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ECAL presents "Time to Move" at De Mains de Maîtres, Luxemburg,20–28.11.2021,19 Liberté, Luxemburg At the end of 2020, UNESCO inscribed the craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and mechanical arts on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Always ahead of its time, ECAL has long been highlighting projects based on these age-old crafts through original creations produced as part of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship. The De Mains de Maîtres Biennial from 20 to 28 November was the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to craftsmanship by presenting a selection of the best projects designed over the last ten years by students in the programme. The selection thus features modernised music boxes for the Swiss company Reuge; clocks in the form of kinetic sculptures that take the shape of a racing car or a hot-air balloon developed with Jura-based manufacture L Epée 1839; two unique pieces created at Mec Art in Sainte-Croix (a true watchmaking capital of Switzerland), one of which illustrates the harmony between the three mechanical arts typical of the region (watches, automatons and music boxes) and the other offers a play of colours based on the optical illusion of Japanese professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka. The works on display also include a series of wall and table clocks, whose marble from the Italian Marsotto manufacture creates a dichotomy between the majesty of the stone and the lightness of the movement. From 20 to 28 November, from 10am to 6.30pm Nocturne on 26 November until 9pm 19 Liberté 19 Av. de la Liberté 1160 Luxembourg www.demainsdemaitres.lu
"ECAL Grand Tour" at Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana in Venice,19–21.11.2021,Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice ECAL is the guest institution for the 2021 edition of "Grand Tour", the annual event organized by Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana in Venice. As part of the Palazzo Grassi Fall exhibition activities focused on the languages of performance, video art and photography, ECAL confronts scholars and the public of the Venetian universities on some ongoing research projects of the Swiss school, related to the reflection on video art between the 1960s and 1980s, the representation of the forms of youth in the visual arts and the relationship between text and image in Concrete poetry. ARTISTS AND SPEAKERS Philippe Azoury, Leonardo Azzolini, Robin Bervini, François Bovier, Catherine de Smet, Davide Fornari, Linda Fregni Nagler, Alexis Georgacopoulos, Simon Mager, Stéphanie Moisdon, Federico Nicolao, Paola Nicolin, Simone C. Niquille, Grégoire Quenault, Bruno Racine, Salomé Voegelin, Cécile Vulliemin, Thibault Walter DATES Friday 19 November, 2:30pm – 7:30pm Saturday 20 November, 11:00am – 7:30pm Sunday 21 November, 4:00pm – 7:30pm VENUES Palazzo Grassi (Campo San Samuele, San Marco 3231, 30124 Venice, Italy) Punta della Dogana (Fondamenta della Salute, Dorsoduro 2, 30135 Venice, Italy) PROGRAMME & INFORMATION www.palazzograssi.it/en/events/all/grand-tour-with-ecal/ www.researchday.ch/ ACCESS Admission to all conferences and conversations of Grand Tour 2021 is free and open to the public. Workshops require previous registration, with limited number of participants. Safety guidelines to access the venues: www.palazzograssi.it/en/visit/information-for-the-visitors/ PARTNERS Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana Università Iuav Università Ca Foscari Consulate of Switzerland in Venice This event is part of the 200th anniversary of ECAL (1821-2021)
Higurashi book launch In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master s in Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on aspects specific to the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic Village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate distinctive Japanese culture such as home-cooked food, the appetite for designing humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, pachinko gambling, the reinvention of ikebana and young girls as ‘rising stars. Finally, the works seek to visually represent more abstract concepts such as loneliness, emptiness and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size and power, offers a challenging, fascinating and extremely stimulating complexity to the eyes of the thirteen photographers. Higurashi has been presented at Espace Commines in Paris in November 2021, inside the exhibition Automated Photography during Paris Photo. Head of Photography Milo Keller Invited Teacher Taisuke Koyama Assistants Florian Amoser Calum Douglas Graphic Design Thomas Le Provost Typefaces Craft by ECAL/Benoit Brun & Raphaël De la Morinerie ITC Garamond Std Head of Culture and Communications Embassy of Switzerland in Japan Jonas Pulver DGES/Summer University Maxline Stettler Photography Students Emidio Battipaglia Robin Bervini Jasmine Deporta Anja Karolina Furrer Alessia Gunawan Christian Harker Jung-Ting Hu Johanna Hullár Philipp Klak Doruk Kumkumoglu Igor Pjörrt Jelly Luise Gedvile Tamosiunaite Publisher ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne higurashi.zone Higurashi is available at ecal-shop.ch . In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master s in Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on aspects specific to the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic Village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate distinctive Japanese culture such as home-cooked food, the appetite for designing humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, pachinko gambling, the reinvention of ikebana and young girls as ‘rising stars. Finally, the works seek to visually represent more abstract concepts such as loneliness, emptiness and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size and power, offers a challenging, fascinating and extremely stimulating complexity to the eyes of the thirteen photographers. Higurashi has been presented at Espace Commines in Paris in November 2021, inside the exhibition Automated Photography during Paris Photo.Head of PhotographyMilo KellerInvited TeacherTaisuke KoyamaAssistantsFlorian AmoserCalum DouglasGraphic DesignThomas Le ProvostTypefacesCraft by ECAL/Benoit Brun& Raphaël De la MorinerieITC Garamond StdHead of Culture andCommunications Embassyof Switzerland in JapanJonas PulverDGES/Summer UniversityMaxline StettlerPhotography StudentsEmidio BattipagliaRobin BerviniJasmine DeportaAnja Karolina FurrerAlessia GunawanChristian HarkerJung-Ting HuJohanna HullárPhilipp KlakDoruk KumkumogluIgor PjörrtJelly LuiseGedvile TamosiunaitePublisherECAL/University of Artand Design Lausannehigurashi.zoneHigurashi is available at ecal-shop.ch.
ECAL at Paris Photo: exhibition, symposium, book "Automated Photography + OFFPRINT & Alumni,09–13.11.2021,Espace Commines, Paris On the occasion of Paris Photo, an immersive audiovisual exhibition, a symposium and a book present critical views and a selection of projects that explore the aesthetic and conceptual potential of automated photography. An increasing number of images are produced autonomously by machines for machines with a gradual exclusion of any human intervention. "Automated Photography" is a research project developed by the Master Photography at ECAL that addresses this situation by examining image production and distribution technologies, such as machine learning, CGI and photogrammetry. On the occasion of Paris Photo, an immersive audiovisual exhibition, a symposium and a book present critical views and a selection of projects that explore the aesthetic and conceptual potential of automated photography. ARTISTS Nora Al-Badri, Simone C Niquille, Alan Warburton, Florian Amoser, Sara Bastai, Emidio Battipaglia, Emma Bedos, Alexey Chernikov, Gaël Corboz, Nikolai Frerichs, Sally Jo, Gohan Keller, Philipp Klak, Augustin Lignier, Valentin Woeffray SYMPOSIUM Emmanuel Alloa, Yung Au, Ann-Christin Bertrand, Estelle Blaschke Claus Gunti, Milo Keller, Marco De Mutiis, Clément Lambelet, Boris Magrini, Simone C Niquille, Felix Stalder, Joël Vacheron, Anne-Katrin Weber DATES Opening reception: Tuesday 9 November from 19h to 21h Exhibition: 10, 12 and 13 November from 12h to 20h Symposium: Thursday 11 November, 9h - 20h LOCATION Espace Commines, 17 Rue Commines, 75003 Paris, France SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION Link here INFORMATION www.automated-photography.ch SIDE EVENT During Paris Photo, the bookstore of the Centre culturel suisse. Paris (32 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75003 Paris) will also showcase the book through a special display in its front window. In partnership with: Mörel Books (co-publisher), Paris Photo, Centre culturel suisse Paris, Biennale Némo and Embassy of Switzerland in France This event is part of the 200th anniversary of ECAL (1821-2021). HIGURASHI In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects incollaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. On the occasion of Paris Photo, the book, which was produced after this trip, will be launched. STUDENTS Emidio Battipaglia, Robin Bervini, Jasmine Deporta, Anja Karolina Furrer, Alessia Gunawan,Christian Harker, Jung-Ting Hu, Johanna Hullár, Philipp Klak, Doruk Kumkumoglu, IgorPjörrt, Jelly Luise, Gedvile Tamosiunaite DATE Friday 12 November at 6pm LOCATION Espace Commines, 17 Rue Commines, 75003 Paris, France INFORMATION http://higurashi.zone In partnership with Tokyo Photographic Research, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, DGES/Summer University OFFPRINT PARIS During OFFPRINT (a walking tour of independent publishers hosted in art bookstores, studios and galleries), ECAL will set its bookstore as part of the "Automated Photography" exhibition. Discover the latest ECAL publications on this occasion! DATES 10, 12 and 13 November from 12pm to 8pm LOCATION Espace Commines, 17 Rue Commines, 75003 Paris, France BOOK LAUNCHES BY ECAL GRADUATES Jean-Vincent Simonet – Bachelor Photography 2014 "Waterworks" published by RVB books 11 November at 6pm RVB booth at Grand Palais Éphémère Maxime Guyon – Bachelor Photography 2015"Aircraft: The New Anatomy" published by Lars Müller 12 November at 6pm 145 rue de Belleville, 75019 Paris Alexandra Dautel – Bachelor Photography 2020 "May You Continue to Blossom" published by cpress books 13 November at 7pm Oddity Paris – 27 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003 Paris Karla Hiraldo Voleau – Master Photography 2018"Pictures From Bed" published by le rayon vert . editions 14 November at 4pm LE BAL – 6 Imp. de la Défense, 75018 Paris
Forever Students - 30 ECAL films on the Temps website,30.10.2021–25.06.2022,Every Saturday on www.ecal.ch The Cinema Department, in partnership with Le Temps, is offering you an incredible gift: 30 films made in the framework of the Bachelor Cinema program will be broadcast every Saturday for eight months on www.letemps.ch Le Département Cinéma de l ECAL et Le Temps présentent «Forever Students» A l occasion des célébrations du bicentenaire (1821-2021) de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, le Département Cinéma, en partenariat avec Le Temps, vous fait un incroyable cadeau: 30 films réalisés dans le cadre du Bachelor Cinéma – un par année depuis 1991 – seront diffusés chaque samedi pendant huit mois sur www.letemps.ch Première diffusion ce week-end avec «Répétition» d Elie Grappe (2014). Depuis plusieurs décennies, le Département Cinéma de l ECAL s est imposé parmi les meilleures formations de la discipline en Suisse et en Europe. Outre les nombreuses récompenses (dont le Pardino d Oro du Locarno Film Festival à plusieurs reprises et l Oscar du meilleur court-métrage pour étudiant·e), ce programme a fait émerger de nombreuses personnalités, qui comptent désormais dans le panorama cinématographique (Jean-Stéphane Bron, Frédéric Mermoud, Blaise Harrison, Marie-Eve Hildbrand, Lila Ribi, Carmen Jaquier pour n en citer que quelques-un·e·s). «Je suis heureuse de présenter cette très belle sélection de films produits ces 30 dernières années. Celle-ci témoigne de la richesse et de la diversité des approches et des genres proposés à l ECAL ainsi que du professionnalisme de nos étudiant·e·s», se félicite Pauline Gygax, responsable du Bachelor Cinéma depuis septembre 2021 et qui a succédé à Lionel Baier à la tête du Département pendant près de 20 ans. L ECAL s est associée avec Le Temps, afin de faire profiter à un large public des pépites issues de ses archives. L opération durera pendant huit mois avec la diffusion chaque samedi d un nouveau court-métrage – lequel restera en ligne durant sept jours. «Répétition» d Elie Grappe, qui représentera la Suisse aux Oscars avec son premier long-métrage «Olga» (également primé à la Semaine de la Critique au dernier Festival de Cannes), ouvrira les feux le samedi 30 octobre
Yearbook In October 2021, the Master Type Design welcomed Nejc Prah for a one-week workshop. Being in a masters program is a special time, both personally and professionally. To keep a memory of it, the students were invited to create a Yearbook. First years and second years were assigned into pairs and asked to make a contribution about their partner. Drawings, collages, letterings, doodles, patterns, 3D-modelling, … Experimentations and explorations were encouraged. It resulted into a colourful and joyous publication, displaying a diversity of characters and approaches. After a collaborative effort for the production on the last day, each student got a copy, as a memory. In October 2021, the Master Type Design welcomed Nejc Prah for a one-week workshop. Being in a masters program is a special time, both personally and professionally. To keep a memory of it, the students were invited to create a Yearbook. First years and second years were assigned into pairs and asked to make a contribution about their partner. Drawings, collages, letterings, doodles, patterns, 3D-modelling, … Experimentations and explorations were encouraged. It resulted into a colourful and joyous publication, displaying a diversity of characters and approaches. After a collaborative effort for the production on the last day, each student got a copy, as a memory.
