ECAL/Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne

ECAL/Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne Arts Visuels, Cinéma, Design Graphique, Design Industriel et de Produit, Media & Interaction Design, Luxury & Craftsmanship, Photographie, Type Design

L’ECAL est une des écoles incontournables sur la scène mondiale de l’art et du design. Dirigée par Alexis Georgacopoulos, elle offre six filières de niveau Bachelor (Arts Visuels, Cinéma, Design Graphique, Design Industriel, Media & Interaction Design, Photographie) et cinq de niveau Master (Arts Visuels, Cinéma, Design de Produit, Photographie, Type Design). Elle propose également une Année Propé

deutique qui prépare à l’entrée dans ses départements et deux Master of Advanced Studies en Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship et en Design Research for Digital Innovation (avec l'EPFL+ECAL Lab). Au début de l’année académique 2021–2022 l’ECAL accueille près de 600 étudiant·e·s. Le rayonnement de l’école au niveau européen et mondial est attesté par les succès rencontrés par d’anciens étudiants, d’innombrables articles de presse, des citations régulières dans les revues spécialisées ou grand public et un nombre enviable d’expositions dans des espaces prestigieux comme le Centre Culturel Suisse (Paris), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Cooper Union (New York), Design Days Dubai, Design September Bruxelles, documenta (Kassel), Droog Design Hôtel (Amsterdam), Festival International de Mode & de Photographie (Hyères), Gallery Libby Sellers (Londres), Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), Musée de l’Elysée (Lausanne), National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, Salone internazionale del Mobile (Milan), swissnex (Bangalore, Boston, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapour), Victoria & Albert Museum (Londres), Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein)…

Au fil des ans, l’ECAL a considérablement augmenté le nombre de ses collaborations avec des hautes écoles d’art et de design à travers le monde et des entreprises de premier plan dans les domaines les plus divers: Alessi, Audemars Piguet, Azzedine Alaïa, Baccarat, BCV, Bernardaud, BMW Group, Camper, Cassina, Centre Pompidou Paris, Christofle, e15, Galerie kreo, Galeries Lafayette, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Hatje Cantz, Hansgrohe Axor, Hermès, Hublot, Mauviel, Mover Sportswear, Luceplan, Nestlé, Nespresso, Petit h, Punkt., Rémy Martin, Scott, SIGG, Swiss International Air Lines, Swissnex, USM, Vacheron Constantin, Vitra, Wallpaper* ou Woolmark...

Grâce au réseau établi à l’ECAL et à la production d’un portfolio répondant aux standards professionnels les plus exigeants, les diplômés travaillent après leurs études pour des bureaux et entreprises de renom ou montent directement leur propre structure.

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Enjoying international renown and featuring regularly among the world’s top ten universities of art and design, ECAL is directed by Alexis Georgacopoulos. The school currently offers six Bachelor programmes (Fine Arts, Cinema, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Media & Interaction Design, Photography), five Master programmes (Fine Arts, Film, Photography, Product Design, Type Design) and two Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship and in Design Research for Digital Innovation (with EPFL+ECAL Lab). ECAL also offers a one-year Foundation Course to prepare students for entrance to the different Bachelor’s programmes. ECAL has grown consistently in terms of student numbers (about 600 students at the beginning of the 2021–2022 academic year) and above all its presence on the international scene. Its influence in Europe and throughout the world is reflected by numerous press articles, regular mentions in specialist and large-circulation publications, and an enviable number of exhibitions in prestigious venues such as Centre Culturel Suisse (Paris), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Cooper Union (New York), Designers’ Saturday Langenthal, Design Days Dubai, Design Parade (Hyères), Design September Brussels, documenta (Kassel), Droog Design Gallery (Amsterdam), Gallery Libby Sellers (London), National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, Salone internazionale del Mobile (Milan), swissnex (Bangalore, Boston, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore), Victoria & Albert Museum (London), Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein)…

Over the years the ECAL has significantly increased the number of its collaborative projects with universities of art and design around the world and with leading firms active in a wide range of sectors like Alessi, Audemars Piguet, Azzedine Alaïa, Baccarat, BCV, Bernardaud, BMW Group, Camper, Cassina, Centre Pompidou Paris, Christofle, e15, Galerie kreo, Galeries Lafayette, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Hatje Cantz, Hansgrohe Axor, Hermès, Hublot, Mauviel, Mover Sportswear, Luceplan, Nestlé, Nespresso, Petit h, Punkt., Rémy Martin, Scott, SIGG, Swiss International Air Lines, Swissnex, USM, Vacheron Constantin, Vitra, Wallpaper* or Woolmark…

Thanks to the network established at ECAL and by producing a portfolio to the highest professional standards, once they complete their studies our graduates have the choice of working for renowned companies or immediately setting up their own studios.

