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ECAL X KVADRAT - SUIT UP For this project, the students had to design a seat, or rather requalify and rehabilitate a chair or armchair using existing models such as the monobloc, aluminium bistro chair, or deck chair, as the base structure. Employing Kvadrat upholstery textiles, the designs had to be reversible, meaning it should not alter the existing structure. While the original function of the chair could be maintained or altered, the proposals aimed to improved the comfort and aesthetic character of the seats. RAVIOLI CHAIR by The entire project aims to enhance an affordable chair – the Transat – by bringing the chair, which is often associated with being "accessible, practical, for outdoor use," indoors and giving it a more unique and comfortable design. Using fabrics, padding materials, and a sewing machine, where technique plays a central role, the focus is on an intensive exploration of different ways to manipulate textiles in order to create an exceptional quilted pattern. The chair is completely covered, so the original shape disappears, and no association with the Transat can be made. The Transat is thus used as a framework to create a new indoor lounge chair.Some say that the best product [sustainability speaking] is the one that already exists. SUIT UP aimed to make us reflect on our relationship with furniture, the comfort it brings us and the legacy of upholstered furniture; to take a critical look at how these products are manufactured, distributed, enjoyed and discarded today. Following a selection of the projects.Strapp by Strapp utilizes the existing wooden frame of the deck chair to hold two sets of fabric loops tactfully sewn and interwoven with each other. "Strapp" can be mounted onto the chair frame during its assembly, thus becoming an integral part of the chair. The woven structure appears flat but adjusts comfortably to the person seated. The Strapp design was created to enhance the comfort of the deck chair. The material used is a cool wool upholstery fabric, making the seat soft and cozy. YUPPIE CHAIR by Yuppie Chair is a project aimed at creating a cover for the monobloc chair, thus transforming this outdoor chair into an indoor chair. The project draws more inspiration from the fashion world, as in its initial phase, it was oriented toward bridal gowns. The goal was to design a cover inspired by the yuppie style of the 1980s, using Kvadrat upholstery fabric. It was necessary to find a way to merge the language of fashion with furniture. The cinching detail evokes how tailored jackets are themselves cinched.Link by Link is a conference chair cover. Designed to instantly transform an aluminum chair into a comfortable, practical chair that can be connected to other chairs. A zipper linking the chairs allows them to be attached, providing safety and organization during gatherings at events.SIENNE by Sienne is a cover that easily fits over aluminum terrace chairs to transform them into indoor armchairs during the winter months. Thanks to two zippers, the cover can be adjusted to take shape. The edges fold over the sides, providing wide and comfortable armrests.VANO by Vano is a waterproof cover specifically designed to fit aluminum bistro-style chairs. Composed of two parts, it retains the stackability of the original chair while adding extra comfort. Terrace enthusiasts can once again enjoy the pleasure of savoring their drinks outdoors. The toggle buttons create an ingenious fastening system that gives the chair its enveloping appearance.
ECAL MASTERCLASS - KLAUDIA REYNICKE,22.10.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema department welcomes Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke for a masterclass moderated by Paolo Moretti, head of Bachelor & Master Cinéma. Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke grew up between Peru, Switzerland and the USA. After training in fine arts and social sciences, she went on to study filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, before obtaining an ECAL/HEAD Master s degree in cinema in Switzerland. Her first feature, Il Nido (2016), was selected for the Locarno Film Festival. Love me tender (2019), the second, also screened at Locarno and took part in international festivals such as TIFF in Toronto, BFI in London and Tallinn Black Nights in Estonia. This was followed by Reinas (2024), which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2024 and won awards at the Berlinale and Locarno. Klaudia Reynicke s third feature is selected to represent Switzerland at the Oscars in 2025.DATES & SCHEDULE22.10.2024 5pm Free entryVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL
Athena Promises,11.10.2024,MISC Athens Following a workshop in Athens with artist Nikolas Ventourakis, students in ECAL s Bachelor of Photography programme are unveiling an exhibition that captures the contrasts of the city, between its ancient heritage and contemporary challenges. Athens, famous for its historic role as the cradle of democracy, has also been marked in its contemporary history by the financial and social crises that have rocked Greece. Recently, the city has attracted worldwide attention for major events such as the 2004 Olympic Games and the DOCUMENTA exhibition in 2017. Today, Athens is undergoing unbridled urban development, while coping with the effects of climate change. Heat waves, floods, forest fires: here, myth and reality collide, antiquity rubs shoulders with modernity, and this sprawling metropolis, home to almost half of Greece s population, becomes the scene of an ideological clash. At the heart of one of the oldest cities in the world, the students immersed themselves in a city rich in contrasts. They explored the city through documentary, staged and performative eyes. In the warm, golden sunshine, they explored a wide range of themes, from derelict Olympic infrastructure to the ambitious $8 billion housing project, The Ellinikon, as well as the testimonies of young Athenian artists. These artists, deeply attached to their roots and history, sometimes feel trapped in a city where recognition seems out of reach. Under the artistic direction of Nikolas Ventourakis, this workshop offered students in the Photography Bachelor s programme an opportunity to explore their own work. DATES & SCHEDULEFriday 11th October 2024 7pm - 9pm Free entryADDRESSMISC Athens Art Gallery Tousa Mpotsari 20, Athens, Greece 11741HEAD OF DEPARTMENTARTISTIC DEPUTY
Motion Design - Animated poster 2024 Selection of animated sequences made during a 3D course directed by Benjamin Muzzin. The students were inspired by a painting and transcribed it into three different scenes. This video showcases a selection of animated posters created during an intensive workshop week by students in Graphic Design and Media & Interaction Design. The goal of the workshop was to design the upcoming announcement posters for ECAL s future workshops. By exploring the possibilities of motion design, the students developed dynamic visual identities tailored to the school s various communication formats. These creations reflect their creativity, technical skills, and ability to engage audiences through a contemporary visual language.
