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ECAL MASTER DXD PORTFOLIO REVIEWS,08–09.04.2025,Online This event is open to future candidates for the new Master in Digital Experience Design who wish to obtain a preliminary opinion on their application. Futur candidates for the new Master in Digital Experience Design have the opportunity to present their portfolio during individual online appointments from April 8 to 9, 2025. PROCEDURE Each individual session takes place on Zoom and lasts a maximum of 20 minutes. It is suggested that participants prepare a short PDF presenting their portfolio. There are 19 places available each day, between 8.35am and 5.10pm. These are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. You are allowed to register for ONLY ONE time slot, which means that only one slot per person is available. If the slot is not clickable, it has already been booked. REGISTRATIONS (Doodle forms) Registration deadlines: Thursday April 3 Tuesday April 8 + Wednesday April 9, 2025 > Master Digital Experience Design A confirmation email with information and a Zoom link is sent a few days before the event.DATES & SCHEDULE08-09.04.2025 8h45-17h10 On registrationVENUEOnline, ZoomINFORMATIONFor specific questions, please contact : rsvp@ecal.ch
Folklore Fusion at Milano Design Week,08–13.04.2025,Spazio Orso 16, Milano ECAL presents Folklore Fusion at Milano Design Week 2025 Through the immense popularity of anime, manga, or global phenomena, Japanese narratives and visuals have conquered the world, shaping pop culture and popularizing themes from Japanese folklore in Western media. In this context, Folklore Fusion explores the creative interplay between tradition and modern visual storytelling with a cutting-edge CGI character project. After an intense trip through Tokyo s vibrant neighborhoods, rich history, architecture, and local legends, ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students created the Swijūs — hybrid creatures blending Japanese and Swiss Folklore. Beneath its playful appearance, Folklore Fusion examines the narrative potential of modular design. Presented at Milan Design Week in a scenography conceived by ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design students, the project offers an immersive experience that brings the Swijūs to life, enriched by a trading card game collection, an interactive map of Tokyo and a printed publication. Beyond paying tribute to Japanese culture, Folklore Fusion and its Swijūs become imaginary artefacts, reflecting the cultural exchanges and shared narratives of our time. ADDRESSSpazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16 20121 MilanoDATES & SCHEDULE8–12 April, 11am-8pm 13 April, 11am-4pmHEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITEfolklore-fusion.netSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , CGI TEACHERDIGITAL CONTENTDESIGN, , , SCENOGRAPHY STUDENTS, , , , , ,
ECAL MILANO 2025 – EXHIBITIONS BY ALUMNI,08–13.04.2025,Milan Design Week Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Milan Design Week 2025. During Milan Design Week, from April 7 to 13, 2025, discover the work of numerous ECAL graduates, presented both at the Salone and in the Brera design district. Charlotta Åman Master Product Design WORTH Partnership Project Zona K, Via Spalato 11, Milan worth-partnership.ec isola.design Herding Wool – Alix Arto, Emma Casella & Yihan Zhang Bachelor Industrial Design, Bachelor Industrial Design & Mas Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Ròng mini library by Ròng Design Library Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli 24 Salone Satellite, Fiera Milano-Rho, Pavilions 5/7 ronglibrary.com Luca Gruber Mas Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Shakti Design Residency Alcova, S4, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48, 20814 Varedo @_lucagruber_ Anthony Guex Master Product Design Two Step Spazio Milano, Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 19, 20129 Milan @koivu.it Two Step is a step stool. Designed by Anthony Guex for Koivu as a small wooden object – both a furniture piece and a functional tool –Two Step is versatile. It serves as a small ladder, a high stool, a shelf or a side table. Gabriel Hafner Bachelor Design Industriel Via Leopoldo Cicognara 8, Milan hafnerbuero.ch Chou Hsinhung Master Product Design Nimble & Handy SaloneSatellite, Rho, Fiera Milano Hall 7, Stand A35 hsinhungchou.com Koda Leo Master Product Design graduate Good selection Via Santa Cecilia, 12B Varedo SaloneSatellite / Fiera Milano goodselection.design Julie Richoz Bachelor Industrial Design Bolzan Space Showroom, Brera Design Apartment, Via Palermo 1 – Milan Campeggi, Salone del Mobile, Hall 22, Booth B29 @julierichoz Isen Wu Master Product Design Haitang stool Basic Village, Via Dell Aprica 12, 20158, Milano BIG-GAME Master Product Design, Bachelor Industrial Design CUSCINI LOUNGE for MAXDESIGN OFF-CUT for FAUST LOBBY SOFA for KARIMOKU NEW STANDARD big-game.ch NUOVA - Enrico Pietra & Rodrigo Caula MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Range Rover @nuovagroup HOUSE OF SWITZERLAND A group exhibition presented by Pro Helvetia and Presence Switzerland, celebrating the power of collaboration with the participation of ECAL alumni. Casa Degli Artisti, Milan, Corso Garibaldi 89/A, Milan design.swiss GINI MOYNIER – Amandine Gini & Victor Moynier Bachelor Design Industriel, Master Design de Produit Artistic Direction of the House of Switzerland Herding Wool – Alix Arto, Emma Casella & Yihan Zhang Bachelor Industrial Design, Bachelor Industrial Design & Mas Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Ròng mini library by Ròng Design Library Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli 24 Salone Satellite, Fiera Milano-Rho, Pavilions 5/7 design.swiss/alix-arto-emma-casella-yihan-zhang Lena Bernasconi Bachelor Design Industriel WWW (Women Work Wear) Lena Bernasconi s WWW (Women Work Wear) responds to the question, Are Objects Sexist? Exploring the gender bias that still exists in the manufacturing of certain items, these work pants are designed by and for women to help fill this gender gap. Offering a new aesthetic and levels of comfort, adaptability, protection and flexibility for women woodworkers, the work pants are also the result of an exchange of ideas through collaboration. Through interviewing women throughout the creative process, Bernasconi s project embodies the experiences and perspectives of 25 women in a single garment. design.swiss/lena-bernasconi Justus Hilfenhaus Master Design de Produit ECAL X ECAL Focused on collaboration across multiple layers, ECAL X ECAL looks at Justus Hilfenhaus own experience as a student and the school s identity as a creative partner. Resulting in functional, crafted objects that enrich daily interactions and teamwork, it builds upon the collaborative spirit of ECAL s existing communal spaces. design.swiss/justus-hilfenhaus Livia Lauber Bachelor Design Industriel USMO Light USMO Light is the result of a design experiment curated by ARAM in collaboration with USM Modular Furniture. Designers and artists were invited to explore the possibilities of the iconic USM Haller system, creating pieces that diverge from its conventional applications. Through her contemporary design lens, designer Livia Lauber utilizes the system s components beyond their modular constraints, resulting in a large floor light with an integrated shelf for books and magazines. The lampshade, crafted from Washi—a traditional Japanese paper—provides a soft contrast to the rigid metal frame. This project brings together diverse expertise, thoughtfully respecting and challenging traditional design rules through collaboration. design.swiss/livia-lauber Antonio Severi Master Product Design Ramel Series Developing a series of small objects for the home, Antonio Severi partnered with the Beirut-based Exil Collective to work with local Lebanese creatives in bringing their vision to life. Featuring items such as a candle holder, wall clock and ashtray, the collection is made from recycled aluminium within a sand-casting workshop where the choice of shapes, sand grit and metal were the result of an open dialogue between Severi and the artisans. Combining the expertise of all those involved, this cross-cultural collaboration seamlessly blends traditional skillsets with contemporary design helping to highlight the importance of preserving such valuable techniques. design.swiss/antonio-severi DATES & SCHEDULE07–13.04.2025VENUEMilano Design Week