27/05/2026

💬 TALENT DAY 2026 💬

For graduates taking their first steps into the professional world, and for creatives already working in the field, ECAL Talent Day is a chance to connect, exchange, and discover new talent.

Each year, the event brings together young graduates presenting their diploma projects and professionals curious to meet the next generation of creatives.

Reserved for professionals, ECAL Talent Day showcases recent Bachelor’s and Master’s diploma projects from ECAL’s departments of Fine Arts, Cinema, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design, and Photography.

Registrations until 12.06.2026 on ecal.ch

SAVE THE DATE
📅 24.06.2026
⏰ 10:00pm-4:00pm
📍 ECAL, Renens

       

18/05/2026

🗽 SUMMER UNIVERSITY NEW YORK 🗽

With our second-year students of the Bachelor in Media & Interaction Design we travelled to New York back in December to work on various projects and visit Google Creative Lab , Hex House , The New School Parsons and SVA School Of Visual Arts .

Thanks for your warm invitation showing us all about your work & sharing valuable insights with our students.

Zach Lieberman .lieberman, Vera van de Seyp , Char Stiles , Ezra Miller , John Provencher , Alexander Tochilovsky , Zipeng Zhu , David Carroll

Video by .hille



12/05/2026

🌐🇫🇷 ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS IN PARIS 🇫🇷🌐

The travelling exhibition ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS is going to Paris!

Within the exhibition the book with the same name as the exhibition will be launched, alongside a conference that will be held in the presence of the books designers with Clément Rouzaud , publishers .b.o.o.k.s with Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer, type foundry with Eliott Grunewald , ECAL Master Type Design teacher Alice Savoie and Head of the Type Design programme at ECAL Matthieu Cortat-Roller .

📖 Exhibition opening & book launch
🗓️ 19.05.2026, 6pm
📍Program/me, Paris .mm.e

🕓 Opening schedule
20.05–27.05.2026
Wednesday to Saturday 2pm–6pm
6 bis Rue des Récollets,
75010 Paris

🗣️ Conference Typographic Atlas: Designing, Exhibiting, and Distributing Typefaces
🗓️ 26.05.2026, 6:30pm
📍Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Organised by ECAL Master Type Design () and Bachelor Graphic Design () programmes, this project showcases over 300 typefaces created by ECAL students.

➡️ Next stops
New York · Montreal · Los Angeles · London · Lausanne · Tokyo · Seoul

⬅️ Previous stop
Leipzig · Turin

05/05/2026

📖 ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS 📖

A type specimen is a document used by printers and type founders to present their catalogues. Initially produced as single sheets and rarely dated, they evolved into books as the Industrial Revolution, technical advances, and the rise of literacy multiplied typographic styles. Today, type specimens mostly exist in digital form. This is a type specimen. But not only that.

It is also an Atlas: a collection of letterforms mapping ten years of typographic creation at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland. Through two programs—its Bachelor in Graphic Design and Master Type Design. With students from more than forty countries, ECAL captures cultural connections across the world and within the type design industry. Following the footsteps of early type specimens that juxtaposed Greek, Hebrew, and Latin scripts, the Typographic Atlas presents alphabets, abugidas, abjads, and hanzi/kanji across a rich variety of writing systems, alongside letterforms in use in logos across multiple genres, since type design forms the very foundation of all graphic work.

Now available on ECAL shop! 🛒

While the travelling exhibition ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS is going to Paris!

🗓️ Book launch & exhibition opening Tuesday May 19, 2026, 6:00pm
📍Program/me, Paris




In collaboration with &
Merci .b.o.o.k.s



Visuals
Sound

29/04/2026

🎬 JOE DANTE AT ECAL 🎬

Cult director of Gremlins, Joe Dante shaped 1980s fantasy cinema with a style blending satire, humor, and cinephile spirit. The ECAL Cinema department was honoured to have welcomed Joe Dante for a Masterclass presented as part of the retrospective dedicated to him by the Cinémathèque suisse .

