Education
ECAL- Master’s degree course in Product Design
e-CAL 1020
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Students
Sebastian Maluska
Born in Germany in 1989, he studied interior design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He is currently in the first year of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL.
Kohei Kojima
Born in Japan in 1991, he studied product design at the Nagoya University of Arts. He is currently in the first year of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL.
Ji Hong Park
Born in South Korea in 1988, she studied product design at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. She is currently in the first year of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL.
Jakob Reuter
Born in Germany in 1989, he studied industrial design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. He is currently in the first year of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL.
Oscar Estrada Leon
Born in Mexico in 1988, he studied Industrial Design at the University of Monterrey. He is currently in the first year of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL.
Alexandre Picciotto
Born in France in 1992, he studied Product Design at the School Olivier-de-Serres in Paris. He is currently in the first year of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL
Tutors
Thilo Alex Brunner
Product designer and head of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL Thilo is a product designer and founder of Brunner Mettler Co., based in Zurich. The studio designs for clients such as On running shoes, Swatch, Sigg and Advance, and specialises in sports and outdoor equipment. Thilo has been awarded the Design Preis Schweiz, the German Design Award and the Swiss Federal Design Award – the last for his commitment to the design heritage of the Swiss Army Knife. Thilo also teaches the next generation of designers as director of the Product Design master’s course at ECAL. Thilo focuses on the classic Swiss qualities of functionalism and minimalism, but always likes to mix it up with a fresh twist.
Dominic Schlögel
Teaching assistant at ECAL Dominic is a teaching assistant on the Product Design master’s programme at ECAL. He was born in Germany, and studied industrial design at the UAS Munich and the KADK Copenhagen. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 2011, he attended the Product Design master’s course at ECAL and after graduating in 2014 was offered a position at ECAL as teaching assistant.