ECAL at Swiss Photomonth,03.10.2024,ECAL, Renens ECAL presents “We Do The Rest”, a performative event on the occasion of Swiss Photomonth. “We Do The Rest” is a performative event that questions photographic limits. Together with artist Augustin Lignier, students in the Master of Photography program at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne invite the public to an exceptional evening in their school s monumental hall. From image capture to distribution, “We Do The Rest” explores the notions of effort and bodily constraint in contemporary photographic mechanics. Through a series of sometimes spectacular, sometimes discreet and minimal performances, students in the Master of Photography program at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne question, through their gestures and actions, the structure of image-making. From apnea photography to the confinement of framing, from mental images to the bubbles of social networks, all the projects test photographic limits through the body. The project, directed by artist Augustin Lignier, revisits the radical performances of the 60s in the digital age, when audiences are mainly virtual and relationships reduced to pixels. Through still images and videos, through words, movements and sounds performed for one evening only in the monumental hall of the ECAL, we invite you to experience photography differently, to immerse yourself in these simulations, for real. And it s up to you to press the shutter...VENUEECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensDATES & SCHEDULE03.10.2024 6pm–8.45pmWEBSITEswissphotomonth.chART DIRECTION, , HEAD OF PROGRAMMESTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Thibault Walter, ECAL teacher, awarded a Special Music Prize 2024 Congratulations to Thibault Walter, ECAL teacher and co-programmer of the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF), on his award at the Swiss Music Awards 2024. This special award recognizes his unwavering commitment to the underground music scene and his central role within LUFF. Since 2002, this daring festival has become an essential platform for the avant-garde in film and music. Under the direction of Thibault Walter and Dimitri Meier, the LUFF s musical program welcomes international artists exploring noise, ambient and experimental genres, such as Kim Gordon and No Home. Thanks to their radical programming, they give valuable exposure to little-known talents on the underground scene. This special prize underlines Thibault Walter s impact in promoting alternative music culture in Switzerland. Through his work at LUFF, he actively contributes to the flourishing of contemporary musical creation and the promotion of a scene that is both innovative and committed. schweizerkulturpreise.ch
MASTERCLASS ECAL - URSULA MEIER,19.09.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL s Cinema department welcomes Franco-Swiss director Ursula Meier for a lecture moderated by director Anouk Chambaz. French-Swiss director Ursula Meier is co-founder of the Bande à Part production company in Lausanne, alongside Lionel Baier, Jean-Stéphane Bron and Frédéric Mermoud. A graduate of the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Belgium, she quickly made a name for herself with her graduation short Le songe d Isaac (1994). The director alternates between fiction and documentary. Tous à table (2001) won over 20 awards and was screened at over 80 international festivals. Home (2008), her first feature film, was presented at Cannes, nominated for a César and won the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film, before L enfant d en haut (2012) won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Journal de ma tête (2018) is also selected for the Berlinale. Ursula Meier wins further awards at the Swiss Film Prize 2023 with The Line.DATES & SCHEDULE19.09.2024 5pm Free entryVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL
Picture Consequences The students task is to create their own story, storyline, narrative or sequences based on the existing given images. Using their personal interests, imagination and ideas they link the images together. They can continue the plot of the images, do in-depth research, write fictional stories or tell stories based on personal experiences. The students had the freedom to photograph, generate or film.
ECAL x AREA OF WORK - CO-EXISTENCE ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has teamed up with Paris-based studio Area of Work at Paris Photo to present CO-EXISTENCE, a monumental immersive installation in the heart of Paris s 11th arrondissement, from 7 to 9 November 2024. In a large metropolis, a small, seemingly empty apartment reveals discreet traces of human presence. On another scale, a conquering population manifests itself. Wings flap, slime trails, antennae shivers... In the industrial setting of the former Garage République in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, CO-EXISTENCE showcases a living cohabitation through a sequence of artificial images created using Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). These spectacular yet intimate photo-realistic projections highlight the imperceptible, the infra- thin, and the invisible, blurring the scales between micro and macro. Developed during three series of workshops conducted from 2023 to autumn 2024 by Area of Work, CO- EXISTENCE bears witness to the technical and artistic skills that are honed within the ECAL MA Photography. These workshops enabled students to transpose their photographic skills into the virtual space of 3D graphics to understand the temporal, artistic, and commercial issues involved in creating CGI. ‘This collaboration offered ECAL students an introduction to the tools and possibilities of 3D graphics, exploring their integration into the processes of creating photorealistic and hyper-realistic images, while highlighting the importance of the artistic and cinematographic dimensions that are at the heart of our identity. – Amine Ghorab & Scott Renau, Area of Work, Paris. Founded in Paris in 2018 by artists and directors Amine Ghorab and Scott Renau, Area of Work is known for its distinctive contemporary visual narratives, blending graphic framing and rigorous photographic direction. Specialising in fashion, luxury, and technology, the creative studio has become a major player in contemporary visual storytelling..
ECAL at Festival Images Vevey,07–29.09.2024,Vevey From September 7 to 29, graduates of ECAL s Bachelor and Master of Photography programs present their work at the Festival Images Vevey. VENUEVeveyDATES & SCHEDULEFrom September 7 to 29, 2024WEBSITEimages.chFrom September 7 to 29, 2024, photography in all its forms takes over the streets of Vevey, invades the parks and strolls along the shores of the lake. For three weeks, the Festival Images Vevey transforms the small town on the Riviera and welcomes a wide audience. This year, four ECAL graduates are part of the program. Positive Illusions Diploma project by , Master Photography graduate With this project , Benjamin Freedman is reconstructing his childhood memories using CGI (Computer Generated Imagery). The artist diverts this technology, mostly used in films and video games, which requires close involvement in the creation of every object, detail and lighting. Freedman meticulously reconstructs a family roadtrip between Montreal and Maine in the United States in 1999, reproducing his point of view at the age of nine. Created for the Boéland site near the Swiss Museum of Games, the installation explores how memory shapes, transforms and simulates reality. Positive Illusions plunges nostalgically into the joyous world of childhood, fragmented by memory and reassembled by technology. Cash Me Online Diploma project by , Master Photography graduate Cash Me Online is a satirical project combining photography, performance and social media footage. Amandine Kuhlmann creates a hyper-feminine alter ego that she embodies online and during performances to achieve viral fame. She exaggerates her poses, imitates TikTok and Instagram trends and dramatizes her everyday life to make herself noticed. The artist reappropriates videos, drawing on the suggestions of her algorithm and the female stereotypes portrayed by social networks. These caricatured images reveal the ambiguities of virtual profiles, between the objectification of the body and the desire for individuality. Questioning the impact of social media and the monetisation of the self, the installation presents a reflection to a generation obsessed with their physical and digital appearance. One Last Journey , Master Photography graduate One Last Journey addresses artificial intelligence and the instant photographic process through the telling of a fictional love story. Attempting to imitate the aesthetics of the Polaroid camera, Alexey Chernikov writes short descriptions of a couple s last journey before separation on the Midjourney image-generating software. These images are then reproduced on a traditional Polaroid camera using a new printing device developed by the same company. Interested in the emotional potential of AI, the artist questions the reliability of the photographic medium. From one image to the next, the pair appears different each time, confusing the sense of reality. Using the Polaroid as definitive proof of authenticity, the project invites us to reconsider the photographic snapshot in light of AI. Get the Look! , Bachelor Photography graduate What would happen if we let algorithms dress us? This is the question Romain Mader asked himself when he founded Get the Look! He set himself a challenge: to follow the recommendations of his smartphone s algorithm and order clothes from online stores as suggested, without making any personal choices. Since the algorithm is influenced by his and his partner s browsing activity, the result would be expected to match their style and personality. In his studio, the artist adopts a number of incongruous postures. By examining the sales techniques and marketing tools used by fast-fashion websites to encourage consumption, the series ironically denounces industryinduced addiction. Through the example of fashion, Mader universally reveals the influence of algorithms on our lives.