Many thanks to Joe Dante for this very spontaneous conversation and continued dedication to the art of cinema.



24/04/2026

🌸 SPRING WORKSHOPS 🌸

On the occasion of the Bachelor programs’ workshop week, ECAL invites international artists and designers to present their work in a series of talks, taking place from April 27 to 29, 2026.

Monday, April 27�Vera Van de Seyp , Interactive Designer, Amsterdam�Tom Chung , Industrial Designer, Vancouver�Ben Ganz , Art Director, New York

Tuesday, April 28�Rineke Dijkstra, Photographer, Amsterdam�Chooc Ly Tan , Multidisciplinary Artist, London�Dominique White , Artist, Essex & Marseille

Wednesday, April 29�Libermann Kiepe Reddemann , Multidisciplinary Design Studio, Hamburg�Herding Wool (Alix Arto & Emma Casella) .wool, Designers, Vevey & Lugano

📌 1:00–2:00 PM, Auditorium IKEA

Visuals
Lucia Franceschini
Leonardo Mariucci
Mathys Harmant


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09/04/2026

🔠 ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS 🔠

Curated by Master Type Design and Bachelor Graphic Design programmes, this project presents a book and a travelling exhibition bringing together over 300 typefaces created by ECAL students.

Presented as a typographic atlas, the exhibition is structured around a single indexing approach. Alphabetical entries and numerical coordinates form a navigational framework, inviting visitors to move through a typographic territory.

The next stop of the exhibition is in Leipzig featuring a special collaboration with the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) ( ) Type Design class () and the HGB Gallery ( ).

Opening
🗓️ Thursday 09.04 at 5pm
📍HGB Gallery, Leipzig
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig

Exhibition
📖 09.04–09.05.2026
Tues.–Fri., 2pm–6pm and by appointment

Museum Night
🔦 Saturday 09.05.2026, 6pm–12pm

➡️ Next stops
Paris · New York · Montreal · Los Angeles · London · Lausanne · Tokyo · Seoul

⬅️ Previous stop
Turin

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05/04/2026

📱 ECAL X GOOGLE – A MESSAGE FROM TOMORROW📱

As part of the Milan Design Week 2026, ECAL and Google present the exhibition A Message From Tomorrow.

Google’s Industrial Design team initiated a collaboration with ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne to develop a concept for a mobile-focused product inspired by a daily ritual.

Master Product Design students from ECAL were invited to envision innovative hardware engaging with contemporary habits. Through compelling storytelling, these conceptual projects consider the human dimension of mobile technology: how it shapes everyday gestures and how our relationships with devices might evolve in the future.

🗓️ 21.–25.04.2026, 10am–8pm
📍 Spazio Orso 16, Milan

Students:
Paul Quentin · Xose Lois Piñeira · Hugo von Hofsten · Julia Siebert Cáceres · Lee Ehrat · Mo Tong Yang · Gunnar Kähler · Finn Helper Johnson · Gyuhan Park · Moritz Engel

Images by .morvan




27/03/2026

🌐🇩🇪 ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS IN LEIPZIG 🇩🇪🌐

The travelling exhibition ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS is going to Leipzig!

Reflecting ECAL’s long-standing commitment to contemporary graphic and type design, the Leipzig presentation features a special collaboration with the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) ( ) Type Design class () and the HGB Gallery ( ).

Organised by ECAL Master Type Design () and Bachelor Graphic Design () programmes, this project showcases over 300 typefaces created by ECAL students.

🗓️ 09.04–09.05.2026
📍HGB Gallery, Leipzig
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig

➡️ Next stops
Leipzig · Paris · New York · Montreal · Los Angeles · London · Lausanne · Tokyo · Seoul

⬅️ Previous stop
Turin

25/03/2026

🪜ECAL LIGHTHOUSE 🪜

During a week of collaborative work, first-year students in the Visual Communication department were given the task of creating a complete audiovisual experience, designing a light and sound architecture based solely on five original musical compositions. Using a central totem-like screen installation and projections on the surrounding walls, enhanced with lasers, they created a visual environment, broadcast in real time, which was presented as a performance at the end of the week.

The full performance is available on ecal.ch

Project led by:
Jean-Vincent Simonet (.simonet)
Florian Pittet ()
Léonard Guyot ()
Vincent Jacquier( )
Julien Gurtner ( )
Matthieu Minguet ( )

🎥 .hille





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