"Ring my Bell" at Design Biennale Zürich, 29.08–01.09.2019, Design Biennale Zürich

"Ring my Bell" at Design Biennale Zürich
29.08–01.09.2019
Design Biennale Zürich


On the occasion of the Design Biennale Zürich from 29 August to 1st September 2019, ECAL showcases “Ring my Bell”, an offbeat collection of interactive doorbells, presented last April at the Milan Design Week.


www.ecal-ringmybell.ch

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DONG! TRRRRRR! Or maybe even GLING! Or BLING!, MHHHH! And sometimes even BRAOUM! ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents an offbeat collection of interactive doorbells developed by first-year Bachelor Industrial Design students, under the joint guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, and Mathieu Rivier, a Bachelor Media & Interaction Design graduate. This project is part of the “Sound & Vision” exhibition, shown for the first time, in collaboration with EPFL+ECAL Lab, at the 2019 Milan International Furniture Fair.

Sound and object design are two notions that industrial designers rarely have the opportunity to combine. Nevertheless, most everyday objects potentially produce sounds. Just pull up a chair, open or close a drawer or even flip a switch and you will create sound. What do all these actions have in common? Movement, friction and interaction which draw on the basic laws of physics to create tones. With this in mind, the students have offered a fresh and original take on an everyday object, one that is unremarkable yet never silent—the doorbell.

They have designed a range of mechanical and electrical doorbells that offer a unique, sometimes even thunderous, sound experience. Well-known chimes step aside and are replaced by a curious metallophone triggered by a punch card reminiscent of traditional mechanical music boxes. The former door knocker is now amplified by a vibrant dong! The familiar buzzer has been replaced by an energetic drum roll. The everyday doorbell has been replaced by a curious device that makes a sound like thunder. At last, where you might expect a ding-dong, there is now a stertorous mooing mhhhh! These are just some of the contraptions displayed.

Come in and ring!

Schedule
Thursday (Opening Night): 17:00–21:00
Friday & Saturday: 12:00–21:00
Sunday: 12:00–19:00

Creative Lab
Werkstadt Zürich
www.designbiennalezurich.ch


As part of the Swiss Game Design Lounge, two ECAL Bachelor Media and Interaction Design graduates will also present several projects initiated at ECAL during their studies.

Schedule
Friday to Sunday: 10:00–17:00

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal
Pfingstweidstrasse 96,
8005 Zürich
www.designbiennalezurich.ch

Informations
Dates and schedules

29.08–01.09.2019

Venue
Design Biennale Zürich
Video on Vimeo
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 – Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 – Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 – Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 – Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu

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Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 – Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Ring my Bell (ECAL) at Spazio Orso 16 Image ECAL/Calypso Mahieu

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Ring my Bell (ECAL) – Image ECAL/Gianni Camporota
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DONG by ECAL/Marine Fondin – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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TRRRRRR by ECAL/Théo Blanchard & Noémie Soriano – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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PIOU-PIOU by ECAL/Jillian Reichlin – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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DILILILILING by ECAL/Elie Eliez – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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DRRRRING by ECAL/Noémie Soriano – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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DING-DANG-DONG by ECAL/Marine Fondin & Julie Racaud – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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MHHHH by ECAL/Marina Kottler & Alan Schopfer – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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TSING-TSING by ECAL/Juri Römmel – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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GLING by ECAL/Stéfanie Kay & Manon Novelli – Image: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu & Bilal Sebei
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Têt by ECAL/Charlotte Broccard
Scribb by ECAL/Mylène Dreyer