Video Hot N Cold By making a very short film, students learn fundamental notions in the narrative, visual and conceptual development of video production. The project provides essential technical skills in shooting, lighting, camera movement, sound recording, editing and post-production.
Paleo Workshop - Screening at Visions du Réel 2024 Students in the Master Film Studies ECAL/HEAD produced documentary vignettes for the Paléo Festival, which were shown for the first time at Visions du Réel in April 2024. The history of the Paléo festival, its frenzied crowds, its protagonists from all walks of life and its questions about the future, are the subject of a captivating documentary series by students from HEAD and ECAL. Four vignettes, including archival footage, will take you on a journey through the history of this essential institution in French-speaking Switzerland. “Génèse d un festival”, directed by Loïs de Goumoëns, Sara Dutch, Anna Joos and Elias Jutzet. “Prévision sonore”, directed by Antoine Scalese, Valentina Parati and Jonathan Ospina “Crowded”, directed by Theofanis Papadopoulos and Saleh Kashefi “Retour vers les futurs”, directed by Fei Fan, Pablo Guscetti and Loris Ciaburri
Kosovo Grand Voyage workshop Each year, students of the Master s program undertake a "Great Trip" to discover the territory of a filmmaker. In 2022, they went to Kosovo with the director and screenwriter Kaltrina Krasniqi. Each year, students of the Master s program undertake a "Great Trip" to discover the territory of a filmmaker. In 2022, they went to Kosovo with the director and screenwriter Kaltrina Krasniqi. Writing, shooting and editing films in three weeks: this is the challenge taken up by the ECAL/HEAD Master of Cinema students during their study trip to Prizren, Kosovo in autumn 2022. An artistic and human dive into the reality of a young and dynamic country that has distinguished itself in recent years by its remarkable cinematographic and artistic development.
Directing workshop with Alejo Moguillansky A 1 week filmmaking workshop led by the Argentinian director, screenwriter and producer Alejo Moguillansky with the students of the Master in Film - major direction. A 1 week filmmaking workshop led by the Argentinian director, screenwriter and producer Alejo Moguillansky with the students of the Master in Film - major direction.
Benjamin Eggenberger – The Stork s Lair (Direction) In an alienating huis-clos, where life is lived vicariously, two lovers bound by an impossible desire descend into fantasy and destruction. Fiction / 21 min Synopsis Edouard and Justine, two documentary filmmakers in their 20s, are preparing a film about young, single women who are pregnant and extremely isolated. In the winter, they live and work in a caravan in the middle of a campsite devoid of holidaymakers. Alice is a mother-to-be, who comes to the caravan to be interviewed. Little by little we realize that the couple s intentions towards the young woman are very different from what she had been expecting.
Léa Favre – Who goes hunting... (Direction) Today, Lea is going in search of a subject for a documentary film. When she believes she s finally caught her prey, the roles end up being reversed. The hunter becomes the hunted. Animation - Docu/Fiction / 11 min Synopsis Today, Lea is going in search of a subject for a documentary film. When she reaches her chosen location, a stadium above the town, she meets an elderly man who seems different from anyone else. Lea believes she s finally caught her prey, but the roles end up being reversed. The hunter becomes the hunted.
Loïc Pidoux – Betelgeuse (Direction) Three young artists search for their place in the world, under the glow of supernova remnants. Fiction / 23 min Synopsis Marlo is a cook and a wannabe filmmaker who is trying to set all things ephemeral on to hard disks. Eloïse is an actress who goes to endless auditions while she s still young enough. Finally, Liam is a musician who is obsessed with jazz and locks himself up in a world of music and joints. The film explores these three diverse existences that are trying to find their place in a changing world, under the undisturbed glow of the remnants of the Betelgeuse supernova.
Naïla Ebinger – Cartilage (Direction) For my diploma project, I did the cinematography for the bachelor film of my classmate Arsène Fragnière: Cartilage. Fiction / 14 min Synopsis It s Gaël s last evening in Lausanne before his departure abroad. they re spending it with his group of friends, whom he ll be leaving in the morning. But as the evening progresses, he realizes that his group of friends is behaving strangely. Unfortunately, it s already too late.
Hector Codazzi – La Synthèse des Couleurs Synopsis : From one image to another, Louise, aged 25, strives to find her place in the demanding world of modeling. As a young photographer being increasingly involved in the world of imagery and advertising through my professional experiences, I wanted to take a closer look at this world that both fascinates and repels me in some ways, but above all intrigues me with its ambiguous relationship to reality. I directed a short film that depicts the trajectory of a model in this industry, a fiction that aims to address several questions : the self-staging induced by the profusion of images, the mechanisms of oppression related to the creation of advertising images, the pursuit of social mobility by young generations and how this pursuit clashes with the reality of the job market.
Matilde Croxatto – them This film is an intimate exploration of masculinity through the prism of faith. We discover the testimonies of eight young men through their relationship with God. Through interviews and scenes from everyday life, they reveal the beauty and complexity of this relationship. Based on my own experience as a believer, I ve come to realise that faith, with its vulnerable and intimate qualities, can be seen as an experience that no longer affects traditional masculinity. To verify this, I gave the floor to men who choose the resilient path of faith on a daily basis. Their devotion is brought to light, an expression of the heart that goes beyond gender stereotypes and invites reflection on the humility of the individual towards an entity greater than himself.
Barnabé Masson – Encore une nuit sans Georges I gathered eight close friends of my father, who passed away ten years ago. Together, we delved into the feelings induced by absence and mourning. With the help of cameras, I observe the bodies of these sixty-year-old men to explore tenderness, emotions, and the various spontaneous manifestations that emerge when they are confronted with strong emotions. These male bodies, usually under constant logical control, in the image of our culture and economy. The video shows hands, arms, faces, and eyes, sometimes embarrassed, sometimes resistant, and sometimes allowing themselves to be overwhelmed by emotions. This work has allowed me, through these men, to reconstruct my father, to confront him, and to examine my relationship with masculinity.
