Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin presents the “Arts & Crafts & Design: Time according to ECAL and Swiss Craftsmen”, an exhibition produced in partnership with ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte for the Swiss Pavilion at the Milan Expo (May 1st – October 31st 2015), and presented as a preview during the Salone del Mobile at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan.

This original approach links contemporary creation to several time-honoured know-hows. Within the framework of this project, Vacheron Constantin has asked 12 students from the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship of ECAL to combine their creativity with that of experienced craftsmen in order to produce unique objects and demonstrate the richness, the variety, as well as the relevance to contemporary creation of these artisanal crafts. Under the leadership of Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin (Studio Formafantasma) these 12 “duos” have worked on the same theme, Time, and more precisely on the cyclical time of the seasons, using materials as diverse as paper, stone, glass or carbon.

Aventure Romantique , ECAL / Alexis Tourron Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Patricia Rochat , saddle-maker, Boussens (VD), Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Explosion Printanière , ECAL/ Jean-Baptiste Colleuille Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with François Junod , automaton-maker, Sainte-Croix (VD), Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Natura Morta , ECAL/Nicolas Lalande Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Matteo Gonet , glassblower, Münchenstein (BL). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Paysages Désertiques , ECAL/Josefina Munoz Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Peter Fink , ceramist, Ependes (FR). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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L.D.O. – Light Dependant Object , ECAL/ Kaja Solgaard Dahl Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Roland Béguin , glassmaker,Sainte-Croix (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Brise Estivale , ECAL/Ophélie Sanga Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Anne Rosat , papercut-maker, Château-d’Œx (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Decrescendo , ECAL/ Lorena Sauras Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Jeanmichel Capt , instrument-maker, Le Brassus (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Repetitio , ECAL/ Mareike Rittig Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Bastien Chevalier , marqueteur, Sainte-Croix (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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La Macina , ECAL/ Stefano Panterotto Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Luca Bellei , stone sculptor, Bôle (NE). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Eclipse , ECAL/Annie Tung Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Vincent Du Bois , sculptor, Petit-Lancy (GE). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Sans Titre , ECAL/ Ini Archibong Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Jean-Luc Arber , aluminium caster, Pully (VD). Photo: Jonas Marguet

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Carbonwood, ECAL/Rodrigo Caula Photo: Jonas Marguet

Created with Bertrand Cardis , specialist in composit materials, Ecublens (VD). Photo: Axel Crettenand

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Workshop with Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin ( Studio Formafantasma )

Workshop avec Andrea Trimarchi et Simone Farresin ( Studio Formafantasma )

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