Design, Mobility & Territory

The exhibition Design, Mobility & Territory explores the vision and concerns of a young, even very young, generation of Swiss and European designers and creators through a range of projects that address both the practice of mobility and the innovative rethinking of urban and rural territories.

The selection highlights physical, visual, and digital pieces that express aspirations, often set in the near future, for a daily life that is both more gentle (more “slow”) and more efficient, capable of assessing needs and uses based on the movement of people and the environment in which they exist.

Making urban spaces playful, creating objects for a new kind of nomadism, repurposing urban furniture, inventing new modes of transportation, taking ownership of surrounding spaces, smoothing out usage patterns, or making these spaces more accessible and less austere, are all ways of re-enchanting our relationship with the territory and our daily mobile practices within it.

Beyond overarching themes like “urban pause,” “playful urbanities,” “nomadism,” and “aquatic flows,” the exhibition presents a map of creations from Switzerland and beyond, with a special focus on innovative projects by recent graduates from prestigious Swiss schools such as ECAL, HEAD, and EPFL. This focus places the exhibition at the heart of current regional concerns: What does the future hold for mobility in large Swiss cities? What visionary ideas are emerging for future tourism? How do the various ways of appropriating territory proposed by designers sustainably transform the daily lives of citizens and adapt to a constantly changing climate?

Between projects, practical solutions, and playful ideas, we are excited to share this selection of design that, with care, offers a fresh perspective on our mobile and physical future.