École cantonale d'art de Lausanne explained

ÉCAL
Native Name:	École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne
Other Name:	University of Art and Design Lausanne
Established:	1821
Type:	art school
Students:	600^[1]
Country:	Switzerland
Former Names:	Ecole Cantonale de Dessin Cantonale School of Design and Applied Art

The École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL) is a university of art and design located in the Renens suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1821^{[2] [3]} and is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO).^[4] The designer Alexis Georgacopoulos is the director of ÉCAL.^{[5] [6]}

History

A precursor to ÉCAL called the "Ecole Cantonale de Dessin" was founded in 1821, and situated in Cité-Devant. The school was relocated to the newly built in the centre of Lausanne twenty years later. Over the next century the school moved to various locations and went though changes of management and name before eventually taking its current name and location in 1986.^[7] Under the directorship of the graphic artist from 1995 to 2011, ÉCAL became, "one of the world's most influential design schools."^[8]

Studies

ÉCAL offers a foundation year, bachelor's, master's, and master's in advanced studies degrees in different fields.^[9]

Foundation year

Preparatory year for students who wish to work in the fields of art or design. The course is designed to provide the skills required for a Bachelor's program at ÉCAL or another university.^[10]

Bachelor

• Visual Arts
• Cinema
• Graphic Design^[11]
• Industrial Design
• Media & Interaction Design
• Photography^[12]

Master

• Visual Arts
• Film Studies, in collaboration with the Haute Ecole d'Art et Design (HEAD) in Geneva^[13]
• Product Design
• Photography
• Type Design
• HES-So Innokick (Integrated Innovation for Product & Business Development)^[14]

Master of Advanced Studies

• Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship
• Design Research in Digital Innovation

Notable alumni

Graduates of ÉCAL include:^{[15] [16]}

• Alfredo Aceto, Italian artist
• Fabrice Aragno, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer^[17]
• Ini Archibong, Swiss-American artist and designer (ÉCAL adjunct lecturer)^{[18] [19]}
• (Augustin Scott de Martinville, Elric Petit, and Grégoire Jeanmonod), design company^{[20] [21]}
• Claude Barras, Swiss director, producer, and writer
• Jean-Stéphane Bron, Swiss actor and film director^[22]
• Thilo Alex Brunner, Swiss industrial designer^[23]
• Irena Brynner (1917–2003), Russian-born American sculptor, jewellery designer, mezzo-soprano, and author
• Rodrigo Caula, Canadien industrial designer and entrepreneur^{[24] [25]}
• Michel Charlot, Swiss industrial designer^[26]
• Étienne Chambaud, French artist
• Jung-You Choi, Korean designer (Luxury & Craftsmanship)^[27]
• , author and illustrator
• , Swiss-Danish filmmaker
• , Swiss director, screenwriter, producer, musician and actor
• Andreas Fontana, Swiss film director and writer
• Gilles Gavillet, Swissgraphic designer^[28]
• Alexis Georgacopoulos, Greek industrial designer and ÉCAL director (2011–present)^{[29] [30]}
• Christophe Guberan, Swiss product designer^{[31] [32]}
• Moisés Hernández, Mexican designer^[33]
• , Swiss film director^[34]
• Jonas Kamprad, Swedish designer and entrepreneur^[35]
• (1945–2019), Swiss graphic artist and ÉCAL director (1995–2011)
• Fiona Krüger, watch designer (ÉCAL adjunct lecturer)^[36]
• Thomas Koenig, artist^[37]
• Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska, Polish designer (Office for Design and Research)^[38]
• , Swiss painter and animator
• Bertille Laguet, Swiss product designer^[39]
• Nicolas Le Moigne, Swiss designer (ÉCAL faculty)^{[40] [41]}
• Herbert F. Leary, United States Navy vice admiral
• Namsa Leuba, Swiss-Guinean art director and photographer^[42]
• Catherine Leutenegger, Swiss artist and photographer^[43]
• LeviSarha (Sarha Duquesne and Levi Dethier), design studio^[44]
• Emanuele Luzzati (1921–2007), Italian set designer, animator and illustrator
• M/M Paris (Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag studio)^[45]
• , Swiss photographer^[46]
• Youri Messen-Jaschin, Swiss artist of Latvian origin
• , Swiss painter, sculptor and engraver
• Carolien Niebling, Dutch designer^{[47] [48]}
• , Swiss film director^[49]
• Panter & Tourron, design studio^[50]
• Louise Paradis, graphic designer^[51]
• , Italian documentary filmmaker
• Léa Pereyre, Dutch costume designer^[52]
• Enrico Pietra, Italian industrial designer and entrepreneur^[53]
• Maxime Plescia-Büchi, Swiss tattoo artist, graphic designer, and creative director
• Laurence Rasti, photographer
• Julie Richoz, Swiss-French designer (ÉCAL tutor) ^{[54] [55] [56]}
• Maya Rochat, Swiss artist and photographer^{[57] [58] [59]}
• Adrien Rovero, Industrial designer^[60]
• Pauline Saglio, French artist and interaction designer^[61]
• , Icelandic designer^[60]
• Francine Simonin (1936–2020), Swiss-Canadian painter, engraver, and designer
• Annik Troxler, graphic designer
• , Swiss artist
• (1900–1968), Swiss watercolourist and illustrator
• Hongchao Wang, Chinese designer^[62]
• Giorgia Zanellato, Italian designer^[63]

