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 20.-/per person
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 8.30am – 5pm Free entryADDRESSECAL/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 PROGRAMcoming soon
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
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 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 DEPUTY
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.ch Image (c)kurzfilmtage
RE.CHUV+ECAL,11.11.2025–15.01.2026,ESPACE CHUV Lausanne VU.CH, art in hospitals, is hosting an exhibition based on the RE.CHUV+ECAL project, led by ECAL for CHUV, which proposes a concrete approach to circular design. RE.CHUV+ECAL presents a sustainable design approach based on the reuse of construction materials to create hospital furniture. RE.CHUV+ECAL proposes a concrete approach to circular design, revaluing construction offcuts and waste as resources rich in history, form, and potential use. Under the direction of Lausanne-based designer Anthony Guex, students from ECAL s Bachelor Industrial Design program inventoried and reassessed materials recovered from the renovation of CHUV s outpatient radiology department, then designed furniture and accessories adapted to the specific constraints of the hospital environment. The aesthetic of the pieces engages in a dialogue with traces of the construction site — patinas, marks, and material contrasts — while the design solutions emphasize modularity and simple assemblies. A joint selection by Aubert Architectes, CHUV, and ECAL led to their small-series production in ECAL s workshops. Since the inauguration in November 2025, these objects have reflected a successful collaboration and a form of design that is creative, functional, and responsible.ADDRESSESPACE CHUV – Hall principal Rue du Bugnon 46 LausanneDATESNovember 11 to January 15, 2026 Free entryHEAD OF PROGRAMMESTUDENTS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · PARTNERVU.CH
Vibrations Forward Based on archives and experiences associated with Vibrations (1991–2013), this research analyses how the magazine s textual, graphic and photographic content provides insight into the challenges of communicating about popular music today. An idiosyncratic and transversal magazine Vibrations was a Franco-Swiss magazine devoted to popular music, created in Lausanne in July 1991 by Pierre-Jean Crittin and Elisabeth Stoudmann. Until it ceased publication in 2013, it remained a beautiful object, innovative both in terms of its artistic direction (hand-painted titles, full-page photographs, and illustrations) and its editorial content. Unique in the French-speaking world at the time, the magazine was not limited to a specific style or genre. From the influences of jazz on hip-hop to the transitions from blues and gospel to RnB and the echoes of African traditions in EDM, the editorial line offered retrospectives and reports that provided a framework for understanding the world through its musical cultures. Cultural (in)visibility and emerging scenes In the 1990s, it was very rare to see black or non-white bodies in the French-language media, and Vibrations is a unique example of bringing minorities to the spotlight. Full-page portraits and reports from American and French suburbs, the Louisiana bayou and the Sahel gave a voice to artists and communities that were invisible. By focusing on black music, world music and emerging scenes, Vibrations documented the emergence of many trends that dominate the music industry today. This was particularly true of hip-hop, which at the time was largely ignored by the French-language press and music industry. Analysing the magazine s pages offers a rare opportunity to decode the changes in systems of representation linked to racial and sexual identities at the turn of the millennium. A media ecosystem to explore Access to the archives — which have been scanned as part of this project — provides an opportunity to examine the evolution of the music publishing industry with the advent of the internet. This research-creation aims to show how Vibrations constitutes a “media ecosystem” connecting Western Switzerland to other music scenes, and how musical tastes are constructed through mediation and collective practices. It revolves around three themes: a) provide a historical and sociological analysis of the evolution of musical tastes and graphic styles in French-speaking Switzerland between 1990 and 2010; b) highlight the contributions of Vibrations magazine to French-language (music) media, particularly with regard to the representation of racial and sexual identities; c) identify the influence of technological changes on the music press with the rise of digital media and the decline of print media.Principal investigatorJoël VacheronResearch teamAngelo Benedetto Olympe Boutaghane Elisabeth Stoudmann Françis BaudevinPeriod01.09.2025-30.08.2026Funded byHES-SO, Réseau de Compétences Design et Arts Visuels RCDAVPartnerCIRCUIT Centre d art contemporain