Paul Christ – Microcosm of Proportion “Cosmos, noun. The universe, especially when it is thought of as an ordered system.” Inspired by spiritual movements such as the Theosophical Society or the vegetarian colony of Monte Verità, this project explores the influence of geometry, numbers and systems on the arts and design. The result is a book consisting of three parts that reflect the development of the project. It begins with the presentation of the research material and continues with a practical exploration of geometrical figures and their proportions. The third chapter applies my insights on the development of a proportional system which forms the base of the typeface family used throughout the book.
Sarah Yao – Adorn Frames have accompanied artworks for centuries, acting partly as objects and partly as sculptures. Nowadays, they are almost invisible to our eyes, although they play an important role. This project revisits what surrounds art and photography in order to enhance the way we perceive them in their setting, whether in an art gallery, a museum or in our own home. By rethinking these subtle, yet essential supports in the art world, Adorn offers an exploration of assembly and form through the use of widely available aluminium profiles based on different traditional framing techniques.
Ricardo Beira – Ballet Cinétique My project consists of designing a kinetic art work that captures the fluid movements of ballet dancers and how they interact with one another and in space. Different mechanical systems are carefully combined and animated without electronics or software. Behind its apparent complexity, this object is designed in a minimal way. It echoes the human body in its design without imitating it in its form. Almost alive, the sculpture honours the grace and elegance of human movements in a kinetic ballet.
Julie Racaud – Fealing Fealing is a collection of creative tools whose development is based on the field of art therapy. The project features a therapeutic approach that uses creation as an intermediary, allowing people to express themselves in ways other than with words. In this theme, the creative process, the emotions, the sensations felt, and the personality are paramount. However, behind the artists tools lies a level of requirement and expectations that can potentially limit the user s creativity. I have therefore chosen to offer original tools that allow us to transform this level of requirement into a quest for discovery and to help us express our creativity through different gestures, forms and textures.
Keerthigan Sivakumar – Doosra Vinoth, a refugee, is looking for a volunteer activity to escape his loneliness, but no one is willing to accept his help. Fiction / 29 mn Synopsis Vinoth Nataraja, a young Sri Lankan asylum seeker, has been living alone in Switzerland for two years. Every morning, he drives his van through Lausanne to deliver bread. This regular job is the only thing he has in his life here, far from his roots. He then decides to get out of his routine and to look for a volunteer activity that would allow him to help others, meet people and perhaps make friends with Swiss people. But in doing so, he is confronted with another reality. Student s statement In the story I developed, my character is constantly faced with a world that does not want what he has to offer. As a consequence, a great feeling of loneliness is constantly fuelled by the way people ignore each other.
Avril Lehmann – The Heiresses Luna returns to the family home where still lives her younger sister, Diana. Diana has been living alone in this large, dilapidated house since the death of their father. Fiction / 15 min Synopsis Luna returns to the family house where still lives her sister, Diana. She has been living alone in this large, dilapidated house since the death of their father. If Luna left the house to free herself from the past, Diana, on the other hand, refuses to turn the page. No words can bring the sisters together. Therefore they decide to settle their dispute through a family tradition: a hunt. Comment The starting point of the project was a desire to tell a story between two sisters. Having always worked with my own sister, this time I wanted to reflect on the dynamics of our relationship. When the writing began, reality inevitably collided with the creation of the characters and the two protagonists bore a striking resemblance to my sister and me. So, after thinking long and hard about casting, I decided to challenge myself to play one of the two roles. This experience allowed me to confront the characters from another angle than the one of director and to discover the rudiments of the actor s work. Awards BNP Double Clap Award / Rencontres du 7ème art, Lausanne
Jean Ducret – A401 GES Every year our contemporary society generates billions of tons of CO2. The greenhouse gas curve continues to rise and it is becoming difficult to keep track of these ever-expanding numbers. A401 GES is intended to be a current and factual report of the global carbon balance. The aim of this project is to represent and popularise the data collected by adopting an expressive computer graphics language in order to optimise its reading. The project, with its personal graphic approach, is a form of hybridisation between a fanzine and an atlas, due to its various entry points. At first, the discourse opts for a frontal and placative approach, then, using the data, towards a panoramic visualisation of our global carbon footprint.
Paul Christ – Microcosm of Proportion “Cosmos, noun. The universe, especially when it is thought of as an ordered system.” Inspired by spiritual movements such as the Theosophical Society or the vegetarian colony of Monte Verità, this project explores the influence of geometry, numbers and systems on the arts and design. The result is a book consisting of three parts that reflect the development of the project. It begins with the presentation of the research material and continues with a practical exploration of geometrical figures and their proportions. The third chapter applies my insights on the development of a proportional system which forms the base of the typeface family used throughout the book.
Sarah Yao – Adorn Frames have accompanied artworks for centuries, acting partly as objects and partly as sculptures. Nowadays, they are almost invisible to our eyes, although they play an important role. This project revisits what surrounds art and photography in order to enhance the way we perceive them in their setting, whether in an art gallery, a museum or in our own home. By rethinking these subtle, yet essential supports in the art world, Adorn offers an exploration of assembly and form through the use of widely available aluminium profiles based on different traditional framing techniques.
Ricardo Beira – Ballet Cinétique My project consists of designing a kinetic art work that captures the fluid movements of ballet dancers and how they interact with one another and in space. Different mechanical systems are carefully combined and animated without electronics or software. Behind its apparent complexity, this object is designed in a minimal way. It echoes the human body in its design without imitating it in its form. Almost alive, the sculpture honours the grace and elegance of human movements in a kinetic ballet.
Julie Racaud – Fealing Fealing is a collection of creative tools whose development is based on the field of art therapy. The project features a therapeutic approach that uses creation as an intermediary, allowing people to express themselves in ways other than with words. In this theme, the creative process, the emotions, the sensations felt, and the personality are paramount. However, behind the artists tools lies a level of requirement and expectations that can potentially limit the user s creativity. I have therefore chosen to offer original tools that allow us to transform this level of requirement into a quest for discovery and to help us express our creativity through different gestures, forms and textures.
Keerthigan Sivakumar – Doosra Vinoth, a refugee, is looking for a volunteer activity to escape his loneliness, but no one is willing to accept his help. Fiction / 29 mn Synopsis Vinoth Nataraja, a young Sri Lankan asylum seeker, has been living alone in Switzerland for two years. Every morning, he drives his van through Lausanne to deliver bread. This regular job is the only thing he has in his life here, far from his roots. He then decides to get out of his routine and to look for a volunteer activity that would allow him to help others, meet people and perhaps make friends with Swiss people. But in doing so, he is confronted with another reality. Student s statement In the story I developed, my character is constantly faced with a world that does not want what he has to offer. As a consequence, a great feeling of loneliness is constantly fuelled by the way people ignore each other.
Avril Lehmann – The Heiresses Luna returns to the family home where still lives her younger sister, Diana. Diana has been living alone in this large, dilapidated house since the death of their father. Fiction / 15 min Synopsis Luna returns to the family house where still lives her sister, Diana. She has been living alone in this large, dilapidated house since the death of their father. If Luna left the house to free herself from the past, Diana, on the other hand, refuses to turn the page. No words can bring the sisters together. Therefore they decide to settle their dispute through a family tradition: a hunt. Comment The starting point of the project was a desire to tell a story between two sisters. Having always worked with my own sister, this time I wanted to reflect on the dynamics of our relationship. When the writing began, reality inevitably collided with the creation of the characters and the two protagonists bore a striking resemblance to my sister and me. So, after thinking long and hard about casting, I decided to challenge myself to play one of the two roles. This experience allowed me to confront the characters from another angle than the one of director and to discover the rudiments of the actor s work. Awards BNP Double Clap Award / Rencontres du 7ème art, Lausanne
Sebastián Friedmann – Being a ghost Serge discovers what being a ghost is like but Martial, an old spirit, prevents him from having fun. Fiction / 19 min Synopsis An encounter between two ghosts in a spa. Serge realizes what has happened to him. Martial disapproves of this young rebel who s disrupting his normal routine. Will they be able to get along ? Comment Through the directing process and the work of the actors, I wanted to create the most dynamic ghost characters possible. When Serge, the protagonist, discovers his death, he does not react as one would expect. He is happy: he is freed from the gaze of others and seems to enjoy his newfound freedom. Unfortunately for him, his emancipation is not to the liking of Martial, the spirit of an old man who tries to prevent him from stepping out of line. The extraordinary thing about a fictional work is that it confronts us with situations that remind us of our own existence without having to experience them in real life. What if I was dead? How would I react? What would I miss the most? In the meantime, we might as well enjoy what we have. Sebastián Friedmann
Gabriel Colban – Balthazar and Madalena In the midst of an aerobatic flight, a canonball woman meets a trapeze artist. A haunted love story. Fiction / 21 min Synopsis At Circus Rainor, Madalena, the canonball woman who will kick off the reopening ceremony in a few days, is extremely anxious. Ever since the accidental death of Diego, the famous trapeze artist, she believes that her act is the target of a curse. During her last rehearsal - as she finds herself propelled into the air - she meets the eyes of Balthazar, the new trapeze artist. Time stops. A haunted love story. Commentaire For this project, it was very important to find a form of musicality, a movement that runs through the film, that is first and foremost driven by the real pleasure of filmmaking. Building a fluctuating atmosphere and mystery, colourful settings and precise details. Energy that links the characters and participates, in a playful and sensory way, in developing a form of magic in a fake universe. Gabriel Colban
Matias Carlier – Fever Two young skateboarders decide to go to a party, their evening gets complicated. Fiction / 22 min Synopsis La fièvre is a short fiction film about two young skateboarders, Aleister and Joana, who will try to declare their love for each other throughout the night. This declaration is put to the test by the different obstacles they meet on their way, leading them to wander the streets of Lausanne until the early morning. Comment For this project, I wanted to work with non-professional actors in order to anchor the fiction in contemporary reality, to film young people in their daily lives as teenagers, without distorting them. The idea was not to fantasise about a geographical or temporal elsewhere, but to anchor the characters journey in the here and now. Matias Carlier
Ares Pedroli – Interceptor The Golden Shield Project is a censorship and surveillance programme run by the Ministry of Public Security of the People s Republic of China, which aims to intercept potentially unfavourable computer data by filtering certain keywords in search engines. Currently, excessive surveillance in China prevents citizens from freely expressing their ideas online. Interceptor is a variable font that uses a system of ligatures to transform censored words in China into animated symbols. As a result of this process, optical character recognition (OCR) software is unable to detect the meaning of a sentence, so that no censorship can be implemented.
Hugo Hectus – Visite de Courtoisie — Vol. 1 Prix BCV | Visite de Courtoisie – Vol 1 is a 280-page art critical journal that recounts an 8-hour dinner performance on contemporary art that I organised at the Arsenic theatre (Lausanne, CH) with artists, curators, art historians and theatre programmers. For this first volume, VdC reflects on the models of ethical efficiency of the artwork as well as on curatorial dynamics, questioning the place of aesthetic experience in political art. Divided, like the dinner, into six acts announced by the broadcasting of audio excerpts and changes of light, the journal sets the transcript of the conversation against the guests feedback, enhanced by personal remarks, articles and critical essays that I collected.
Jean Ducret – A401 GES Every year our contemporary society generates billions of tons of CO2. The greenhouse gas curve continues to rise and it is becoming difficult to keep track of these ever-expanding numbers. A401 GES is intended to be a current and factual report of the global carbon balance. The aim of this project is to represent and popularise the data collected by adopting an expressive computer graphics language in order to optimise its reading. The project, with its personal graphic approach, is a form of hybridisation between a fanzine and an atlas, due to its various entry points. At first, the discourse opts for a frontal and placative approach, then, using the data, towards a panoramic visualisation of our global carbon footprint.
