The ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents
in
Shanghai new projects by the first-year students in the
Master of Advanced Studies in Luxury & Design (MAS-
Luxury) launched in autumn 2008 and supervised by
Augustin Scott de Martinville. Under the guidance of world-
renowned designers such as Edward Barber and Jay
Osgerby, Ronan Bouroullec, BIG-GAME and Alexis
Georgacopoulos, students from all around the world
(Swiss, American, Slovak, Mexican, French…) were able to
produce objects in close collaboration with the main
sponsors (Audemars Piguet, Hublot, Nespresso) and
partners (Christofle, Tag Aviation, Wenger) of this
programme.
The results are outstanding, including modular jewels for
Audemars Piguet, variation on the famous Big-Bang watch
for Hublot, cups and other utensils for Nespresso, various
objects for Christofle, as well as corporate gifts for Tag
Aviation. This is also the opportunity to (re)discover some
projects carried out within the Industrial Design
Department a few years ago with Bernardaud, Christofle,
Nidecker and Swarovski, as well as the Emile Hermès
Prize 2008.
These events could be realized within the frame of the new
agreement between the Canton de Vaud and swissnex
Singapore and thanks, among others, to the generous
contribution of the private bank Lombard Odier Darier
Hentsch, allowing the exhibition to move on to swissnex
Shanghai In January 2010.
The exhibition is
open to the public 2 February – 12 February 2010
800 Show Creative Center, West Hall
1st Floor, 9th Building, 800 Changde Road, Shanghai
Pictures from above:
Collaboration with
Christofle. 1/3 dipping set by ECAL/Adrien Rovero. Picture
ECAL/Anoush Abrar
Collaboration with
Christofle. Float tea set. Float tea set ECAL/Tomas Kral.
Picture ECAL/Michel Bonvin
Collaboration with
Christofle. Pleat ice bucket by ECAL/Delphine Frey Picture
ECAL/Michel Bonvin
Collaboration with Nespresso.
Pods, biscuits and sugar containers by ECAL/Fanny Perrier.
Picture by ECAL/Federico Berardi
Luxury Design by Écal in Shanghai
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- Elena Sommariva
- 28 January 2010