Lea Sblandano – Neijuan The pixels expand and appear ever closer to the sensible world into which I was born. Neijuan explores the complexities of identity construction in a post-pandemic, hyper-connected world. Meaning "involution" in Mandarin, it evokes a sense of generational fatigue due to an ever-faster and competitive society. Between the feeling of a collective burn-out and the increasingly immersive presence of screens, virtual worlds become places of refuge and safety, but also fertile ground for interested encounters and fantasies. The screen turns into an emancipatory and formative means of connection, while increasingly distancing the individual from the tangible world around them.
Viktor Gagné – Serialized Saplings The weight of materials produced by humans is now believed to exceed that of all terrestrial biomass. How will these artifacts integrate into the rest of the environment in a million years? Serialized Saplings is an interactive installation that speculates on a potential form of vegetation to come, heavily altered by the excesses of human production, here crystallized through the symbol of the electrical outlet. By manipulating the connections of several power strips, the participant is invited to program the "genetic code" of hybrid plant species that do not yet exist and whose appearance resembles our industrial standards. This generated vegetation is then classified in the form of a digital herbarium that can be consulted and studied.
Marius Parisod – Get-Out 4 At the crossroads between video games and board games, Get-Out 4 is an invitation to rediscover the joy of playing together. This puzzle game, designed to be played by two or more players, encourages direct interaction and cooperation. The use of external game pieces invites players to rely on their observation and deduction skills, bringing them together in a shared experience that goes beyond screens. The design of Get-Out 4 is based on a minimalist aesthetic inspired by early video games such as Pong, Pac-Man, and Tetris. This visual simplicity not only evokes nostalgia but is strategically employed to enhance player engagement by focusing on gameplay mechanics. This project, beyond its playful aspect, offers human interaction through the lens of gaming.
Bradley Campus – Rotonde Historically, music kiosks have been scenic landmarks, illustrating the mix of different distribution models and architectural styles. In the 19th century, they appeared in numerous catalogues and were offered by street furniture companies, who used kiosks to diversify their production. Rotonde takes up the current challenge of revitalising towns and cities to make them more pedestrian-friendly and lively. This kiosk is designed as a large, open and accessible object that encourages interaction and animation, inspired by 19th century urban planning. I decided to integrate lights and speakers, so that the kiosk could be used at night, and function as a ‘plug & play system where musicians could plug in their instruments and give a concert.
Diego Eiholzer – Hidry Access to water at outdoor events is often a challenge. Hydri is a water station designed to provide a drinking and refreshment spot during festivals, sports events, and institutional gatherings. This innovative unit is built to resemble a standard barrier, making it virtually indestructible and seamlessly integrating into existing barrier rental logistics, ensuring an affordable rental price. Water flows through durable stainless steel pipes and is dispensed in two ways: a linear jet for hand washing, drinking, and filling water bottles, and a directional jet for all other needs.
Jeanne Reymond – Capite I grew up in Chardonne, Lavaux, surrounded by vineyards. With a winemaker brother, I ve always been immersed in wine culture. In Vaud, small vineyard cabins called capites once served as tool sheds or shelters. Today, about 1200 of these capites are unused. Since March 2024, winegrowers can sell wine directly in vineyards and renovate capites to welcome visitors. My project introduces a wooden façade system to easily renovate these capites to host a few people, adaptable to various sizes. Given Lavaux s UNESCO status, the façade is discreet when closed but opens in one move to become visible from afar when open for tastings. Each façade features the local commune s flag. The goal is to promote wine tourism in Lavaux offering an intimist tasting in the heart of wine.
Sophia Zeller – Eleanor A dress designed to be worn long after the wedding day, offering a solution to wear and re-wear your memories, in a sustainable way. Eleanor is the result of research on textile waste in the wedding dress industry. Simply moving the skirt along the garments buttons transforms it so it can effortlessly be used for various events during the ceremony. By dying and changing its color post-wedding, Eleanor unveils the myrtle flower pattern printed on the fabric, ready to be worn without a bridal appearance. No longer confined to closets and attics, this dress embodies sustainability by reducing textile waste. Crafted from 100% deadstock silk and designed as a mono-material garment, it follows a zero-waste pattern criteria.
Eva Ayache-Vanderhorst – Il y a un ciel dès lors qu il y a une terre ou se repose les corps lourds. This immersive installation, consists of delicate, dreamlike paintings stretched over metal frames, suspended in space like windows into inner worlds. These paintings, on second-hand linen sheets as a medium, evoke evanescent landscapes, blurred figures, and fragmented scenes, appearing to float in a dimension between dream and reality, much like memories float in our minds. This space has the embodiment of the intangible barrier between the past and the present, between what we remember and what we forget, highlighting the ephemeral and sometimes deceptive nature of our recollections and its subjective fragmentation. The dagger-like pendulum, a divinatory tool, hangs above the ceiling. It refers to the tension emanating from such subjectivity.
Sunny Attias – Rotten Reverie Rotten Reverie is a series that wrestles with the seemingly random appearance of images and subjects in social media recommended content feeds through the use of personalised algorithms. As someone who often engages with recommended content and finds it both fascinating and sometimes worryingly accurate, I chose to closely analyse the recurring visual patterns and clusters of subjects, forms, and imagery that appear in my recommended content feed. These images serve as testimonies to a certain pattern of content, ephemeral in nature, that once floated in an ocean of visual recommendations. This project attempts to apply a human approach to a machinic logic, specifically addressing a phenomenon that appears to understand some of our thought processes better than we do.
Isabella Madrid – Buena, Bonita, y Barata As a Latin American woman, I have grown up with very specific expectations of the kind of woman I should be. In my project, I am reversing the codes that have been forced onto me and immersing myself in the different symbols of how Colombian women exist and have been represented through photographic self portraits. I am taking these symbols and subverting them, enacting them, letting them hold a weight on me, holding my own weight on them, playing with them, letting them define me and simultaneously redefining their power and meaning. I am showcasing not only the everlasting colonial violence Colombian female bodies have always been subjected to but simultaneously reappropriating the narrative around them, playing the muse, model, photographer, stylist, makeup artist, and art director.
