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Design Preis Schweiz Congratulations to Bachelor Industrial Design graduate Jordane Vernet, who won the Rado Star Prize Switzerland for Young Talents at the occasion of Design Preis Schweiz, with her diploma project "Sterilux". Also bravo to Thilo Alex Brunner, MAS in Design for Luxury & Crafstmanship graduate and teacher, who won the Product – Consumer Goods award with his Swiss army knife designed at ECAL and produced by Malvaux. Finally, Lucas Uhlmann, Bachelor Industrial Design graduate, and Thibault Brevet, Bachelor Graphic Design graduate, were part of the team (Etter Studio, Digital Arts Association, Solution, Greenliff), winner of the Spatial category.
Workshop Bloc studios Marble connotes weight, stability and robustness, and is a quintessentially noble material. In light of this, what kind of objects are able to take full advantage of these properties? How can the sensations of balance or weight be fully expressed, while respecting the innate qualities and limits of this substance? This was the question that ECAL /University of Art and Design Lausanne Industrial Design Bachelor s students addressed in 2016 at a workshop led by Swiss designers Joséphine Choquet and Virgile Thévoz. This collection has been jointly developed over recent years by Bloc studios and ECAL, and comprises a selection of objects that focus on the rational balance between materials and proportions – playful ball-joint mirrors, punk marble plates pierced through with steel, marble vases in tension with aluminium, minimal tub plugs and mesmerising wedged vases.
Exhibition and Symposium "Augmented Photography",12.10–03.11.2017,Gallery l elac & Auditorium IKEA Exhibition "Augmented Photography": 12/10/17 A Research Project by Master Photography. Opening reception 6pm, Gallery l elac, ECAL Exhibition until 03/11/17 (closed from 16 to 22 October) From Monday to Friday, 1pm to 5pm. Symposium "Augmented Photography": 13/10/17 9am – 6pm, Gallery l elac, ECAL www.augmented-photography.ch Ann-Christin Bertrand Curator, C/O Berlin (DE) Estelle Blaschke Researcher & Writer (CH) Claus Gunti Art Historian and Researcher (CH) Maxime Guyon Researcher & Photographer (FR) Harm van den Dorpel Artist (NL/DE) Milo Keller Head of Photography, ECAL (CH) Kim Knoppers Curator, FOAM Amsterdam (NL) It s Our Playground Artists & Curators (FR) Marco De Mutiis Digital Curator, Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH) Nicolas Nova Researcher & Writer (CH) Joël Vacheron Researcher & Writer (CH) “Augmented Photography” is a research project conducted at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne by the Master Photography programme, examining recent changes in photography. It aims to explore creative potential which has emerged with the digitisation of photographic procedures. It pays particular attention to the ways of producing, modifying, diffusing and teaching photography. ECAL invites you to discover the multi-faceted exhibition (Gallery l elac) and symposium (IKEA Auditorium) with its related publication. ECAL & Gallery l elac Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens Switzerland
Augmented Photography – 2017 Photography has contributed, throughout its history, to building up a framework of knowledge based on an ability to demonstrate visibly, and therefore objectively, the reality of things. The widespread nature of digital imagery – images that have been created, processed, disseminated or stored as digital data – has led us to review critically the precision of our gaze. In the past, photographic images were deemed to be trustworthy and irrefutable documents. They have now become malleable and plausible data that we instantly assimilate into our visual habits. Since the 1990s, this development has given rise to considerable discussion about the nature of photographic realism, and a questioning of entire areas of activity. The digital creation of images has been accompanied by their manipulation in ways that are similar to painting, sculpture and, more analytically, the computer sciences. In this respect, Web 2.0, by facilitating in the circulation of ideas, things and persons at unprecedented speed, has further accelerated a process that began with the advent of the Internet. This research project allowed us to experiment with new practices and analyse the positions adopted by influential actors, such as photographers, critics and curators. It offered participants conceptual and practical tools to allow them to position themselves in hyper-connected environments. In the absence of any master s degrees in photography in Switzerland, this research helps provide a robust theoretical framework and a way of keeping abreast of the shifting nature of the discipline.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (researcher) (research assistant)Visiting lecturersAnn-Christin Bertrand, Estelle Blaschke, Rachel de Joode, Marco De Mutiis, Anne de Vries, Christophe Gaillard, Claus Gunti, Joe Hamilton, Kim Knoppers, Nicolas Nova, Harm Van Den DorpelPeriodoctober 2016 – october 2017Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublication Augmented Photography, edited by Milo Keller, Joël Vacheron and Maxime Guyon, ECAL, Renens, 2017 Website augmented-photography.ch
Hublot Design Prize to Carolien Niebling, Master Product Design graduate Congratulations to Carolien Niebling, Master Product Design graduate and assistant at ECAL, who won the prestigious Hublot Design Prize (CHF 100 000.-). Also a big up to Sigmasix Interactive Environments and Traum Inc, Bachelor Media and Interaction Design graduates, who were amongst the 8 finalists. www.hublot.com http://carolienniebling.com
Graduation Show 2017,27.09–13.10.2017,Auditorium Leenaards, ECAL From 27 September (opening reception at 6pm) to 13 October, ECAL presents a selection of the Bachelor and Master diplomas 2017 in its building in Renens. Through editions, pictures, fonts, paintings, interactive installations or design objects, this exhibition offers the unique opportunity to discover the work of students from Bachelor (Fine Arts, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Photography, Media & interaction Design) and Master (Art Direction, Fine Arts, Design Product) as well as the creations of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship. The films of the Bachelor Cinema will enjoy a screening in November (Cinema Capitole, Lausanne). On this occasion, the ECAL publishes for the sixth year in a row a "Yearbook" with all the projects of the graduates. Available directly at ECAL. The exhibition will be open from 28 September to 13 October 2017, from 11am to 6pm (closed on Saturdays and Sundays). ECAL 5, avenue du Temple 1020 Renens Links images HD Bachelor Industrial Design Bachelor Photography Bachelor Graphic Design Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Bachelor Fine Arts Master Product Design Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Master Art Direction Master Fine Arts
Prix culturel Photographie 2017 – BCV to Joël Tettamanti Bravo à Joël Tettamanti, diplômé de l ECAL en Bachelor Photographie, qui a gagné le Prix culturel Photographie 2017 – BCV (CHF 20 000.-) remis par la Fondation vaudoise pour la culture Congratulations to Joël Tettamanti, Bachelor Photography graduate, who won the Prix culturel Photographie 2017 –BCV (CHF 20 000.-) presented by the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture. https://www.fvpc2.ch/cms http://www.tettamanti.ch/
The Sausage of the Future Can we count on the sausage to provide a solution, in order to reduce the consumption of meat? And can the use of new ingredients increase the diversity of our diets? Can the sausage make a considerable contribution to a sustainable food culture? To answer these questions, a chef of molecular gastronomy, a master butcher and a designer have teamed up to look into sausage production techniques and potential new ingredients – such as insects, nuts, and legumes – to reinvent the sausage of the future. The final publication Sausage of the Future takes the reader on a journey through all the building blocks of a sausage. It stops along the way to explore issues like moistness, flavoring, glue, and preservation. The publication catalogues different types of sausages and presents lesser-known ingredients, carefully selected for their potential regarding the future. In our days, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), we are facing a serious shortage of protein-rich-food. The reason is the overconsumption of animal products. Meat, in particular, will be scarce: thus, we need alternatives. The sausage is one of mankind s first-ever designed food items. A paragon of efficient butchery, it was originally designed to make the most of animal protein in times of scarcity. With its wide variety of sizes and its endless choice of possible fillings, the sausage offers itself again to take a pioneering role. This time, not only to make the most of animal protein, but to be a shell for all kinds of nutrition.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research teamSupervision Mock-ups Gabriel Serero Herman ter Weele Graphic design and illustrations Helge Hjorth Bentsen Olli Hirvonen Photography Emile Barret Noortje Knulst Jonas MarguetPeriodmarch 2014 – november 2017Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design LausanneDisseminationPublication Carolien Niebling, The Sausage of the Future, Zurich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2017. Exhibitions Design Parade, Hyères, Villa Noailles, June 30 – Sept 24, 2017. Hublot Design Miami, Miami, December 7, 2017. The Sausage of the Future, Milan, SaloneSatellite, April 4–9, 2017. WantedDesign, Brooklyn, May 17–21, 2018. Design Parade, Hyères, Villa Noailles, June 29 – September 23, 2018. Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Strijp, October 20 – 28, 2018. Food Revolution 5.0, Winterthur, Gewerbemuseum, December 2, 2018 – April 28, 2019 FOOD: Bigger than the plate, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, May 18 – October 10, 2019. Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival, Milano, Triennale, March 01–November 09, 2019. Serial Eater, Hornu, CID Grand-Hornu, May 27 – November 29, 2020. Design Preis Schweiz, Langenthal, November 02 – 10, 2019. Awards Winner of Design Prize Switzerland (Research) – 2019 Winner of Norway s most beautiful books competition (Nonfiction) – 2018 Silver Hare (second prize) in Hochparterre s Die Besten (design and research category) – 2017 Winner of Hublot Design Prize – 2017 Winner of Design Parade Hyères Grand Prix at Villa Noailles – 2017 Press Penelope Vaglini, The Future Sausage, lofficielitalia.com, 11 mai 2017 Phillip Löwe, Wurst case scenario, Spiegel.de, 10 avril 2017 Emma Rawson, In search of the missing link: Tasting the future of sausage with Carolien Niebling, thisNZlife.co.nz, 12 Septembre 2019 Daphne Milner, Designer Carolien Niebling wants you to meet the meat we eat, itsnicethat.com, 25 Avril 2018 Spencer Bailey, How the Sausage Is Made, Literally, surfacemag.com, 30 décembre 2017 Alexander Kühn, Die Wurst der Zukunft, tagesanzeiger.ch, 7 décembre 2017 Dutch food designer Carolien Niebling on why the future of food might not be fake meat or veganism, but sausages, idealog.co.nz, 22 août 2019 Katharine Schwab, The Sausage Gets A Radical Redesign, Fastcompany.com, 4 juillet 2017 Sofia Lekka Angelopoulou, the future sausage by carolien niebling wins the design prize switzerland 2019, designboom.com, 2 novembre 2019 Ali Morris, Alternatives for meat consumption to be explored by ECAL during Milan design week, dezeen.com, 29 mars 2017 Conferences And the day after? lecture, TEDxGeneva, Geneva, March 22, 2018 Semi-Permanent, lecture, Semi-Permanent, Auckland, August 15, 2019 Design Indaba conference, lecture, Design Indaba, Cape Town, February 27, 2019 Future of Production, Panel talk, Global Design Forum at V&A, London, September 14, 2019 Sustainability by Design: Innovation for a Circular Economy, Panel talk, Swissnex, San Francisco, January 14, 2020
Collaborate! On the occasion of Foam 15th anniversary, students of the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague and the University of Art and Design (ECAL) in Lausanne were asked by Foam to work together on the theme: COLLABORATE. In the months running up to the opening week of Les Rencontres d Arles the students of both schools have been exchanging material and ideas to create works, preparing for an exhibition at La Bourse du Travail during the opening week of the festival Les Rencontres de la Photographie 2017. Also, when in Arles they make a daily report to be shared with the public. The exhibition space in La Bourse functions as a large studio in which the international students work on these reports. On the occasion of Foam 15th anniversary, students of the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague and the University of Art and Design (ECAL) in Lausanne were asked by Foam to work together on the theme: COLLABORATE.In the months running up to the opening week of Les Rencontres d Arles the students of both schools have been exchanging material and ideas to create works, preparing for an exhibition at La Bourse du Travail during the opening week of the festival Les Rencontres de la Photographie 2017. Also, when in Arles they make a daily report to be shared with the public. The exhibition space in La Bourse functions as a large studio in which the international students work on these reports.
L ECAL à Arles: collaboration with Foam & KABK,03–09.07.2017,La Bourse du Travail, Arles To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam will be present in Arles during the international festival Les Rencontres de la Photographie. On this occasion, Foam promotes international cooperation and exchange between art schools and initiates a collaboration between photography students of ECAL and KABK/Royal Academy of Art The Hague. The outcome of this collaboration will be exhibited during the opening week of the festival. From 3 to 9 July 2017 Daily from 10am to 7pm La Bourse du Travail 3, rue Parmentier 13200 Arles www.foam.org www.ecal.ch www.kabk.nl Image: ECAL/Myriam Bonaglia Font: Magister & Forma by ECAL/Leonardo Azzolini
Grand Prix Design Parade to Carolien Niebling Congratulations to Carolien Niebling, Master Product Design graduate, won the Grand Prix (1st Prize) Design Parade (Hyères) at the Villa Noailles with a research project conducted at ECAL about the "Sausage of the Future". The jury was presided by Inga Sempé This project explores the design and taste of the future sausage, while critically discussing alternatives to meat consumption worldwide. The Grand Prix Design Parade consists of: a research scholarship of one year at Sèvres – Cité de la céramique a research scholarship of one year at CIRVA (International Glass and Arts Research Centre in Marseille, to create a vase. This vase will be produced in triplicate and will then become a part of the collections of the villa Noailles and of the CIRVA, one vase for the designer a grant of 5 000 euros given by Galerie kreo for a personal design project that could be represented by Galerie kreo a personal exhibition at the villa Noailles during Design Parade 13, in July 2018 a series of exhibitions in Europe in 2019 a personal exhibition at espace d art Le Moulin in La Valette-du-Var in July 2019. Exhibition until 24 Septembre at the Villa Noailles, Hyères www.villanoailles-hyeres.com http://carolienniebling.com/THE-FUTURE-SAUSAGE
"Workbays Village" exhibition in collaboration with Vitra,29.06–24.09.2017,Port des créateurs, Toulon Following a workshop led by Camille Blin and Erwan Bouroullec, Master Product Design students of ECAL present projects around the Workbays created by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and edited by Vitra. Together with new functionalities, these prospective work environments are presented on the occasion of Design Parade Toulon – festival international d architecture d intérieur. DOWNLOAD IMAGES HD DOWNLOAD POSTER With Workbays, which they created for Vitra a few years ago, the French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, who regularly collaborate with ECAL, have developed a micro-architectural system that redefines the working environment and breaks with the typical rigid planning structure of offices. Thus Workbays create distinct areas where individuals or groups can retreat from the general office environment to carry out specific activities. The units come equipped with everything users need: work surfaces, seating, optional storage and power connections. The structure of Workbays consists of slim aluminium profiles and organically shaped wall elements made of pressed polyester felt. “The ECAL students suggested we devised new typologies for these working environments, adding novel features and supplying them with new accessories”, says Camille Blin, the designer and professor who headed the project. So the Master Product Design students worked for a full semester under the watchful eye of Erwan Bouroullec and invented new structures that call to mind Japanese 0capsule hotels, a prototyping workshop, a gym, a bar, a garden or a resting area. For each of these spaces, the students created specific and original objects, ranging from Bluetooth loudspeakers to miniature lamps reminiscent of stadium ones, desk pads-cum-bags, a semi-standing stool, a cable-covering carpet, in & out wastepaper baskets, multi socket trays or a desk partition with vases and drawing pins. A 3D animation film specifically created by TRAUM Inc. presenting these unusual Workbays can also be seen at the exhibition. Opening reception on Thursday 29 June 2017 from 6.30 pm to 21 pm at the Port des Créateurs Exhibition from 30 June to 2 July, from 10am to 6pm during the Festival. Then until 24 September, from Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 7pm. Le Port des Créateurs Place Savonnières 83000 Toulon www.villanoailles-hyeres.com www.ecal.ch www.vitra.com
Exhibited cinema Artists films, video art and exhibition of moving images in French-speaking Switzerland The aims of this project are twofold: to reconstruct the place of films and moving images in the field of contemporary art through researches into Swiss French archives; and to experience, through workshops with filmmakers and visual artists, conferences of curators and moving image practitioners, the involvements of the exhibition context on the open forms of film experiments (the treatment of duration, the multiplicity of screens, the mobile spectator).Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research teamAdeena Mey (assistant) Bachelor students in Visual Arts and Film Department of ECALPeriodseptember 2012 – june 2017Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublications François Bovier, Early Video Art and Experimental Films Networks, Renens: ECAL 2017 François Bovier, Adeena Mey, Cinéma Exposé / Exhibited cinema, Renens: ECAL 2015 Website cinemaexpose.ch Exhibition Films screenings «Exhibited Cinema»PartnersJRP|Ringier, Swiss Film Archive
Workshop Aldo Bakker Under the guidance of Aldo Bakker, designer in Amsterdam, 1st year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to rethink pouring vessels. They had a one-week workshop to do so. Images by ECAL/Younès Klouche