ECAL Diplomas 2021: side events,25.09–06.11.2021,Espace Arlaud, Lausanne On the occasion of the "ECAL Diplomas 2021" exhibition which takes place at Espace Arlaud in Lausanne from 16 September to 7 November, ECAL presents a varied program of activities such as guided tours, performances and more. On the occasion of the ECAL Diplomas 2021 exhibition which takes place at Espace Arlaud in Lausanne from 16 September to 7 November, ECAL presents a varied program of activities such as guided tours, performances and more. ECAL MUSIC CLUB during La Nuit des Musées Saturday 25 September, 6-9 pm Graduates 2021 - Bachelor and Master Fine Arts Silencio Theatrical proposal by Andrea Vescovi and Stefano Baldini in French-Italian dialect. Anna-Marija Adomaityte Performance by the Lithuanian choreographer with a musician and amplification. Eggs and Tiaras Interstellar premiere for the electroflash duo of Laetitia Khiara and Mara Meier. Virginie Sistek Cette fois je ne lui annoncerai pas La dernière hécatombe Il m a dit qu il voulait si je le permettais Déjeuner en paix Je garderai pour moi ce que m inspire le monde Daisy Sane While seated, the artist plays guitar to accompany her songs. Her first concert took place in Karasht, Iran. Ana Balan On synthetic "no no, no new wave" layers, she sings the ghosts of here and elsewhere. Then, as if nothing had happened, you sing them too. Tickets on www.lanuitdesmusees.ch MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN DEMO DAY Saturday 9 October, 11 am-5 pm Discover a selection of projects from the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, presented by their authors. Data Riot by Sébastien Galera Larios GOKO by Guillaume Giraud Is this the Middle East? by Rayane Jemaa FRAME Lab by Kylan Luginbühl Tone Alembic by Valerio Meschi Overloaded.supply by Ignacio Pérez Confessionnal by Michael Pica No registration, ticket fee to access Espace Arlaud. GUIDED TOURS Guided tour (FR), Saturday October 16, 2-3 pm (registration closed) Guided tour (FR), Saturday November 6, 2-3 pm (registration closed) Free registration, ticket fee to access Espace Arlaud. ESPACE ARLAUD Place de la Riponne 2bis 1005 Lausanne Switzerland www.musees.vd.ch Full price : CHF 6.- Reduced price : CHF 4.- Under 25 y.o. and first Saturday of the month: free By decision of the Federal Council, access to Espace Arlaud is subject to the presentation of a COVID certificate.
ECAL Diplomas 2021,16.09–07.11.2021,Espace Arlaud, Lausanne ECAL will celebrate its 200th anniversary (1821-2021) by presenting a selection of 2021 Bachelor s and Master s diploma projects at Espace Arlaud, where the institution was housed for over a century. From 16 September to 7 November 2021, ECAL will celebrate its 200th anniversary (1821-2021) by presenting a selection of 2021 Bachelor s and Master s diploma projects at Espace Arlaud, where the institution was housed for over a century. This is a unique opportunity to discover the talents of tomorrow through works in fine arts, film, industrial design, graphic design, media & interaction design, photography and typography together with a programme of activities such as guided tours, performances and more. On this occasion, ECAL will also present all the graduates projects, illustrated by numerous texts, images and videos on the dedicated website : www.ecal-diplomes.ch (2021 projects online from 15 September) The Bachelor Cinema diploma films will be screened at Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne : Wednesday 3 November 2021. Opening reception : Wednesday 15 September 5pm-8pm Programme ECAL Music Club, La Nuit des Musées, Saturday 25 September, 18h-21h (programme and tickets from 8 September: www.lanuitdesmusees.ch) Media & Interaction Design Demo Day, Saturday 9 October, 11h-17h (no registration, entrance to the museum) Guided tour (FR), Saturday 16 October, 14h-15h (registration closed) Guided tour (FR), Saturday 6 November, 14h-15h (registration closed) Prices Members of the ECAL community (students and staff): Free upon presentation of the legitimation card Up to 25 years old: free Reduced: CHF 4.00 Full price: CHF 6.00 Opening hours Wednesday to Friday : 12pm-6pm Saturday and Sunday : 11am-5pm Espace Arlaud Place de la Riponne 2bis 1005 Lausanne Suisse www.musees.vd.ch ----- By decision of the Federal Council, access to the Espace Arlaud is subject to presentation of a COVID certificate.
Semaine de la mobilité du senior-lab,16–22.09.2021,En ligne – www.senior-lab.ch Du 16 au 22 septembre 2021, en coïncidence avec la Semaine européenne de la mobilité, le senior-lab organise une série de conférences en ligne pour aborder la thématique de la mobilité des seniors de différents points de vue. Dans l esprit d un living lab, cet événement sera l occasion d échanger avec les différentes parties prenantes qui ont un rôle à jouer dans le développement de la mobilité des seniors. Des professionnel·le·s des entreprises de transport, des représentant·e·s des collectivités publiques ou encore des chercheur·e·s apporteront leur propre regard sur cette thématique d actualité. Et comme pour l ensemble des activités du senior-lab, les seniors seront au cœur de l événement à travers un panel qui interagira directement avec les intervenant·e·s. Jeudi 16 septembre, 17h00-18h15 – Le regard des collectivités publiques. Vendredi 17 septembre, 13h00-14h15 – Le regard du milieu académique. Mardi 21 septembre, 17h00-18h15 – Le regard du milieu économique. Mercredi 22 septembre, 17h00-18h30 – Le regard des seniors et des associations. Programme complet à venir Inscription nécessaire (délai: 14 septembre 2021) Le senior-lab (SL) est une plateforme interinstitutionnelle et interdisciplinaire de recherche appliquée et de développement, dédiée aux questions de qualité de vie et d autonomie des seniors. Elle se démarque par sa méthodologie et son approche participative de création de solutions innovantes, avec et pour les seniors. Le SL a été fondé en 2018 par trois HES vaudoises : L Institut et Haute Ecole de La Santé la Source – La Source La Haute Ecole d Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud – HEIG-VD L Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne – ECAL
Exquisite Corpse VR Experience On the occasion of the Biennale dell immagine Chiasso, the 2nd year students of the Master Photography programme presented, from 17 to 19 September 2021, “Exquisite Corpse” - a series of Virtual Reality (VR) projects at the Palestra CPC. Art Direction: Milo Keller Assistants: Florian Amoser Robin Bervini Students: Emma Bedos Alexey Chernikov Mahalia “Taje” Giotto Clemens Fischer Nikolai Frerichs Hikaru Hori Augustin Lignier Sophie Schreurs Alisa Strub Yang Su On the occasion of the Biennale dell immagine Chiasso, the 2nd year students of the Master Photography programme presented, from 17 to 19 September 2021, “Exquisite Corpse” - a series of Virtual Reality (VR) projects at the Palestra CPC.Art Direction:Milo KellerAssistants:Florian AmoserRobin BerviniStudents:Emma BedosAlexey ChernikovMahalia “Taje” GiottoClemens FischerNikolai FrerichsHikaru HoriAugustin LignierSophie SchreursAlisa StrubYang Su
ECAL Milano 2021 – ECAL x MUJI: Compact Life,05–10.09.2021,MUJI Store, Milan Japanese brand MUJI presents – on the occasion of the Milan Design Week (5-10 September) – a collection of clever household furniture and accessories to help tidy up our daily life, imagined by Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL. Following the MUJI method of carefully observing everyday routines to uncover specific needs, leading to the creation of intuitive and handy products, Japanese brand MUJI presents – on the occasion of the Milan Design Week (5-10 September) – a collection of clever household furniture and accessories to help tidy up our daily life, imagined by Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, under the guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of the programme, and Swiss designer Michel Charlot. HD Images Video Poster with explanations An important part of MUJI s product development is based on detailed photographic studies of people homes. Thus, Bachelor Industrial Design students were asked to follow the same design process by documenting the spontaneous state of their own home and other peoples surroundings to reveal the way they interact with products and identify how objects are put to use as direct inspiration for their design. The resulting collection of household furniture and accessories features a series of discreet steel wire basket trolleys designed to roll and stow away seamlessly under your furniture; a collapsible flat angle chair that also serves as a handy minimalist side table; a simple pole with slits that can be fitted with just about any hook or hanger to organise your clothes; a compact bedside table with just the right proportions and a convenient adjustable storage shelf to hide your smartphone away when you turn in for the night; sleek and easy-to-mount frames whose outer edge doubles as a clip for your notes and cards; and a wall organiser made of sturdy laminated Crepe paper, available by the metre – to name just a few. Press preview : 5 September, 9am – 11 am Opening hours : 5 – 10 September, 11am – 7pm MUJI Milan Store Via Torino 22 20123 Milano www.muji.com
ECAL Milano 2021: alumni exhibitions,05–10.09.2021,SPBH Space, Milan Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milano Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milano 5 — 10 September 2021 10 ECAL BA Industrial Design, MA Product Design graduates Benjamin Bichsel Clémence Buytaert Sarah Hossli Charlotte Krzentowski Mathilde Lafaille Jeffery Lambert Theo Luvisotto Jeanne Mercier Timothée Mion Fabien Roy THE LOST GRADUATION SHOW Rho Fiera Milano (Strada Statale del Sempione 28) 8 ECAL BA Industrial Design, MA Product Design, MAS In Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship graduates Benjamin Bichsel Filipe & Viricel Sarah Hossli Emilien Jaury (& Clovis Grosbost) Panter & Tourron Miloš Ristin Fabien Roy Superlife DESIGN SWITZERLAND – PRO HELVETIA Alcova (Via Simone Saint Bon 1) www.designswitzerland.ch 8 ECAL BA Fine Arts, BA Industrial Design, MA Product Design, MAS In Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship graduates Estelle Bourdet Tobias Brunner Fogo Island Workshops (Anthony Guex, Adrien Rovero) Gradient Atelier (Swann Fardel & Nadia El-Hindi) UTIL(Manuel Amaral Netto with Studio CP – RV | Camille Paillard & Romain Voulet, FROM | Cesare Bizzotto & Tobias Nitsche) MAKERS SHOW Rho Fiera Milano (Strada Statale del Sempione 28) www.salonemilano.it 3 ECAL BA Industrial Design, MAS In Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship graduates Anna Heck Panter & Tourron Noelani Rutz TECH CRAFT — NOV GALLERY Alcova (Via Simone Saint Bon 1) www.novgallery.com Margherita Banchi MA Product Design graduate KOIVU – ITALIAN FINNISH KNITWEAR Garage Show (Via Renzo Bertoni 3) www.koivu.it Paula Chacartegui MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship graduate CREATIVE COLLECTIONS – ALESSI University of Milan (Via Festa del Perdono 7) www.paulachacartegui.com Visual ECAL/Arthur Seguin
ECAL celebrates its 200th anniversary (1821-2021),01.09.2021–30.04.2022,Various locations To mark this 200th anniversary, we are pleased to invite you to a varied programme of activities and events in Switzerland and internationally, highlighting contemporary issues and themes that lie at the core of ECAL s various disciplines, thus offering a reflection on the contribution of art and design to society. ECAL is delighted to celebrate its 200th anniversary (1821-2021)! In 1821, a decree of the Grand Council of the Canton of Vaud formalised the opening of the Ecole cantonale de dessin, housed in Cité-Devant near the Cathedral in Lausanne. Twenty years later, the school integrated the newly built Musée Arlaud, located in the city centre and which also bears the name of the first director of both institutions, Marc-Louis Arlaud. For almost 150 years, the establishment has had many personalities as directors, moved to various locations in the region and had different names, before finally settling on Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne in 1986. Since then, the acronym ECAL has become popular as the reputation of the institution has grown, and it is now considered one of the best art and design schools in the world thanks to the countless successes of its teaching staff, students and alumni. To mark this 200th anniversary, we are pleased to invite you to a varied programme of activities and events in Switzerland and internationally, highlighting contemporary issues and themes that lie at the core of ECAL s various disciplines, thus offering a reflection on the contribution of art and design to society. Programme 2021-2022 Bachelors and Masters ECAL Diplomas 2021 Exhibition and screening Espace Arlaud Cinémathèque suisse Lausanne Media & Interaction Design Fantastic Smartphones Exhibitions Gallery l elac Renens KIKK Festival Namur Photography Automated Photography Exhibition, symposium and publication Espace Commines Paris Photo Applied Research and Development Grand Tour - ECAL at Palazzo Grassi Conversations and workshops Venice Fine Arts Dream House: Sound and Light Environment Installation La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi Gallery l elac Renens Graphic Design and Typography Ecritures du monde Exhibition and symposium Geneva Cinema Forever Students Broadcasting of films 1992-2022 In partnership with Le Temps Online Industrial and Product Design ECAL Manual of Style Exhibition and publication Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan Discover the key moments of the history of ECAL and check the complete programme (subject to possible change) as well as all event details on www.ecal.ch Fonts by MA Type Design students. Graphic design ECAL/Arthur Seguin