Loris Ciaburri – Lux Vitae Lux Vitae is a feature-length screenplay developed over two years as part of the ECAL/HEAD Master of Cinema program. The project was built from a synopsis, through various treatment versions to a V1 screenplay. Anne Brouillet supervised the writing process throughout. Lux Vitae is a film set in La Chaux-de-Fonds, incorporating the local socio-historical context. The film follows the story of Anica, a polyamorous, pansexual watchmaker who, following an accident, becomes a paraplegic. Her sex life is limited, so she decides to seek assisted suicide and meets Max, an EXIT counsellor. These two people, totally opposed in their sexuality, come together and bond intimately.
Jonathan Daza Ospina – Silencio Silencio is a hybrid film that narrates the story of a sound recorder from a big city in Colombia who goes to the jungles in the pacific coast, in search of the sounds from a past that is still haunting the present. A personal journey where she meets local activists of different generations engaged with the preservation of memory, and where music and oral traditions enact as liminal spaces in which mourning invokes and shakes the ghosts of a colonial heritage before the promises of the future. It is a film that traces a cartography of sound and archives the ecological present from a historical perspective, examining sensorially the embodiments of resistance in contexts of armed conflict in the west of Colombia.
Fei Fan – Fenni in Wonderland Fenni in Wonderland is a short fiction film in which I also use a documentary approach. In this film, the boundary between reality and dream is blurred by magical realism in order to represent the Chinese immigrant community in Paris through my personal point of view.
Theofanis Papadopoulos – Firelight Firelight explores my fear of non-existence after death and that of imagining to no longer interact with an environment. It confronts the characters with the lies they tell themselves, in order to be able to survive in this absurd situation. It is about an awareness and the point of no return, where, confronted with reality, we also become aware of the fact to vainly create meaning in our lives, to make them livable. Thus, we hide from the mortal misery that awaits us every day, as in every room of the mansion. We create meanings and explanations to comfort ourselves, except that being aware of it and accepting this absurdity is equivalent to no longer being afraid of it.
Antoine Scalese – Hypersex My diploma project is a screenplay for a feature film titled Hypersex, exploring the fantasy romance genre. It tells the story of Alfa, a young man who lends his appearance to a model of a sex android and manages to divert one sample in hopes of restoring lost intimacy with his elusive partner. Quickly, by substituting it for himself, he loses control of the situation and finds himself confronted with intense affects. This screenplay uses sexuality as a fully-fledged dramatic force within the overall narrative dynamic. Intertwined with this, the narrative rhetoric of love s return offers a queer perspective to the film, portraying the complex relationship between two male characters who, despite their selfish behaviors, choose not to give up on each other.
Aurelia Pleyer – With kind regards The way we work is changing. Today, we no longer stay at a fixed desk in a single place but need flexibility and movement. As we perform a variety of tasks during the day, we wish for an equally diverse range of spaces to create, concentrate, communicate, and think within. With Kind Regards proposes an open way of working on two surfaces. Sitting or standing, the furniture explores different possibilities of work situations. The simple and direct, yet versatile structure uses wood to create a warm, welcoming surrounding. Encouraging to work in new ways, With kind regards is a flexible place for both short and longer E-Mails.
Simon Memel – Itinérant Itinérant takes Robert Granjon s work as its starting point, producing a type family of four cuts: a text and display roman, each with a corresponding italic. The text cuts pare back some of the extravagance that Granjon was famous for, and lower the contrast in order to create type suitable for continuous setting, especially in smaller sizes. In part they draw on historical typefaces which themselves were influenced by Granjon- namely Plantin and Times New Roman. The display cuts reference the writing masters that preceded Granjon, and influenced the masters work. They restore the details that were removed in the rendering of the text cuts, and go further still, creating characters more calligraphic than Granjon, but rendered with a contemporary cleanness.
Gilian Cardaci – Pitch Green This work documents the issues surrounding a professional football field and its artificial maintenance. The turf on these pitches must be maintained to comply with the high standards dictated by FIFA to enhance the image of the sport. Specific tools have been developed to meet this demand. Pitch Green turns football on its head with a fascination for what goes on behind the scenes, creating an imagery reminiscent of science fiction. The contrast between the natural turf and these ultra-technological tools lends an absurd edge to their real purpose. These pitches, which appear perfect to the viewer, reveal the excesses of football and its corrupt business.
Shaping the future of cinema: ECAL listen to their graduates Just a few days before the opening of the Locarno Film Festival 2024, where several ECAL films will be shown, ECAL and HEAD unveil the results of a survey aimed at shaping the future of cinema training. To guide the development of their HES-SO Bachelor s and Master s programs in Film, the Film Departments at ECAL and HEAD have collaborated to conduct a survey of their graduates. To carry out this project, the research and polling institute gfs.bern was commissioned to design the online questionnaire, while the Observatoire romand de la culture was responsible for organizing focus groups. This is the first initiative of its kind to be carried out among film graduates. Two key findings emerge from the survey: 77% of graduates surveyed are currently working in the film industry Nearly 2/3 of graduates surveyed would choose to study film at ECAL or HEAD again The aim is to fine-tune ECAL and HEAD film courses by analyzing the career paths and feedback on the academic experience of the last fifteen graduating classes. This information is essential for making informed decisions to improve the curricula.
