The conference is a part of the two-year international project “Made In: Design-Crafts Narratives”, that explores relationships between contemporary design/art and traditional crafts. The aim of the project is to revitalize crafts tradition and educate designers about material and immaterial heritage, thus creating new, authentic and more sustainable face of contemporary design. The MADE IN project aims to promote European craft heritage and innovative contemporary design to general public.

As the first conference within the project, this conference will feature talks and other activities by designers, scholars, entrepreneurs, artists and organizations from Sweden, UK, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Germany and Slovenia.

The rich, international program will include opening keynotes from the distinguished scholar and professor Alex Coles (University of Huddersfield, UK) and Ivana Fabrio (School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb), followed by presentation from designers and artists such as Emelie Röndhal (SE), Sanja Rotter (HR) and Marija Đorđević (Naša posla, RS).

Several flagship projects dealing with researching and building upon the craft heritage from a design standpoint will be presented: SPOK by Form/ Design Center from Malmö will be presented by Anna Gudmundsdottir (SE); activities of Werkraum Bregenzerwald will be presented by its director Thomas Geisler (AT), former Head of Design at MAK in Vienna and co-founder of the Vienna Design Week; acclaimed curator of BIO Design Biennial from Ljubljana Maja Vardjan (SI) will present Hidden Crafts; while Oaza (HR) will talk about Made In Ilica, the initial seed from which this international collaboration has sprung. Building successfull bridges between the two domains will also be showcased by several local brands and niche retailers aiming to bring new values to the market, such as NITI designed kilims&blankets, Makadam and Folkk, all hailing from Serbia.

The conference is aimed at designers, design students, researchers, curators, academics, entrepreneurs or design brand managers, small manufacturers and artisans alike.

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Made In: Crafts-Design Narratives is a two-year project co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the EU. The project is led by Muzej za umjetnost i obrt – MUO (Croatia), and involves distinguished partners with extensive experience in the field: Werkraum Bregenzerwald (Austria), Museum of Architecture and Design – MAO (Slovenia), Oaza Collective (Croatia) and Nova Iskra and Mikser (Serbia).

Location

SPRAT venue
Cetinjska 15
Belgrade, Serbia