Visit of Pierre Keller, director of Ecal, in Boston
Visit of Pierre Keller, director of Ecal, in Boston
Friday, November 14, was art and design day for swissnex Boston. Pierre Keller, director of the Lausanne University of Art and Design, known as Ecal (www.ecal.ch), made a stop in Boston on his way to the West Coast. Over the past 15 years, Pierre Keller has transformed the school into a university that is recognized as one of the best design schools in the world. For some, Pierre Keller has probably done as much to revitalize the image of Swiss design as the invention of the Swatch.
Interested in expanding existing collaborations and creating new links to selected U.S. art and design schools, he visited the Rhode Island School of Design and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In the evening, Pascal Marmier, Consul and director of swissnex Boston, hosted a reception on the occasion of Pierre’s visit. After a refreshing presentation on the school and its various design projects, Pierre and the many guests of the Boston arts and design community enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and great conversations.
On Saturday, Pierre continued his trip to our sister institution swissnex San Francisco, where he will participate in the opening of “Design Preis Schweiz”, an exhibit about contemporary Swiss design, which will be on display in Boston in February. For more info on the Design Preis Schweiz visit www.designpreis.ch. An article about the upcoming exhibit at swissnex San Francisco can be found here.