ECAL at NIFFF,05–12.07.2024,Neuchâtel ECAL graduates and students showcase their talent and creativity at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2024 (NIFFF) ECAL s participation in NIFFF 2024 once again illustrates the ability of its students and graduates to shine at internationally renowned events. The talent of ECAL students is highlighted by the selection of two second-year workshop films in the "Amazing Schools" category, underlining the recognition of their potential by film professionals. MEMENTO MORI by Adam, a professional model, does one photo shoot after another. Obsessed with his own body, he feels a compulsive need for control that, at some point, turns against him. DIAPASON 440 by Faced with the death of her sister, a young woman must honor the pact they made. In addition, two former ECAL students, , a graduate of the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design program, and , a graduate of the Bachelor Cinéma program, are members of the NIFFF EXTENDED - IMAGING THE FUTURE Jury. This jury is responsible for evaluating the most innovative projects in the field of new technologies and interactive media. , Head of Bachelor & Master Cinéma, also represents the ECAL on the SSA/SUISSEIMAGE Jury.DATES & SCHEDULE05.07 - 12.07.2024WEBSITEnifff.chVENUENeuchâtelTICKETShttps://nifff.ch/billetterie/
AWARDS & GRANTS 2024 The graduation ceremony, which took place on 28 June 2024, was also an opportunity to reward numerous diploma projects with scholarships and prizes. Congratulations to all the graduates and winners! bourses & PRIX 2024 – BACHELOR Prix de l Année Propédeutique – CHF 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de ses résultats. Remis par David Monnet, Responsable de l Année Propédeutique - Propédeutique, option Photographie Prix Visarte Vaud – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Arts Visuels qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Patricia Glave, Présidente de Visarte Vaud - diplômé BA Arts Visuels Prix LOGITECH DESIGN AWARD – SOLUTION CRÉATIVE HAUT DE GAMME & CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e du BA Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par dont le projet de diplôme démontre une sensibilité particulière aux thématiques chères à Logitech. Remis par Giulio Barresi, Responsable UX Logitech - diplômé BA Media & Interaction Design Prix du Risque – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e du BA Arts Visuels qui a démontré un certain goût du risque dans son travail de diplôme. Remis par Stéphane Kropf, Responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels - diplômé·e BA Arts Visuels Prix METAA – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par une approche prospective et expérimentale dans son travail de diplôme. Remis par Mylène Dreyer, Présidente de l association METAA, Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Prix GIFF Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) — Présentation du projet au Geneva Digital Market au GIFF & CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par une approche innovante et originale dans la narration ou la réalisation de son projet de diplôme. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du BA Media & Interaction Design - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Prix David Rust – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné par In Rust We Trust à un·e diplômé·e ayant réalisé un travail typographique remarquable. Le/La lauréat·e se voit offrir l opportunité d éditer un visuel qui servira à collecter des dons pour l action Design against Cancer, menée par l association. Remis par Angelo Benedetto, Responsable du Bachelor Graphic Design - diplômé BA Design Graphique Prix Jacqueline Veuve – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e en cinéma qui s est distingué·e au cours de l année par la qualité de ses réalisations ou de son travail technique. Ce prix rend hommage à Jacqueline Veuve, grande documentariste suisse décédée en 2013. Remis par Agnieszka Ramu, Productrice Bande à Part Films - 2e année BA Cinéma pour son film « Maman danse » Pax Art Talent Award – Présentation du projet à la HEK-Haus der Elekronische Kunste à Bâle & CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design dont la pratique artistique traite de manière innovante de l influence des technologies sur la société, et qui se caractérise également par une approche narrative discursive et critique. Remis par Nicolas Bopp, Président de Art Fondation Pax - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Prix WSP – CHF 1 500.- Un prix décerné à un·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 Pascale Grossmann, Consultante Corporate Design à WSP - diplômée BA Design Graphique Prix d ENCOURAGEMENT De la Ville de Renens – Exposition & CHF 2 000.- Un prix d encouragement décerné à un·e étudiant·e en 2e année Bachelor qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son travail. Remis par Nathalie Jaccard, Conseillère municipale à la Ville de Renens - 2e année BA Photographie Prix d excellence du domaine Design et Arts Visuels de la HES-SO – CHF 2 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Remis par Gaetano Massa, Adjoint scientifique du domaine Design et Arts visuels de la HES-SO - diplômé BA Design Graphique Prix Ernest Manganel – CHF 3 000.- Un prix décerné par le jury de la Fondation Ernest Manganel à un·e diplômé·e en Arts Visuels, pour récompenser la pertinence de sa recherche et la qualité de son travail de diplôme. Remis par Stéphane Kropf, Responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels au nom de la Fondation Ernest Manganel - diplômée BA Arts Visuels Swiss Design Association Bachelor Award – 3 ANS d Adhésion & coaching Un prix qui récompense un·e diplômé·e Bachelor pour l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Le SDA Bachelor Award offre au lauréat·e la possibilité de devenir membre SDA durant 3 ans, ainsi qu un coaching entrepreneurial individuel pour le développement de son projet de diplôme. Remis par Andréa Müller, Membre du comité d organisation de la SDA, Swiss Design Association - diplômé BA Design Industriel Bourses Fondation Walter + Eve Kent – CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant·e·s particulièrement talentueux·euses dans le domaine des arts visuels. Remises par Alexis Georgacopoulos, Membre de la Fondation Walter + Eve Kent - 2e année BA Arts Visuels - 2e année BA Arts Visuels PRIX La Foncière – CHF 5 000.- Un prix décerné par La Foncière, société de Fonds de placements immobiliers à un·e étudiant·e méritant pour le travail accompli durant l année en Photographie. Remis par Thomas Vonaesch, COO of La Foncière - diplômée BA Photographie Prix Downtown Studio de l Image – Services De post-production & ADHÉsion offerte (CHF 5 000.-) Un prix destiné à un·e étudiant·e du BA Cinéma, en spécialisation Image, qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son travail aussi bien sur les plans artistiques que techniques. Ce prix souligne également les ponts vertueux entre le monde académique et professionnel. Remis par Boris Rabusseau et Jérémie Blaser, Représentants de Downtown Studio - diplômée BA Cinéma pour l image du film « Cartilage » d Arsène Fragnière Prix Plateforme 10 x ECAL – Exposition & CHF 5 000.- Un prix destiné à récompenser un·e diplômé·e Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, qui permettra le développement du projet de diplôme en vue d une première visibilité publique à travers une exposition à Plateforme 10, tout en renforçant les liens entre l ECAL et Plateforme 10. