The 2CV Méhari Club Cassis and the ECAL/Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne have collaborated to design a whole series of accessories that will make up the EDEN range of tomorrow.
Under the guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, head of the programme, and designer Elric Petit, the 2nd year students in the Bachelor of Industrial Design programme worked for many weeks to enhance the remarkable modular nature of the Mehari, a “LEGO” car perfectly suited to summer leisure and outdoor activities.
Among the various accessories developed by the ECAL students are a steering wheel with an integrated Bluetooth speaker to set the pace, a boat that doubles up as a roof when being transported to one’s favourite place of pleasure, practical racks for bikes and surfboards, a ready-to-use picnic set hidden in the tailgate, a waterproof roof tarpaulin made from banana plants, and the back of the rear seat that converts into a side table.
After a stay in Lausanne in the hands of the students for its makeover, this unique example of EDEN has returned to its favourite terrain, equipped with its new functions: heading for the roads of the Villa Noailles in Hyères for the 15th edition of the Design Parade Festival.
The EDEN by ECAL project was carried out in partnership with the 2CV Méhari Club Cassis, on the initiative of Massilia.design and Nathalie Dewez, and with the invaluable support of Bananatex® and the Hyères Design Parade Festival, as part of the Summer University programme of the Direction générale de l’enseignement supérieur (DGES) – Canton de Vaud.
