ÉCAL students transform Milanese palazzo into 3D-printing factory
ÉCAL students have set up a pop-up factory during Milan design week, where they are 3D printing a range of design objects on demand. More
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Pleated aluminium forms chair designed by ÉCAL student Ilseop Yoon
ÉCAL student Ilseop Yoon used a sheet of moulded aluminium to create the pleated seat and backrest of this chair. More
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Emilien Jaury bases minimal cocktail set on traditional glassblowing techniques
ÉCAL graduate Emilien Jaury looked to the rotating motion used in traditional glassblowing methods when designing this collection of cocktail tools. More
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Erika Marthins uses edible robotics to create sensory desserts
ÉCAL student Erika Marthins has combined a series of different technologies with food to create three interactive desserts that move, make noise and refract light. More
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ÉCAL students design dedicated farming, napping and gym office cubicles
Office workers can sleep, grow plants, pour themselves a cocktail and work out in each of these specialised hubs created by students at ÉCAL university. More
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World's leading design schools create bikes adapted to each of their cities for Punkt
Swiss technology brand Punkt's Urban Mobility project, shown at Milan design week, asked students from three top design schools to create electric bicycles that would encourage city-dwellers to cycle more. More
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ÉCAL students blur the boundaries between art and design with Milan exhibition
ÉCAL's fine art and industrial design students have come together to put on an exhibition that explores the "grey zone" between the two practices. More
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Traditional Moroccan cosmetics updated for smartphone generation
Industrial designer Kim Ramain-Colomb's brightly packaged Habibi cosmetics range is based on traditional Moroccan makeup. More
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ÉCAL students use wood offcuts to create objects based on e15 stool
Milan 2016: students from Swiss university ÉCAL have collaborated with Germany furniture brand e15 to create objects based on the company's tooth-shaped Backenzahn stool, which was originally designed by co-founder Philipp Mainzer in 1996 (+ slideshow). More
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ÉCAL students and Punkt update and simplify everyday electronic items
Milan 2016: product design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have collaborated with technology brand Punkt to make basic household electronics, such as a radio and a power plug, more intuitive (+ slideshow). More
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ÉCAL students anticipate the future of familiar objects for Milan exhibition
Milan 2016: interaction design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have used connected technologies and virtual reality to imagine possible future versions of everyday objects such as a toaster, a broom and a book (+ movie). More
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ÉCAL students take over Apartment N°50 at Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Students from Swiss university ÉCAL are the latest designers to refit an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille. More
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ÉCAL students design seasonal objects for time-themed exhibition
Milan 2015: students from Swiss design school ÉCAL collaborated with craftspeople to present time-related objects in an exhibition at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan (+ slideshow). More
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ÉCAL students examine the selfie at PhotoBooth exhibition
Milan 2015: photography and product design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have paired up to create interactive objects and installations that investigate the selfie phenomenon (+ movie). More
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Renaud Defrancesco's LED lightbulbs are shaped like lampshades
ECAL graduate Renaud Defrancesco has designed a collection of LED bulbs that double as decorative pendant lights. More
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Alice Spieser's 3D-printed tap aims to make drinking from the faucet more dignified
Water flows both up and down from this dual-nozzled faucet designed by ECAL graduate Alice Spieser, which combines the functionally of a standard tap with a drinking fountain (+ movie). More
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Beach towels double as seats for Júlia Esqué's Marina deck chair
Towels printed with designs from traditional maritime signalling flags are locked into place using ropes to form the seats of these wooden-framed deck chairs by ECAL graduate Júlia Esqué. More
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Rachel Suming's Eclipse clock tells the time without hands
This clock by graduate designer Rachel Suming is made of engraved aluminium plates that overlap every three hours to reveal the time. More
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Claudio Gatto's Bolla rechargeable LED lamp works both indoors and outdoors
This small portable lamp by ECAL graduate Claudio Gatto is powerful enough to be used on a balcony, in the basement or at the park. More
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ECAL students design interactive products that address "lack of humanness" in electronics
Milan 2014: a teaspoon that follows a cup around a table and a clock that mimics the actions of the person in front of it were among projects presented by students from Swiss university ECAL in Milan (+ movie). More