FALL WORKSHOP LECTURES,03–12.11.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL As part of the Bachelor program workshop weeks, ECAL will host international artists and designers from November 3 to 12, 2025, to present their work. PROGRAM Monday 3 November 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm Verena Panholzer, Graphic Designer, Vienna-Austria Douglas Mandry, Artist, Zurich-Switzerland Geoff Han, Graphic Designer, New York-USA Tuesday 4 November 2025, 1:00pm-1:40pm Maisie Cousins, Photographer, London-UK NORM, Graphic Design, Zurich-Switzerland Monday 10 November 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm Irene Pereyra, Interaction Designer, Barcelona-Spain Yvonne Lebien, Performance Artist, New York-USA Logitech, Lausanne-Switzerland Tuesday 11 November 2025, 1:00pm-1:40pm Rúri, Artist, Reykjavík-Iceland Shitty Rigs, Filmmaker, Ohio-USA Wednesday 12 November 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm On Running, Design, Switzerland Mélanie Courtinat, Game Designer, Paris-France K. Desbouis, Artist, Lisbon-PortugalVisuals: Alice Gillioz and Léa VerbouxDATES & SCHEDULES3–12.11.2025 1:00pm–2:00pm Free entry Catering available on siteVENUEAuditoire IKEA ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens
ECAL at GIFF Festival 2025,31.10–09.11.2025,Geneva From 31 October to 9 November, ECAL will be present at the GIFF Festival 2025. The largest space in Switzerland dedicated to immersive arts, GIFF is Geneva s oldest film festival and one of Europe s leading events. A crossroads of genres and disciplines, it is a place of experimentation and exchange. Each year, for ten days, it presents films, series, interactive installations, and virtual reality works to around 50,000 visitors. For its 31st edition, the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design will be present with: Winning project GIFF 2025 SPIRA MEMORIAE by In a world where ecosystems are dying out and certain smells are evaporating, what is happening to the places and stories that gave them form? Spira Memoriae is an immersive olfactory experience in virtual reality that invites users to journey through a fragmented sensory world. Original fragrances, created in collaboration with perfumer Tennessee Macdougall, extend the reflection through the language of odours. Beacons of an abstract landscape, they reveal rare materials, sometimes extinct, but still present in our collective memory. Spira Memoriae explores the tensions between disappearance and persistence, industry and territory, reality and reconstruction. Smell becomes a vehicle for storytelling, transmission and shared fiction.VENUEGenève, SuisseDATESFrom 31 Octobre to 9 November, 2025HEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITEgiff.chÉTUDIANT·E·S
EXHIBITION ECAL DIPLOMAS 2025,30.10–05.12.2025,ECAL, Renens From 31 October to 5 December, ECAL presents the Diploma Projects 2025. Opening on Thursday 30 October at 6 pm. ECAL puts the spotlight on its 2025 graduates. The wide variety of diploma projects is presented in an exhibition and an evening screening showcasing all our disciplines. DIPLOMA 2025 PROJECT EXHIBITION OCTOBER 31 TO DECEMBER 5, 2025 at ECAL ECAL presents a selection of Bachelor and Master 2025 diploma projects. Through editions, photographs, typography, artistic and interactive installations, films and objects, this exhibition invites visitors to discover the talents of tomorrow. & AT ANY TIME ONLINE Discover all Diploma 2025 projects through descriptions, photos and videos on ecal.chDATES & SCHEDULE31.10–05.12.2025 Monday to Friday, 11 am to 6 pm Free entryVENUEECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 RenensOPENINGThursday 30 October at 6 pm
Screening of diploma films 2025,28.10.2025,Cinémathèque suisse, Lausanne On Tuesday October 28, the ECAL presents the graduation films of the Bachelor Cinema at the Cinémathèque Suisse. SCREENING OF THE GRADUATION FILMS Bachelor Cinema 2025 The films presented reflect a variety of identities and perspectives, ranging from fiction to documentary, family drama to investigative film, and dark fantasy. Some films were co-produced by local production companies, including PicFilm, IDIP Films, Imaginastudio, Louise Productions, and GoldenEgg Production. Some films also received support from the Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), and Cinéforom. In the presence of the graduates DATES & SCHEDULETuesday, October 28, 2025 at 7:00pm Doors open at 6:30pm Free entry whitin the limits of available placesVENUECinémathèque suisse Cinéma Capitole Avenue du Théâtre 6 1005 LausanneWEBSITEcinematheque.ch