Notable faculty

Partial list of ÉCAL professors:

• Johanna Agerman Ross^[64]
• Yves Béhar
• Angelo Benedetto^[65]
• Camille Blin^{[66] [67]}
• Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
• ^[68]
• Kim Colin^[69]
• Alexandra Cunningham Cameron
• Konstantin Grcic
• Marva Griffin^[70]
• Mette Hay^[71]
• Jaime Hayon
• Anniina Koivu^{[72] [73] [74] [75]}
• Max Lamb
• Alberto Meda
• Sabine Marcelis^[76]
• Stéphanie Moisdon
• Marcello Morandini
• Ravi Naidoo
• Karim Noureldin
• Hans Ulrich Obrist
• Jonathan Olivares
• Eugenio Perazza
• Alice Rawsthorn
• Inga Sempé
• Wieki Somers
• Deyan Sudjic
• Alexander Taylor^[77]
• Yorgo Tloupas
• Skylar Tibbits
• Patricia Urquiola
• Sebastian Wrong^[78]

Exhibitions

An exhibition titled How to best teach design today? which explored the teaching methods and outcomes of the school was staged at the Vitra Design Museum in 2022.^[79] The book The ECAL manual of style: How to best teach design today? was published at the same time.^[80]

Publications

• Book: Bovier . Lionel . ECAL: A Success Story in Art and Design . . 2007 . 978-3-90577-090-2.
• Book: Georgacopoulos . Alexis . Herschdorfer . Nathalie . Keller . Milo . Broomberg . Adam . ÉCAL photography . Hatje Cantz . Ostfildern . 2013 . 978-3-7757-3725-8 . 864435633.
• Book: Benedetto . Angelo . Bovier . Lionel . Devaud . Vincent . Gavillet . Gilles . Dusinberre . Deke . ECAL graphic design . Zurich . 2016 . JRP Editions . 978-3-03764-455-3 . 948440406.
• Book: Olivares . Jonathan . Georgacopoulos . Alexis . The ECAL manual of style: how to best teach design today? . London . 2022 . . 978-1-83866-517-3 . 1280602474.

See also

• List of universities in Switzerland
• List of art schools
• List of institutions offering type design education

External links

• • EPFL+ECAL Lab (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne design research and innovation centre)
• Ville de Lausanne page about ÉCAL
• The ECAL Manual of Style, How to best teach design today? (Exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum)