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du BA Media & Interaction Design et Vincent Jaquier, Responsable Communication Visuelle, au nom de Plateforme 10 - diplômé BA Media & Interaction Design Prix Images Vevey x ECAL – Exposition Un prix offrant à un·e diplômé·e du Bachelor ou Master Photographie, l opportunité d une première visibilité publique à travers une exposition à l Appartement - Espace Images Vevey, tout en renforçant les liens existants entre l ECAL et Images Vevey. Remis par Stefano Stoll, Directeur d Images Vevey - diplômée BA Photographie BourseS Fondation JAN MICHALSKI – Accompagnement pour le développement du travail de Mémoire & CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses consistant à développer puis donner une visibilité publique à deux mémoires de fin d études Bachelor. La Fondation Jan Michalski s engage à favoriser le contact avec des auteur·rice·s, en vue d obtenir un accompagnement et des conseils qui favoriseront le développement des mémoires. La publication finale fera l objet d une présentation publique de la part des lauréat·e·s ainsi que d un vernissage à la Fondation Jan Michalski. Deux prix spéciaux de CHF 1 000.- sont également attribués. Remise par Natalia Granero, Directrice de la Fondation Jan Michalski Prix spéciaux - diplômée BA Design Graphique - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Bourses - diplômé BA Design Graphique - diplômée BA Design Industriel BourseS Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux – CHF 8 000.- Une bourse décernée à un·e étudiant·e sur le point d accomplir son année de diplôme et attribuée en fonction de son sens de la créativité. Remise par Hervé Klopfenstein, Membre du Conseil de la Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux Mykola Churmantaiev - 2e année BA Arts Visuels Prix Tremplin ECAL soutenu par la Fondation Leenaards – CHF 10 000.- Le « Prix Tremplin » vise à faciliter le démarrage d une carrière et aider à asseoir une pratique artistique professionnelle sur le long terme pour des artistes et/ou designers de talent. Il est destiné aux fraîchement diplômé·e·s de l ECAL pour les soutenir dans la mise en place d un projet concret ou dans l entrée dans la vie professionnelle. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, Présidente de la Commission Culturelle de la Fondation Leenaards - diplômée BA Design Industriel - diplômé BA Arts Visuels - diplômé BA Photographie GRANTS & Awards 2023 – MASTER EXECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate who has produced a distinguished Master s thesis project. Presented by Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary - graduate MA Fine Arts Prix WSP – CHF 1 500.- A prize awarded to a graduate for projects that take sustainable development into account, particularly its economic, environmental and social aspects. Presented by Pascale Grossmann, Consultant Corporate Design WSP - graduate MA Product Design Profot-Elinchrom AWARD – Equipment (CHF 2 000.-) A prize for a Master Photography student who has produced an excellent diploma work. Presented by Sandro Bizzarro, Digital Imaging Consultant at Profot SA - graduate MA Photography BCV Award – CHF 2 000.- A prize awarded to a Master s graduate who has distinguished by the overall quality of his/her work. Presented by Stéphanie Moisdon, head of Master Fine Arts - graduate MA Fine Arts Encouragement Award BY City of Renens – EXHIBITION & CHF 2 000.- An encouragement prize awarded to a student in the 1st year of the Master programmes who has produced a distinguished body of work. The winner will exhibit at La Ferme des Tilleuls in Renens. Presented by Nathalie Jaccard, Municipal Councillor of Renens City - 1st Year MA Product Design 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 Xavier Duchoud, Academic Deputy Director ECAL - graduate MA Photography Prix Pierre Keller – CHF 5 000.- In memory of Pierre Keller, director of ECAL from 1995 to 2011. A prize awarded for particularly committed diploma work. Presented by Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL and Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Design - graduate MA Product Design Scholarship Walter + Eve Kent Foundation – CHF 5 000.- Two scholarships awarded to particularly talented 1st year Master Fine Arts students in the fields of painting and sculpture, to support the continuation of their studies at ECAL. Presented by Stéphanie Moisdon, Head of Master Fine Arts Mélody Lu - 1st Year MA Fine Arts - 1st Year MA Fine Arts 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 Denis Flageollet, Master Watchmaker & Co-Founder of De Bethune - graduate MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Masé Studios Sound Prize – Mixing services at Masé Studios in Geneva (CHF 8 000.-) A prize for a student whose film has distinguished itself by the quality of its sound, artistic and technical work. This prize underlines the virtuous bridges between the academic and professional world. Presented by Ivan Ruet for Masé Studios - graduate MA Cinéma with her film « Niederurnen » GRANT Nestlé-ECAL – CHF 10 000.- Two Nestlé grants awarded to deserving 2nd year MADP, MAP or MATD students, who have distinguished themselves by the research and quality of their diploma project, particularly -but not exclusively - in relation to current themes such as technological or social innovation, sustainability or health. Presented by René Ciocca, Head of Corporate Identity Design Nestlé - graduate MA Product Design Naiqian Wang - graduate MA Type Design ECAL Tremplin Award supported by Fondation Leenaards – CHF 10 000.- The aim of the "Tremplin Award" is to help talented artists and/or designers launch their careers and establish a long-term professional artistic practice. It is reserved for creatives who have just graduated from ECAL, supports them in setting up a concrete project or for their entry into professional life. Presented by Catherine Othenin-Girard, Chairwoman of Cultural Commission of Fondation Leenaards - graduate MA Product Design - graduate MA Type Design
Information Design During the information design course the students of the second year have been asked to design a cartographic poster based on a film in the road movie genre, in a direct or abstract representation.
I as an Island Like Robinson Crusoe scavenged the wrecked ship for materials to build his home, First Year Master Product Design students, guided by Chris Kabel, were invited to delve into the flotsam of their creative minds for this open workshop. The workshop began with collecting, organizing, and analyzing creative flotsam and jetsam to create a self-portrait as a designer. Unrealized projects, obsessions and fascinations, irritations, vague dreams, (bad) jokes, and ideas too weird to talk about—all these resided within a designer s mind. Beginnings already existed: inspiring photos on phones, inviting materials, first ideas hastily scribbled down, quick sketches on paper, half-baked assemblages, or flimsy maquettes. These fragments and particles were analyzed to discover the kind of designer each participant was, extracting a direction for development during the week. This process of analysis, ideation, and translation, including the ‘end result, became visible as an island, shaped and populated by each individual s design process. It featured fragile beginnings, iterations, and the choices made along the way, culminating in a final conclusion shaped by material samples, shape research, 3D sketches, the development of a mechanism, a campaign, a film scenario, or whatever else was distilled from the initial flotsam.
