandry provided the project s artistic direction and supported the students in their experiments carried out directly with and on the films. The final result was presented as a collective exhibition on ECAL s premises, revealing a particularly rich diversity of approaches and visions.
Fondation vaudoise pour la culture : Grand Prix for BIG-GAME Congratulations to BIG-GAME — Augustin Scott de Martinville, Elric Petit and Grégoire Jeanmonod — who have been awarded the 2025 Grand Prix by the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture. Every year, the Vaud Foundation for Culture awards several prizes in the fields of music, performing arts, literature, visual arts, design, applied arts, built culture and intangible heritage. Its Grand Prize honours a personality from the Canton of Vaud cultural world who has enriched the country with a powerful body of work and a fresh approach. At the 2025 awards ceremony on Friday 28 November, the prize will be awarded to the BIG-GAME studio, composed of Augustin Scott de Martinville, Grégoire Jeanmonod and Elric Petit, graduates and teachers at ECAL. Founded in 2004 and based in Lausanne, BIG-GAME has distinguished itself through a design approach that is simple, functional, and decidedly optimistic. The trio creates products and accessories for companies such as Alessi, Hay, Karimoku, Muji, Lexon, Nespresso, and Moustache. Their work, praised for its accessibility, usefulness, and deliberately straightforward charm, has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Swiss Design Award, iF Design Award, Wallpaper Design Award, Good Design Award, Hublot Design Award, and Design Preis Schweiz. Their pieces are part of the collections of the Museum für Gestaltung, the Musée du Grand-Hornu, the Centre Pompidou, and the MoMA. With a practice rooted in functionality and efficiency, and a lasting commitment to ECAL, where Augustin Scott de Martinville and Grégoire Jeanmonod were students and where all three founders now teach, BIG-GAME stands as one of the most influential Swiss studios of its generation. The awarding of the Grand Prix Design 2025 highlights the coherence and enduring impact of their work. big-game.ch fvpc.chImage (c) muuto
Design Preis Schweiz 2025 for Nicolas Le Moigne Congratulations to Nicolas Le Moigne, head of the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship at ECAL, for winning the Design Preis Schweiz 2025 in the In Between category. Recognized in the category In Between, wins the Swiss Design Award for his modular construction system Grid. Grid is a modular construction system made of stackable glass bricks. Reliefs, cavities, and plug-in modules enable spatial structures ranging from walls to objects. The work moves between architecture and product design, opening new applications for glass as a structural element. The very first installation designed and built using 4,000 stackable Grid glass bricks was presented in the exhibition Glass Reflections by Nouvel, held at ECAL in spring 2025. nouvel.glass @lemoignenicolas designpreis.ch
ECAL at Paris Photo: WARMER VISIONS,14–24.11.2025 Visit WARMER VISIONS at Paris Photo 2025, an exhibition inspired by Moncler s alpine heritage interpreted by ECAL Bachelor Photography students. Drawing inspiration from Moncler s alpine heritage, enduring style, and technical mastery, ECAL Bachelor Photography students crafted their own interpretation of the brand s visual language, blending documentary photography and staging, reality and fiction, under the artistic direction of French photographer . As part of Paris Photo 2025, the students work is presented at Moncler s Champs-Élysées store. The exhibition is open to the public from 14 to 24 November during store hours.ADDRESSMoncler Paris Champs-Elysées 119, Avenue des Champs-Elysées 75008 ParisDATESNovember 14 to 24, 2025 during the store s opening hours Monday to Saturday 10:30 am–7:45 pm Sunday 11 am–6:45 pm Free entryHEAD OF PROGRAMMESTUDENTS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ARTISTIC DEPUTYImage (c) Aline Savioz
ECAL at Paris Photo: PAPERBOY ECAL,14.11.2025,Paris On the occasion of Paris Photo 2025, ECAL is collaborating with Paperboy Magazine on a special issue!On the occasion of Paris Photo 2025, ECAL is collaborating with Paperboy Magazine on a special issue! Paperboy ECAL is the result of a close collaboration between Paperboy Magazine and first-year students of the Master Photography program. Under the guidance of photographer , they explored the potential of everyday objects to create mysterious and playful still lives. This special limited edition will be unveiled on Friday 14 November 2025 at the Galerie Studiolo in Paris. VENUEGalerie Studiolo 24 rue Tourtille, 75020 Paris 75008 ParisEVENTVendredi 14 novembre 2025 18h – 21h Entrée libreHEAD OF PROGRAMMESTUDENTSLoa Fenzy · Xiao Fu · Elisa Hampe · Andrey Lopatin · Thomas Martin · Gaia Pierobon · Luna Pons · Clara Stote · Julieta Tarraubella · Liu ZhiyueARTISTIC DEPUTY
ECAL at OFFPRINT Paris 2025,13–16.11.2025 During Paris Photo 2025, ECAL will present a selection of its books at OFFPRINT Paris. ECAL Master Photography is pleased to present a selection of books created by its second-year students. This event offers an opportunity to engage live with the young photographers, exploring the origins of their projects and the stories behind each of these publications.VENUECesure, Rue Santeul 75005 ParisDATES & SCHEDULESFrom 13 to 16 November 2025 Thursday 17:00 – 21:00 Friday + Saturday 12:00 – 20:00 Sunday 11:00 – 19:00 Free admissionFULL DETAILSoffprint.org
INNOVATION BY DESIGN 2025,12.11.2025,ECAL, Renens Immerse yourself in innovation and design during an inspiring evening organized by the Municipality of Renens as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, on November 12 at ECAL. This event will be an opportunity to discover how collaboration with designers can transform ideas into concrete projects and contribute to the success of businesses. PROGRAM 6pm Welcome address by Jean-François Clément, Mayor of Renens La valeur du design dans une startup Rencontre entre Melvin Haas, fondateur et CEO d Isochronic, et François Lafortune, designer industriel Collaborer pour transformer : la puissance du design Maxime Zenderoudi, directeur artistique de micasa 7pm Cocktail reception Free admission upon registration: register
Award for the Best Swiss Film 2025 for Marvin Merkel and Noa Epars Congratulations to Marvin Merkel, graduate of ECAL s Bachelor Photography, and Noa Epars, winners of the 2025 Best Swiss Film Award presented by SUISSIMAGE and SSA (Société Suisse des Auteurs) at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. At the Winterthur International Short Film Festival, the award for “Best Swiss Film 2025” was presented to Always Wanted To Be God, Never Wanted to Do Good directed by ECAL Bachelor Photography alumni , and Noa Epars. Initiated by SUISSIMAGE and the Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), the prize of CHF 10,000.- honors outstanding achievements in Swiss filmmaking. “In 2009, the mountain guide Patrick Bussard sawed down a Christian cross in the Fribourg Alps. He was severely punished by the courts. In my city, I see billboards everywhere displaying Bible verses.” @marvmerkel kurzfilmtage.chImage (c) kurzfilmtage