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Notes and References

1. Web site: ECAL . 2023-06-04 . Michelangelo Foundation . en.
2. Web site: History . 2022-09-18 . ECAL – École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.
3. https://www.moma.org/artists/27798 Museum of Modern Art artist ID
4. http://www.hes-so.ch/en/hautes-ecoles-hes-so-167.html University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
5. Web site: Mission & vision . 2022-09-18 . ECAL – École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.
6. News: 2018-01-27 . «L’ECAL est l’une des écoles les plus suivies dans le monde» - Le Temps . 2024-05-17 . fr . 1423-3967.
7. Web site: History . 2023-07-31 . ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.
8. Web site: 2019-07-08 . Pierre Keller, former director of Ecal and an "extraordinary force of nature", dies aged 74 . 2024-05-06 . Dezeen . en.
9. Web site: Courses & research . 2022-09-18 . ECAL – École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.
10. Web site: Foundation Year . 2023-07-31 . ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.
11. Web site: Sujata Burman . 2016-03-16 . Past, present and future: ECAL launches 'ECAL Graphic Design' show and book . 2022-10-27 . wallpaper.com . en.
12. Web site: Nick Compton . 2014-01-10 . 'ÉCAL Photography' explores the role of the photographer in the digital age . 2022-10-27 . wallpaper.com . en.
13. Web site: HEAD . 2022-09-18 . www.hesge.ch.
14. Web site: HES-SO – Integrated Innovation for Product and Business Development – Innokick – Haute école . 2022-09-18 . www.hes-so.ch.
15. Web site: Top Schools in Industrial Design: ÉCAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne . 2022-09-25 . Azure Magazine.
16. Web site: s.p.a . edilportale com . Come insegnare al meglio il design oggi? . How best to teach design today? . 2022-10-31 . Archiportale.
17. Web site: Fabrice Aragno . 2022-09-25 . swissfilms . en.
18. Web site: Ini Archibong Knoll . 2022-09-25 . www.knoll.com . en.
19. Web site: WDO Changemakers 2022: Ini Archibong is Making Space for Design Storytelling . 15 December 2022 . 2023-03-13 . en-US.
20. Web site: BIG-GAME . 2022-09-25 . BIG-GAME . en-US.
21. Web site: Augustin Scott de Martinville, Grégoire Jeanmonod, Elric Petit. BOLD Chair. 2007–2009 MoMA . 2023-02-13 . The Museum of Modern Art . en.
22. Web site: Jean-Stéphane Bron . 2022-09-25 . swissfilms . en.
23. Web site: Thilo Alex Brunner . 2022-09-25 . www.thiloalexbrunner.ch.
24. Web site: Macalister-Smith . Tilly . 2022-10-01 . Aeir is using Nasa technology to create the fragrance of the future . August 19, 2023 . wallpaper.com . en.
25. Web site: Sebag-Montefiore . Clarissa . 2023-01-12 . Good Company: Aeir’s Bioengineered Fragrances . 2023-12-15 . www.barrons.com . en-US.
26. Web site: Michel Charlot – Biography . 2022-09-25 . www.michelcharlot.com.
27. Web site: In Conversation: Jungyou Choi & Kyuhyung Cho of Studio Word . 2022-10-31 . Design Anthology . 6 March 2020 . en-AU.
28. Web site: Culture . © Federal Office of . Gilles Gavillet . 2023-11-12 . www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch . en.
29. Web site: Alexis Georgacopoulos – One of the greatest designers in the world . 2022-10-27 . www.ellines.com.
30. Web site: ...Alexis Georgacopoulos... . 2022-09-18 . www.georgacopoulos.com.
31. Web site: Christophe Guberan MoMA . 2022-09-25 . The Museum of Modern Art . en.
32. Web site: 2018-06-13 . Swiss industrial designer Guberan Switzerland Society . 2024-04-16 . houseofswitzerland.org . en.
33. Web site: Moisés Hernández . 2022-10-31 . Dezeen . 14 June 2020 . en.
34. Web site: Carmen Jaquier . 2022-09-25 . swissfilms . en.
35. News: 2012-08-31 . Les trois fils se partagent l'empire d'Ingvar Kamprad . fr . Le Temps . 2022-09-25 . 1423-3967.
36. News: Lazazzera . Milena . 2022-03-08 . Skulls, Mother-of-Pearl and Watches . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-01 . 0362-4331.
37. Web site: Thomas Koenig, artiste visuel Culture Vevey . 2023-08-09 . www.culturevevey.ch.
38. Web site: Polska . Vogue . Wpisy z tagiem: Maria Jeglińska-Adamczewska . 2022-10-31 . Vogue Polska . pl.
39. News: 2018-09-24 . Bertille Laguet, la sauveuse de forge . fr . Le Temps . 2022-09-25 . 1423-3967.
