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
2026 CAMP10: Caos Infinito!, Camper & Fundación Camper, Madrid
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
Awards
2026 Ikea Foundation Switzerland Grant, for Wormbags
2026 iF Design Student Award, Best of the year, with WWW
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
2025 Prohelvetia Starting Power Programme with Wormbags
2024 Tremplin ECAL prize supported by the Leenaards Foundation 2024 with Marsupi
Collective Practice
Co-founded beaucoup beaucoup in 2025; currently co-coordinator
Workshops
2026 Camper, Designer, Camp10, "Caos infinito", Fundación Camper, Palma de Mallorca
Publications
2026 Quoted in "La sedia del sadico. Il design sul corpo delle donne" by Chiara Alessi, published by Laterza
Selected features
2025 Wormbags was featured in the series "La linea della palma", produced by Hugofilm Features in collaboration with RSI and Indiana Production.
Jury
2026 Juror, Förderpreis 2026 Schweizerischer Werkbund SWB × HEAD–Genève, Master Media Design and Design d’installation
Press
Espace Contemporains, Mars-Avril 2026, Actus, "Dimanche design", Clara Jeannet
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