"Corps-concept" Exhibition “Corps-concept” is an exhibition that reflects on contemporary conceptions of the body that underpin numerous ideological movements, including transhumanism. Issues regarding the body-object, the body-draft, body-commodity and the anthropological consequences of these different “conceptional reductions” will be examined. The aim of the exhibition is to offer an unprecedented insight into our current utopias and on the technoscientific driving force that irrigates these. From 21 My to 19 November at the Maison d Ailleurs in Yverdon-les-Bains. Opening reception 21 May from 5pm. At the invitation of Marc Atallah, director and curator of the Maison d Ailleurs, first-year Bachelor degree Photography students at the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne tackled the very contemporary issue of transhumanism. For two semesters, they confronted this school of thought which advocates the advent of a new human being and contends that the progress of science and technology makes it possible to transcend human nature. The project was led by Natacha Lesueur, a French artist-photographer and teacher at the ECAL. This exhibition presents a selection of photographic and filmic works, reflecting the transdisciplinary training programme offered by the ECAL. By contrasting different visions on ways of shaping the humanity of tomorrow, these projects express the numerous controversies and debates regarding transhumanism, as well as its accompanying ideologies. Exhibition opens from 21 May to 19 November 2017 Tu-Sun 11am-6pm 50% discount for ECAL students upon presentation of their legitimation card. Maison d Ailleurs Place Pestalozzi 14 Case postale 945 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains T. : + 41 24 425 64 38 www.ailleurs.ch “Corps-concept” is an exhibition that reflects on contemporary conceptions of the body that underpin numerous ideological movements, including transhumanism. Issues regarding the body-object, the body-draft, body-commodity and the anthropological consequences of these different “conceptional reductions” will be examined. The aim of the exhibition is to offer an unprecedented insight into our current utopias and on the technoscientific driving force that irrigates these. From 21 My to 19 November at the Maison d Ailleurs in Yverdon-les-Bains. Opening reception 21 May from 5pm. At the invitation of Marc Atallah, director and curator of the Maison d Ailleurs, first-year Bachelor degree Photography students at the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne tackled the very contemporary issue of transhumanism. For two semesters, they confronted this school of thought which advocates the advent of a new human being and contends that the progress of science and technology makes it possible to transcend human nature. The project was led by Natacha Lesueur, a French artist-photographer and teacher at the ECAL. This exhibition presents a selection of photographic and filmic works, reflecting the transdisciplinary training programme offered by the ECAL. By contrasting different visions on ways of shaping the humanity of tomorrow, these projects express the numerous controversies and debates regarding transhumanism, as well as its accompanying ideologies.Exhibition opensfrom 21 May to 19 November 2017Tu-Sun 11am-6pm50% discount for ECAL students upon presentation of their legitimation card.Maison d Ailleurs Place Pestalozzi 14 Case postale 9451400 Yverdon-les-Bains T. : + 41 24 425 64 38www.ailleurs.ch
"Walk with Pierre Hardy" exhibition in Japan,18–22.05.2017,Paris Photo After Paris, Pierre Hardy & ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne are pleased to present the photo exhibition WALK WITH PIERRE HARDY in Japan. UPDATE Exposition «Walk with Pierre Hardy» au Japon After Paris, Pierre Hardy & ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne are pleased to present the photo exhibition WALK WITH PIERRE HARDY in Japan. Exhibition open to the public from 18 May to 22 May 2017, from 12:00 to 19:00 PIERRE HARDY Yusen Building A-103 5-5-25 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo www.pierrehardy.com On the occasion of Paris Photo, Pierre Hardy & the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present the exhibition "Walk with Pierre Hardy". Fifteen iconic models by the designer were visually reinterpreted by the students of Bachelor Photography under the direction of Philippe Jarrigeon. Additionally, a luxurious special publication marks the occasion. To be discovered from 11 to 13 November 2016 (10 am to 7 pm) at the Pierre Hardy boutique (9-11 Place du Palais-Bourbon). HD pictures: www.ecal.ch/en/1649 “I really enjoyed interacting with the students. At ECAL, my role was very different from that of a teacher coaching the students on their work – as I myself was the subject I knew the stuff inside out! Just show me half a centimetre of a heel and I instantly recognise the model which I created”, says Pierre Hardy. The ECAL Bachelor Photography students thus worked on various collections produced by the Parisian designer in the past fifteen years in order to give them a new visual interpretation. Photographer Philippe Jarrigeon comments on the method he chose to conduct this workshop at ECAL: “Together with Pierre Hardy s team we selected fifteen pairs of shoes in the archives – a purely practical decision which allowed us to keep the models as long as we wanted at ECAL. In addition, this allowed students to free themselves from seasonal trends. At the beginning of the workshop in October 2015, each student got a model on which to work by drawing lots”. This project allowed the students to question the relationship between photography and footwear, and by extension to confront the interconnection between photography and fashion. Milo Keller, Head of Photography at ECAL, observes that “Students, working without any business constraints in that case, are less formatted than a professional and therefore often offer unexpected approaches”. The results are indeed surprising and offbeat, sometimes even provocative or poetic, but always treat the original creations with respect. "Walk with Pierre Hardy" Exhibition 11 to 13 November 2016 10 am to 7 pm Pierre Hardy 9-11 Place du Palais-Bourbon 75007 Paris www.pierrehardy.com "Walk with Pierre Hardy" Publication Text (French): conversation between Pierre Hardy, Philippe Jarrigeon and Milo Keller Transcript: Sylvain Menétrey Softcover, 220 × 280 mm, 52 pages, 48 colour images, November 2016 ISBN: 978-2-9700962-9-0 Price: CHF 15 / EUR 15
"Workbays Village" exhibition in collaboration with Vitra,18–24.05.2017,Gallery l elac, ECAL Following a workshop led by Camille Blin and Erwan Bouroullec, Master of Product Design students of the ECAL present projects around the Workbays created by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and edited by Vitra. Together with new functionalities, these prospective work environments are presented here in preview, then will take the direction of the Festival Parade Toulon from 29 June to 24 September 2017. Opening reception on Thursday 18 May 2017 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Gallery l elac. Exhibition from 19 May to 24 May, from Monday to Friday, from 1 pm to 5 pm. Also to discover, a 3D animation specially made for the occasion by TRAUM Inc. Galerie l elac 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens www.ecal.ch www.vitra.com
"un chapeau en papier" professeur Martino D Esposito Photos: ECAL/Younès Klouche "un chapeau en papier" professeur Martino D EspositoPhotos: ECAL/Younès Klouche
"Walk With Pierre Hardy" in Tokyo PIERRE HARDY & the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present the exhibition Walk with Pierre Hardy . Fifteen iconic models by the designer were visually reinterpreted by the students of Bachelor Photography under the direction of Philippe Jarrigeon. Additionally, a luxurious special publication marks the occasion. Presented for the first time in November 2016 during Paris Photo at the PIERRE HARDY boutique (Palais Bourbon), this exhibition was a huge success. Pierre Hardy thought that it was absolutely necessary to share this event with his Japanese friends. Therefore, the exhibition will be discovered from 18 to 22 May in the exhibition space related to the PIERRE HARDY boutique in Tokyo. “I really enjoyed interacting with the students. At ECAL, my role was very different from that of a teacher coaching the students on their work – as I myself was the subject I knew the stuff inside out! Just show me half a centimetre of a heel and I instantly recognise the model which I created”, says Pierre Hardy. The ECAL Bachelor Photography students thus worked on various collections produced by the Parisian designer in the past fifteen years in order to give them a new visual interpretation. Photographer Philippe Jarrigeon comments on the method he chose to conduct this workshop at ECAL: “Together with PIERRE HARDY s team we selected fifteen pairs of shoes in the archives – a purely practical decision which allowed us to keep the models as long as we wanted at ECAL. In addition, this allowed students to free themselves from seasonal trends. At the beginning of the workshop in October 2015, each student got a model on which to work by drawing lots”. This project allowed the students to question the relationship between photography and footwear, and by extension to confront the interconnection between photography and fashion. Milo Keller, Head of Photography at ECAL, observes that “Students, working without any business constraints in that case, are less formatted than a professional and therefore often offer unexpected approaches”. The results are indeed surprising and offbeat, sometimes even provocative or poetic, but always treat the original creations with respect. PIERRE HARDY & the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present the exhibition Walk with Pierre Hardy . Fifteen iconic models by the designer were visually reinterpreted by the students of Bachelor Photography under the direction of Philippe Jarrigeon. Additionally, a luxurious special publication marks the occasion. Presented for the first time in November 2016 during Paris Photo at the PIERRE HARDY boutique (Palais Bourbon), this exhibition was a huge success. Pierre Hardy thought that it was absolutely necessary to share this event with his Japanese friends. Therefore, the exhibition will be discovered from 18 to 22 May in the exhibition space related to the PIERRE HARDY boutique in Tokyo. “I really enjoyed interacting with the students. At ECAL, my role was very different from that of a teacher coaching the students on their work – as I myself was the subject I knew the stuff inside out! Just show me half a centimetre of a heel and I instantly recognise the model which I created”, says Pierre Hardy. The ECAL Bachelor Photography students thus worked on various collections produced by the Parisian designer in the past fifteen years in order to give them a new visual interpretation. Photographer Philippe Jarrigeon comments on the method he chose to conduct this workshop at ECAL: “Together with PIERRE HARDY s team we selected fifteen pairs of shoes in the archives – a purely practical decision which allowed us to keep the models as long as we wanted at ECAL. In addition, this allowed students to free themselves from seasonal trends. At the beginning of the workshop in October 2015, each student got a model on which to work by drawing lots”. This project allowed the students to question the relationship between photography and footwear, and by extension to confront the interconnection between photography and fashion. Milo Keller, Head of Photography at ECAL, observes that “Students, working without any business constraints in that case, are less formatted than a professional and therefore often offer unexpected approaches”. The results are indeed surprising and offbeat, sometimes even provocative or poetic, but always treat the original creations with respect.