VISIONS DU RÉEL: MASTERCLASS & ECAL FILMS,04–13.04.2025,Nyon As guest of honour at the 56th edition of the Visions du Réel festival in Nyon, filmmaker Raoul Peck will be giving a masterclass on Tuesday 8 April, organised in partnership with the Cinémathèque suisse. The programme also includes five films by the ECAL s Cinema Department and alumni. MASTERCLASS: RAOUL PECK Filmmaker, Haiti Born in Haiti in 1953, and raised in Congo, New York, France and Germany, Raoul Peck is one of the most important filmmakers of the late 20th and early 21st century. Over the course of the last forty years, the filmmaker has anchored his complex body of work, which includes internationally acclaimed feature films and documentaries, in a deep political commitment. The genesis of his cinematographic tales stems in equal measure from his multicultural personal experience, his journey as an activist, and what he refers to as a “Marxist reading” of the global economy. An indefatigable narrator of tales as seen from the viewpoint of those subject to domination, Raoul Peck has also questioned the links to capitalism in his own personal history, haunted by the ghosts of colonialism. His films examine omissions from official Western history, shining a light on aspects ignored by this account, often sketching a portrait of politicians or artists who have openly deconstructed it, such as Patrice Lumumba in Lumumba, La Mort du prophète, a feature film released in 1990, followed bythedocumentary Lumumba (2000), James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016), and, most recently, Ernest Cole with Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024). Summoning the past to examine the present and rejecting any call to neutrality, Raoul Peck s work is a reinvention of activist cinema, which he transforms using a cinematographic, poetic and highly subjective language, freely intermingling genres and formats. Exterminate All The Brutes, a hybrid series in four parts (produced by HBO) – which will also be screened during the Festival – is a perfect example of this: it is a journey back in time, a radical re-examination of the history of European colonialism, from America to Africa, using personal, visual and literary narration to starkly revisit the darkest hours in human history right up to the present day. It won a Peabody Award in 2022, and was also the subject of a critical and literary essay. An event in collaboration with the Cinémathèque suisse. Text: Visions du Réel FILMS As part of Visions du Réel, from April 4 to 13, films by ECAL s Cinema Department and alumni are scheduled. SECTION OPENING SCENES Qui part à la chasse, directed by Lea Favre, Bachelor Cinema 2024 diploma film INTERNATIONALE COMPETITION Niederurnen, GL, directed by Anna Joos, Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD 2024 diploma film NATIONALE COMPETITION Toute Ma Vie, directed by Matias Carlier, Bachelor Cinema alumni, image by Myriam Guyénard, Bachelor Cinema alumni Lettres Au Docteur L, directed by Laurence Favre, Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD alumni. Colostrum film editing by Myriam Rachmuth, Bachelor Cinema alumni, sound by Theodora Menthonnex, Bachelor Cinema alumni Les Papas directed by David Maye, Bachelor Cinema alumni Les Vies d Andrès film editing by Karine Sudan, Bachelor Cinema alumni Olga, directed by Elie Grappe, Bachelor Cinema alumniDATES & SCHEDULEFestival 04–13.04.2025 Masterclass 08.04.2025, 2:30 PMVENUEThéatre de Marens Route du Stand 5, 1260 NyonTICKETS AND FULL PROGRAMMEvisionsdureel.ch
ECAL × SDOL, Horizon Ouest, Regards sur la métamorphose urbaine New transport infrastructure is emerging, while former industrial wastelands are giving way to modern buildings and redesigned outdoor spaces. Gradually, residents are moving into these new neighborhoods and adopting new habits. To capture the first moments of life in these spaces, the association "Ouest lausannois: Prix Wakker 2011" has invited second-year students from the ECAL Bachelor of Photography program to observe them throughout 2024. This project highlights 18 ongoing construction sites or recently completed neighborhoods. Through their perspectives, the students offer original approaches to discovering, understanding, and appropriating these new spaces. Photography maintains a unique relationship with the world around us, as it often depends on it. Far from merely documenting reality in a strict sense, it has the power to transfigure and reveal the invisible or the unspeakable. This is the approach adopted by the ECAL photography students at the request of the "Ouest lausannois: Prix Wakker 2011" association, as they explored various territories in western Lausanne. As part of this commission, each student was randomly assigned a specific location—be it a new neighborhood, a construction site, or a distinctive building—on which they worked over an academic year. Faced with spaces that were sometimes unphotogenic or even resistant to imagery, the challenge was to look beyond appearances, to resonate with these places in order to grasp their unique dynamics. The photographs question our perception of these recent landscapes and bear witness to the human activity unfolding within them. What do they reveal about our ways of living and moving? Who are the people inhabiting these spaces? What new landscapes emerge from these rapid transformations? Through approaches that are sometimes sensitive and intimate, sometimes detached and analytical, or even driven by a formal fascination with the objects captured, the works presented reveal the density and diversity of everyday life. They bring forth a poetic vision of the city, inviting us to consider these territories not merely as functional backdrops but as fully-fledged spaces, rich with history, form, and identity—fluid and multifaceted, just like those who inhabit them.
Horizon Ouest,26.03–21.05.2025,Bussigny Observing Urban Transformation: ECAL Students Capture the New Spaces of Western Lausanne New transport infrastructures are being built, while former industrial wastelands are giving way to modern buildings and redeveloped outdoor spaces. Little by little, residents are taking over these new neighborhoods and adopting new habits. To capture the first moments of life in these spaces, the association "Ouest lausannois : Prix Wakker 2011" invited second-year students in ECAL s Bachelor of Photography program to observe them throughout 2024. The exhibition highlights 18 construction sites in progress or recently completed neighborhoods. Through their eyes, the students offer us original approaches to discovering, taming and appropriating these new spaces. At the end of the exhibition, everyone is invited to go and explore these places for themselves. Photography has a unique relationship with the world around us, because it often depends on it. Far from documenting it in the strict sense of the word, photography has the capacity to transfigure and reveal the invisible or the unspeakable. At the request of the "Ouest lausannois: Prix Wakker 2011" Association, ECAL photography students have adopted this approach, exploring various territories in the western part of Lausanne. As part of this commission, each student was allocated a specific location by lottery: a new district, a construction site or a singular building, on which he or she worked for one academic year. Faced with spaces that are sometimes unphotogenic, or even resistant to images, the challenge was to go beyond appearances, to enter into resonance with these places in order to grasp their own dynamics. The photographs on display question our perception of these recent landscapes, and bear witness to the human activity taking place there. What do they say about the way we live and move around? Who are the people who inhabit these spaces? What landscape forms are emerging from these rapid transformations? Through approaches that are at times sensitive and intimate, at times distanced and analytical, or guided by a formal fascination for the objects apprehended, the works presented reveal the density and diversity of everyday life. They give rise to a poetics of the city, inviting us to consider these territories not as mere functional backgrounds, but as spaces in their own right, bearers of histories, forms and an identity of their own - shifting and multiple, like those who inhabit them.DATES & VENUETravelling exhibition Bussigny 26.03 – 10.04 PL. DES ARCADES Crissier 10.04 - 23.04 CH. DES LENTILLIÈRES 9 Ecublens 23.04 - 07.05 PL. FRANÇOIS SILVANT Renens 07.05 - 21.05 SQ. DU 14 JUINOPENINGWednesday, March 26, 2025, 5pm, BussignyPARTNERL association « Ouest lausannois : Prix Wakker 2011 »
ECAL Lecture - Tyler Mitchell,25.03.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL welcomes photographer Tyler Mitchell for a talk in conversation with Hannah Pröbsting, Production Manager at Photo Elysée. Born in 1995, Tyler Mitchell is an artist, photographer, and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, US. A graduate in Film and Television from NYU in 2017, his works are featured in prestigious collections, including the High Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. In 2018, he became the first Black photographer to shoot a Vogue US cover, featuring Beyoncé. His work has been published in Aperture, Dazed, i-D, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and exhibited worldwide (FOAM, Gagosian Gallery, ICP). His exhibition Wish This Was Real is presented at Photo Elysée in 2024 before heading to Paris in 2025.DATES & SCHEDULETuesday, March 25 18h Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECALIN COLLABORATION WITHPhoto Elysée elysee.ch
