Alle Architecture Arts and crafts Design la-clique— Festival de la cité 2023 Read more The collective la-clique sees itself as an independent platform for architecture and scenography. The group experimentally explores the boundaries of the disciplines and does so on various scales. At the “Festival de la cité” in summer 2023, following a participatory design process, they built a temporary stage on Le Pont Bessières bridge, which served as a venue for various art performances. Louisa Carmona— Porosités 2023 Read more Lino Mangold— Made-To-Fit-Today 2020 - 2023 Read more In his project “Made-To-Fit-Today”, industrial designer Lino Mangold focussed on innovative manufacturing processes for glasses. By scanning the face and thanks to algorithmic modelling, 3D printing can be used to offer fully personalised and therefore customised glasses. Ergonomics and aesthetics go beyond the standards of traditional manufacturing and also offer sustainable alternatives, as the glasses can be produced locally and avoid unnecessary transport. INUK Kollektiv— nari 2023 Read more Lilian Walder, Luisa Schwarz and Jacqueline Amacher form the design studio INUK Kollektiv have developed “nari”, a family of stackable ceramic planters. By stacking the pots, height can be gained, replacing traditional plant shelves. The different heights and inclinations create a play of light and shadow that emphasises the shape. An additional metal structure also creates spaces in between. An oak lid even turns the planters into side tables. Hannes & Fritz— MAY 2023 Read more Egli Studio— Cloud 2021 - 2023 Read more The “Cloud” project by Egli Studio is a sideboard that gives a hint of its contents as a silhouette and contributes to the atmosphere of an interior thanks to its lighting. The objects are illuminated by LED strips in the base and lid, and different coloured panels can be used to create colourful scenes. NOV Gallery at the House of Switzerland Milano— ALT_MATTER 2023 Read more For the group presentation entitled “ALT_MATTER” at the House of Switzerland 2023, NOV Gallery specified paper as the working material. And invited young designers to use it to create sustainable, environmentally friendly and biodegradable objects for everyday use. The results are lamps, vases or bowls – depending on the processing technique of the raw material. Shizuka Saito— Mingle 2022 Read more Vera Roggli— Tea Towel 2022 Read more As part of her Master’s thesis in Textile Design at the KASK & Conservatorium in Belgium, Vera Roggli focussed on the production of tea towels. The result of her research is an ABC of the types of weaving of this everyday item (www.teatowel.info). In addition to the theoretical work, she unravelled tea towels thread by thread, categorised them according to their weaving structures and purposes and wove eight tea towels, each with its own weaving structure. Joel Hügli— ECOMADE – Ecological Mattress Design 2022 Read more Joel Hügli presented the “ECOMADE – Ecological Mattress Design” mattress as part of his master’s thesis at HSLU 2022. He completely rethought its materials and manufacturing processes and developed a mattress that is based on the fundamentals of the circular economy. His work represents an important contribution to reducing the waste that this product causes in Switzerland allone, as up to 1 million mattresses are disposed of in this country every year. Renaud Defrancesco— Spot Lamp 2021 Read more Verein wennschondennschon— Minigolfklub Basel seit 2020 Read more Humberto Rapelli— Collection development 2022 Read more Dominique Lanz— Stratifications 2022 Read more Céline Arnould— feel, felt, felt. 2019 – 2022 Read more Céline Arnould uses human hair, which she transforms into a kind of felt in an elaborate process, as the starting point for her experimental ceramic collection. In an elaborate and investigavite process, she combined felt and ceramic casting slip. The result was objects in which the hair, with its ability to bind moisture to itself, served as the basic framework in the shaping process. The hair burnt out in the oven, leaving imprints or impressions of what once was. Estelle Bourdet— Ménage a Six 2022 Read more «Ménage a Six» is a series of weavings made from recycled cotton. Estelle Bourdet uses old bed sheets and thick cotton threads for this, which she wove as a set or individually. In weaving, several fabrics that come from the same warp are called a warp family. This terminology inspired Estelle Bourdet’s title, the components of the carpets became the warp family, living in the same house, sharing the household under the same roof, in French «le ménage». Noelani Rutz— ZEN VASES 2022 Read more Irina Choffat— DUKTUS 2022 Read more Anna Maclver-Ek und Axel Chevroulet— Deliberate Leak 2022 Read more créatrices.ch – FrauMünsterhof— 50 Jahre Frauenstimmrecht in der Schweiz 2021 Read more In 2021, action days took place on the Münsterhof in Zurich as part of a public installation to mark “50 years of women’s voting rights in Switzerland”. Organised and implemented by the association “créatrices.ch”. The jubilee celebrated, discussed and honoured the achievements of women in architecture, environmental and life design. Matthieu Girel— IGO 2021 Read more Altherr/Weiss— tilt 2021 Read more “tilt” is a refillable stainless steel water bottle made in Switzerland. Its sculptural shape derives from the slanted spout, which allows refilling under any tap or fountain where other bottles would otherwise not fit. Fritz Jakob Gräber— BEAULIEU 2021 Read more Shizuka Saito— KAMI 2021 Read more Emilien Jaury— Cane Lighting System 2020 – 2021 Read more Espaces Contemporains— Design Days Geneva 2021 Read more From 19 to 28 November 2021, despite the pandemic circumstances, the 13th edition of the Design Days took place in Geneva. On a design parcours through the city, more than 50 designers, up-and-coming talents and labels presented their projects and installations at 24 locations. After the Corona crisis, it was one of the first events in Swiss design, so it was particularly worthy of support. Matthieu Girel— Stora 2018 – 2020 Read more Martin Schenk and Alexandre Willaume— re:frame 2019 - 2021 Read more The designers Martin Schenk and Alexandre Willaume present their lamp series under the title «re:frame». Inspired by window frames, the two rethought the relationship between inside and outside, between frame and framed. Helge Brackmann— Voir flou 2020 Read more «Voir Floue» by Helge Brackmann is an exploration of the interplay between light, coloured glass and the process of glass blowing. The special feature, the colour gradient in the gas body, can only be seen when the luminaire is switched on. Mounir Ayoub, Vanessa Lacaille, Fabrice Aragno und Pierre Szczepski— «oræ – Experiences on the Border» 2021 Read more The team from the Laboratoire d’Architecture designed the Swiss Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale with «oræ – Experiences on the Border». They explored the border as a space. On the occasion of two «Tour de Suisse», they produced models of their border living space in participatory processes with residents on the border. Veronika Kisling— Project «Ich bin da» (I’m here) 2020 Read more Together with the textile designer Alja Wullschleger, Veronika Kisling processes the designs of people with a mental disability into home textiles. Due to the great demand, she expanded the collection with various shower curtains. Sébastien El Idrissi— Cargo Table 2020 Read more With «Cargo Table», the industrial designer Sébastien El Idrissi wanted to design a table according to the principles of the flat-pack. He solved the task by developing a new type of corner connection that joins the table legs and the frame of the tabletop. Renaud Defrancesco— Les Vases Flottants 2020 Read more Renaud Defrancesco realised the project “Les Vases Flottants” together with the porcelain artist Sylvie Godel in 2020. The vase series combines ceramics and glass to create a play of shapes and surfaces because porcelain is enamelled and the glass is frosted by sandblasting. Quartier General— Le Banquet 2020 Read more Louisa Carmona— Aranitas Hilanderas 2020 Read more During a six-month stay in the Argentinean province of Catamarca, Louisa Carmona learned the textile craft and the typical processing of wool into panchos at the Arañitas Hilanderas cooperative. Anna Heck— Rapid Chair 2020 Read more The «Rapid Chair» by Anne Heck is an intelligent seating solution. Designed as a flat-pack for optimised distribution models, the chair offers a high degree of comfort and stability. Panter&Tourron— TENSE 2019 Read more The designer duo Panter&Tourron pursued two central goals when developing the TENSE Lounge Chair: On the one hand, the chair should fit a neo-nomadic lifestyle and thus guarantee tool-free assembly and disassembly and easy transport. On the other hand, it had to be manufactured as sustainably as possible thanks to the economical use of materials and resources, taking into account criteria of the circular economy as well as having a low weight and transport volume. Shizuka Saito— Valet 2019 Read more Shizuka Saito’s interest is in materials and the potential hidden in them. She explains her explorative desire for constructive details with her Japanese roots – and the influence of the philosophy of Wabi-Sabi. In 2019, she created a coat rack made of perforated sheeting under the name “Valet”. This was her response to the task set by a gallery to submit a free project on the theme of “folding”. She chose a perforated sheet as the starting point of her search to give new shape to this underestimated material with a few technical interventions. Interior Design Department HSLU— SoftSpace 2019 Read more The «2nd International Interior Design Symposium» held by the Interior Design programme at HSLU in 2019 took up the question of what consequences and opportunities the dissolution of boundaries