Magazine - 23/24 As part of the publishing course led by Anouk Schneider and Chi-Long Trieu, 2nd year Visual Communication students had the opportunity to design an artist s book during the first semester. This book project stands out for its contemporary approach aimed at creating an editorial object that harmoniously integrates form and content in the current context of the editorial landscape. Students were encouraged to exploit their artistic freedom at all levels of creation, whether in terms of format, choice of paper, binding, layout, illustrations, text or typography. As part of this course, the artist s book can take shape through various illustration modalities, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, etc. The emphasis is on the author s artistic vision and the means implemented to realize it. Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator and architect, covering the responsibilities of artistic director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and editorial secretary. This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a sequence of controlled content. Convoy Magazine By & FOUND IN Magazine By & MôD Magazine By & SOLER Magazine By & 2gether Magazine By &
ECAL MASTERCLASS- JESSICA HAUSNER,21.06.2024,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL s Cinema department welcomes filmmaker Jessica Hausner for a lecture moderated by Paolo Moretti, head of the Bachelor & Master Cinéma program. Jessica Hausner is an Austrian director, screenwriter and producer. She studied film at the Vienna Film Academy, where she made her first short films: Flora (1996), which won a prize at the Locarno Film Festival, and Inter-View (1999). Her first feature film, Lovely Rita (2000), won her international acclaim after being nominated in the Un Certain Regard selection at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, his film Lourdes was selected for the Venice Film Festival and won an acting prize thanks to the performance of Sylvie Testud. In 2014, she returned to Cannes with Amour fou in the Un certain regard selection, then rejoined the Festival s Official Selection with Little Joe in 2019 (Best Actress Prize awarded to the film s lead actress, Emily Beecham), and Club Zero in 2023. Co-founder of production company Coop99, she has produced internationally successful films such as Maren Ade s Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated Toni Erdmann (2016), and Valeska Grisebach s Western (2017), selected at the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2024, Jessica Hausner was named president of the jury at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.DATES & SCHEDULE21.06.2024 4pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECAL
ECAL AT LAUSANNE JARDINS,15.06–05.10.2024,Lausanne To mark Lausanne Jardins 2024, ECAL s Bachelor Industrial Design is presenting two projects designed to make the most of the shores of Lake Geneva. MIRADOR by Victoria Guffroy et Noé Chassot Mirador is a giant watery playground on the shore of Lake Geneva. Three stainless steel water cannons, arranged in a triangle, pump water from the lake and spray it over long distances, providing both fun and relief from the summer heat. Once the cannon is full, simply press the handle to propel the water in the desired direction. Fire away! PIERROT by Charlotte Dubois Pierrot—a homophone of the French words “pierre” (rock) and “eau” (water)—evokes two characteristic features of the shore of Lake Geneva. These rocky outcrops are punctuated by platforms of different sizes, small ones for crossing and large ones for relaxing on, allowing bathers to reach the lake while protecting the delicate and rare ecosystems that surround them. These platforms, constructed from wood and wire mesh filled with pebbles, hug the shape of the rocks and provide a new habitat for biodiversity to flourish. Here, the wire mesh—a popular architectural feature—holds large quantities of rocks, exploiting the weight, shape and other characteristics of this natural, locally available material.TEACHERVENUEPromenade de Vidy 7 1007 LausanneSTUDENTSMirador: Victoria Guffroy , Noé Chassot Pierrot: Charlotte DuboisDATES & SCHEDULE15.06-05.10.2024WEBSITElausannejardins.chPARTNERSMirador: Metal-System Diserens Sàrl Pierrot: Ateliers de menuiserie - Ville de Lausanne, Centre de formation C-FOR!
Service Design - 2024 During the Service Design course, the 3rd year of the Graphic Design, Photography and Media & Interaction Design bachelors had to create multi-media projects. A collaboration of the Visual Communication department which had as subject the SDGs (*Sustainable Development Goals). The theme was called "For a good cause, make the SDGs a reality" and its objective was to allow students to develop a cause that is close to their hearts. Each project consists of at least two different media, one primary and one secondary. These projects could take any form that the students deemed relevant, be it a website, editions, posters, a video sequence or virtual reality. The SDGs are meant to be achieved globally by all United Nations member states by 2030. This entails all states equally playing their part in seeking common solutions to the world s urgent challenges. Switzerland is also obligated to implement these goals at the national level. Furthermore, incentives must be created to encourage non-governmental actors to increasingly contribute to sustainable development.The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with their 169 targets, constitute the core of the Agenda 2030. They integrate the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and, for the first time, place poverty eradication and sustainable development on the same agenda.Your Email s Carbon Footprint Poster & Website This project comprises a website that explores various aspects of the carbon footprint of emails and the different ways in which they contribute to CO2 emissions. To make this information more accessible, the carbon footprint figures of emails are illustrated using concrete and familiar examples for the general public, such as kilometers driven by cars or the energy consumption of household appliances. In order to raise awareness among a broad audience, we have introduced a mascot named Bob, who serves as a guide through this information. Posters summarize the three main elements of the site: the CO2 emissions from emails, solutions to reduce this footprint, and an introduction to Bob. They encourage the public to visit the website to learn more. By , & SHIEn Website & Moving Poster Our project aims to raise awareness among 18-24 year olds about the social and environmental issues of ultra fast fashion, focusing specifically on the case of the giant SHEIN. The idea is to dissect each step of the ordering process by revealing behind-the-scenes aspects through an interactive experience that incorporates social media codes. By , & back to Newspaper & Video We have created a project aimed at promoting sustainable cosmetics. This project highlights the adoption of solid cosmetics in a zero waste approach. It raises awareness and informs about an effective and simple alternative, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing sustainable solutions that are respectful of both people and the environment. By , & Anthracite Edition & video Our project aims to raise awareness among the public about the dangers of light pollution for the survival of nocturnal insects and its impact on Swiss biodiversity. The edition combines scientific popularization with photographs illustrating the impact of light, blending the poetic with the alarming. The teaser immerses the viewer in a first-person perspective, experiencing life as an insect, to demonstrate the direct effects of this invasive light and to evoke empathy among the audience. Award-winning project at the USM Design Grant competition By , & 2030CHF Magazines & instagram We have launched a magazine called 2030CHF, with an annual publication every year until 2030. This magazine examines Switzerland from a new and impartial perspective, inviting everyone to ask themselves: "Will we achieve our goals by 2030?" By , & Tue la·e consomateur·ice en toi ! Fanzine & Website We have created a fanzine and a website to inform about the capitalist logic of over-responsibilizing individuals. This project aims to provide keys to understanding the consumer condition and to encourage breaking this status by becoming agents of change, disseminating content, and taking action. By , & ECOVILLE Video game & Website The project ECOVILLE takes the form of a downloadable computer video game. Interactive and fun, it is designed to raise awareness among the younger generation about the importance of preserving urban flora and fauna. The main objective is to provide children with simple ecological solutions that they can easily implement. By sharing their newfound knowledge with their parents, children become ambassadors for environmental conservation. The game also helps to develop their autonomy and critical thinking through its various stages and challenges. By , & bits & peels Book & instagram The project consists of an educational edition in the form of a cookbook, inspired by grandmother s recipes, highlighting various foods, their types, and different ways to transform their waste. These transformation methods are categorized into several categories: cosmetics, maintenance, cooking, and gardening. The edition is accompanied by Instagram posts focused on seasonal fruits and vegetables, offering tips for effectively recycling these foods. By , &
REMIND ME I M ALIVE REMIND ME I M ALIVE is a companion that combines the functions of a fidget toy with those of a personal reminder. The gadget uses information on Wifi connections in its immediate vicinity to better understand the user s environment. By examining these connections - the only gateway to the outside world - the gadget can tell whether the user is in a busy or quiet environment, and even give indications of possible stressful situations. When the user is not interacting with the device, it constantly monitors his or her status via the surrounding wifi connections. These connections provide implicit information on social conditions, working environments, infrastructures and much more. If the user does not communicate with the companion for more than six hours, it “dies” and must be resuscitated. This feature underlines the need for regular interaction and ensures that the companion is always ready for use.