Fuori catalogo – 5 fotografi interpretano 5 prodotti di Vico Magistretti,04–09.04.2017,Fondazione studio museo Vico Magistretti, Milano Five ECAL Bachelor & Master Photography graduates (Maxime Guyon, Quentin Lacombe, Calypso Mahieu, Nicolas Polli, Jean-Vincent Simonet) interpret five out of production objects designed by Vico Magistretti. A coproduction between Fondazione Vico Magistretti and ECAL. Exhibition curated by Anniina Koivu & Francesco Zanot. HD Images This exhibition looks at five Vico Magistretti designs, all of which are out of production, through the lenses of five young photographers. The selected objects are: a light, a table, a bookshelf and two chairs. All are iconic, with distinct stories to tell, and all five designs are remarkable for their contemporaneity. Even if (currently) not available on the market, each object is an important reference for contemporary design today. The photographers are Maxime Guyon, Quentin Lacombe, Calypso Mahieu, Nicolas Polli and Jean-Vincent Simonet, all graduates of the Bachelor or Master Photography programmes at ECAL. With their distinct styles, each photographer offers a personal interpretation of the objects. In the process, they generate new desires for the objects that, nonetheless, remain just out of reach. Opening hours Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 8 pm Fondazione studio museo Vico Magistretti Via Vincenzo Bellini 1 20122 Milano www.vicomagistretti.it
IKEA Festival – Let s Make Room for Life,04–09.04.2017,Officina Ventura 14, Milano IKEA invites LMX, a collective of ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts and Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students, to produce acrylic paintings with a programmable machine. Using the extensive possibilities of randomness, colour mix, superposition and serial production provided by this new machine, the students create numerous artworks. HD Images IKEA has invited LMX, an ECAL collective made up of students from the Bachelor Fine Arts and the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design programmes, to produce paintings with a programmable machine. In changing the machine original settings (x, y and z shifting positions, cyan, magenta, yellow, black and white percentages, nozzle size, paint flow, random parameters…) and in using technology to address essential issues in painting, LMX tested the creative and repetitive gesture potential allowed by the mathematical precision of the code and the infallible mechanism of the machine. During the IKEA Festival, LMX mass-produces some artefacts that were designed during a workshop that took place in the countryside around Zurich in February 2017, and continues to explore the potential of this machine, which showcases its production performance to the public. Opening hours Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am – 8 pm Wednesday, 10 am – 10 pm Officina Ventura 14 Via Privata Giovanni Ventura 14, 20134 Milano www.ikea.com www.ikea.today
PUMP – The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project,04–09.04.2017,Palazzo Litta, Milano The Swiss technology company Punkt. invites three leading schools (Design Academy Eindhoven, ECAL, Royal College of Art) to design an e-bike, which expresses the brand s philosophy of “taming technology”. ECAL Master Product Design students present e-CAL 1020, a plug-and-play electrical engine, which transforms your personal bicycle into an e-bike. HD Images The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project is an educational collaboration between Punkt. and three leading design schools: ECAL (Lausanne), RCA (London) and Design Academy (Eindhoven). The brief: create a personal transportation product that innovates in both style and function, specific to the needs and opportunities found in the cities where the students are studying. Travelling in Lausanne means short distances but steep hills. This retro-fit motor harvests downhill braking energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat, and stores it ready to send back to the wheel the moment it is needed. Under the guidance of Thilo Alex Brunner, Head of the programme, ECAL Master Product Design students created e-CAL 1020, a plug and play electrical engine which transforms your bicycle into an e-bike. It is solely recharged by human effort using a generator similar to KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), a technology used in Formula 1. Opening hours Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 9 pm Palazzo Litta Corso Magenta 24, 20123 Milan www.punkt.ch
More Rules for Modern Life,04–09.04.2017,Spazio Orso 16, Milano A selection of pieces by ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design and Bachelor Fine Arts students under the guidance of Christophe Guberan and Stéphane Kropf. Exhibition curated by John M Armleder. HD Images Brochure with explanations Asserting its wish to play with the flimsy distinctions between “objets d art” and practical objects and to question the legitimacy of an exhibition on the fringes of such an outstanding event as the Milan Salone del Mobile, ECAL has invited visual artist John M Armleder to curate an exhibition displaying side by side the works of students from the Bachelor Fine Arts and the Bachelor Industrial Design programmes. After having (re)visited some of John M Armleder exhibitions and seen his iconic pieces, the Furniture Sculpture among others, the students used their chosen materials and processes to devise their exhibition pieces, which they developed at ECAL during a full semester under the watchful eye of designer and professor Christophe Guberan and Stéphane Kropf, artist and Head of the Bachelor Fine Arts. Playing with scale, shapes, colours and materials, the exhibited works defy pre-established categories: a rocking zebra for gangling children, a handless clock, a minimal painting with maximalist details, taped ceramic vases, a menhir made from recycled plastic, concrete marble… All piled up in a visual cacophony that is happily deliberate. Press preview Monday 3 April, 4 pm – 6 pm Opening hours Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 8 pm Spazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16, 20121 Milan www.orso16.com
PUMP – The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project The Swiss technology company Punkt. invites three leading schools (Design Academy Eindhoven, ECAL, Royal College of Art) to design an e-bike, which expresses the brand s philosophy of “taming technology”. ECAL Master Product Design students present e-CAL 1020, a plug-and-play electrical engine, which transforms your personal bicycle into an e-bike. The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project is an educational collaboration between Punkt. and three leading design schools: ECAL (Lausanne), RCA (London) and Design Academy (Eindhoven). The brief: create a personal transportation product that innovates in both style and function, specific to the needs and opportunities found in the cities where the students are studying. Travelling in Lausanne means short distances but steep hills. This retro-fit motor harvests downhill braking energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat, and stores it ready to send back to the wheel the moment it is needed. Under the guidance of Thilo Alex Brunner, Head of the programme, ECAL Master Product Design students created e-CAL 1020, a plug and play electrical engine which transforms your bicycle into an e-bike. It is solely recharged by human effort using a generator similar to KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), a technology used in Formula 1. The Swiss technology company Punkt. invites three leading schools (Design Academy Eindhoven, ECAL, Royal College of Art) to design an e-bike, which expresses the brand s philosophy of “taming technology”. ECAL Master Product Design students present e-CAL 1020, a plug-and-play electrical engine, which transforms your personal bicycle into an e-bike.The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project is an educational collaboration between Punkt. and three leading design schools: ECAL (Lausanne), RCA (London) and Design Academy (Eindhoven). The brief: create a personal transportation product that innovates in both style and function, specific to the needs and opportunities found in the cities where the students are studying.Travelling in Lausanne means short distances but steep hills. This retro-fit motor harvests downhill braking energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat, and stores it ready to send back to the wheel the moment it is needed. Under the guidance of Thilo Alex Brunner, Head of the programme, ECAL Master Product Design students created e-CAL 1020, a plug and play electrical engine which transforms your bicycle into an e-bike. It is solely recharged by human effort using a generator similar to KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), a technology used in Formula 1.