(Re-)Viewing Paik (Re-)Viewing Paik is a joint research initiative between Switzerland and South-Korea that involves Prof. Patrick Keller from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO), Dr. Sang Ae Park from the Nam June Paik Art Center and archives (NJPAC) in South Korea, and Dr. Christian Babski from fabric | ch, an architecture and information technology collective based in Lausanne. The main long-term objective of this joint and interdisciplinary research, based on the archives of Korean artist Nam June Paik (1932–2006), is to establish novel types of online exhibition curating and design, which must take shape digitally at any viewer s (visitor s) place or housing, and to virtually populate it, in an autonomous way. The results of this initial joint work, which will take the form of a functional "demo" (proof of concept), will be used in parallel to formulate a more detailed research project which will then be submitted to a national funding agency. This research combines new artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques (AI/ML) and automated rule-based design, or computational design (CD), with augmented reality displays (AR) on personal smart phones or tablets, in order to set up personal digital museums, "viewing rooms" and galleries. These latter are then experienced in an immersive way (both AR, VR and projections are possible), respecting a relationship of scale between the viewer and the artworks, from any remote location and from the viewpoint of the visitor, while being autonomously tailored to it. (Re-)Viewing Paik thus offers an innovative and personalized form of remote exhibition, while the research results remain dedicated to both curators ("tool side", or server side) and online visitors ("exhibition side", or client side). In particular, they are linked to the valorization of media art forms and archives, which are naturally adapted to digital screens and displays, while they nevertheless seek a versatile and immersive potential in the ways they are presented to the public. The Nam June Paik archives, located in Yongin (Seoul Capital Area), are an exceptional and almost perfect case study for these objectives, as the main purpose and relevance of the research is to provide access to a selected part of the Nam June Paik archives (and later, by generalizing, to the entire archive or to any type of digital art, or digitized art content). This is unique opportunity for a practice-based research, and for importing innovative insights into the algorithms of the automation tool to be further elaborated, temporarily entitled Atomized (algorithmic) Functioning.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) Sang Ae Park (Nam June Paik Art Center)Research teamChristian Babski (fabric | ch), (lecturer and researcher)PartnersNam June Paik Art Center fabric | chPeriodoctober 2020 – september 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Swiss Bilateral Programme of SERI / Leading House Asia - ETHZ Nam June Paik Art Center fabric | ch
ECAL graduate wins the James Dyson Award (Switzerland) Fabien Roy s (b. 1984, Premier - VD) 2020 diploma project in Master Product Design wins the James Dyson Award 2021 (Switzerland) Thanks to RobustNest, an incubator for newborns adapted to the context of sub-Saharan Africa and developed in collaboration with the EssentialTech Center, EPFL, he wins the sum of CHF 2 300 and the right to be among the finalists of the James Dyson Award worldwide. In second place, another ECAL Master Product Design diploma project will also be presented in this selection: RUEI-01 by Maxwell Ashford (born in 1995, in Ipswich - UK). According to UNICEF, every year in sub-Saharan Africa, 1.1 million newborns die of hypothermia during their first month of life. Developed in collaboration with the EssentialTech Center of EPFL, the CHUV and the HUG, RobustNest is a newborn incubator adapted to the context of district hospitals. Compact, robust and affordable, it allows the transport of patients in vehicles, resists frequent power cuts thanks to its thermal battery designed by EPFL and is characterized by components that are easily replaceable locally. This ensures that babies are kept warm. Fabien Roy s project will also be highlighted on several occasions in September, by being presented at the Milan International Furniture Fair (5 to 10) through two exhibitions (The Lost Graduation Show and Design Switzerland Pro Helvetia) as well as at the Swiss Design Awards exhibition that will take place during Art Basel at the end of the month.
ECAL at Numerik Games Festival,27–29.08.2021,Château d Yverdon Résolu à vous en mettre plein les yeux, Numerik Games Festival aspire à valoriser le digital à travers les différents champs qu il peut couvrir: musical, culturel, artistique, patrimonial, économique et académique. Numerik Games Festival est une manifestation tout public dédiée à l art et la culture numériques, qui se tiendra du 27 au 29 août 2021 à Yverdon-les-Bains. Résolu à vous en mettre plein les yeux, Numerik Games Festival aspire à valoriser le digital à travers les différents champs qu il peut couvrir: musical, culturel, artistique, patrimonial, économique et académique. L ECAL vous propose d être au cœur de l expérience, qu elle soit immersive, interactive ou ludique! En passant de créatures oniriques, à des notions transhumanistes, l ECAL redéfinit le monstrueux à travers une sélection de projets issus du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design. Tout comme le monstre surprend par son apparence ou son comportement qui s écarte du naturel, notre rapport constant avec les nouvelles technologies force la peur ou l admiration. A travers à une sélection de clips vidéos interrogeant notre identité ou des expériences interactives prenant diverses formes, l ECAL propose une sélection de projets qui questionnent la place de l individu dans un monde technologique. L ECAL vous invite à observer et interagir avec le monstrueux, parfois même en l incarnant, avec notamment une sélection de projets en Réalité Virtuelle, nous permettant d enfiler le masque du monstre technologique le temps d une immersion. Horaires: vendredi 27 – 17h00-00h00 / samedi 28 – 11h00-00h00 / dimanche 29 août – 11h00-18h00 Lieu: Salle Aula Magna – Château d Yverdon 1er étage www.numerik-games.ch
Excerpts from Master Type Design theses AUTHOR: Simona Alina Andone TITLE: The Aura of Type Design The Aura of Type Design stems from the necessity of creating a critical discourse around the type design discipline. In which cultural and social settings is type design embedded? This thesis explores some of the contexts in which type design manifests itself – from Instagram to institutions, exhibitions, archives, and so on. What effects do these manifestations have on perceptions about how type design works? ---- AUTHOR: Romain Tronchin TITLE: To be seen not read SUBTITLE: The formal expression of typography Without even being conscious of it, I have always been interested in typography and its shapes. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the numbers on football shirts. Later, it was graffiti, with its illegible letters. Today, it is the typefaces of designers like Herb Lubalin, Jean Alessandrini or Zuzana Licko that awaken my interest. All these typefaces have one thing in common: they are typefaces that are not meant to be read, but seen. Their formal aspect comes first, before their functionality. So, we can see these expressive typefaces as images before considering them as tools. This sentence by Herb Lubalin sums up this phenomenon well: “Sometimes you sacrifice legibility to increase impact.” ---- AUTHOR: Marcel Saidov TITLE: The Telephone Directories of Total Design and Ladislas Mandel SUBTITLE: Modernist Internationalism and Cultural Identity By comparing the iconic phone book by Total Design with the typefaces and their application in telephone directories by Ladislas Mandel, I want to create a dialogue between traditionalism and modernism; internationalism and cultural identity. I will not only examine the differing design approaches, but also compare two opposing philosophies. In addition, I would like to investigate which kinds of technical knowledge gleaned from the design of telephone directories and their typefaces can still be of use today. By comparing two opposing ideologies of the past century, I will try to conduct a contemporary discourse on type and culture. ---- AUTHOR: Alberto Malossi TITLE: Extraordinary Gentleman SUBTITLE: The typefaces of Giovanni Mardersteig History is something that I have always been keenly interested in. Luckily, I found a way to channel it into my work, which I feel is very much based on historical awareness. Especially as a type designer, the saying “standing on the shoulders of giants” is something that I think about daily: I see my practice as bound to both enshrine the memory of those who came before me, and to build upon their work. That is why I felt a deep connection with the typefaces of Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977). His work was always aware of the past, while somehow completely contemporary. ---- AUTHOR: Paul Christ TITLE: Pixels, Geometry, Theosophy, Philosophy In the following thesis, I will be taking a deeper look at geometry, theosophy and the pixel in the oeuvre of JLM Lauweriks (1864–1932). At the same time, I will reflect on the relationship between mysticism, philosophy and geometry in contemporary design through an interview with Dimitri Bruni from NORM, while conducting a short investigation of Jurriaan Schrofer s work. ---- AUTHOR: Chiachi Chao TITLE: Type Design in the Zeitgeist Letters are shapes with intentions. A typeface is an instrument built to convey meanings and information. The design criteria for a typface are clear: it must facilitate the efficiency of the reading process, allowing the eyes to identify the image shape, then glide through the line as fast as possible. Since ‘reading and ‘seeing are two fundamentally different physical mechanisms, the functionality (readability and legibility) in types is always more important than the ‘style of letter-shapes given that text is meant for reading. Its form is determined by the condition in which the typeface intends to be applied. With this premise, type design draws a clear line between graphic design in which personal expression plays a significant role. ---- AUTHOR: Nicolas Bernklau TITLE: Critical Regionalism in Type Design SUBTITLE: A survey of moments in history when social, political and economic systems change in parallel with typography Typography is a substantial part of visual identities and thus a means of identification for countries, corporations and communities. Type can be used as a transporter of aims and values. It can provide orientation and a sense of purpose. Once you see a certain type connected to a particular era, style or area it immediately evokes certain feelings and tells you its narrative. It is a very powerful means. So on the one hand, whenever there is change, type can play a leading role in expressing this change and on the other hand, a new type can be introduced in order to cause change. Examples of such changes could be: A political ideology is associated with a certain style of type, a country switches its script from Arabic to Latin or a type design studio designs a multi-script typeface. All these changes are triggered by different intrinsic or extrinsic motivations and reasons: e.g. historical, economic, political, educational, aesthetic or modernisation reasons. In these cases type is used to embody these changes and socio-political shifts as a transporter of ideas and values. The thesis consists of three parts, the transition from Fraktur to roman, the world political topic of changing type through alphabet shifts as well as internationality in type design today with the topic of expansion. ---- AUTHOR: Benedetta Bovani TITLE: The role of intertitles SUBTITLE: From a typographic necessity to a means of expression Intertitles have been a topic of discussion throughout the more or less thirty years (1895–1930) in which they were largely used. When one would talk about these elements, it was usually to criticise them or to highlight their flaws. Indeed, intertitles were controversial. The use of the word, and especially the written word, in cinema – then a silent medium – was by most seen as unnecessary, even dangerous. Admitting that writing was necessary to the success of cinema was like admitting that silence was a deficit. Nevertheless, intertitles slowly became an essential element, that even today has left its trace in modern films. The goal of this master thesis is to investigate and map the use of intertitles. Starting from their inception, when they were just a typographic necessity, to their prime – when they played an active role in the narration of movies and represented a means of expression as important as picture itself. ---- AUTHOR: Anne Seseke TITLE: Barbara Radice & Fragments of Terrazzo (1988–1995) Ever since I discovered post-modernist objects, I have fostered an ambivalent relationship to them. Their shape, patterns and materials. The more I researched, the more I found interesting writings, interviews and a lot of lesser-known projects. I scraped the shiny, plastic, colourful surface and discovered thought-provoking reflections on society. In this master thesis I will approach my topic in a manner similar to the way in which Barbara Radice edited Terrazzo magazine (1988–1995): strong research roots tied together by a spiderweb of associations. ---- AUTHOR: Antonio D Elisiis TITLE: The Eldorado of Legibility SUBTITLE: Optical sizes, variable fonts and accessibility in the digital environment Designing aesthetically pleasing fonts that remain legible in various situations of use. Achieving this difficult balance has always been the ultimate goal in type design. Sought by punchcutters first, and later by the most modern type designers. These applied two fundamental practices to character design: optical size, and optical correction. I will analyse both practices and how they have evolved over time – especially with the change of various technologies (printing, information support and visualisation, tools that allow the design of characters, etc.). I will also analyse how optical corrections were applied, and why. ---- AUTHOR: Lucile Billot TITLE: Colophons etc. SUBTITLE: A collection of colophons, from medieval to contemporary, and the related stories they tell This master thesis focuses on the narratives of colophons, and some related paratextual devices, such as design notes, acknowledgements etc. The thesis builds bridges between different periods, highlighting (for example) relationships between medieval and contemporary colophons. At first sight, colophons seem to be a quite dry part of any book, as they only deal with credits. But they are not simply the ‘finishing stroke of a book. They also give clues and backdrops, both about the book itself (its content) and its context (in terms of design / production / circulation). This thesis explores the colophons evolution and transformations, as well as the contextual stories that are hidden in them, and the effect they can have on our understanding of a book.
