ECAL / In Wool We Trust

Led by designers Ronan Bouroullec and Camille Blin, the project is the result of a one-week workshop at ECAL/ University of Art and Design Lausanne with the students of the Master in Product Design. These installations celebrate the numerous qualities of Merino wool in an unconventional way. The exhibition was supported by The Woolmark Company, the world’s leading wool textile organisation, and Mover Sportswear, a pioneer in designing ski garments combining wool and technical fabrics.

Wool is a material that is part of our everyday lives. It has a particular meaning to everybody without having any specific shape or colour. Our goal during this project was to give shape to the references we all have towards this material. It started without any preconceived idea on how the end result would look. By experimenting and playing around with the different states of wool, the students designed some unexpected installations. Each one of them acts like a little story, using movement as a way to express itself.