More Rules for Modern Life – 2017 #2 Asserting its wish to play with the flimsy distinctions between “objets d art” and practical objects and to question the legitimacy of an exhibition on the fringes of such an outstanding event as the Milan Salone del Mobile, ECAL has invited visual artist John M Armleder to curate an exhibition displaying side by side the works of students from the Bachelor Fine Arts and the Bachelor Industrial Design programmes. After having (re)visited some of John M Armleder exhibitions and seen his iconic pieces, the Furniture Sculpture among others, the students used their chosen materials and processes to devise their exhibition pieces, which they developed at ECAL during a full semester under the watchful eye of designer and professor Christophe Guberan and Stéphane Kropf, artist and Head of the Bachelor Fine Arts. Playing with scale, shapes, colours and materials, the exhibited works defy pre-established categories: a rocking zebra for gangling children, a handless clock, a minimal painting with maximalist details, taped ceramic vases, a menhir made from recycled plastic, concrete marble… All piled up in a visual cacophony that is happily deliberate. Photos by ECAL/Younès Klouche assisted by Marceau Avogadro and Flora Mottini
More Rules for Modern Life – 2017 A selection of pieces by ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design and Bachelor Fine Arts students under the guidance of Christophe Guberan and Stéphane Kropf. Exhibition curated by John M Armleder.
«General Audition» exhibition,22.03–05.05.2017,Gallery l elac, ECAL Orchestrée par Samuel Gross et Stéphane Kropf, l exposition «General Audition» a été imaginée comme une salle de concert, présentant une accumulation festive d œuvres de personnalités venues pour un temps à l ECAL au contact des étudiants. Concert de Christian Pahud (& Julien Mercier pour le visuel) le vendredi 5 mai à 18h. Sonorisation: Oovalove Sound System de Maximagie (David Keshavjee, Guy Meldem, Julien Tavelli). L exposition «General Audition» se propose de trouver un mode détourné pour évoquer l identité particulière de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, en parcourant l histoire récente de ses étudiants, professeurs et intervenants. Vu de l extérieur, une des caractéristiques emblématiques de cette institution apparaît souvent être l intérêt précis et quasi général que chacun de ses acteurs porte à la musique. On ne compte plus les membres de groupes, d organisateurs de concert, d évènements musicaux, de collectionneurs de disques, ni le nombre de disques produits, de matériel de promotion imaginés, de concerts sauvages ou non, d artistes invités, d exposition dérivées, de sujets de mémoire soutenus, de multiples produits, de travaux de recherches envisagés, de performances liées, de titres d œuvres inspirées… Bref, la musique nous est apparue comme un facteur fédérateur à l ECAL. Nous avons donc imaginé cette exposition comme une salle de concert. Par effet de tautologie, par jeu formel et léger décalage, chaque œuvre présentée trouve sa place dans un étrange auditorium. Rien ne semble manquer. On y retrouve certes des instruments et une scène, mais aussi des amplis, une barrière pour canaliser les fans, un fond de scène, une régie, des vélos, des disques, etc. C est comme un décor possible, un espace à activer, pour rendre perceptible la densité et la diversité des acteurs de l ECAL. Si cette exposition s appelle «General Audition» c est bien pour suggérer que, plus qu une accumulation festive et légèrement désordonnée de personnalités venues pour un temps au contact des étudiants, dont cette exposition se joue, une école d art se doit d être, comme une salle de concert, disponible et adaptable, pour que puisse s exprimer la créativité de jeunes gens venu y passer une forme de première audition. Pour imaginer cet accrochage, nous avons parcouru les listes des intervenants de ses dix dernières années, marquées par le déménagement de l ECAL dans ces bâtiments actuels. Grace à la générosité de nombreux artistes, galeries et institutions, nous avons pu réunir des œuvres de: Alfredo Aceto • John M Armleder • Francis Baudevin Valentin Carron • Delphine Coindet • Isabelle Cornaro • Philippe Decrauzat • Stéphane Dafflon • Sylvie Fleury • Wade Guyton & Virginia Overton • Fabrice Gygi • David Hominal • Emil Michael Klein • Bertrand Lavier • Christian Marclay • David Monnet • Shana Moulton • Melodie Mousset • Kaspar Müller • Denis Savary • John Tremblay • Pierre Vadi • Dan Walsh. Texte de Samuel Gross et Stéphane Kropf «General Audition» Jusqu au 5 mai, du mercredi au vendredi, de 13h à 17h. Fermeture du 14 au 25 avril. Galerie l elac 5, avenue du Temple CH–1020 Renens www.ecal.ch
Paul Huf Award to Romain Mader, Bachelor Photograpy graduate Congratulations to Romain Mader, ECAL graduate, who won one the most famous award in the field of photography, the Foam Magazine Paul Huf Award (20 000€ and exhibition at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam) The jury chose Romain from a pool of 100 nominated photographers, from 25 countries worldwide. He won this prize with his ECAL Bachelor Photography diploma project "Ekaterina". Last year, this work was also presented at the famous Tate Modern in London. www.foam.org/talent/foam-paul-huf-award
SuperStudio In CG you have total control over all aspects of the image, making it the photographer s perfect studio. In CG, space is even bigger than the studio, its infinite. The students were invited to dream of images that wouldn t be otherwise possible to make during a one week workshop with Thomas Traum.The students utilised different techniques such photogrammetry, found 3D models and their own photography to build their own dream images. This was presented as a group show in the photographic studio at ECAL. Accompanying the exhibition was a video of the virtual exhibition in the very same space. In CG you have total control over all aspects of the image, making it the photographer s perfect studio. In CG, space is even bigger than the studio, its infinite. The students were invited to dream of images that wouldn t be otherwise possible to make during a one week workshop with Thomas Traum.The students utilised different techniques such photogrammetry, found 3D models and their own photography to build their own dream images. This was presented as a group show in the photographic studio at ECAL. Accompanying the exhibition was a video of the virtual exhibition in the very same space.
