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Symposium Research in Art and Design at ECAL

10+10 Research in Art & Design at ECAL A symposium celebrating 10 years of Research in Art and Design Tuesday 10 October 2017, 8.00–18.30 IKEA Auditorium, ECAL, Renens www.researchday.ch Abstract On the occasion of the 10 years since the moving of ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne to its current premises in Renens and marking the 10th anniversary of the foundation of EPFL+ECAL Lab, ECAL hosted a symposium on Research in Art and Design, featuring artists, designers and scholars in these fields from all over the world, in conversation with ECAL faculty members.  Program Welcome , Alexis Georgacopoulos, director, ECAL Introductory notes on Research in Art and Design in Switzerland , Davide Fornari, professor, ECAL Moderation, Vera Sacchetti, design critic, Basel Design Research: from Academia to the Real World Alba Cappellieri, professor, Politecnico di Milano, Milan in conversation with Nicolas Henchoz, director, EPFL+ECAL Lab Sophie Pène, vice president, Conseil National du Numérique, Paris in conversation with Davide Fornari, professor, ECAL Research Through Art and Design: Materials and Forms Xavier Veilhan, artist, Paris in conversation with Stéphanie Moisdon, professor, ECAL Fabio Gramazio, co-founder, Gramazio + Kohler Architects, Zurich in conversation with Patrick Keller, professor, ECAL Research Practices in Curating Art and Design Astrid Welter, head of programs, Fondazione Prada, Milan/Venice in conversation with Federico Nicolao, professor, ECAL The Future of Art and Design Research Roel Wouters, co-founder, Moniker, Amsterdam in conversation with Vincent Jacquier, professor, ECAL Skylar Tibbits, co-founder, MIT Self-Assembly Lab, Cambridge (MA) in conversation with Christophe Guberan, professor, ECAL Exhibition openings at Cinema Studio, Gallery l’elac and EPFL+ECAL Lab • Caustics , curated by Mark Pauly, EPFL RAYFORM • Projects for Victorinox , curated by Thilo Alex Brunner • The Sausage of the Future , curated by Carolien Niebling • Augmented Photography , curated by Milo Keller • EPFL+ECAL Lab Research Land , curated by Nicolas Henchoz • Rapid Liquid Printing, curated by Christophe Guberan , MIT Self-Assembly Lab, Steelcase ECAL launched the book Making Sense: 10 Years of Research in Art and Design at ECAL on the occasion of the symposium . 10+10 Research in Art and Design at ECAL In collaboration with EPFL+ECAL Lab With the support of HES-SO Media partner: Disegno