between public and private spaces, between the inside and the outside, has for interior design. Salim Douma and Victor Guittet— Parallel Seating System 2019 Read more The «Parallel Seating System» by Salim Douma and Victor Guittet is a modular seating system, formulated as a versatile bench system with additional elements that enable different uses. Espaces Contemporains— Design Days Renens 2016 Read more The Design Days, the unique platform in Western Switzerland for the exchange of contemporary design, offered an extensive programme in 2016. Projects by young ECAL students, furniture by up-and-coming labels, lighting and accessories in prototypes, limited editions or series designs were exhibited. Regionale Limmatal 2025— Wachgeküsst (kissed awake) 2019 Read more Laure Gremion— Cactus 2019 Read more Laure Gremion developed an outdoor lantern as part of the “Flat, Fold, Bend” project at Galerie NOV. Rolled into a cylinder, light emerges from the cut patterns in the sheet metal. Jan Hofer— The New New Material 2019 Read more Svetlana Marchenko— HELGA – Specialist Meeting for Scenography 2019 Read more As a professional meeting for scenography, HELGA is a platform for encounters, exchange and inspiration around the topic of spatial communication. In 2019, young talents were also invited on stage for the first time. Francesco Tadini— Seggiolina Mod.46 2019 Read more Roberto Rodriguez Martinez— Armando Casas 2019 Read more Sebastian Marbacher und Mara Tschudi— Extra Ordinary 2018 Read more Ludovica Giannoni— Quick 2018 Read more INUK Kollektiv— MARLUK 2018 Read more Lara Stamm— Simplexity 2018 Read more Estelle Bourdet— Domestic Surfaces 2018 Read more Sebastian Marbacher— Rong Design Exposition 2018 Read more Veronika Kisling— Ich-Bin-Da Produkte 2018 Read more Stefanie Kägi and Sabrina Bosshard — Tengui 2018 Read more Simon Oschwald and Fabian Engel— Circleg Since 2018 Read more Micael Filipe and Romain Viricel — Midi Chair 2018 Read more Leonardo Di Chiara— aVOID Tiny House 2018 Read more Jennifer Berger— MÄDI 2018 Read more Yusuke Offhuse— Yûgen Stonewares 2017 Read more Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor, Matthew van der Ploeg— Svizzera 240 2018 Read more Sébastien Cluzel— Extraterrestrial Ceramic Tablescape 2017 Read more Marlise Niedermann— Training as a bookbinder 2018 Read more Levi Sarha— READYMADE 2018 Read more Laure Gremion— Celeste 2018 Read more Laura Sattin— POLLINE 2018 Read more Frottee die Mare— Bath towels 2018 Read more FROM INDUSTRIAL DESIGN— LED Leuchten 2017 Read more Egli Studio— EASY ALUMINIUM 2017-2019 Read more David Colombini— The Weather Followers 2017 Read more Caroline Schmoll— Last Blast 2016 Read more Kollektiv Vier— PLAY, ZEN, PULSE 2017 Read more Annina Arter— Sanssouci 2017 Read more Andreas Bhend— Miilo Laufrad 2016 Read more Thibault Dussex— EULE Leuchte 2017 Read more Margaret Waiyego Zollinger— ONE OF A KIND 2017 Read more Patrizia Keller— Salone Satellite 2015 Read more Laura Stocker— Home Collection 2014 Read more L. Uhlmann, J. Mauloubier, C. Talbot und J. Besson— iiode lighting collection 2013 – 2014 Read more Stefanie Tschirky— Movement, Space, Volume final collection; Juni 2014 Read more Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard und Philippe-Albert Lefebvre— Terrazzo Project 2011 – 2013 Read more Florent Bouhey Fayolle und Roman Pin— Electric Ceramic 2013 – 2014 Read more Sarha Duquesne und Levi Dethier— Perimeter collection 2013 – 2014 Read more Dimitri Bähler— MONOLITHS 2013 Read more Sylvain Aebischer— Fondue Caquelon 2012 – 2014 Read more Claire de Quénetain, Royal College of Art, London— Roomscapes 2014 Read more Flora Fixy— Rara Muri 2013 – 2014 Read more Fanny Agnier— Hommages 2013 – 2014 Read more C. Bizzotto, M. Amaral Netto und T. Nitsche— FROM design collective 2013 – 2014 Read more Renaud Donadey— anna glasses Renaud Donadey Read more Sitterwerk— Remote Material Deposition 2014 Read more Chantal Bavaud— nanu toy 2013-2015 Read more Paula van Brummelen, Weissensee Kunsthochschule— Seismonastic Scape 2014 Read more Sebastian Marbacher— Basic Chair 2016 Read more Marc Haldemann— Wooden Shelf 2016 Read more Damian Fopp— Scolarship RCA London 2015-2017 Read more Stefanie Tschirky, Royal College of Art London — RCA Collection 2014-2016 Read more Aurélie Mathieu und Charlotte Sunnen— 6×6 Collaboration Grande 2014–2015 Read more Daniel Wehrli— Salone Satellite 2015 Read more Jon Kuster— OPEN WATER GUARD 2015 Read more Jonas Niedermann— The path to glassmaking 2015 Read more Kollektiv Vier— Viva La Doccia 2015 Read more Danja Good— Elements of Illusion 2014-2015 Read more Stéphanie Bächler— EKWC working scholarship 2015 Read more Kyburz Made— Neue Räume 2015 Read more Giulio Parini— Glass Type 2015 Read more EGLI STUDIO— Hypercollection 2016 Read more Hansel Schloupt— PEAKS 2016 Read more Abigail Janjic— Don’t you see?!!!! 2014 Read more Hannes Zander— Agora XXL 2013-2015 Read more Deutsch English Français