40. Web site: Nicolas Le Moigne . 2022-09-25 . Dezeen . 11 December 2010 . en.
41. Web site: Silver . Hannah . 2023-02-17 . Dedon and ECAL interpret lighting through a natural lens . 2023-02-18 . wallpaper.com . en.
42. Web site: Namsa . Leuba . 22 September 2021 . Photo Essay by Namsa Leuba . 25 September 2022 . The New York Times.
43. Web site: Caula . Rodrigo . 2014-06-03 . Kodak city by Catherine Leutenegger explores the desolate face of an American dream . 2022-09-25 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
44. Web site: LEVISARHA Belgium is design . 2022-09-25 . belgiumisdesign.be.
45. Web site: M/M (Paris) . 2023-02-08 . www.mmparis.com.
46. Web site: Foam Paul Huf Award winner 2017, Romain Mader, exhibition now at Foam . 2022-09-25 . www.foam.org . en.
47. Web site: Carolien Niebling Semi Permanent . 2022-09-25 . semipermanent.com . en.
48. Book: Niebling, Carolien . The sausage of the future : a research project . 2017 . École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . 978-3-03778-548-5 . Zürich, Switzerland . 1022215507.
49. Web site: Rachel Noël . 2022-09-25 . swissfilms . en.
50. Web site: 2019-04-16 . Panter & Tourron create ultra-light and tool-free furniture for global nomads . 2022-10-01 . Dezeen . en.
51. Web site: Louise Paradis . 2023-03-14 . Lars Müller Publishers . en.
52. Web site: Léa Pereyre Antenna Foundation . 2022-09-25 . antenna.foundation . nl.
53. Web site: Sebag-Montefiore . Clarissa . Good Company: Aeir's Bioengineered Fragrances . 2023-08-19 . www.barrons.com . en-US.
54. Web site: Magazine . Wallpaper* . 2021-09-17 . Julie Richoz's colourful industrial design language . 2022-09-25 . Wallpaper*.
55. Web site: Julie Richoz . 2022-10-17 . Spazio Nobile . en-US.
56. Web site: 2023-01-23 . ÉCAL students turn Artek furniture waste into children's toys . 2023-03-13 . Dezeen . en.
57. Web site: 2023-06-07 . Maya Rochat — Poetry of the Earth . 2023-06-11 . La MEP . en-US.
58. Web site: Maya Rochat – A plastic tool – Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève . 2023-06-11 . centre.ch . en.
59. Web site: Maya Rochat: Living in a Painting Tate Modern . 2023-06-11 . Tate . en-GB.
60. Web site: Designer – Galerie kreo . 2022-09-25 . en-US.
61. Web site: En immersion au cœur du panorama . 2023-08-09 . www.laliberte.ch . fr.
62. Web site: Asia . Tatler . Wang Hongchao . 2022-10-31 . Tatler Asia . en.
63. Web site: Rome . American Academy in . Giorgia Zanellato . 2022-09-25 . American Academy in Rome . 4 June 2015 . en.
64. Web site: 2016-06-14 . Disegno founder Johanna Agerman Ross to join V&A as curator . 2022-10-31 . Dezeen . en.
65. Web site: Magazine . Wallpaper* . 2016-03-16 . Past, present and future: ECAL launches 'ECAL Graphic Design' show and book . 2022-09-25 . Wallpaper*.
66. Web site: Designer – Galerie kreo . 2022-10-31 . en-US.
67. Web site: Washio . Kazuya . 2022-06-13 . yamaha design lab + ECAL propose novel listening experiences at milan design week . 2023-03-13 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
68. Web site: Exhibition "La part du dessin" by Pierre Charpin . 2022-09-25 . ECAL – École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.
69. Web site: 2020-08-13 . Kim Colin . 2022-09-25 . Design Preis Schweiz . en-US.
70. Web site: Marva Griffin Salone del Mobile . 2022-10-31 . www.salonemilano.it.
71. Web site: 2022-09-12 . Eames Classics Receive Vibrant Updates From Rolf and Mette Hay . 2022-10-31 . Architectural Digest . en-US.
72. Web site: Anniina Koivu . 2022-10-31 . TLmagazine . en-US.
73. Web site: 2021-09-06 . Live panel on design education with Beatriz Colomina, Aric Chen and Anthony Dunne . 2023-03-13 . Dezeen . en.
74. Web site: The Lost Graduation Show brings the Best of Class 2020/21 Award to Supersalone . 2023-03-13 . www.stirworld.com . English.
75. Web site: Anniina Koivu Salone del Mobile . 2023-06-04 . www.salonemilano.it.
76. Web site: Sabine Marcelis . 2022-10-31 . Dezeen . en.
77. Web site: Alexander Taylor . 2022-09-25 . Dezeen . en.
78. Web site: Sebastian Wrong news and design . 2022-09-25 . Dezeen . en.
79. Web site: The ECAL Manual of Style . 2024-03-04 . www.design-museum.de . de-DE.
80. Web site: The ECAL Manual of Style – How to best teach design today? . 2024-03-04 . ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne . en.