Encouragement Award of the City of Rennes 2016,09–25.03.2017,Espace CJS, Renens Prix d encouragement de la Ville de Renens Prix d encouragement de la Ville de Renens Isabelle Baudraz, 3e année Bachelor Design Industriel Patrick Muroni, 3e année Bachelor Cinéma Vernissage jeudi 9 mars, 18 h – 20 h Exposition Samedi 11 mars, 14 h – 18 h Samedi 18 mars, 14 h – 20 h, DJ set ! Samedi 25 mars, 14 h – 18 h Installation des lauréats 2016 présentée à l Espace CJS, rue de Lausanne 21, à Renens. Entrée par la rue Neuve 1. www.renens.ch Image ECAL/Younès Klouche
Symposium with Tristan Garcia A l occasion du Symposium Master Arts Visuels à l ECAL, Tristan Garcia a réalisé une conférence sur son livre Nous. Né en 1981 à Toulouse, Tristan Garcia est un philosophe et écrivain français, qui s impose parmi les plus intéressants de sa génération. Il co-dirige avec Vincent Normand le laboratoire de recherche Théâtre, jardin, bestiaire : une histoire matérialiste de l exposition, soutenu par l ECAL et la HES-SO. Ses romans comprennent La Meilleure Part des hommes (2008) qui a obtenu le Prix de Flore en 2008 et qui fut adapté au théâtre en 2012, Mémoires de la jungle (2010), En l absence de classement final (2012), Les Cordelettes de Browser (2012), Faber. Le Destructeur (2013) et 7 récompensé par le prix du Livre Inter 2016. Ses travaux philosophiques incluent L Image (2007), Nous, Animaux et Humains. Actualité de Jeremy Bentham (2011), Forme et objet. Un Traité des choses (2011), Six Feet Under. Nos vies sans destin (2012), La Vie intense. Une obsession moderne (2016) et Nous (2016). Depuis 2015, il est professeur associé à l Université Lyon-3. A l occasion du Symposium Master Arts Visuels à l ECAL, Tristan Garcia a réalisé une conférence sur son livre Nous.Né en 1981 à Toulouse, Tristan Garcia est un philosophe et écrivain français, qui s impose parmi les plus intéressants de sa génération. Il co-dirige avec Vincent Normand le laboratoire de recherche Théâtre, jardin, bestiaire : une histoire matérialiste de l exposition, soutenu par l ECAL et la HES-SO. Ses romans comprennent La Meilleure Part des hommes (2008) qui a obtenu le Prix de Flore en 2008 et qui fut adapté au théâtre en 2012, Mémoires de la jungle (2010), En l absence de classement final (2012), Les Cordelettes de Browser (2012), Faber. Le Destructeur (2013) et 7 récompensé par le prix du Livre Inter 2016. Ses travaux philosophiques incluent L Image (2007), Nous, Animaux et Humains. Actualité de Jeremy Bentham (2011), Forme et objet. Un Traité des choses (2011), Six Feet Under. Nos vies sans destin (2012), La Vie intense. Une obsession moderne (2016) et Nous (2016). Depuis 2015, il est professeur associé à l Université Lyon-3.
Cesar of the best animation film to Claude Barras For the first time, a movie directed by an ECAL graduate has won a Cesar. Congratulations to Claude Barras, who won the prize for the best animation film with "My Life as a Zucchini"
Collaboration with Chopard For the first collaboration with Chopard, students of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship of ECAL have designed a collection of leather handbags and pouches under the direction of Swiss designer Xavier Perrenoud. Students were asked to create projects directly inspired by three iconic collections: Ice Cube , Happy Diamonds and Imperiale . The visit of the manufacture and the presentation of the different ranges of accessories allowed the students to understand the stakes and the codes of this prestigious House based in Switzerland. Seven students were selected and took advantage of a stay in Florence to meet the different artisans who created the prototypes.
Half-Time + Foundation Year exhibitions,06–17.02.2017,ECAL, Renens An exhibition of projects made by Bachelor and Master students during the first semester 2016-2017 (Hall Kudelski). On this occasion, it will be also possible to discover an exhibition of projects completed during the Foundation Year (Gallery l elac). Both exhibitions will be open from 6 to 17 February 2017, Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 5 pm. ECAL 5 av. du Temple 1020 Renens Switzerland
Collaboration with RETROSUPERFUTURE – 2017 After a few collaborations with labels specialized in the fashion industry, such as APC or Carhartt, Retrosuperfuture and ECAL have teamed up to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the Milan-based brand. In this occasion the students from the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship have worked on surprizing and festive eyewear and sunglasses but also more commercial pieces for the classic collections.
Inhabiting and Interfacing the Cloud(s) The design research I&IC (Inhabiting and Interfacing the Cloud(s), explores the creation of counter-proposals to the current expression of “Cloud Computing”, particularly in its forms intended for private individuals and end users (“Personal Cloud”). Inhabiting and Interfacing the Cloud(s) is to offer an alternative point of view, a critical appraisal as well as an “access to tools” about this iconic infrastructure of our modernity and its user interfaces, because to date their implementation has followed a logic chiefly of technical development, mainly governed by corporate interests, and continues therefore to be paradoxically envisioned as a purely functional, centralized setup. However, the Personal Cloud holds a potential that is largely untapped in terms of design, novel uses and territorial strategies. Through its cross-disciplinary approach that links interaction design, the architectural and territorial dimensions as well as ethnographic studies, our project aims at producing alternative models resulting from a more contemporary approach, notably factoring in the idea of creolization (theorized by E. Glissant).Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Haute Ecole d Art et de Design - Genève (HEAD-GE) (project leader)Research team (professor) (professor) (assistant) Charles Chalas (assistant)PartnersALICE (EPFL) EPFL-ECAL Lab James Auger (Auger – Loizeau) Dr. Christian Babski (fabric | ch) Matthew Plummer-Fernandez (#algopop)Periodseptember 2014 – july 2017Soutenu parStrategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationWebsite iiclouds.org/
40-year Tectona design award to Thinkk Studio Congratulations to Thinkk Studio and one of its founders Decha Archjananun, graduated in MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship, who won the 40-year Tectona design contest thanks to the outdoor furniture collection Batten Among the 11 finalists, there were several other ECAL graduates: Benwu Studio, Giorgia Zanellato & Daniele Bortotto, Carlo Clopath, Terkel Skou Steffensen, Moisés Hernández. www.tectona.net/fr_fr/batten-fauteuil-60x53x77cm.htm l www.thinkkstudio.com/
Coffee cup Under the guidance of Tomas Kral, teacher at ECAL and designer, 3rd year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to rethink the coffee cup, as part of the 2017 edition of the Agora Biennale of Bordeaux contest. The goal for the students was to imagine a scenario around their object so they could valorise this drink or the manner it is savoured.