"Real Facts" exhibition at madd-bordeaux,14.07.2021–17.01.2022,madd-bordeaux At the invitation of the musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux), the 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL, under the guidance of designers Erwan Bouroullec and Adrien Rovero, have given form to their observations and questions about the current agricultural situation. REAL FACTS – Paysans designers, un art du vivant ECAL × madd-bordeaux 14.7.2021—17.1.2022 "At the very beginning of our discussions with Constance Rubini, director of madd-bordeaux, we expressed the fact that we are not specialists. However, what is interesting about agriculture is that everyone has an image of it, and in a way everyone as a citizen has a certain point of view about how productive nature should be conducted. But in the end, most of the time, our understanding of what actually happens on a farm is non-existent or patchy," explains Erwan Bouroullec. The intention behind "Real Facts" was to use design and installations to bring to light a number of "facts" and testimonies, allowing us to question the reality of today s agriculture: women are 33% represented in the profession; farmers take a maximum of one week s holiday per year; there are more than a hundred certifications in France; agriculture is the world s 2nd largest market for service robotics; in France, one out of four fruits consumed is tropical; a mushroom doubles in size every 24 hours, etc... Students Dario Aguet, Masen Al-Saghir, Fanny Bichet, Louis Bosnjak, Marine Bouvard, Frederik Buchmann, Paul Carluy, Emma Casella, Yann Cistac, Alexandre Desarzens, Léon Félix, Guillaume Gindrat, Gabriel Hafner, Lucie Herter, Camila Hidalgo, Nima Kaufmann, Anaïs Lehmann, Timothée Lehmann, Kim Lissy, Alexandre Margueron, Lirjeta Maxhuni, Stéphane Mischler, Alex Nguyen, Jillian Reichlin, Anaïs Rochat, Theodore Simon, Constance Thiessoz, Sophie Van Der Bij, Laure Wasser ----- This project was made at the invitation of Constance Rubini, director of the madd-bordeaux, on the occasion of the exhibition "Paysans designers, un art du vivant" at the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux) presented from 14 July 2021 to 17 January 2022. With the support of the Prométerre Association, and as part of the Summer University programme of the Board of Higher Education – State of Vaud. More information www.madd-bordeaux.fr
Real Facts A collection of neophyte views on current agriculture through the prism of design. Invited by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux), second-year Bachelor of Industrial Design students at ECAL, under the guidance of designers Erwan Bouroullec and Adrien Rovero, have given form to their observations and questions about the current agricultural landscape. "Real Facts" is a collection of neophyte points of view on current agriculture, through the prism of design. This project was created at the initiative of Constance Rubini, director of the madd-bordeaux, on the occasion of the exhibition "Paysans designers, un art du vivant" at the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux) presented from 14 July 2021 to 17 January 2022. With the precious support of the Association vaudoise de promotion des métiers de la terre Prométerre, and in the framework of the Summer University programme of the Direction générale de l enseignement supérieur (DGES) - Canton de Vaud.
Collaboration with Hermès 2021 For this first collaboration with the department Hermès Maison, the students worked on the theme of the mirror, under the direction of designer Sabine Marcelis. L illusioniste Sarah Rémy L illusioniste is a game of lines. A full mirror in the front, it reveals itself by changing ones perspective. From the side, one can discover coloured lines reminiscent of jumping bars, helmets and blankets, the lines of the roofs of Paris, the lines of Hermès. Its reflections make L illusioniste a simple object at first glance and yet surprising. Miroir Ailé Ricardo Beira This object is strongly inspired by equestrian products, which are the basis of Hermès history. The symbiotic interaction between rigid and flexible elements, creates an integrated whole that functions like biological systems, where one element reinforces the other, allowing both stability and movement. This spatial organisation forms a continuous field of tensions and compressions in constant balance, in a play of forces that defies gravity. As a result, the mirror appears to be lighter and levitates above the base, yet can be manipulated freely. Miroir à Courroie Maxime Zenderoudi Suspended lightly, this object intrigues with its large oblique loop, yet reveals a reflection that is perfectly true to life. The leather strap has a function that dictates its course. It envelops the mirror in a continuous movement, sometimes supporting, sometimes balancing and sometimes protecting it. The mirrored glass plays with appearances by borrowing its finishes from leather craftsmanship, with perforations and hand finished edges in a contrasting colour. Made integral by means of two straps, the elegant fluidity of the whole echoes the House s emblematic double-turn bracelets. Phi[Φ] Yosuke Shimano Mirrors reflect the world with light as it is. They look like they have everything, but they can also be seen as empty objects with no will. This is why I have called this mirror Phi[Φ] (group of emptiness). Phi[Φ] completes the loop handle through its reflection with playful, as if hanging in space, reconnecting you with your reflection. Both sides of the mirror are identical. This gives an ele- ment of playfulness inviting you to interact with it. Style H Chen-Ta Hsieh Inspired by the works of the De Stijl art movement, this piece attempts to introduce contemporary art into our daily lives in the form of a mirror. In line with the idea of a segmented geometric composition, functional sculpture and simplicity, I try to bring a new interpretation to Hermès while remaining in line with the visual and material direction of the brand. The extension of the marquetry language at the back creates the frame of the mirror. Part of the marquetry on the back can be detached to become a support for the mirror. The chamfer of the support gives the mirror a perfect angle for reflection. Aether Salman Rouhani This object gives the user a new perspective on their environment and allows them to play with perception. This wall mirror allows the user to see their whole body without the need for a large standing mirror.
Excerpts from Master Product Design theses AUTHOR: Adam Huxley-Khng TITLE: ON in the absence of OFF On and off – at the flick of a switch, or the touch of a button. We are able to switch between the states of being of an object without thought, rarely questioning what makes an object ‘on . Is it the presence of electric power? A sense of agency, or animism? What if on-ness is a state of being reflected by the cultural, rather than technological, capacity of an object – the embodiment of a moment of possibility? ----- AUTHOR: Alessandro Simone TITLE: What is next? SUBTITLE: The evolution of mountaineering and human limits This research examines the mountain landscape in the context of the evolution of mountaineering. Starting from the activity s origin, the research investigates the shifts in technology, mindset, and limits that enabled the transformation of a destination for challenging expeditions into a place for second homes and weekend enthusiasts. How were humans able to overcome their limits, and what were the motivations for this drive? Products and objects played an essential role in guiding the story of mountaineering from the old ages to nowadays, making the user and his/her experience safer, but subsequently opening this terrain to mass tourism. This research retraces historical events and technical innovations to better understand mountaineering s evolution, imagining a possible approach to this form of high-altitude tourism for the future. ----- AUTHOR: Alexander Schul TITLE: Visual language of sustainable design Different “sustainable” design proposals have been made in the past decades: from (literally) green looking objects, to normal looking ones, to objects whose visual language speaks to sustainability in their own individual way. In this research, I analyse a few examples in regards to the way the visual language of sustainable products has been approached in the past, what sustainable design looks like today, as well as what it will look like in the near future. The essay is led by the question “How does a sustainable approach to an object influence its visual language?” ----- AUTHOR: Charlotta Åman TITLE: Waste matters SUBTITLE: Valorising secondary products for a resourceful future Throughout history, humans have been expert in utilising every element of a given resource. The heritage of husbandry has been carried from generation to generation – until today. Now, we are more disconnected than ever from original assets. In present manufacturing processes, secondary matter from production is often considered as waste rather than as a resource – an unfortunate conclusion as we are running out of raw materials and landfills grow. What does it entail to fully utilise a resource by valorising its secondary products, and how does it relate to the practice of a designer? The loose connections in manufacturing chains provide an opportunity to re-think: by considering the source, the scale and the system, design can be used as a tool for transition. ----- AUTHOR: Grace, Ka Yin Cheung TITLE: Japanese miniature culture: netsuke and gachapon SUBTITLE: Why are we so fascinated with small things? Miniatures are smaller than a normal objects, and include small replicas or models. Miniatures are present in different cultures all over the world and throughout time. The miniaturisation of mundane objects is recurrent, and has been an integral part of the memory of a culture. Among the different international miniature cultures, Japan has one of the most distinctive and apparent spirits of miniaturisation. To understand why people are so fascinated with miniatures, this research looks for the answers by delving into the miniature culture of netsuke and gachapon in Japan. ----- AUTHOR: Hsin Hung Chou TITLE: Unpack flat-pack SUBTITLE: The value of ready-to-assemble furniture This research studies flat-packing from its origins in the mid-19th century to its contemporary form as one of the prevailing typologies of the global furniture industry. Guiding questions have been: If the objective is to design and produce products from a logistical and sustainable point of view, is there any other solution to knock-down furniture? Does furniture lose its aesthetic and value in the process of being flat-packed? If the future is flat, could we make it better? ----- AUTHOR: Jimin Jeon TITLE: Soft, small and far, far away SUBTITLE: Our understanding of software Fire is the first profound tool in human history that cannot be grasped with the naked hand. Fire was considered a mysterious or religious thing – a gift from God, or punishment. But it was also an essential tool for human evolution. Today, we have found another tool surrounded by mystery and misunderstandings: software. It doesn t smell, make noise, or come in any fixed form. It just occasionally flickers through a screen. This new tool takes us to another world, beyond physical limitations, that no caveman could have imagined. But, first, we need to understand the nature of software in relation to hardware – that is, the tools we are already familiar with. ----- AUTHOR: Jisan Chung TITLE: Assemblage in design Assemblage is mainly considered an artistic technique. However, by reviewing works of various designers, we can see that the same technique has been used in the field of design, too. This study aims to examine the characteristics and the meaning of “assemblage design” and its potential. Assemblage can trigger innovate manufacturing processes and create its very own aesthetic. ----- AUTHOR: Jonas Villiger TITLE: About repairability SUBTITLE: Rules, incentives and approaches to keeping things in circulation We want our products to be durable. And, if they break or become outdated, they should be repairable and upgradeable, too. It can be a very satisfying feeling to make something work again, or to make it work even better than it did before. Unfortunately, the industry does not make this easy for consumers. Not being able to intervene when something goes wrong with an object, consumers end up simply buying new things. However, giving a device an extended lifespan keeps us from wasting valuable resources. Starting from recent legislation and public movements that call for the right to repair, this research questions the role of designers within these changing circumstances. ----- AUTHOR: Julian Ribler TITLE: The Factory SUBTITLE: An investigation into modern design principles The Modernist movement promoted the appreciation of the advancements of industry. Modernism went on to integrate industrial advancement as part of the fundamentals of the movement as a whole. The principle of applying an engineer s perspective was thought to inform the practice of designers and architects. Exploring modern factory environments and investigating the advancements in manufacturing technology today can help us revise these principles and examine the changing factory context. ----- AUTHOR: Kwan Ming Sum TITLE: Stagnation and innovation in the wheelchair industry A wheelchair is an essential tool for people with mobility issues to perform everyday tasks and achieve social participation. Unfortunately, modern manual wheelchairs hardly satisfy the emerging need of a well-resolved wheelchair design. A fundamental shift in understanding of today s needs and innovation in this field are urgently required. Given the growth of the aging population, a rethink of wheelchair design is critical. Through conducting several interviews with different stakeholders, including wheelchair users, producers, and designers, this research aims to investigate the underlying reasons behind the stagnation in the wheelchair industry, and looks at how that might change. ----- AUTHOR: Maxwell Ashford TITLE: Fractions SUBTITLE: Cost-effective recycling A fraction is the result of any recycling process. It refers to the amount of materials from an object that can be recycled cost effectively, and is used broadly across the recycling industry. Objects are by standard practises designed independently from any end-of-life system and inevitably, the result is that objects cannot be effectively recycled. Historically, there has been little incentive for producers, and thus designers, to deal with the death or disposal of objects. But this is due to change, as incoming legislation from the EU will force producers to use recycled materials and create more recyclable objects. In turn, this demand will affect designers. So how can we work to create more sustainable goods? ----- AUTHOR: Nadav Goldenberg TITLE: Empire State of Play SUBTITLE: Playground design in the urban environment How did the design of playgrounds evolve throughout history? And how does the urban environment play a part in their evolution? To answer these questions, I look at New York City. Here, we see a dense urban space for play development, with a long history of constant shifts in play ideals, safety regulations and the pioneering of playground design. ----- AUTHOR: Oscar Kwong TITLE: Comfort and the curve The curve exists in all ranges of expression, from the flamboyant to the modest. In the past decade there have been multiple studies that have set