Anna Piasek makes bento-style boxes for takeaway food from moulded cellulose
ÉCAL graduate Anna Piasek has created modular takeaway food packaging that can be divided like a bento box and composted after use. More
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Sumo seaweed-fibre nappies offer healthy and sustainable alternative
ÉCAL graduate Luisa Kahlfeldt has designed a new diaper that is more sustainable than even other reusable cloth nappies — an innovation for which she won the Swiss James Dyson Award. More
Pierre Keller, former director of Ecal and an "extraordinary force of nature", dies aged 74
Designers and students have paid tribute to Pierre Keller, the graphic artist and former director of Swiss design school Ecal, who died of liver cancer on 7 July. More
Celeste light by Marina Daguet offers electric alternative to prayer candles
ÉCAL graduate Marina Daguet has designed a cleaner, modern alternative to the traditional prayer candles found in churches. More
ÉCAL students create imaginative oil diffusers and wash bags for Aesop
A quilted washbag and a transparent oil burner are just some of the products conceived by ÉCAL graduate students in response to a brief set by Aesop. More
Yesul Jang designs storage bed for compact living
ÉCAL graduate Yesul Jang has designed a bed with storage capacity for millennials with limited space in urban dwellings. More
Reimagined fire hydrant doubles up as a water fountain for people and dogs
This multipurpose drinking fountain, designed by ÉCAL industrial design graduate Dimitri Nassisi, can be used for fighting fires, quenching thirst, filling bottles and refreshing pet dogs. More
Sebastian Maluska's pop-up tent can fit on the roof of any car
ÉCAL graduate Sebastian Maluska has created a simple rooftop tent that can be fitted to the roof of any car. More
C-224 lamp uses LiFi technology to transmit data through light
ÉCAL graduate Alexandre Picciotto collaborated with French technology firm Oledcomm to design a LiFi emitting lamp for libraries. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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