The Ecole Cantonale d'art de Lausanne, ECAL, isn't actually in Lausanne, but the community of Renens on the western edge of Lausanne. Édith Piaf famously opined that, je ne regrette rien, but how many of this year ECAL graduates would be singing, je regrette Renens? Or perhaps better put, how many of this year's graduates would Renens regrette? To gauge the mood, we anchored on the shores of Lac Léman to visit the 2017 ECAL Graduation Show......... Ecole Cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL
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It being July, there is an obvious temptation to search for new design and architecture exhibitions opening near the coast, maybe in interesting seaside holiday locations. That four of our five tips for July 2015 are indeed being staged a flip-flops throw from the beach is genuinely more by chance than design. Is however very, very welcome. "Rygalik: The Heart of Things" at Gdynia City Museum, Gdynia, Poland The first time we met Tomek and Gosia Rygalik they were making tables out of old
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Back in September droog "released" a diamond studded car tyre as part of their Fantastical Investments project. We fear the good folks at ECAL/University of Art & Design Lausanne may have taken the project a bit too literally, for as we learned the other day they offer a Master of Advanced Studies in, wait for it, you won't believe us: Luxury Industry & Design Honestly. Luxury Industry & Design Forget everything you learned from our post on "Warum Gestalten ?" at the HFBK Hamburg. The
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