out to confirm our instinctual desires for the curvaceous shape, proving in every measurable scenario that humans prefer the round compared to the rectilinear. This intuitive response to the curve has been hard-wired as part of our evolutionary bias. The relationship that connects comfort and the curve will be the premise of this essay: from the buildings of Sanaa that employs the familiar curve, as a reminder of our connection with nature; to trace the postures supported by the comfy lounge and its intimate bond with the human body; to the conforming contours of everyday objects. ----- AUTHOR: Silvio Rebholz TITLE: TV studio sets SUBTITLE: A space for reality and fiction TV studio sets are spatial constructions in which TV formats such as news, talk shows or game shows are produced. On these sets, hosts interact with guests, newsreaders broadcast information and hosts entertain – always with the intention of reproducing the scene on screens. Focusing on the designs of TV studio sets, it is striking how unusually shaped they are. Elaborately sweeping curves of sofas; LEDs highlighting the edges of a desk. Remarkably, these and other exceptional elements aren t isolated cases, but repeat across shows, broadcast genres and national borders. Their similarities suggest that it s about more than free formal expression. What are the parameters for consideration in a “good” TV studio set? How did this unique style develop? ----- AUTHOR: Thomas Manil TITLE: The typology of coins This research project explores the history, production and formal language of coins. They are part of our lives and accompany our daily gestures. We give them, we receive them, we pocket them, or we place them carefully in a wallet. We have the impression that we know them very well, and yet, we have a hard time describing them with precision. It is an integral part of the country s identity and embodies the link between art, design and technology. In a society that is gradually seeking to dematerialise money, the coin deserves special attention. ----- AUTHOR: Till Ronacher TITLE: The robotic arm Industrial robots have been involved in the manufacturing of products since the 1960s. But over the last decades, industrial robots have been moving out of the factories into new contexts such as architecture and design. Now, in some experimental contexts, digital fabrication is explored with the help of industrial robots. In such laboratories, the cooperation between humans and industrial robots is being investigated and applied in a design context, within which new forms and transformative design processes emerge. In this thesis, I examine some of these developments with regards to the possibilities of their integration into the design process. ----- AUTHOR: Trolle Rudebeck TITLE: A writing and drawing instrument In the age of typing, scrolling and audio-recording, cursive writing might seem endangered, particularly among younger generations. As handwriting has become more and more obsolete, it has come to be considered as a poetic or romantic act rather than a fundamental tool. Looking back to ancient civilizations and their instruments for drawing and writing, the pen s stick-like shape has remained surprisingly constant. By looking to the past, could we predict the future of the pen? AUTHOR: Adam Huxley-KhngTITLE: ON in the absence of OFFOn and off – at the flick of a switch, or the touch of a button. We are able to switch between the states of being of an object without thought, rarely questioning what makes an object ‘on . Is it the presence of electric power? A sense of agency, or animism? What if on-ness is a state of being reflected by the cultural, rather than technological, capacity of an object – the embodiment of a moment of possibility?----- AUTHOR: Alessandro Simone TITLE: What is next?SUBTITLE: The evolution of mountaineering and human limits This research examines the mountain landscape in the context of the evolution of mountaineering. Starting from the activity s origin, the research investigates the shifts in technology, mindset, and limits that enabled the transformation of a destination for challenging expeditions into a place for second homes and weekend enthusiasts. How were humans able to overcome their limits, and what were the motivations for this drive? Products and objects played an essential role in guiding the story of mountaineering from the old ages to nowadays, making the user and his/her experience safer, but subsequently opening this terrain to mass tourism. This research retraces historical events and technical innovations to better understand mountaineering s evolution, imagining a possible approach to this form of high-altitude tourism for the future.----- AUTHOR: Alexander SchulTITLE: Visual language of sustainable design Different “sustainable” design proposals have been made in the past decades: from (literally) green looking objects, to normal looking ones, to objects whose visual language speaks to sustainability in their own individual way. In this research, I analyse a few examples in regards to the way the visual language of sustainable products has been approached in the past, what sustainable design looks like today, as well as what it will look like in the near future. The essay is led by the question “How does a sustainable approach to an object influence its visual language?” ----- AUTHOR: Charlotta ÅmanTITLE: Waste mattersSUBTITLE: Valorising secondary products for a resourceful future Throughout history, humans have been expert in utilising every element of a given resource. The heritage of husbandry has been carried from generation to generation – until today. Now, we are more disconnected than ever from original assets. In present manufacturing processes, secondary matter from production is often considered as waste rather than as a resource – an unfortunate conclusion as we are running out of raw materials and landfills grow. What does it entail to fully utilise a resource by valorising its secondary products, and how does it relate to the practice of a designer? The loose connections in manufacturing chains provide an opportunity to re-think: by considering the source, the scale and the system, design can be used as a tool for transition.----- AUTHOR: Grace, Ka Yin CheungTITLE: Japanese miniature culture: netsuke and gachaponSUBTITLE: Why are we so fascinated with small things? Miniatures are smaller than a normal objects, and include small replicas or models. Miniatures are present in different cultures all over the world and throughout time. The miniaturisation of mundane objects is recurrent, and has been an integral part of the memory of a culture. Among the different international miniature cultures, Japan has one of the most distinctive and apparent spirits of miniaturisation. To understand why people are so fascinated with miniatures, this research looks for the answers by delving into the miniature culture of netsuke and gachapon in Japan.----- AUTHOR: Hsin Hung ChouTITLE: Unpack flat-packSUBTITLE: The value of ready-to-assemble furniture This research studies flat-packing from its origins in the mid-19th century to its contemporary form as one of the prevailing typologies of the global furniture industry. Guiding questions have been: If the objective is to design and produce products from a logistical and sustainable point of view, is there any other solution to knock-down furniture? Does furniture lose its aesthetic and value in the process of being flat-packed? If the future is flat, could we make it better?----- AUTHOR: Jimin JeonTITLE: Soft, small and far, far awaySUBTITLE: Our understanding of software Fire is the first profound tool in human history that cannot be grasped with the naked hand. Fire was considered a mysterious or religious thing – a gift from God, or punishment. But it was also an essential tool for human evolution. Today, we have found another tool surrounded by mystery and misunderstandings: software. It doesn t smell, make noise, or come in any fixed form. It just occasionally flickers through a screen. This new tool takes us to another world, beyond physical limitations, that no caveman could have imagined. But, first, we need to understand the nature of software in relation to hardware – that is, the tools we are already familiar with.----- AUTHOR: Jisan Chung TITLE: Assemblage in design Assemblage is mainly considered an artistic technique. However, by reviewing works of various designers, we can see that the same technique has been used in the field of design, too. This study aims to examine the characteristics and the meaning of “assemblage design” and its potential. Assemblage can trigger innovate manufacturing processes and create its very own aesthetic.----- AUTHOR: Jonas VilligerTITLE: About repairabilitySUBTITLE: Rules, incentives and approaches to keeping things in circulation We want our products to be durable. And, if they break or become outdated, they should be repairable and upgradeable, too. It can be a very satisfying feeling to make something work again, or to make it work even better than it did before. Unfortunately, the industry does not make this easy for consumers. Not being able to intervene when something goes wrong with an object, consumers end up simply buying new things. However, giving a device an extended lifespan keeps us from wasting valuable resources. Starting from recent legislation and public movements that call for the right to repair, this research questions the role of designers within these changing circumstances.----- AUTHOR: Julian RiblerTITLE: The FactorySUBTITLE: An investigation into modern design principles The Modernist movement promoted the appreciation of the advancements of industry. Modernism went on to integrate industrial advancement as part of the fundamentals of the movement as a whole. The principle of applying an engineer s perspective was thought to inform the practice of designers and architects. Exploring modern factory environments and investigating the advancements in manufacturing technology today can help us revise these principles and examine the changing factory context.----- AUTHOR: Kwan Ming SumTITLE: Stagnation and innovation in the wheelchair industry A wheelchair is an essential tool for people with mobility issues to perform everyday tasks and achieve social participation. Unfortunately, modern manual wheelchairs hardly satisfy the emerging need of a well-resolved wheelchair design. A fundamental shift in understanding of today s needs and innovation in this field are urgently required. Given the growth of the aging population, a rethink of wheelchair design is critical. Through conducting several interviews with different stakeholders, including wheelchair users, producers, and designers, this research aims to investigate the underlying reasons behind the stagnation in the wheelchair industry, and looks at how that might change. ----- AUTHOR: Maxwell AshfordTITLE: FractionsSUBTITLE: Cost-effective recycling A fraction is the result of any recycling process. It refers to the amount of materials from an object that can be recycled cost effectively, and is used broadly across the recycling industry. Objects are by standard practises designed independently from any end-of-life system and inevitably, the result is that objects cannot be effectively recycled. Historically, there has been little incentive for producers, and thus designers, to deal with the death or disposal of objects. But this is due to change, as incoming legislation from the EU will force producers to use recycled materials and create more recyclable objects. In turn, this demand will affect designers. So how can we work to create more sustainable goods? ----- AUTHOR: Nadav GoldenbergTITLE: Empire State of PlaySUBTITLE: Playground design in the urban environment How did the design of playgrounds evolve throughout history? And how does the urban environment play a part in their evolution? To answer these questions, I look at New York City. Here, we see a dense urban space for play development, with a long history of constant shifts in play ideals, safety regulations and the pioneering of playground design.----- AUTHOR: Oscar Kwong TITLE: Comfort and the curve The curve exists in all ranges of expression, from the flamboyant to the modest. In the past decade there have been multiple studies that have set out to confirm our instinctual desires for the curvaceous shape, proving in every measurable scenario that humans prefer the round compared to the rectilinear. This intuitive response to the curve has been hard-wired as part of our evolutionary bias. The relationship that connects comfort and the curve will be the premise of this essay: from the buildings of Sanaa that employs the familiar curve, as a reminder of our connection with nature; to trace the postures supported by the comfy lounge and its intimate bond with the human body; to the conforming contours of everyday objects. ----- AUTHOR: Silvio Rebholz TITLE: TV studio sets SUBTITLE: A space for reality and fiction TV studio sets are spatial constructions in which TV formats such as news, talk shows or game shows are produced. On these sets, hosts interact with guests, newsreaders broadcast information and hosts entertain – always with the intention of reproducing the scene on screens. Focusing on the designs of TV studio sets, it is striking how unusually shaped they are. Elaborately sweeping curves of sofas; LEDs highlighting the edges of a desk. Remarkably, these and other exceptional elements aren t isolated cases, but repeat across shows, broadcast genres and national borders. Their similarities suggest that it s about more than free formal expression. What are the parameters for consideration in a “good” TV studio set? How did this unique style develop? ----- AUTHOR: Thomas ManilTITLE: The typology of coins This research project explores the history, production and formal language of coins. They are part of our lives and accompany our daily gestures. We give them, we receive them, we pocket them, or we place them carefully in a wallet. We have the impression that we know them very well, and yet, we have a hard time describing them with precision. It is an integral part of the country s identity and embodies the link between art, design and technology. In a society that is gradually seeking to dematerialise money, the coin deserves special attention.----- AUTHOR: Till RonacherTITLE: The robotic arm Industrial robots have been involved in the manufacturing of products since the 1960s. But over the last decades, industrial robots have been moving out of the factories into new contexts such as architecture and design. Now, in some experimental contexts, digital fabrication is explored with the help of industrial robots. In such laboratories, the cooperation between humans and industrial robots is being investigated and applied in a design context, within which new forms and transformative design processes emerge. In this thesis, I examine some of these developments with regards to the possibilities of their integration into the design process.----- AUTHOR: Trolle RudebeckTITLE: A writing and drawing instrument In the age of typing, scrolling and audio-recording, cursive writing might seem endangered, particularly among younger generations. As handwriting has become more and more obsolete, it has come to be considered as a poetic or romantic act rather than a fundamental tool. Looking back to ancient civilizations and their instruments for drawing and writing, the pen s stick-like shape has remained surprisingly constant. By looking to the past, could we predict the future of the pen?
Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited The research project Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited is divided into three sub-projects: ‘Principles of Education , ‘Networks of Practice and ‘Strategies of Dissemination . This three-year project is the biggest research collaboration established in the design field since the SNSF began its activities. Swiss graphic design and typography are representative of Swiss culture, but have themselves also had an impact on this country s national identity. In the SNSF project Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited, seven universities engage in joint research into the status of Swiss graphic design from today s perspective. Coordinated by the Bern University of the Arts, researchers of the universities of applied sciences from Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, and Zurich, as well as from the University of Bern are participating. In the three sub-projects, mixed groups of researchers from the different institutions investigate into different aspects of Swiss graphic design – its teaching, its networks and its forms of publication. The result is a critical contribution to our understanding of the emergence and current self-perception of Swiss graphic design and typography. Above and beyond this, the project helps to consolidate ‘design history as a field of research and practice in Switzerland, and provides new, relevant findings for the international scholarly discourse on visual communication.Main applicantsHKB – Haute école des arts de Berne Arne Scheuermann Michael Renner Sarah Owens Peter J. SchneemannResearch teamCo-coordinators and researchers Robert Lzicar Researchers Chiara Barbieri Rudolf Barmettler Roland Früh Jonas Niedermann François Rappo Doctoral students Sandra Bischler Constance Delamadeleine Ueli Kaufmann Sara ZellerParticipantsFHNW HGK – Academy of Art and Design Basel HKB – Berne University of the Arts (Main applicant) University of Berne, Institute of Art History HEAD – Genève – Geneva School of Art and Design ECAL – Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne SUPSI – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland ZHdK – Zurich University of the ArtsPeriodOctober 2016 – June 2021Supported bySNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation)DisseminationPublication Davide Fornari, Robert Lzicar, Sarah Owens, Michael Renner, Arne Scheuermann, Peter J. Schneemann (eds.), Swiss Graphic Design Histories, 4 volumes, Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2021. With contributions from Chiara Barbieri, Rudolf Barmettler, Jonas Berthod, Sandra Bischler, Constance Delamadeleine, Davide Fornari, Roland Früh, Ueli Kaufmann, Sarah Klein, Robert Lzicar, Jonas Niedermann, Sarah Owens, Michael Renner, Peter J. Schneemann, Arne Scheuermann and Sara Zeller. Website sgdtr.ch
ECAL Talent Days 2021,28–29.06.2021,ECAL Campus, Renens & Online ECAL Talent Days 2021 – Meetings between professionals and graduates The “ECAL Talents Days” offers an online platform for networking between recent ECAL graduates and institutions of all types, as well as an event, held once a year. Since 2020, this initiative has sought to build bridges between academic curriculum and career path for the ECAL graduates, but is also dedicated to professionals of all backgrounds, offering them the opportunity to network and discover the skills of tomorrow s creative talents. The 2021 edition will be held on 28 June on the ECAL campus and on 29 June online. Are you interested in knowing more? Please get in touch with us: talentdays at ecal.ch or check the program on ecal-talentdays.ch In collaboration with EXECAL, the Association of Former Students and Friends of ECAL, and with the support of TalentWerk. ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, Av. du Temple, CH-1020 Renens talentdays at ecal.ch Visual identitiy: ECAL/Baptiste Lecanu
Awards & Grants 2021 Awards and Grants – 2021 Graduates PROMOTIONS BACHELOR - Prix 2021 Prix de l Année Propédeutique - CHF 500.- x3 Un prix décerné à trois étudiant·e·s de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL qui se sont distingué·e·s par l excellence de leur travail et qui ont obtenu les meilleurs résultats de leur volée. Remis par M. David Monnet, responsable de l Année Propédeutique Christophe Ascençao PPdi CHF 500.- Basile Avvanzino PPdi CHF 500.- Alexandra Cupsa PPdg CHF 500.- Prix EXECAL - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son mémoire de Bachelor. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, Présidente EXECAL Rayane Jemaa MID CHF 1 000.- Prix de l ECAL - CHF 1 000.- x3 Un prix décerné à des étudiant·e·s diplômé·e·s qui se sont distingué·e·s par l excellence de leur travail tout au long de leur cursus à l ECAL. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Adeline Vermot PH CHF 1 000.- Margaux Mandrou DI CHF 1 000.- Juri Römmel DI CHF 1 000.- Prix Visarte Vaud - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Arts Visuels qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Mme Patricia Glave, présidente de Visarte Vaud Virginie Sistek AV CHF 1 000.- Prix BCV - CHF 1 000.- Un prix decerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Design Graphique qui s est distingué·e par la qualité d ensemble de son travail. Remis par M. Angelo Benedetto, responsable du Bachelor Design Graphique Hugo Hectus DG CHF 1 000.- Prix du Risque - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e particulièrement talentueux·euse dans le domaine des Arts Visuels. Remis par M. Stéphane Kropf, responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels Mara Meier AV CHF 1 000.- Prix Elinchrom (Kit D Lite 4) Un prix destiné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Bachelor Photographie qui a réalisé un excellent travail de diplôme. Remis par Milo Keller au nom d Elinchrom Emeline Courcier PH Kit D Lite 4 Prix Profot (Kit D Lite RX One) Un prix destiné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Bachelor Photographie qui a réalisé un excellent travail de diplôme. Remis par Milo Keller au nom de Profot Axel Bruniau PH Kit D Lite RX One Prix METAA - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par une approche prospective et expérimentale lors de son travail de diplôme.. Remis par M. David Colombini, vice-président de l association METAA : Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association Paul FritzMID CHF 1 000.- Prix BG Ingénieurs Conseils - CHF 1 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e, auteur·e d un projet qui prend en compte le développement durable, en particulier ses aspects économiques, environnementaux et sociaux. Remis par Mme Anne-Claire Pliska, Directrice de la Planification Stratégique et de l Innovation de la société BG Ingénieurs Conseils SA Julie Neuhaus DGCHF 1 500.- Prix de la Ville de Renens - CHF 2 000.- Un prix d encouragement décerné à un·e étudiant·e en 2e année Bachelor Communication Visuelle qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son travail. La possibilité est offerte à le·la lauréat·e· d exposer son travail à la Ferme des Tilleuls à Renens. Remis par Mme Karine Clerc, Municipale à la Ville de Renens 2CVmid CHF 2 000.- Prix Ernest Manganel – CHF 2 000.-x3 Un prix décerné par le jury de la Fondation Ernest Manganel à des étudiant·e·s diplômé·e·s en Arts Visuels, pour récompenser la pertinence de leurs recherches et la qualité très professionnelle de leur travail de diplôme. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Manganel Lara Marino AV 2 000.- Eliot Möwes AV 2 000.- Virginie Sistek AV 2 000.- Prix d excellence du domaine Design et Arts Visuels de la HES-SO - CHF 2 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e de l ECAL qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Remis par Mme Christine Pirinoli, Vice-rectrice Recherche et Innovation de la HES-SO Keerthigan Sivakumar CI CHF 2 500.- Prix La Foncière – CHF 3 000.- Un prix décerné par la Foncière, un fonds de placement immobilier, à un·e étudiant·e méritant·e pour le travail accompli durant l année en Photographie. Remis par M. Arnaud de Jamblinne, directeur général à la Foncière Antoine Martin PH CHF 3 000.- Bourses Fondation Walter + Eve Kent - CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant-e-s particulièrement talentueux-euses dans le domaine de la peinture et de la sculpture. Remises par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Walter + Eve Kent Diogo Esteves 2AV CHF 5 000.- Léna Gelsomino 2AV CHF 5 000.- Résidence swissnex San Francisco MID Award En collaboration avec swissnex San Francisco et soutenue par la DGES, résidence attribuée à un·e lauréat·e diplômé·e en Bachelor MID, qui soutient le développement du travail de diplôme, notamment à travers un programme de mentorat et un séjour professionnel à San Francisco (USA). Remis par M. Michael Fiaux, Directeur opérationnel en charge des Hautes Ecoles, DGES Michael Pica MID Prix Pierre Keller – CHF 5 000.- En mémoire de Pierre Keller, directeur de l ECAL de 1995 à 2011. Un prix décerné pour un travail de diplôme particulièrement engagé. Remis par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos, directeur de l ECAL Rayane Jemaa MID CHF 5 000.- Prix BNP Double Clap – CHF 10 000.- Un prix qui met en avant les jeunes talents du cinéma issus de l ECAL et contribue à la réalisation d un film de diplôme Bachelor.. Remises par M. Jean Guillaume Sonnier, responsable production et diffusion Cinéma à l ECAL au nom de BNP Paribas Avril LehmannCI CHF 10 000.- MASTER GRADUATION - Awards 2021 EXECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her Master s thesis. Presented by Mrs Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary Silvio Rebholz DP CHF 1 000.- ECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- x2 A prize awarded to graduate students who have distinguished themselves by the excellence of their work throughout their studies at ECAL. Presented by M. Milo Keller, Head of Master Photography Manqin Zhang PH CHF 1 000.- Simone Nicola Filippo AV CHF 1 000.- BCV Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a Master s degree student in Product Design who has distinguished himself/herself by the overall quality of his or her diploma work. Presented by Mr Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Design Maxwell Ashford DP CHF 1 000.- Eyes on Talents Award (Professional support) Three prizes awarded by the Paris-based agency Eyes On Talents to graduate projects with high potential in terms of sustainability, social impact or technological integration. The winners will benefit from a professional support and a media follow-up as well as an increased visibility among the agency s network of partners. Presented by Mrs. Cécile Cécile Vulliemin, Strategic Partnerships - R&D on behalf of Eyes on Talents Chiachi Chao TD Maxwell Ashford DP Sara Bastai PH Profot Award (Tripod 3-Legged Think) A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master s degree in Photography who has carried out excellent diploma project. Presented by Mr M. Milo Keller on behalf of Profot Olivia Wünsche PH Tripod 3-Legged Think Jacqueline Veuve Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a student in Cinema who has distinguished herself during the year by the quality of her achievements or technical work. Presented by Mrs Rachel Noël, Bachelor Cinema Coordinator Rokhaya Balde CI CHF 1 000.- David Rust Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded by In Rust We Trust to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her typographic work. The winner is offered the opportunity to publish a visual that will be used to collect donations for the Design against Cancer action (led by the association). Presented by Mr Angelo Benedetto, founding member of the association in rust we trust* Chiachi Chao TD CHF 1 000.- BG Ingénieurs Conseils Award - CHF 1 500.- A prize awarded to a graduate student, author of a project that takes into account sustainable development, in particular its economic, environmental and social aspects. Presented by Mrs Anne-Claire Pliska, Director of Strategic Planning and Innovation at BG Consulting Engineers Nadav Goldenberg DP CHF 1 500.- Encouragement Award - City of Renens - CHF 2 000.- An encouragement prize awarded to a student in the 1st year of the Master Fine Arts who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her work. The winner is offered the opportunity to exhibit his/her work at the Ferme des Tilleuls in Renens. Presented by Mr. Olivier Golaz, Municipal of the City of Renens Mayara Yamada 1AV CHF 2 000.- HES-SO Design & Fine Arts Excellence Award- CHF 2 500.- A prize awarded to an ECAL student who has distinguished himself/herself by the excellence of his/her diploma work. Presented by Mrs Christine Pirinoli, Vice-Rector Research and Innovation of the HES-SO Lucile Billot TD CHF 2 500.- Scholarship Walter + Eve Kent Foundation - CHF 5 000.- x2 Two scholarships awarded to particularly talented students in the fields of painting and sculpture, to support the continuation of his or her studies at ECAL. Presented by Mr Alexis Georgacopoulos, board member of Walter + Eve Kent Foundation Djellza Azemi 1AV CHF 5 000.- Leonardo Pellicanò 1AV CHF 5 000.- De Bethune Award – CHF 6 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship for the quality of his/her work. Presented by Mr Denis Flageollet, master watchmaker & creator of De Bethune Sarah Yao MAS DLC CHF 6 000.- FLOKK Internship (6-month internship program at Flokk HQ in Oslo) Six-month internship programme at Flokk HQ in Oslo, Norway, to a Master Product Design graduate. Flokk is the market leader in the design, development and production of workplace furniture in Europe. Presented by Mr Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Oscar Kwong DP 6-month internship program at Flokk HQ in Oslo Images Vevey x ECAL Award (Monographic exhibition presented by Images Vevey in collaboration with the ECAL, in Vevey) A prize offering the opportunity of a first public visibility through an exhibition to a graduate of the ECAL s Bachelor s or Master s degree in photography, while reinforcing the existing links between ECAL and Images Vevey. Presented by M. Stefano Stoll, founder and director of Images Vevey Sara Bastai PH Monographic exhibition presented by Images Vevey in collaboration with the ECAL, in Vevey Casino Barrière of Montreux Foundation Grant – CHF 8 000.- x2 Two scholarships awarded to students about to complete their graduation year. The choice was made on the basis of their talent and creativity. Presented by Mrs Stéphanie Moisdon on behalf of the Casino Barrière de Montreux Foundation Benjamin Fanni 1MAAV CHF 8 000.- Laura Csocsán 1MATD CHF 8 000.- Abréviations: AV: Arts Visuels CI: Cinéma DI: Design Industriel DG: Design Graphique DP: Design de Produit MAS DLC: Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship MID: Media & Interaction Design PH: Photographie TD: Type Design