Cinema awards at the Journées de Soleure Huge success for the ECAL graduates in Bachelor Cinema at the Journées de Soleure "Upcoming Talents" - the SSA / SUISSIMAGE award of CHF 15,000 - to Maxime Pillonel for his diploma film "Martian". The development grant of the Upcoming Lab to Elie Grappe (graduated 2015) for "Olga". 2nd Audience Award for Best Animated Film to Rafael Sommerhalder, graduated in 2000, for "Au revoir Balthazar". www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch/home/page.aspx?page_id=7607
Meet Charlotte Rampling and Sonia Wieder-Atherton,17.01.2017,L Octogone, Théâtre de Pully The Octogone and ECAL present DANSES NOCTURNES – meeting with Charlotte Rampling and Sonia Wieder-Atherton L Octogone et l ECAL présentent DANSES NOCTURNES Lecture musicale : Benjamin Britten - Sylvia Plath CHARLOTTE RAMPLING & SONIA WIEDER-ATHERTON MARDI 17 JANVIER 2017 - 20H30 A l issue de la représentation, rencontre avec Charlotte Rampling et Sonia Wieder-Atherton, animée par Lionel Baier (réalisateur suisse et chef du Département cinéma de l ECAL). «Danses Nocturnes» est né de la rencontre entre l actrice anglaise Charlotte Rampling et la violoncelliste de renom, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, toutes deux ferventes admiratrices de l oeuvre de la poétesse américaine Sylvia Plath. Sur scène, la voix profonde de Charlotte Rampling scande la poésie de Plath sublimée par les mouvements rythmiques des compositions de Britten. Le spectateur est transporté dans l univers de ce duo qui fait briller musique et littérature. L Octogone Théâtre de Pully Av. de Lavaux 41, 1009 Pully Billeterie T. 021 721 36 20 octogone@pully.ch www.theatre-octogone.ch/index.php?s=billetterie
Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin – 2016 The Art of Celestial Mechanics For the third year of the partnership between Vacheron Constantin and ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL/University of Art and Design), 16 Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship students worked on the theme of astronomy and telling the time, in particular as related to Celestial Mechanics. The students were tasked with drawing inspiration from three ancestral instruments whose common denominator is the relationship between the Sun and the Earth (the armillary sphere, the astrolabe and the astronomical ring) and revisiting them in a conceptual, contemporary manner. To provide them with a better understanding of the Maison Vacheron Constantin and the world of Celestial Mechanics, students were invited to the Manufacture s headquarters for a week-long introduction, and subsequently to the Geneva History of Science Museum for a “customised” visit. Drawing on these inspirations and their extensive research, the students studied various means of representing time: using the sun to tell the time, illustrating the position of the stars in the sky or identifying the time the sun sets and rises by using an exact date and place. Throughout the development phase, the students worked in multicultural teams. They were accompanied and guided by teams from ECAL, Vacheron Constantin and famous Italian designers from the Studio Formafantasma (Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi). Six different objects were born of this adventure, and have in common the technical challenge, creativity and a quest for excellence.THE IMPRINT OF TIME Sunbeams hit the magnifying glass and leave marks on thermal paper. Fascinated by the light spot from the sun indicating the time on the astronomical ring, we wanted to create an object that would exalt this natural light and the energy it exudes. The phenomenon of the concentration of light with a magnifying glass was an instant source of inspiration. The light spot becomes so hot it burns the material against which it collides, leaving the mark behind. The paper rings thus become evidence of the passing days and retain the marks of sunny days, while leaving the white of cloudy days unmarked. Maud Laurent (France), Jiwon Choi (South Korea), Naoto Suzuki (Japan) GE462615 The engraved plaque illustrates the movement of the stars in real time, while the sound is the result of waves emitted by the same stars. This visual and sound device inspired by the armillary sphere is a direct link with the sky and infinity. It is an invitation to a new way of telling the time which is based on the positioning of the zodiac constellations, in sidereal time which differs from the earthly temporal system. The engraved plaque indicates the position of the stars in the sky in real time for a given place (Geneva) and does a complete rotation every 23 hours and 56 minutes, which corresponds to the time that it takes the earth to rotate on its own axis (a sidereal day). With the help of French astrophysicist Sylvie Vauclair and composer Claude-Samuel Lévine, the device is accompanied by sound obtained from waves emitted by the visible stars. Once assembled and transformed, these waves create a symphony that comes straight from space. Jenna Kaes (France), Renaud Meunier (Belgium), Weiji Wang (China) HORIZON An artificial light representing the sun can be moved around a graduated ring to indicate sunrise and sunset times on a given date in a given place. Based on the armillary sphere, the project aims to reinterpret this antique instrument and to indicate the sunrise and sunset times throughout the year. In the Middle Ages, people thought that the earth was flat and in the centre of the universe, and that the sun rotated around the earth. We started with this belief to turn the horizon into a flat disc to which we added a sundial. The latter enables one to see the light moving slowly throughout the day in order to make the object simple and easy to understand. Clément Beaugé (France), Jungyou Choi (South Korea) DAWN AND DUSK A mechanical system that indicates the time the sun sets and rises on a given date in a given place, while a sparkling dot representing the sun gives the hour in real time. Deliberately positioned somewhere between a watch dial and an astrolabe, our concept consists of two mechanisms: the first, driven by a motor, tells the time in real time through a polished brass dot depicting the path of the sun. The second is a manual mechanism that provides a visual illustration of the night using a set of metal cut-outs that obscure the dial. These two pieces overlap or move apart according to the time of year. In winter, as the nights are longer, the dial is largely covered, while during summer, the dial is only slightly obscured. Thanks to this simple mechanism, sunrise and sunset times can be indicated in a very visual, educational manner. Martin Bolo (France), Hyewon Lim (South Korea), Bongon Koo (South Korea) DANCE OF THE STARS The glass disc on which a map of the stars is engraved makes it possible to determine the exact position of the constellations on a given date. Using the information provided by the astrolabe, we focused on the indication of the stars in the sky. We wanted to deconstruct this traditional metal object so as to endow it with a certain lightness reminiscent of the celestial dome. A silk panel representing the sky is hung over a rack. The latter is held to the ground by a rock, a metaphorical representation of the earth and gravity. By sliding the circle of the stars on which the months are written, one can align the date chosen with the time when one wishes to observe the stars. By superposing the layers, the stars engraved on the glass circle appear on the partly dyed blue silk. Clarisse Mordret (France), Einat Kirschner (Israel) EQUILIBRIUM An engraved stone representing a city acts as a counterweight to create the exact latitudinal position on the mechanism, thereby thus making it possible to see the exact time with the help of sunbeams. We based this on the archetypal pendulum clock that works using stones as counterweights to balance the mechanism. Using this reference, we wanted to reinterpret the astronomical ring in a more poetic version, thus telling the time with the help of a natural element – stone. This weight, attached to the end of the device creates an exact angle (latitude) on the mechanism. After adjusting the day and the month on a graduated tube, one can tell the time by the sunrays. Pauline Masson (France), Hyunjee Jung (South Korea), Takahiro Yamamoto (Japan)
Portable LED lights Under the guidance of Cédric Duchêne, Engineer at EPFL+ECAL Lab, and Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, 3rd year Industrial Design Bachelor students were asked to conceive portable LED lights based on the inherent qualities of this technologie: compact, durable, energy efficient and modular. Projects by Gianfranco Baechtold, Tobias Brunner, Raphaël Constantin, Athime De Crecy, Marie-Camille Gras, Vincent Mailh, Zoé Nguyen, Elie Reboul, Paul Vachon and Adrian Woo, assisted by Mathieu Lang and Nadine Fumiko Schaub. Video by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier, assisted by Mathieu Lang and Nadine Fumiko Schaub
Senior Living Lab The Senior Living Lab is a laboratory dedicated to the quality of life and welfare of seniors and their caregivers. The Senior Living Lab laboratory s aim is to involve seniors in their life context to the creation and development of new products, services and practices with high added value. It brings together professionals in the fields of health, design, engineering and management and is open to associations, companies, researchers, students and more generally to anyone interested by this topic. Over a period of 2 years, the project aimed to : Build bridges with the different actors of the community, associations and politics. Establish co-creation activities by achieving three concrete projects in the areas of mobility, food and communication. Create stakeholders community that will support, if possible in a sustainable manner, the development of the SLL activities. Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design LausanneCo-applicantsInstitut et Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source Haute Ecole d ingénierie et de gestion du Canton de Vaud HEIG-VD Haute Ecole d ingénierie et d architecture de Fribourg HEIA-FRPartnersMigros Vaud et Migros Valais Swisscom Les Transports Lausannois (tl) Avivo Vaud Pro Senectute alter egoPerioddecember 2014 – february 2017Supported byGebert Rüf StiftungDisseminationThe project resulted in the creation of the Senior Lab, an inter-institutional platform founded by the Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source, the Haute Ecole d Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud and the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Website senior-lab.ch
