INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

CIN CIN !

with Chris Kabel

Within a one-week workshop with Designer Chris Kabel, BA Industrial Design students were asked to develop a glass for a drink of their choice, whether it was for a cocktail, a fresh beer, a classy Negroni, or simply a glass for water to quench their thirst. The final designs reflect the characteristics of the drink or emphasize how the drink is prepared, served, and drunk. All glasses were blown in the ECAL courtyard with the support of the artisans of Swiss glass manufacturer Niesenglass.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diplomas

with Chris Kabel, Elric Petit, Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

Bachelor Industrial Design diploma's projects, 2019

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Summer University Istanbul

with Chris Kabel, Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard

For their graduation trip, the 3rd year students went to Istanbul. Accompanied by Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard and Chris Kabel and collaborating with students from Bilgi University, they had to create souvenirs of the city. Some were able to collaborate directly with local craftspeople. The projects were exhibited at the Istanbul Design Biennial at the end of this trip and had the chance to see their ECAL x Mac Guffin project also exhibited there at that time.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diplomas

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Chris Kabel, Elric Petit

Bachelor Industrial Design diploma's projects, 2018

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diplomas

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Chris Kabel, Elric Petit

Bachelor Industrial Design diploma's projects, 2017

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Elite Hotel by ECAL

with Chris Kabel

Luxury Swiss bed manufacturer Elite invited 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students to thoroughly reconsider the mattress and its direct surroundings (bed frame, bedside table, linin, pillow, slipper, pyjamas…) in order to offer new and innovative solutions. Photographs by ECAL/Calypso Mahieu assisted by ECAL/Mathieu Lang

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diploma's projects

with Michel Charlot, Chris Kabel, Elric Petit

Selection of Bachelor Industrial Design diploma projects, 2016

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diploma's projects

with Michel Charlot, Pauline Deltour, Chris Kabel, Elric Petit

Selection of Bachelor Industrial Design diploma projects, 2015.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Smarter Than Nature

with Chris Kabel

Series of objects designed based on forgotten natural materials. The aim of the project was to get rid of commonly used materials such as plastic, metal or wood and to focus on the extraordinary capacities of prime materials found outdoors.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Diploma

with Camille Blin, Jörg Boner, Chris Kabel, Tomas Kral

Selection of diploma's projects, 2014.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Delirious Home

with Alain Bellet, Chris Kabel

A home full with extraordinary objects for ordinary life. A playful interpretation of the “smart home” concept by ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design and Media & Interaction Design students.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Bicycle Accessories

with Chris Kabel

2nd year project with Chris Kabel around bicycle accessories.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Villa le Lac

with Chris Kabel

Projects by the 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students realised for Le Corbusier’s Villa Le Lac  in Corseaux (CH) following a workshop directed by Elric Petit, program responsible and developed by Chris Kabel, designer and professor at ECAL.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Low-Tech Factory

with Chris Kabel

For its 14th edition, Langenthal Designers’ Saturday offers carte blanche to the ECAL/ University of Art and Design Lausanne. It provides the setting for the ECAL to present its exhibition entitled “Low-Tech Factory”, a selection of machines designed by Bachelor’s students of Industrial Design and Product at a workshop led by designer Chris Kabel. At Langenthal, factories are omnipresent. For this carte blanche, it seemed to us natural to ask students to look at showcasing the manufacturing process of an object, from the machine to the finished product. They therefore experimented with simple and ingenious shaping methods such as moulding, thermoforming and knitting to obtain finished products. “Low-Tech Factory” tackles the subject of automatic production beloved by designers, bringing together six entertaining machines which throughout the exhibition produce hats, sacks, lamps, and even popcorn!

Furniture under pressure

with Younès Klouche Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan, Anniina Koivu, Julie Richoz, Anthony Guex, Chris Kabel

The potential of shape memory materials in furniture design.