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Hydro-Fold by Christophe Guberan – Self folding inkjet printed paper

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Hydro-Fold by Christophe Guberan - Self folding inkjet printed paper

Created by Christophe Guberan, student at Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), this inkjet printer prints patterns that contort pieces of paper into specific 3D forms. Dezeen reports that the modified printer uses a mixture of water and ink in the cartridge and [...]

Spin Motion – Collaborative gyro stop-motions by Simeon Brandner (ECAL)

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Spin Motion - Collaborative gyro stop-motions by Simeon Brandner (ECAL)

Created by Simeon Brandner, Spin Motion is a collaborative iPhone application that allows you to create and share gyro based stop-motions. The visualisation is effected by turning the iPhone, making the animation play forward or backward.  The creation is made frame by frame. [...]

Little Boxes – Music box for the iPad by Joelle Aeschlimann (ECAL)

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Little Boxes - Music box for the iPad by Joelle Aeschlimann (ECAL)

Created by Joelle Aeschlimann at ECAL, Little Boxes is a music box prototype created for the iPad. It consists of a tangible part composed of three separate music boxes that interact with an iPad in different ways. When placed the device, turning the lever generates the [...]

A Buttload of Schmick Words – Language in motion by Helge Hjorth Bentsen (ECAL)

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A Buttload of Schmick Words - Language in motion by Helge Hjorth Bentsen (ECAL)

Created by Helge Hjorth Bentsen at ECAL, the “English Dictionary of Neologisms 2011” and also known as “A Buttload of Schmick Words”  presents new words compiled during the past year. With entries structured as a narrative, the reader discovers current [...]

‘Sona’ by Ruslan Gaynutdinov – A game of sound networks (ECAL)

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'Sona' by Ruslan Gaynutdinov - A game of sound networks (ECAL)

Created by Ruslan Gaynutdinov, the project investigates ways sound can be visualised and how the spectator can be immersed in simple sound based geometric compositions. Sona is an experimental game for the iPad inspired by the classic “Simon game”. The universe [...]

knot(e) by Matthieu Minguet – Sound and visual interface for iPhone (ECAL)

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knot(e) by Matthieu Minguet - Sound and visual interface for iPhone (ECAL)

Created by Matthieu Minguet, knot (e) is a custom built device that offers a new way of using objects that we connect to our mobile devices. The prototypes, shown in the form ropes, harness themselves to revisit the new node as [...]

Above the Cloud – Archaeology of Social Networks

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Above the Cloud - Archaeology of Social Networks

Created by Boris Meister at ECAL, Above the Cloud is an atlas about social networks archeology, death and digital marks left in distress on the internet. Boris attempts to present the complex subject and, above all, explain it by creating an object – book, [...]

DRM Chair – Chair that self-destructs after 8 uses

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DRM Chair - Chair that self-destructs after 8 uses

Created by ECAL‘s past and present students, DRM Chair provides a limited number of use before it self-destructs. A small sensor detects when someone sits and decrements a counter. Every time someone stands up, the chair knocks a number of time [...]

Workshops: Mind the Beep by Yuri Suzuki + Camera Drama by Roel Wouters

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Workshops: Mind the Beep by Yuri Suzuki + Camera Drama by Roel Wouters

In November last year ECAL University of art and design Lausanne in Switzerland was the host to two very interesting workshops aimed at their Media & Interaction and  Industrial Design students. One workshop was led by Yuri Suzuki and the other by Roel Wouters. Having visited ECAL last year for end of year reviews it is one [...]

FireWriter by Lucien Langton (2012) / ECAL

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FireWriter by Lucien Langton (2012) / ECAL

Created by Lucien Langton at ECAL, FireWriter is a graphic butane/propane torch printer built with Processing & Arduino. The hardware consists of a hacked inkjet printer controlled with an Arduino Uno, a Dremel torch loaded with a butane/propane mix that burns up to a temperature of 1200C, and an added calibration module built with an optical sensor. FireWriter is [...]

‘Ghost’ installation traps visitors in an interactive snow storm

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'Ghost' installation traps visitors in an interactive snow storm

Ghost is an interactive installation of a snow storm, raging within an abandoned, barren landscape. Within this storm the visitor can make out a procession of human forms which seemingly try to find a way out. The bodies are remnants of the previous visitors, their ghosts, trapped in the hostile environment.

‘Full Turn’ draws third dimension using a flat screen rotating at high speed

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'Full Turn' draws third dimension using a flat screen rotating at high speed

Created by Benjamin Muzzin for his Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, Full Turn explores the third dimension using the frame of a flat screen. By rotating screen around its central point at very high speed, Benjamin is able to create and manipulate forms in three dimensions that can be seen 360 degrees.

‘Rewind’ by Pauline Saglio revives a physical link with the reading of the time

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'Rewind' by Pauline Saglio revives a physical link with the reading of the time

Rewind is a digital clock collection designed to revive a physical link with the reading of the time. For all three clocks, a unique way to rewind its mechanism is introduced making the stronger and more meaningful connection between the physical and the digital.

PhotoBooth – ECAL students explore selfie and 3.0 style photography

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ecal photobooth_05Created by the Bachelor Photography and Master Product Design students at ECAL, #PhotoBooth is a project and a series of interactive installations showing how mobile phone cameras and the selfie phenomenon changed the way we look at ourselves.

Thymio meets ECAL – A workshop with 50 Thymio Robots

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thymio_ecal_03Earlier this year at ECAL (Lausanne/Switzerland), students were asked to develop projects using the Thymio robot during a one week workshop. Students worked then in group with the task to make Thymio(s) write a word, all those words was then put together to form a sentences that you can discover in the video below.

Nelson – Tiny device that helps push a switch on everyday objects

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Nelson_Ecal_Axel_CretterandCreated by Maxime Castelli at ECAL (Bachelor Media & Interaction Design), Nelson is a tiny connected module designed to bring life remotely to everyday objects. It's based on a very simple foreward and backward movement as we do in the everyday life, like pushing a switch.

Lazy Pen – Combining word processing with the emotion of one’s handwriting

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lazypen11Created by Nicolas Nahornyj at ECAL, Lazy Pen is an attempt to combine the practical side of computer-based word processing with the emotional aspect of one's handwriting. The tool allows the user to distort the typeface as they write, using the moving palettes placed beneath their palms.

Rec All – A puzzling universe of (multitouch) creatures

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Preview_horizontalCreated by Romain Cazier at ECAL, Rec All is an interpretation of the geometrical style puzzle games, widely popular on mobile. Taking some of this genre's features, Romain designed a singular universe, where strange creatures with a cyclic behaviour are generated from a simple gesture.

Sensible Data – A machine that playfully interprets and leaks your personal data

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Sensible Data_04Created by Martin Hertig at ECAL, Sensible Data is a playful installation consisting of three machines that collect user's personal data, evaluates mood, age, gender and beauty, to create a 'passport' that user can take away but which also randomly sent (without user's knowledge) to another participant.

Postgram – A bot for ‘human storytelling’

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lemanCreated by Sebastian Vargas at ECAL (Bachelor Media & Interaction Design), Postgram is a bot for human storytelling that explores issues of public data, privacy and image making using a process of "fair hack” to develop a story narrative. It speculate about the social network behaviour and search for new possibilities for film content.
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