Le livre d artiste - 24/25 As part of the editorial design course led by Anouk Schneider and Nicolas Polli, second-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, aiming to create an editorial object that harmoniously integrates form and content within today s publishing landscape. Students were encouraged to fully embrace their artistic freedom at every stage of the creative process—whether in terms of format, paper choice, binding, layout, illustrations, text, or typography. Within this course, the artist s book can take shape through various modes of illustration, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, and more. The emphasis is placed on the author s artistic vision and the means implemented to bring it to life. Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator, and architect, thereby covering the responsibilities of art director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and copy editor. This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a carefully constructed content sequence. A rusty wheel still turns Edition By & Palaces avec balcons. vues et jardin pour tousctes Edition By & Point Bleu Edition By & CAMILLE Edition By , & we <3 feet Edition By &
ECAL LECTURE – JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC,18.03.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL An avant-garde designer and artist, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac anticipated what today constitutes the basis of new creation: art and fashion, detour and collaboration. Multi-disciplinary work of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac - art, fashion and design - revolves around a short chromatic range of blue, yellow and red, one of the finest representations of which was to dress Pope John Paul II, bishops and priests for the 1997 World Youth Day. Passionate about heraldry, the science of coats of arms, vexillology, the science of flags, semiotics, the study of signs, pop art and the world of childhood, his art and fashion bring together these dualities: the epic, the historic, the traditional and the alternative. He has collaborated with many artists, including Keith Haring, Lady Gaga, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pedro Winter and Pharrell Williams. He began his career as a designer alongside his mother, setting up Ko & Co in Limoges. His first obvious garment was a coat cut from his boarding-school blanket, as well as clothes made from mops, thus launching the concept of upcycling. He went on to found the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac fashion house in 1978. As early as the 1980s, he anticipated the current decompartmentalization of art and fashion by collaborating with artists of all disciplines on his shows: musicians, photographers and visual artists. He worked with Miquel Barceló, Ben and Robert Combas to create tableau dresses, with Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring and Cindy Sherman to create invitations for his shows, and with Malcolm McLaren to create the music for his shows. In 1986, he was exhibited at New York s Fashion Institute and Technology. In 2006, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, then at the Musée Galliera in Paris in 2007. Also an artist, he created a 3700 m2 fresco for Orly airport in Paris in 2015. In September 2018, he created a monumental work for the Biennale des antiquaires de Paris at the Grand Palais. From 2018 to 2022, he is artistic director of United Colors of Benetton. His artistic work is the subject of an exhibition entitled Le Peuple de Demain at the children s gallery of the Centre Pompidou in 2021-2022, presented at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai and at the Centre Pompidou Malaga in 2023. In 2022, he will also be present at the Mobilier National with the scenography for the exhibition No taste for bad taste, retracing 40 years of French design, and with a carte blanche entitled L atour d assises, focusing on French styles. In June 2024, he installs a 15-metre trellis sculpture on the wall of the Société de Géographie in Paris, called “L Ange Géographe”. He was chosen by the Diocese of Paris to design the liturgical vestments and ornaments for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in December 2024.DATES & SCHEDULE18.03.2025 6pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECALWEBSITEjeancharlesdecastelbajac.com
ECAL AT MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2025 ECAL presents two exhibitions at Milano Design Week 2025 DESIGNED IN CH, MADE IN JP Master PRODUCT DESIGN As part of the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, students from ECAL s Product Design Master program collaborated with Karimoku New Standard and Presence Switzerland to design ten unique models of stackable wooden chairs. Presented at the House of Switzerland, the exhibition features these creations in a scenography exploring the dialogue between design and craftsmanship, illustrating the values and symbolism shared by Switzerland and Japan. House of Switzerland Casa degli Artisti – Corso Garibaldi 89A 20121 MilanoFOLKLORE FUSION bachelor media & interaction design Japanese stories and images have shaped global pop culture, inspiring Folklore Fusion, a creative project by students in ECAL s Bachelor Media & Interaction Design program. After an immersion in Tokyo, they imagined the Swijūs, hybrid creatures blending Japanese and Swiss folklore. Presented at Milan Design Week in a scenography signed by the industrial design students, the exhibition offers an immersive experience with collectible cards, interactive map and printed publication. More than a tribute, Folklore Fusion embodies a contemporary cultural dialogue through imaginary artifacts. Spazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16 20121 Milano
Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne,15.03.2025,Capitole, Lausanne On the occasion of the 8th Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, ECAL is taking part in a meeting with Luc Dardenne, followed by a screening of his film L Enfant, winner of the Palme d or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. Meet Luc Dardenne before the screening of L Enfant, moderated by Frédéric Maire, Director of the Cinémathèque suisse and Paolo Moretti, Head of ECAL Cinema Department. In a small industrial town in crisis, somewhere in Belgium, Bruno and Sonia, both under 40, love each other and survive from day to day, on her welfare and his petty theft. But Sonia is about to give birth, and is worried about the baby on the way. When she shows him little Jimmy on his way out of the maternity ward, Bruno barely gives her a glance. Shortly afterwards, a woman with whom he does business suggests a convenient way to earn the money he s always after: childless couples would be willing to give a lot for a baby like his....DATES & SCHEDULESaturday, March 15 2:30pmVENUECapitole - Cinémathèque suisse Av. du Théâtre 6, 1005 LausanneTICKET & INFOrencontres7art.ch
Folklore Fusion at Swissnex in Japan,10.03–03.04.2025,Swissnex in Japan Swissnex in Japan, in collaboration with ECAL, presents Folklore Fusion, a visual communication project exploring Swiss and Japanese folklore through a cutting-edge CGI character project. Swissnex in Japan, in collaboration with ECAL, presents Folklore Fusion, a visual communication project exploring Swiss and Japanese folklore through a cutting-edge CGI character project. Inspired by field research in Tokyo, ECAL Media & Interaction Design students created Swijūs, a unique set of characters blending elements from both cultures to create new tales with a contemporary twist. Through prints, augmented reality, an interactive platform, a book and a collection of trading card games, the exhibition offers fresh perspectives on folklore and cross-cultural dialogue. Supported by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Folklore Fusion invites visitors to experience tradition through cutting-edge innovation.VENUEOsaka, JapanDATESMarch 10 to April 3, 2025HEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITEfolklore-fusion.netSTUDENTSThéo Déchanez, Isaïa Delaplace, Viktor Gagné, Alexandre Gambarini, Ayten Gönel, Emma Grosu, Odran Jobin, Jérémie Kursner, Mélanie Martin, Marius Parisod, Charlotte Pralong, Gary Sandoz, Julie TurinCGI TEACHERDIGITAL CONTENTDESIGN, , ,
Image Creation BA1 2024/2025 First-year students were invited to design their own coloring book, while exploring bichromy and experimenting with different printing techniques to create the cover.
