Dieter Dietz has been educated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and has studied at the Cooper Union in New York City with Diller/Scofidio. He has received his degree in architecture in 1991 at ETH Zurich. He has worked with Diane Lewis Architects in New York and with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel. With partner architect Urs Egg he was a founding member of UNDEND Architecture in Zurich in 1997, an architectural practice with award winning entries in national and international competitions. Currently he is building up dieterdietz.org, a firm engaging in projects in urban design, media and architecture. From 1996 to 1999 Dieter Dietz has taught as Junior Faculty with Professor Marc Angélil at ETH Zurich. Since 2006 Dieter Dietz is Associate Professor for Architectural Design at EPFL in Lausanne and director of the ALICE laboratory in the ENAC faculty. He collaborates with the ALICE team on research projects at diverse scales with labs inside and outside EPFL. His teaching activities include the direction of the first year architectural design course as well as projects at master and thesis level.
Depuis 2007Fondateur et directeur de l'EPFL ECAL Lab.Quelques projets marquants:Sunny Memorie avec l'ECAL, l'ENSCI-Les Ateliers (Paris), le Royal College of Arts (Londres), le California College of the Arts (San Francisco)Give Me More (Réalité Augmentée)Hidden Carbon (Matériaux composites, avec l'ECAL etl'ENSCI-Les Ateliers (Paris)Cours postgrade: certificate of Advanced Studies en Réalité AugmentéeDepuis oct. 2000Adjoint du Président de l'EPFL pour la communication1998-2000Présentateur et chef d'édition du Journal Télévisé /Télévision suisse romande1994-2000Journaliste-reporter, Télévision Suisse romande1994-2000Fondateur et directeur de ICAT (Institut pour la communication et l'analyse de Technologies )1991-2000Journaliste scientifique au Journal de Genève (formation professionnelle RP)1986-1991Etudes et diplôme d'ingénieur en sciences des matériaux, EPFL. Prix Matériaux 91
Marius has a background in interaction design, transforming emerging technologies into new user experiences and business opportunities. He co-created Novertur, a business intelligence platform, to help firms to make international business development. In addition, he worked as a strategic design consultant for Siemens and NAGRA. Today, Marius explores the motivations and responsibilities of designers and how they intersect with broader ecosystems. His work focuses both on exploring new formats of design education and increasing the overall design impact on the innovation processes. At EPFL, Marius also co-leads INSSINC and CHIC. These programs offer applied design field experiences in India and China for interdisciplinary teams of students.
Emily is a digital designer, researcher and educator. She has a BSc in Human Sciences from University College London, an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art, and an MAS in Design Research for Digital Innovation from the EPFL ECAL Lab. Her interests lie at the intersection of culture, technology and food.