Lena Bernasconi is an inclusive, feminist, and socially engaged designer based in Lausanne, Switzerland. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from ECAL in 2024.
Her practice is rooted in dialogue and collaboration with users, ensuring that their needs and lived experiences guide the design process.
She focuses on overlooked contexts to create inclusive, functional solutions that embody empathy, dignity, and joy. Through her projects, she aims to make accessible products for audiences who are often ignored.
Let’s collaborate :) Lena is eager to bring her expertise to a wide range of projects, from garment to product and installation design, and is committed to creating a more inclusive world.
Exhibitions
2025 Dopolavoro+, Città Fertile, Lecce
2025 Feminine Literacy, Doyenne studio, with WWW, Custom Lane, Edinburgh
2025 Beaucoup beaucoup de balles, with beaucoup beaucoup collective, Lausanne
2025 Design days, Lausanne
2024 Diploma exhibition, ECAL, Renens
2023 Tu es Canon - Manifeste de la mode inclusive at the MUDAC with Wormbags, Lausanne
Workshops
2026 Camper, Designer, Camp10, "Caos infinito", Fundación Camper, Palma de Mallorca
Awards
2026 Winner Förderpreis 2026 Schweizerischer Werkbund SWB Werkbund Bern
2025 Prohelvetia, Prototype development grant with Wormbags
2025 Impact Grant, Fondation FIT, with WWW
2025 Shortlisted for the iphiGenia Gender Design Award
Press
24heures, 10.06.25 Alexandre Lanz "Design Days: le design snob est mort, vive le design social!"
Interni, Paolo Ferrarini, "Progettare abiti per custodire corpi", 2025