Summer University in Veneto 2024 In September 2024, 3rd year students explored the rich heritage of Italy s Veneto region, an area at the crossroads of artistic, cultural and industrial history. The trip gave the students an invaluable opportunity to immerse themselves between tradition and innovation, and to experience different facets of design and publishing through enriching encounters. On the way to Venice, a stop at Carlo Scarpa s Brion Tomb gave us an insight into the architecture of this funerary monument. In Treviso, a meeting with former student Federico Barbon led to a fascinating discussion on book design.VeronaIn Verona, a visit to the Fedrigoni paper mill, which specialises in the creation of top-of-the-range paper, gave them an insight into the manufacturing process and enabled them to design a collaborative project based on paper samples. The students also had the opportunity to explore the precious collection of manuscripts in the Biblioteca del Capitolare, a unique witness to the history of the written word.In Venice, they discovered the Art Biennale, exploring the exhibitions at the Arsenale and the Giardini. At the same time, a meeting with Benjamin Reichen from the Åbäke collective enabled them to find out more about his involvement in a screen-printing workshop dedicated to the rehabilitation of prisoners. A visit to the Grafiche Veneziane printing works rounded off this immersion in contemporary publishing.
ATHENA PROMISES,25–28.02.2025,Cinema Studio, ECAL 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 & SCHEDULE25–28.02.2025 Free entryVENUECinema Studio, ECAL Av. du Temple 5, 1020 RenensHEAD OF DEPARTMENTARTISTIC DEPUTYOPENINGMonday, 24.02.2025 6.00pmASSISTANT
Visual Identity BA3 S1 2024-2025 Through the prism of visual identity, this project addresses issues of graphic language and artistic direction. Each stage of the project examines an aspect of the development of a visual identity: research, concept, visual language, design and communication. RADIONModular visual identity designed for the RADION club in Amsterdam. Designed to be both recognisable and impactful, it adapts to all formats and uses in order to meet the needs of a nightclub in a highly competitive environment. HS UHT USTThis project explores a potential overhaul of the Swiss Shooting Federation s visual identity in order to place it in a more contemporary and rigorous context. By moving away from the traditional clichés associated with shooting sports, this new identity aims to reposition the federation by emphasising excellence, precision and modernity in order to appeal to a new audience. La jetée In 1962, French filmmaker Chris Marker released La Jetée. It was an experimental film made up of hundreds of 35 mm black and white shots. It tells the story of a journey through time in a distorted post-apocalyptic Paris. The visual identity is based on an original typography designed to pay homage to Marker s raw material and its French context, and transcribes the idea of sequencing and light projection. It evolves through a teaser for a screening of La Jetée and a booklet containing the entire film script. ICONOHow do you talk to images? Should exhibition images be shown or not? Collages, appropriationists, the whole world up to the present day, a constellation of images... Since the beginning of the 20th century, iconographic artists have been appropriating images produced on an industrial scale. The images of these same artists form the name of the fictitious exhibition ICONO. By re-appropriating them, identity uses their codes to communicate. ApneaNumbers are omnipresent in the world of freediving, whether measuring depth or the duration of an immersion. This visual identity is based on a variable typography with two axes, each representing one of these parameters. Duration is illustrated by the change in the fat of the counter-forms, symbolising how full the diver s lungs are. Depth is represented by the thickness of the contours, evoking the gradation of colours that darken with immersion. The animation of these variables creates a breathing effect, echoing the rhythm of apnea. Orpheum TheaterNow abandoned, the Orpheum Theater in New Bedford, USA, had its heyday at the beginning of the XXᵉ century. To illustrate its transition from 6ᵉ to 7ᵉ art, the identity of this film library traces the three major periods that marked this venue. It combines neoclassical ornamentation, as reinterpreted in the Art Deco era, with a typographic structure inspired by flyers from the golden age of theatre. The whole is geometrically
Self-Initiated Project - Spring 2025 - MAP1 The course is a platform for the development of personal projects that arise from the desire and curiosity of each student. The basic concept of the work must be relevant to the field of contemporary photographic images. Each project can take a different form depending on the specificities, contents and inclinations of each participant. From books to multimedia installations, from performance to CGI, group discussions will articulate a plural vision of photography s applications today.
ECAL MASTERS PORTFOLIO REVIEWS,24–28.02.2025,Online Event on registration, open to future ECAL candidates in Masters who wish to get a prior feedback on their portfolio by one tutor or assistant involved in the programme. Future Master s candidates have the opportunity to present their portfolio during individual online appointments from February 24 to 28, 2025. PROCEDURE Each individual session, on Zoom, lasts 20 minutes. Prepare yourself accordingly with a short PDF presenting your portfolio. For each Master, 19 slots are available, between 8.35am and 5.10pm, on a first come, first served basis. You are authorised to register for ONLY ONE TIME SLOT, which means that only one slot per person is available. If the slot is not clickable, it means that it has already been booked. Following the success of the event, a few new places have been added! REGISTRATIONS (Doodle forms) Registration deadline : Wednesday 19 February Monday 24 + Tuesday 25 February 2025 - FULL > Master Type Design Tuesday 25 February 2025 > Master Fine Arts Wednesday 26 February 2025 > MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship (only 15 slots available) Wednesday 26 + Thursday 27 February 2025 - FULL > Master Photography Thursday 27 + Friday 28 February 2025 - FULL > Master Product Design You will receive a confirmation email a few days before the event with more information and the Zoom link. Tuesday 8 + Wednesday 9 April 2025 > Master Digital Experience DesignDATES AND SCHEDULES24–28.02.2025 9.00am-4.15pm On registrationVENUEOnline, ZoomINFORMATIONFor specific questions, please contact rsvp@ecal.ch
Editorial Design BA3 2024-2025 The third-year students had to produce an edition over half a term, choosing as their subject an event that had appeared in the newspaper on the date of the first lesson. In a world saturated with images, photography becomes a trophy, often overshadowing any ethical considerations. This phenomenon is striking in tourism, where capturing replaces understanding, reducing individuals, landscapes and cultures to mere visual objects. This edition explores these abuses through images printed by acetone transfer, retaining only their imprint. A materialization of the erasure of the subject in favour of its photographic trace. Réclamer l image Avoir du chien is an editorial proposal on the unique link between fashion icons and their pets through the ages. It s a journey into these relationships, from the intimate to the public sphere, and their mutual influence, whether on clothing style or the way people think and create. From Choupette to Toutou or Balthazar, this fascination with four-legged companions extends to the world of fashion, where they can become a veritable source of inspiration. After all, isn t it said that like master, like dog? Avoir du chien Who has the power to establish a heritage? When a selection process based on elitism is imposed, it leads to the obscuring of cultures, traditions and folklore. This book explores the issues involved in heritage preservation through the lens of a vanished building whose history lives on: the Bastille. Destroyed during the French Revolution, it survives through a proliferation of engravings, replicas and fragments scattered all over Paris. La Bastille Once upon a Hoax; a skeptic s fairytale Once upon a Hoax; a skeptic s fairytale is a hybrid of fairy tales and fake climate sceptic reports. By placing the arguments of climate deniers in a fairytale universe, their absurdity is exposed by putting them on the same level as imaginary stories. The Storm Boris is a book that explores the formation of occluded cold low storms through the example of the Boris storm, which occurred on 11 September 2024. The book follows the four key phases in its development. Paper types and sizes have been defined according to temperature and atmospheric pressure, allowing a physical understanding of the storm s dynamics. The Storm Boris
