This publication recounts and documents the history, achievements and teaching principles which have led the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne from the position of a regional school to that which it occupies today. This success story is, of course, due to the director Pierre Keller, together with a diverse team of staff and their students whose work maybe known to the reader. First recognized in the domain of graphic design and photography, the ECAL is today renowned for its industrial design projects and the commissions that it frequently realizes in collaboration with museums and companies such as Swatch, Christofle, Swarovski, Nestle and Coca-Cola, exhibitions and publications. Numerous personalities from the world of culture have contributed to this lavishly illustrated publication, which reveals some of the recipes for success of the school and its students.