We are pleased to present a selection of outstanding design works by students of ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland. ECAL is internationally recognised as a hotbed of innovative talent for an international crowd of emerging designers. Under the guidance of Pierre Keller (director) and Martin Schgaguler (head of the Industrial Design Department) the students are showcasing projects by the Industrial Design Department as well as a number of works by the Media and Interaction Design Unit.
During their training at the ECAL these designers learn to deviate from well-trodden paths, proposing designs that are often spontaneous and poetic while at the same time acquiring a mastery of Swiss know-how, traditional production constraints and new technologies. The choice of pieces exhibited is therefore varied.
Items include various tables (in lightweight concrete and metal with glass), a set of shelves with the accent on colour and volume, two series of stools (wood and casted aluminium), lamps (one modular variety, the other in glass), a set of glass jars and foam animals for children.Two projects by the Media and Design Interaction Unit are also presented in an original and fun way.
All objects are part of small limited editions or unique pieces/prototypes and exclusively available at HELMRINDERKNECHT.