Bachelor Photography students at the Fondation de l Hermitage,25.06–31.10.2021,Fondation de l Hermitage, Lausanne From 25 june to 31 October, the Fondation de l Hermitage in Lausanne will host a major retrospective of the Lucerne painter Hans Emmenegger (1866-1940), the first of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland. Bachelor Photography students from ECAL were invited to create their own responses to Emmenegger s art. From 25 june to 31 October, the Fondation de l Hermitage in Lausanne will host a major retrospective of the Lucerne painter Hans Emmenegger (1866-1940), the first of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland. An artist of great originality in both his choice of subjects and the boldness of his compositions, Emmenegger is now regarded as one of the most important Swiss painters of his day. Bachelor Photography students from ECAL were invited to create their own responses to Emmenegger s art, and their photographs will be on display in various areas of the museum and the park. Students Dominique Bartels, Julie Corday, Jessica Dreier, Diego Fellmann, Florian Hilt, Ludivine Keller, Samara Krähenbühl, Angèle Marignac-Serra, Lisa Mazenauer, Marvin Merkel, Basil Pérot, Yolane Rais, Camille Spiller. Fondation de l Hermitage Route du Signal 2 CH - 1018 Lausanne https://www.fondation-hermitage.ch
ECAL x MEHARI EDEN at Design Parade Festival,25–27.06.2021,Villa Noailles, Hyères On the occasion of the Design Parade Festival in Hyères from 25 to 27 June 2021, ECAL presents the "ECAL x MEHARI EDEN" project. 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 Bachelor students in Industrial Design at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, under the direction of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Programme, and designer Elric Petit, showcase a series of accessories for tomorrow s electric Méhari. A genuine “LEGO car”, the Méhari lent itself perfectly to being reinvented by ECAL s students: a steering wheel with a built-in Bluetooth speaker, a rowboat doubling as a roof for the ride towards your favourite boating spot, practical surfboard and bike racks, a ready-to-use picnic set hidden in the tailgate, a waterproof roof cover made from banana plants, or the backrest of the rear seat that converts into a side table are just some of products on display. After a stopover in Lausanne at the hands of the students, the EDEN returns to its stamping ground equipped with its new functions and heads for Villa Noailles for the 15thDesign Parade Festival. From 28 June, the car and its accessories will be on display in the showroom of the 2CV Méhari Club in Cassis until 29 October 2021. ----- This project was carried out in partnership with the 2CV Méhari Club Cassis and initiated by Massilia.design and Nathalie Dewez with the valuable support of Bananatex® and the Design Parade Hyères Festival. As part of the Summer University programme of the Board of Higher Education(DGES) – State of Vaud.
"ECAL Digital Market" in the V&A collection,21.06.2021,Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) – the world s leading museum of art, design and performance based in London – presents Design 1900 – Now, a new permanent gallery exploring how design shapes and is shaped by how we live, work, travel, communicate and consume. As part of the gallery, new acquisitions will go on display, including the ECAL Digital Market project by ECAL. Opening 19 June 2021, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) – the world s leading museum of art, design and performance based in London – presents Design 1900 – Now, a new permanent gallery exploring how design shapes and is shaped by how we live, work, travel, communicate and consume. Housed within the museum s former 20th Century Gallery, this newly curated space brings together leading design objects alongside the first redisplay of V&A s celebrated "Rapid Response Collecting" programme since its founding in 2014. As part of the gallery, new acquisitions will go on display, including the ECAL Digital Market project by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. “We are delighted to bring the ECAL Digital Market project into the V&As collection of digital and product design,” says Corinna Gardner, Senior Curator of Design and Digital at the V&A. “We have an established history of acquiring 3D printed designs and this project has the ability to speak to the future of this exciting discipline.” In partnership with the 3D printing company Formlabs, the idea of this project is to present digital manufacturing as an industrial production tool thanks to a print farm composed of numerous machines printing the same pieces simultaneously. Imagined by Camille Blin, Head of the Master Product Design, and Christophe Guberan, ECAL tutor, ECAL Digital Market offers functional and well-designed everyday objects, created by Master Product Design students as well as by a selection of ECAL-related designers (faculty members and alumni). Digital files of the objects can also be purchased online: www.ecal-digital-market.ch As part of the “Automation & Labour” thematic within the exhibition at the V&A, ECAL Digital Market was initially created for the Milan Design Week 2018. After its success in Italy, the project was presented at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, at CIBONE Tokyo and already at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. “We first brought this project to the V&A as part part of a London Design Festival display,” says Johanna Agerman Ross, Curator of Furniture and Product Design at the V&A. “It s great to see the work of both early career and established designers now joining the collection and fitting that it s now featured in the new Design 1900-Now gallery.” For ECAL Director Alexis Georgacopoulos: “It is very rewarding for both teachers and students to see their work become part of such a prestigious museum collection. It confirms us in our choices and motivates us to push the boundaries even further.“ Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road London, SW7 2RL www.vam.ac.uk
Diploma 2021 Jury 2021 Real Madrid (Bianca Benenti Oriol and Marco Pezzotta) Giovanni Carmine https://www.ecal-diplomes.ch/en/3062/Bachelor-Arts-Visuels Jury 2021Real Madrid (Bianca Benenti Oriol and Marco Pezzotta)Giovanni Carminehttps://www.ecal-diplomes.ch/en/3062/Bachelor-Arts-Visuels
visioncreationnewsound.ch and research project "Phantom Power",04.06.2021 visioncreationnewsound.ch is a new website that documents research on sound and listening carried out within the Bachelor Fine Arts programme at ECAL. It gives access to materials produced during various events/experiments and will be gradually completed by textual material. The site is also designed as an archive in which materials from workshops dating from 2012 and contemporary research are inextricably linked. As part of this platform, the "Phantom Power" research project, which was launched in 2021, is especially highlighted. This project questions the social configurations of aural practices in the context of performances and sound installations. Through the collective study of three public events (the first of which had to be held behind closed doors), the project seeks to account for the ways in which artists and audiences make each other think and agree or disagree on meanings. The website will also present for the first time the original performances by Leif Elggren and Marja-Leena Sillanpää, as well as the discussions that followed between students and philosopher Vinciane Despret on 29 April. It will also feature these same performances performed by students on 30 April in front of Elggren and Sillanpää themselves. "Phantom Power" is supported by the Network of Expertise in Design and Visual Arts (RCDAV) of HES-SO. Visual: Notter + Vigne
AIZI / AI字 / 爱字 Artificial Intelligence-Aided Type Design AIZI research projects is a collaboration between ECAL and EPFL Computer Vision Laboratory. Its aim is to develop an artificial intelligence tool to help the creation of hanzi. The idea is to train an AI to generate glyphs from a small number of ‘seed characters, using Generative Adversarial Network (GAN): two algorithms fighting each other, endlessly attempting to outperform one another. Chinese script is rich of thousands of hanzi, but their construction is, on many point, very logical and systematic. It processes by assembling a limited number of radicals in order to produce new signs. For the designer, a major difficulty is that depending of the surrounding components, the design of the radicals changes, always self-adapting to the context, in order to achieve harmonious forms. A Latin typeface contains a mere 400 to 700 glyphs, on average. Thanks to the alphabetic system, these relatively few characters can spell out every word that exists in a given language. A single style of a Chinese font must contain a minimum of 6,763 commonly used glyphs to be of any use, while typefaces for literary use, for instance, need thousands more. Famous Chinese historical dictionaries contains between 47,000 and 54,000 hanzi (characters), the most complete going to the incredible number of 106,230. Thus, creating a Chinese can only be achieved though long time and team effort. Those two elements are inhibiting creativity. First, it makes type foundries tend to not take risks with their design. Second, it prevent freelance designers (Chinese or not) to design for the script, which volume makes it unattainable. This situation cuts type designers for a script used by 900 million native speakers of Mandarin language, and around 400 million second-language readers. The output of the research project is a database, of the different glyph constructions that exists in Chinese. It currently covers 90,000 hanzi, and will be freely accessible online, as a encouragement for the type design technological scene to develop. The project was also the occasion to think about the role of computer-aided design in the field of typography, its future development, and its application within the field of type design education.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team, Mathieu Salzmann, , Periodjanuary 2020 – june 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationWebsite aizi.ch
Encouragement award 2020 of the City of Renens,26.05–06.06.2021,La Ferme des Tilleuls Pour la 8e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué l été passé le Prix d encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l ECAL. Amanda Puna, Bachelor Design Graphique, et Caroline Perrenoud, Bachelor Photographie, se sont distinguées par la qualité de leurs propositions. PRIX D ENCOURAGEMENT DE LA VILLE DE RENENS 2020 Pour la 8e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué l été passé le Prix d encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne. Amanda Puna, Bachelor Design Graphique, et Caroline Perrenoud, Bachelor Photographie, se sont distinguées par la qualité de leurs propositions. Outre une bourse remise à chacune, la Ville met à la disposition des lauréates un espace d exposition à La Ferme des Tilleuls afin de présenter leur travail artistique commun entamé en 2020: «intra et extra». AMANDA PUNA étudiante en Bachelor Design Graphique, ECAL CAROLINE PERRENOUD étudiante en Bachelor Photographie, ECAL VERNISSAGE LE 26 MAI 2021 À 18H sur inscription à l adresse : lfdt@fermedestilleuls.ch EXPOSITION du 26 mai au 06 juin 2021 HORAIRES Lundi, mardi: Fermé Mercredi – vendredi: 10h-18h Samedi: 12h-18h Dimanche: 11h-18h ADRESSE La Ferme des Tilleuls Rue de Lausanne 52 1020 Renens TELEPHONE 021 603 03 50 https://fermedestilleuls.ch/ https://www.renens.ch/web/accueil.php