The Picture-Writer. Warja Lavater, Graphic Designer and Illustrator This project investigates the work of the graphic designer and artist, Warja Lavater, an internationally recognised Swiss graphic designer, illustrator, bookmaker, filmmaker and artist. Amongst Warja Lavater s (Winterthur, 28 September 1913 – Zurich, 3 May 2007) most famous designs is the three-key logo for the Swiss bank UBS, which the bank – then named Schweizerischen Bankverein – began using in 1938. Yet Lavater is far much more than these three keys. Although the emblem is known the world over and her work was appreciated internationally during her career, recognition in Switzerland came late, overshadowed notably by her more well-known husband, the designer and artist Gottfried Honegger. For instance, it was only in the 1990s that the Canton Zurich awarded her the art prize for her lifetime work. The scholarship on her work has accordingly been sparse; the present research corrects this gap. During her extensive career, Lavater created posters, logos, packaging, illustrations, installations for exhibitions and artworks. She is especially known for her many experimental artist books and what she called “folded stories”, a series of leporellos (accordion-style publications) adapting familiar tales as well as new stories in a pictorial manner. These books used a formal vocabulary based on a drawing system devised by the designer, which translated complex stories into symbols and signs. To describe her work on these publications, the designer coined the term Bildstellerin, a portmanteau which translates as “picture-writer”. By documenting her oeuvre, the research is not only going to improve the scholarship on a designer, but also more widely contribute to the historiography on female graphic designers in the 20th century, whose contributions remain largely understudied and overshadowed by their male counterparts. The research also contributes to a lesser-known side of Swiss graphic design history by providing scholarship on a designer working outside the canon of the Swiss Style. The results are presented in a richly illustrated publication which makes available previously unpublished visual material and represents the first academic monograph on the designer. Image: Warja Lavater, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Talant (Côte-d Or) : les Doigts qui rêvent. © Bibliothèque Méjanes, CC BY-SA 2.0Main applicantJonas BerthodResearch teamDavide Fornari Carol RibiPeriod1.2.2025 – 31.3.2026Supported byHES-SO, Réseau de Compétences Design et Arts Visuels RCDAV
Image Creation BA3 2024-2025 Third-year students had to complete an image creation project based on a free subject and medium. A Website is a Room A Website is a Room explores the concept of websites as physical spaces, reimagining the digital realm as places with spatial qualities. Each poster visualises the internet as a concept: users, website, network and data. The project questions how we ‘inhabit digital spaces, translating digital experiences into environments. fragments figés This project explores the intimate, revealing what is usually hidden. It s a conversation about emotions and relationships with objects, recorded and then transcribed. Selected extracts are highlighted and displayed in frames, transforming these words into tangible traces of an ephemeral moment. Par Toilet Break Toilet Break Magazine is a travelling, collaborative magazine dedicated to toilets. Each issue explores the relationship that people have with these spaces, which are both communal and intimate. Through personal accounts, a series of images and societal reflections, it highlights issues such as accessibility, urban planning and the sharing of public space. This first issue, conceived in Lausanne, invites us to take a break. Là où dansent les papillons "Là où dansent les papillons" is a textile book that unfolds on the floor, inviting children to interact physically with the story. By deconstructing the form and narrative of the classic book, it becomes an immersive space where playing, lying down and wrapping oneself up become a form of reading. Par A guide to print a book by hand A guide to printing a book by hand explores printing in a prison environment, developing an accessible technique using the materials available in a prison. The aim is to turn constraints into opportunities, by enabling a book to be printed in several copies, where creativity becomes an act of resistance and connection. Comme tous les matins He has blond hair and very, very blue eyes We arrive in Renens and he s still staring at me Like every morning I m afraid to see him again Like every morning Extract from the ‘Comme tous les matins edition, which attempts to convey, through light and text, an event that happened on a daily journey from home to school. A photo book of metal plates embossed with lead letterpress.
La Mobilière 2025 Prize awarded to Alfatih Congratulations to ECAL graduate artist Alfatih, who was awarded the Prix La Mobilière 2025 at the recent Salon Art Genève. Born in 1995 and graduating from ECAL in 2018 with a Bachelor s degree in Media & Interaction Design, Alfatih, who lives and works in Lausanne, has been awarded the Prix La Mobilière 2025. Awarded each year, this prize is given to artists whose work is inspired by the issues facing our society, providing a basis for understanding our times. It is accompanied by financial support of CHF 30,000. Through his video installations and interactive works, the artist addresses the different developments in the virtual world and establishes links between fields that are still often considered to be opposed. He questions codes of understanding and their significance for society, while integrating them into the present, creating a space for diversity and pluralistic perspectives. ‘The apparent lightness of Alfatih s digital images transports us into stories in which reflections on certain periods of life, memory and death follow one another and intertwine, explains Nicolas Brulhart, artistic director of the Kunsthalle Friart in Fribourg, which nominated Alfatih for the Prix Mobilière 2025. @alfatiharufa alfatih.world
ECAL at artgenève,30.01–02.02.2025,Palexpo, Geneva For Art Genève 2025, Bachelor Fine Arts students have come up with ‘Dont Be Happy, Worry , a creation that grew out of a workshop given by the American artist Kenneth Goldsmith. This collaborative project by ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts students challenges conventional perspectives on art and meaning. Inspired by an intense and thought-provoking workshop by Kenneth Goldsmith, the students explored subtle signs of life and everyday details, transforming wandering thoughts into a carpet: not as a design, but as a detour; not as a statement, but as a collection of overlooked absurdities. It s a soft landing for stray thoughts, misplaced objects, and the kind of meaning that sneaks up on you, waiting to trip you up when you least expect it. Kenneth Goldsmith is an American poet, artist and critic, founder of the online archive ubuweb.com and professor at University of Pennsylvania. His writing is motivated by his own 2007 manifesto “Uncreative Writing” and is often a collage of found material. He s the author of books and critical texts, radio shows and installations and was appointed Moma s first Poet Laureate.DATES AND SCHEDULES30.01–02.02.2025 12pm to 9pm except Thursday and Sunday from 12pm to 7pmVENUEPalexpo, GenèveWEBSITEartgenèveOPENINGThursday, January 30, 2025, 2-9 pm by invitationSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , Lisa Okhrimchuk, INVITED ARTISTKenneth GoldsmithHEAD OF PROGRAMME
Félix Vallotton, un hommage,29.01–25.05.2025,Musée Jenisch, Vevey To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the death of Félix Vallotton, the Musée Jenisch Vevey has invited ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts to pay tribute to this emblematic Swiss artist in a group exhibition. Inspired by Félix Vallotton s engraving practice, which captured the atmosphere of late 19th-century Parisian society, Denis Savary invited students in ECAL s Bachelor Fine Arts program to design a collective exhibition of printed images. To evoke Félix Vallotton s contemporary and typically Parisian spaces for disseminating images and ideas, Morris columns are recreated and scattered throughout the museum. These pieces of street furniture, conceived as modular exhibition devices, house a motley production of printed images, leaflets, posters and butterflies that reflect the cultural offerings and voices of the present day. Like the original models, these columns also provide a multi-functional interior space, serving as a storeroom, public toilet or telephone booth.DATES & SCHEDULE29.01-25.05.2025 Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-6pmVENUEMusée Jenisch Vevey Av. de la Gare 2, 1800 VeveyOPENINGJanuary 28, 2025 at 6.30pmWEBSITEmuseejenisch.ch
Editorial Design S3 2024 - 2025 This editorial project, "1 dépêche, 10 secondes, 100 pages", is divided into three formats: the book, the poster, and the animation. The students are tasked with creating content and defining an editorial line based on a current news dispatch or brief. Au[to]baine By Gabriel PolgarRAAAH By Adam SaragoussiThe greatest show on earth!(?) By Noa Jetzer45 Glaciers il y a 30 ans, 25 aujourd hui By fracture By Rude model By
Tease & Reveal Video sequences created as part of the 3D Graphics course, led by Kylan Luginbühl. The videos interpret the theme Tease & Reveal. Whether for a movie, a series, a product, or a video game, the teaser sparks our curiosity and invites us to engage with the subject in just a few seconds. Projects created during the 1st year of the Bachelor in Media & Interaction Design. Creuser en profondeur By Dream Sequence Music: Every Day, Bo en By Gardian of Forms By Noclip By Change Is Everything Music: Change is everything, Son Lux By Visite de Lausanne Music: Aphex Twin - Cirklon 3 By The Awakening Music: C.K. Martin - Insane Asylum By
100 BESTE PLAKATE 23,08–24.01.2025,Gallery l elac, ECAL From January 7 to 24, 2025, discover the 100 most beautiful posters 2023 from Germany, Austria and Switzerland exhibited at ECAL. The exhibition organized by 100 beste Plakate presents the winning posters from the 2023 competition. Opening, Tuesday January 7 at 6 p.m. VENUEGallery l elac ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensDATE & SCHEDULESJanuary 8 – 24, 2025 Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm Free entryOPENINGTuesday, January 7, 2025, 6pmWEBSITE100-beste-plakate.deThe 100 Best Posters Germany Austria Switzerland competition is organized annually by 100 Beste Plakate e. V. and aims to publicize special achievements in poster design from the three countries in the form of a yearbook and several exhibitions. The competition for the 100 best posters, which has so far been held 22 times on an international scale, is considered an important institution of contemporary poster design. Numerous graphic designers, students of graphic design at art academies and universities of applied sciences, agencies, offices, clients and printers take part every year. 667 entrants with a total of 2,335 posters (1,186 individual posters, 334 series) took part in the current competition. By country, the 100 award-winning posters and poster series are divided into 51 × Switzerland, 45 × Germany, and 4 × Austria. Without restrictions on content or form, the selection represents a broad stylistic palette of poster design in the German-speaking world and shows the work of professional designers and students on an equal footing. Jury Sandra Doeller, D-Fankfurt am Main Isabelle Mauchle, CH-Luzern Flávia Nalon, D-Hamburg/Sao Paulo Tobias Schererbauer, D-Wien Toan Vu-Huu (Vorsitz), FR-Paris Augmented Reality In year 22, winning posters will once again be presented as augmented reality. With the support of the Artivive app, available for iOS and Android, in cooperation with the makers from A-Vienna, visitors to the exhibitions can call up the stored version as moving posters for a number of winning images as well as the illustrations in the book: Install the Artivive app Search for posters or images with the Artivive icon Point the camera and experience the animated version
ECAL XMAS MARKET 2024,18.12.2024,ECAL, Renens It s time! On December 18 from 6pm to 9pm, the traditional ECAL Christmas market is back. Don t miss this opportunity to celebrate the magic of Christmas and support ECAL talent. Wednesday, December 18, 2024, from 6pm to 9pm, at ECAL. If you re looking for original, exclusive or last-minute gifts, come and discover the luminous creations of our students and graduates: Posters, jewelry, editions, objects, photographs, publications, silkscreens, calendars, confectionery, clothing and accessories... A panoply of unique pieces to offer or to treat yourself to! Extend the pleasure by reserving your place at our Christmas table to share a fondue in a festive and musical atmosphere, before leaving with your arms full of nuggets! DATES & SCHEDULE18.12.2024 6pm-9pmVENUEECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensXMAS TABLEFondue registration form CHF 20.-/per person
Dramatic portraiture Returning to the basics and origins of photography will allow students to focus their energy and ideas meaningfully on their concept and subject. Louie Banks provided them with three keywords to consider as a way to create photographs with more impact than what is typically expected from today s editorials and campaigns. The students were free to draw inspiration from one of the following keywords or to try incorporating a bit of each into their project: "Movement," "Costume," "Emotion."
MASTERCLASS ECAL - CAROLINA CAVALLI,11.12.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema Department welcomes filmmaker Carolina Cavalli for a conference moderated by Paolo Moretti Carolina Cavalli is an Italian director and screenwriter based in Milan. Her first feature film, Amanda (2022), was selected for the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was nominated for Best First Film at various Italian film awards, including the David di Donatello. Recently, she co-wrote the film Fremont (2023), directed by Iranian filmmaker Babak Jalali, selected for the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. The film was nominated for a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) in the “Best International Film” category. His next film, The Kidnapping of Arabella, is currently in production.DATES & SCHEDULE11.12.2024 2:30pm Free entry VENUEAuditoire Leenaards, ECAL
SWISS DESIGN NETWORK SYMPOSIUM,04–05.12.2024,ECAL, Renens Design disciplines have entered the academic world in Switzerland relatively recently. Swiss design schools have only been required to perform research since the end of the 20th century to be qualified as universities of applied arts. Yet what shape does this research take? Design has become an academic discipline producing original knowledge in traditional formats. However, the discipline has designerly ways of knowing that are yet to be fully recognised and understood. The paradigm of design research, or research through design, supplements new knowledge with the production of new designs, such as prototypes, visualisations, performances, and exhibitions. These new, non-strictly bibliographic formats are relevant for their impact on design schools and audiences. Moreover, AI technologies threaten the scientific paper format as the ultimate form of knowledge transmission. This symposium questions the status of design within the academic system and examines how knowledge is produced by design disciplines. It aims to provide examples of virtuous practices and discuss the relevance of design research as a framework in the medium and long terms. We invited practice- and theory-based contributions anchored in design disciplines and cross- or transdisciplinary approaches that present examples of research through design, discuss methodological and epistemological issues, and offer novel ways of approaching practice-based research.DATES & SCHEDULE04–05.12.2024 Free entry under registrationWEBSITEresearchday.chVENUEECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 Renens
MASTERCLASS ECAL - PATRIC CHIHA,02.12.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema Department welcomes Austrian filmmaker Patric Chiha for a lecture. Patric Chiha is an Austrian filmmaker of Hungarian and Lebanese origin, born in Vienna in 1975. After studying fashion design at ESAA Duperré (Paris) and editing at INSAS (Brussels), he made several short and medium-length films and documentaries (including Les Messieurs (2005), Home (2006), Where is the Head of the Prison? (2008)), which were selected at numerous festivals. In 2009, he directed his first feature, Domaine, with Béatrice Dalle, selected at the Venice Film Festival. This was followed by Boys Like Us (2014) and the documentaries Brothers of the Night (2016) and Si C était de l amour (2019), both selected at the Berlinale. La Bête dans la Jungle (2023), also selected at the Berlinale, is his fifth feature. Patric Chiha will be giving an acting workshop to 3rd-year Bachelor students, in partnership with La Manufacture.DATES & SCHEDULE02.12.2024 5pm Free entryVENUEAuditoire Leenaards, ECAL
IMAGES VEVEY X ECAL AWARD EXHIBITION: SARA DE BRITO FAUSTINO,27.11.2024–16.03.2025,L Appartement – Espace Images Vevey From November 27th 2024 to March 16th 2025, as part of L Appartement – Espace Images Vevey, Sara De Brito Faustino, winner of the Images Vevey x ECAL Prize 2023, will exhibit A Home with No Roof, her Bachelor Diploma project in Photography. The Images Vevey x ECAL Prize was created in 2021 and strengthens the collaboration between the two institutions. Its aim is to offer a first exhibition experience to a student graduating from the ECAL s Bachelor s or Master s degree in photography. The winning work is presented in the form of a monographic exhibition by Images Vevey on the occasion of its biennial or in its permanent space. In the rooms of L Appartement, , ECAL Bachelor Photography Graduate, presents A Home with No Roof, her award-winning Diploma project for the Prix Images Vevey x ECAL 2023. A Home with No Roof is a series of photographs in which the photographer evokes the dysfunctional home of her childhood. Using models and self-portraits, she recomposes the interior of her home, imbued with often painful memories. The project plays on the familiarity and strangeness of the ordinary. Through an immersive installation, each piece extends the essence of the images, blending scales and textures to blur the boundary between reality and its reproduction. The project reveals the artist s vulnerability and power of emancipation through the plastic and playful potential of photography.DATES & SCHEDULE27.11.2024–16.03.2025 2pm-6pm Wednesday-Sunday Free entryVENUEL Appartement – Espace Images Vevey Gare CFF de Vevey Hall principal (2e étage)OPENINGWednesday, November 27 2024, 5:30 pmWEBSITEimages.chGUIDED VISIT WITH THE ARTISTThursday, 30 January 2025, 6pm Places are limited, please register before Monday 27 January at communication@images.ch
Contained Wild – CITY OF RENENS 2024 ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE,22.11–15.12.2024,La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens From November 22 to December 15, Ferme des Tilleuls hosts "Contained Wild", an exhibition by Takumi Ise and Cédric Zellweger, winners of the City of Renens 2024 Encouragement Prize. The Prix d encouragement 2024 de la Ville de Renens was awarded to two emerging talents from ECAL: , a student in the Master of Product Design program, and , a student in the Bachelor of Photography program. Inspired by the rural roots of La Ferme des Tilleuls, the artistic duo propose an exhibition that blurs the lines between human and animal, encouraging us to rethink the ties that bind us. With a touch of humor and a critical eye, the creations presented highlight the often disconcerting interactions between our respective worlds. Through objects and photographs, the exhibition questions the artificial transformation of natural elements, recalling our common origin: nature. By hijacking man-made materials and systems, the exhibition reveals the hidden tensions in our lives.VENUELa Ferme des Tilleuls – Le Rural Rue de Lausanne 52 CH-1020 Renens WEBSITEfermedestilleuls.ch OPENINGThursday, November 21, 2024 - 6:30pmDATES & SCHEDULENovember 22 to December 15, 2024GUIDED TOURSaturday, November 23, 2024 - 2:00pm
ECAL × AGO – Seoul Highlights,07.11–01.12.2024,SEOUL DESIGN FESTIVAL Off-site Exhibition - Seochon Lounge An innovative collection of lighting installations designed to blend into public spaces, created by the ECAL s Bachelor Industrial Design in collaboration with AGO Lighting, under the supervision of designer Adrien Rovero. The importance of light in every space is essential, which is why lighting should be the starting point when building a space. Most AGO Lighting collections offer lighting options that can be modulated by architects and designers. AGO Lighting has teamed up with students from ECAL s Bachelor of Industrial Design program, under the direction of Swiss designer , to design a collection of lighting installations for use in public spaces such as museums, hotels and bars. Focusing primarily on the spatial aspect of light, our approach was to design lighting structures based on components supplied by AGO and inspired by the Seoul landscape. The challenge we set ourselves was to reimagine the chandelier, an object that confers distinctive status on a space, while fulfilling its original function of diffusing functional light. ECAL x AGO Seoul Highlights is presented for the first time at the Seochon Lounge, operated by Design Press, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Korea. This project was made possible with the generous support of the Summer University program of the Direction générale de l enseignement supérieur (DGES) of the State of Vaud and the Hanok Heritage Preservation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. It is also linked as an off-site exhibition to the Seoul Design Festival (SDF), hosted by Design House.VENUESeochon Lounge (Seochon Hanok Village) 27-4 Pirundae-ro, Jongno District Seoul, South KoreaDATES & SCHEDULE07.11 – 01.12.2024 Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 7pm Free entryWEBSITEecal-ago-highlights.chSTUDENTS, Laura Cotnoir, , , , Neitzke Nikita, , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEARTISTIC DEPUTYOPENINGThursday 7th November, 5:30pmTALKFriday 8th November, 4 pm Conversation with: Mars Hwasung Yoo, Creative Director, AGO Lighting Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, ECAL Moderation: Suh-young Yun, design writer and journalistASSISTANT
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 AT KIKK FESTIVAL 2024,24–27.10.2024,Namur, Belgium ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design is taking part in the KIKK Festival 2024 in Namur (Belgium) from October 24 to 27, 2024 with a selection of projects. Students in the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design program at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne invite you to explore a variety of projects, from the creation of hyper-realistic CGI images to the design of immersive environments. Challenge your mind with s “Dotto”, an interactive puzzle-game that transforms connectable dots into playful illustrations; or s “Congruence”, an escape game where solving riddles leads you to a golden trophy. If you re looking for contemplative exploration, and s “Phisus” transports you to a post-apocalyptic universe, with the mission of restoring life to a ravaged Earth. Through these works and a wider range of projects combining technology, interactivity and immersion, ECAL students invite contemporary reflection on our perception of reality.VENUENamur, BelgiumDATESOctober 24 to 27, 2024HEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITEkikk.beSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ASSISTANTS, , ,
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
ECAL LECTURE – MATHIEU LEHANNEUR,08.10.2024,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL welcomes Mathieu Lehanneur for a lecture on October 08, 2024. There s a word that often comes back to Mathieu Lehanneur s lips: magic. The French designer infuses his work with a touch of the irrational to arouse curiosity, provoke emotion or evoke wonder. Known the world over for his work and his talent for bringing together art, design, science and technology, the creator, born in 1974, is one of the few designers of his generation to embrace so many creative fields. His radically multidisciplinary approach is illustrated by the broad typology of his projects: from objects to architecture, from art to products, from one-off pieces to cutting-edge technologies. Mathieu Lehanneur produces and distributes his creations worldwide via his eponymous brand. Following the inauguration of the Factory, the designer will unveil across the Atlantic his new Pied-à-terre in New York in spring 2024. This exclusive space, located in one of the city s most beautiful skyscrapers, will be the setting for his universe and the dialogue between his latest pieces. Mathieu Lehanneur is a leading figure in the world of design, and winner of the “Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris”. His work can be found in some of the world s most important public and private collections, including the Centre Pompidou and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, as well as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and SF-MoMA in San Francisco.DATES & SCHEDULE08.10.2024 6pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECAL
Cuvée Pierre Keller,03.10.2024,Clos de la République, Épesses On Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 5pm, the 6th edition of the limited cuvée "lâche-moi la grappe" will be tasted and sold. In honor of Pierre Keller s major contribution to ECAL and the promotion of Vaud wines, we are pleased to invite you to the launch (tasting and sale) of the 6th edition of the limited cuvée “Lâche-moila grappe” on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 5:00 pm at Clos de la République in Épesses. Originally from La Côte, Pierre Keller moved to Lavaux at an early age, a land that has always fascinated and inspired creators. It was here that he met Patrick Fonjallaz, and the beginning of a long association between art and wine that took them as far as Japan and China with the Office des vins vaudois. It was therefore only natural to entrust this 6th cuvée to one of the region s emblematic estates, and to invite you to share in its discovery in a moment of conviviality and remembrance. Proceeds from the sale will go towards the Pierre Keller Prize, awarded to a particularly committed ECAL diploma graduate.DATES & SCHEDULEThursday, October 3, 2024 5pm - 8pm Free entry with registrationWEBSITEwww.vaudvins.chTICKETSRegisterVENUEClos de la République Rle du Petit Crêt 11098 Epesses
Lott of Prints: a special edition at the AGI Open 2024,03–04.10.2024,Basel ECAL is pleased to announce its participation in the AGI Open 2024 with a special edition of its Lott of Prints graphic lottery. This unique event, initially created as a convivial occasion to encourage exchanges between students in the graphic design department, has rapidly developed into a high point of conviviality and creativity. VENUEHochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW Freilager-Platz 1, 4142 Münchenstein b. BaselDATES & SCHEDULE04.10.2024 6:30pmWEBSITEagi-open.comLott of Prints was born of a week-long workshop led by , where a class was invited to design decorated, offset-printed lotto grids. At the end of the week, an original lotto took place, with prestigious graphic objects - posters, books, fanzines - as prizes for the winners. The enthusiasm generated by this initiative gave birth to this playful and artistic concept. This year, the AGI Open, a conference proposed by members of Alliance Graphique Internationale, will be held in Basel on October 3 and 4. The organizing committee, seduced by the Lott of Prints concept, asked the ECAL to organize the first extramural edition of this event. On October 4 at 6.30pm, join us at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel (HGK) to try your luck at this new edition. The event will be hosted by a team of ECAL students and will feature exceptional prizes donated by AGI Suisse members, ECAL and several partner studios. Three to four lotto rounds are scheduled before the AGI Open closing party.
Richard Authier. Design and industry in Northern Vaud The project aims to shed light on the career of Richard Authier (Lausanne, 1925–2018), who was an industrial designer at Hermes Paillard International in Yverdon-les-Bains and a pioneer of industrial design in French-speaking Switzerland. Main applicantLaurent SoldiniResearch teamSébastien Mettraux Sophie WietlisbachPeriod1.12.2023 – 31.1.2025Supported byHES-SO, Réseau de Compétences Design et Arts Visuels RCDAVPhotographerCalypso Mahieu A talented draughtsman and industrial designer-builder by trade, Authier joined Paillard in 1947 and remained with the company until his retirement in 1988, a career spanning more than 40 years. He designed typewriters, cameras and record players, as well as complete workstations and exhibition stands. From the 1970s onwards, in addition to his position as head of design at HPI, he pursued a freelance career, designing chronographs for Omega and studies of electric shavers for Braun. His work dates back to the Glorious Thirties and is marked by the advent of new technologies (computers in office automation) and new materials (plastic). A hard worker, Richard Authier was always thinking globally, with an eye to end users. As a result, he contributed to advertising posters, instructions for use and packaging. His work, often credited to the name of the company, won international awards. A book will showcase this research work, highlighting the person of Richard Authier and all the products he designed. Image: Portrait of Richard Authier, with a Bolex 150 camera, n.d. © Personal archives, Richard Authier
Anna-Marija Adomaityte receives the June Johnson Newcomer Prize Congratulations to Anna-Marija Adomaityte, ECAL Master of Visual Arts Graduate, who has won the June Johnson Newcomer prize awarded by the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation. From the 31 entries received, a committee drawn from the jury proposed four names to the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation. The Foundation awarded the prize to Anna-Marija Adomaityte (GE). Born in Lithuania, Adomaityte obtained a Bachelor s degree in contemporary dance at the Manufacture de Lausanne and went on to complete a Master s degree in visual arts at the École cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL), while continuing to work as a choreographer. Her third and most recent show, “TikTok-Ready Choreographies”, captivates with its expressive power, thanks in particular to her collaboration with a group of young tiktokeuses. The prize of 25,000 Swiss francs is donated by the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation. The Swiss Grand Prix for the Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring is Switzerland s most important performing arts in Switzerland. Awarded by the FOC in cooperation with the Swiss Theatre Society, it honors a personality or institution active in the creation of theatrical works in Switzerland. The awards will be presented on October 31, 2024 at Zug s Casino Theater, in the presence of Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis. 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
USM DESIGN GRANT FOUNDATION - 8th EDITION,19–22.09.2024,La Becque, La Tour-de-Peilz For the 8th year, the Fondation USM has rewarded a group of students from ECAL s Bachelor in Visual Communication, whose Anthracite project aims to raise public awareness of the effects of light pollution on a sustainable future. For the 8th year, the Fondation USM has rewarded a group of students from ECAL s Bachelor s degree in Visual Communication, whose Anthracite project aims to raise public awareness of the effects of light pollution on a sustainable future. The 8th edition of the Bouse de la Fondation USM honors the project by Rebecca Alfandary, Emma Louise Grosu and Phinn Sallin-Mason, students in ECAL s Visual Communication department. Anthracite is a reflection of the night sky, which is no longer as dark as it should be. The project focuses specifically on Swiss biodiversity, and aims to raise awareness of the significant impact of light pollution on pollination. It highlights how artificial light disturbs nocturnal insects, interfering with their natural behaviors and ultimately threatening their existence. Today, 60% of Swiss moths are threatened. The project, which combines powerful images with specific information and solutions, consists of a book, a video and an image installation specially designed for the La Becque garden, where it will be on display from September 19 to 22, 2024.VENUELa Becque | Artist Residency Chemin de La Becque 1 CH-1814 La Tour-de-PeilzDATES & SCHEDULE19.09–22.09.2024 11:00–19:00 Free entryWEBSITEfondationusm.org
Pax Art Awards,19–22.09.2024,HEK, Basel On Thursday, 19 September at 18:30, the Pax Art Awards will be presented for the seventh time at HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste) in Basel. Since 2018, the Art Foundation Pax has been presenting the Pax Art Awards in collaboration with HEK (House of electronic Arts Basel). Starting in 2024, two additional Talent Awards will be introduced for emerging artists from Swiss art schools whose works employ media technologies or reflect on the impact of technology on society and individuals. The project ESC by Emma Grosu, a recent Bachelor Media & Interaction Design graduate and winner of the Talent Award from the Pax Art Awards, will be presented at the HEK from September 19th to September 22nd. ESC Diploma project by , Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Video games allow players to escape into narrative worlds where they hold ‘all the power. In ESC, the game s character seeks to escape his own reality. This reversal examines the notions of freedom and constraint in video games, ironically highlighting the limits of our existence. What would happen if a character became aware of their situation, realizing that they are not in control of their movements but are, instead, imprisoned by them? ESC allowed me to explore concepts of immersion such as breaking the fourth wall and mise en abyme. Inspired by works like ‘The Truman Show and ‘Sword Art Online, I illustrated how the perception of freedom can be an illusion, both in video games and in the physical world
Photographic Editions Using pre-produced images, the students created one or more book models. How do you transform a series of photographs into a book? The Photographic Editions course introduces students to the selection of images, their order, format, graphics, ink, paper and binding. It addresses the specificities of the book as a medium and as a market.
GTE: Renens City Stories A one week workshop where the first-year students were taught the basics of Blender and how to achieve a similar visual language to that of early era video game graphics. Students were asked to create a looping animation or Story from the perspective of a character in the city of Renens where ECAL is based. These were then packaged into a playable game displayed on a series of CRT monitors controlled using a PS1 controller. The game itself was completely run in Blender using Geometry Nodes & Python. Marché du Temple, 03h15, Rosalie GirardPark, Jonathan VögeleAvenue du 24-Janvier, Andreas AbbaszadehEpenex 4a, Laurine GigandetM1 lausanne-flon, Shana MeineckeMigros, Teo GrajqevciRosalie GirardTeo GrajqevciJonathan VögeleNyria GraberDalia SpichtigBrikeld HoxaThe Story The students were asked to create a looping animation or Story from the perspective of a character in the city of Renens where ECAL is based. The stories were then packaged into a playable game displayed on a series of CRT monitors controlled using a PS1 controller.Asset Turntable In addition to the sotry, the students reproduced an object ("asset") related to the scene they imagined.