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Entrepreneurial Week 2016,14–19.11.2016,Renens The entrepreneurial week is aimed at companies in the region, students and graduates of the ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, as well as the general public La semaine entrepreneuriale s adresse aux entreprises de la région, aux étudiants et diplômés de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, ainsi qu au grand public (voir programme). Le but de cette semaine est d apporter à tous une information couvrant à la fois le support à l innovation, le financement de projets et le retour d expérience d entrepreneurs de renom. Cette semaine se déroule du lundi 14 au samedi 19 novembre 2016 grâce au soutien de la ville de Renens, de l ECAL et du Service de la promotion économique et du commerce (SPECo). www.renens.ch www.semaine-entrepreneuriale.com Lundi 14 novembre 2016 18 h 00 Rencontre avec les technopôles du Canton Inscription : www.innovaud.ch/mtp UNIL, Anthropole Mardi 15 novembre 2016 18 h 00 – 19 h 00 Soirée Entrepreneurs du monde du Design - Matteo Gonet, Souffleur de verre et entrepreneur, Glassworks, Bâle www.matteogonet.com - Pascal Babey , Co-fondateur de Archilogic, Zurich http://about.archilogic.com Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Mercredi 16 novembre 2016 19 h 00 – 21 h 00 Soirée Municipalité-Entreprise - Remise des prix de la Ville de Renens - Conférence de Staffan Ahlgren, CEO de TRS (Tyre Recycling Solutions), Gland Inscription : www.renens.ch/inscription - Apéritif Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Jeudi 17 novembre 2016 18 h 30 - Présentation Innokick – Master interdisciplinaire HES-SO - Présentation Lausanne Région/Innovaud - Présentation Le Lab, Hyperespace, La Ferme des Tilleuls 19 h 00 Visite Makerspace et visite facultative d UniverCité, Les ateliers de Renens (MassChallenge, Biohacking, etc.) Inscription obligatoire : www.semaine-entrepreneuriale.com - Apéritif UniverCité : 5, chemin du Closel, 1020 Renens Vendredi 18 novembre 2016 11 h 00 - Remise du Prix Challenge ECAL Dominique Renaud SA Auditoire IKEA, ECALSamedi 19 novembre 2016 9 h 00 – 17 h 00 - Workshop de simulation de création d entreprise aux Ateliers de Renens Inscription obligatoire : www.startinnov.ch UniverCité : 5, chemin du Closel, 1020 Renens
"Walk with Pierre Hardy" exhibition,11–13.11.2016,Paris Photo On the occasion of Paris Photo, Pierre Hardy & the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present the exhibition "Walk with Pierre Hardy". Fifteen iconic models by the designer were visually reinterpreted by the students of Bachelor Photography under the direction of Philippe Jarrigeon. Additionally, a luxurious special publication marks the occasion. To be discovered from 11 to 13 November 2016 (10 am to 7 pm) at the Pierre Hardy boutique (9-11 Place du Palais-Bourbon). HD pictures: www.ecal.ch/en/1649 “I really enjoyed interacting with the students. At ECAL, my role was very different from that of a teacher coaching the students on their work – as I myself was the subject I knew the stuff inside out! Just show me half a centimetre of a heel and I instantly recognise the model which I created”, says Pierre Hardy. The ECAL Bachelor Photography students thus worked on various collections produced by the Parisian designer in the past fifteen years in order to give them a new visual interpretation. Photographer Philippe Jarrigeon comments on the method he chose to conduct this workshop at ECAL: “Together with Pierre Hardy s team we selected fifteen pairs of shoes in the archives – a purely practical decision which allowed us to keep the models as long as we wanted at ECAL. In addition, this allowed students to free themselves from seasonal trends. At the beginning of the workshop in October 2015, each student got a model on which to work by drawing lots”. This project allowed the students to question the relationship between photography and footwear, and by extension to confront the interconnection between photography and fashion. Milo Keller, Head of Photography at ECAL, observes that “Students, working without any business constraints in that case, are less formatted than a professional and therefore often offer unexpected approaches”. The results are indeed surprising and offbeat, sometimes even provocative or poetic, but always treat the original creations with respect. "Walk with Pierre Hardy" Exhibition 11 to 13 November 2016 10 am to 7 pm Pierre Hardy 9-11 Place du Palais-Bourbon 75007 Paris www.pierrehardy.com "Walk with Pierre Hardy" Publication Text (French): conversation between Pierre Hardy, Philippe Jarrigeon and Milo Keller Transcript: Sylvain Menétrey Softcover, 220 × 280 mm, 52 pages, 48 colour images, November 2016 ISBN: 978-2-9700962-9-0 Price: CHF 15 / EUR 15 ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens www.ecal.ch Image ECAL/Anaïs Leu Fonte: ECAL/Simon Mager
Walk with Pierre Hardy On the occasion of Paris Photo, Pierre Hardy & the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present the exhibition "Walk with Pierre Hardy". Fifteen iconic models by the designer were visually reinterpreted by the students of Bachelor Photography under the direction of Philippe Jarrigeon. Additionally, a luxurious special publication marks the occasion. To be discovered from 11 to 13 November 2016 (10 am to 7 pm) at the Pierre Hardy boutique (9-11 Place du Palais-Bourbon). “I really enjoyed interacting with the students. At ECAL, my role was very different from that of a teacher coaching the students on their work – as I myself was the subject I knew the stuff inside out! Just show me half a centimetre of a heel and I instantly recognise the model which I created”, says Pierre Hardy. The ECAL Bachelor Photography students thus worked on various collections produced by the Parisian designer in the past fifteen years in order to give them a new visual interpretation. Photographer Philippe Jarrigeon comments on the method he chose to conduct this workshop at ECAL: “Together with Pierre Hardy s team we selected fifteen pairs of shoes in the archives – a purely practical decision which allowed us to keep the models as long as we wanted at ECAL. In addition, this allowed students to free themselves from seasonal trends. At the beginning of the workshop in October 2015, each student got a model on which to work by drawing lots”. This project allowed the students to question the relationship between photography and footwear, and by extension to confront the interconnection between photography and fashion. Milo Keller, Head of Photography at ECAL, observes that “Students, working without any business constraints in that case, are less formatted than a professional and therefore often offer unexpected approaches”. The results are indeed surprising and offbeat, sometimes even provocative or poetic, but always treat the original creations with respect. "Walk with Pierre Hardy" Publication Text (French): conversation between Pierre Hardy, Philippe Jarrigeon and Milo Keller Transcript: Sylvain Menétrey Softcover, 220 × 280 mm, 52 pages, 48 colour images, November 2016 ISBN: 978-2-9700962-9-0 Price: CHF 15 / EUR 15
Collaboration with Petit h The students of the ECAL / Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne s Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship were invited to revive the "sleepy" materials and objects that make up the impressive collection of petit h. Based on previous experiences with Hermès and petit h, the project began with a meeting with artisans in the workshops in Pantin, near Paris. Guided by the London designer Bethan Laura Wood, who perfectly succeeded in inspiring his energy and colorful world, the students designed fun and surprising objects. Among all the proposals presented, two series of containers were particularly attractive. For the first, inspired by the exquisite corpse, the lids of the different boxes turn, thus mixing the heads and bodies of the animal shapes cut out of the silk. The second refers to a vegetable garden: the pompon or the leaf, which emerge from the lid, recall the vines of plants growing underground. By pulling on this projection, the user discovers a vegetable hidden in the box.
«Dead Objects Alive» exhibition in Mexico City,04–24.11.2016, Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City Thanks to the Summer University programme by the Board of Higher Education Canton de Vaud, students of the ECAL Master Product Design were in Mexico City for a workshop with CENTRO diseño | cine | televisión|. The end date of the exhibition «Dead Objects Alive» presented at Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura in Mexico City is extended until 24 November. ------ Thanks to the Summer University programme by the Board of Higher Education Canton de Vaud, students of the ECAL Master Product Design were in Mexico City for a workshop with CENTRO diseño | cine | televisión|. A few days ago, the streets of Mexico were filled with colorful decorations and offerings to celebrate one of the most representative Mexican traditions. In this collaborative workshop, production techniques linked to specific Day of the Dead items were asked to be re-thought. In partnership with Design Days Mexico. http://centro.edu.mx http://archivonline.org
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2015,02–25.11.2016,Gallery l elac, ECAL Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher Les plus beaux livres suisses I più bei libri svizzeri The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2015 Un concours de l Office fédéral de la culture. Die schönsten Schweizer Bücher Les plus beaux livres suisses I più bei libri svizzeri The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2015 Un concours de l Office fédéral de la culture Vernissage le mercredi 2 novembre 2016 de 18 h à 20 h Exposition du 3 au 25 novembre 2016, Galerie l elac, ECAL Du mercredi au vendredi de 13 h à 17 h Scénographie Daniel Gafner, Zurich Catalogue Direction artistique : Mathias Clottu, Londres & Lausanne Photographie : Mathilde Agius, Londres & Zurich Conférence Mercredi 9 novembre à 18 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Gilles Gavillet, président du jury, Genève Marie Lusa, designer graphique & lauréate, Zurich Teo Schifferli, designer graphique & lauréat, Zurich Galerie l elac & ECAL 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens