Abstract
In a world marked by high technology, exploration of new industrial materials, and automation, we are witnessing the involvement of a significant group of designers who decided to learn some trades and integrate ancestral techniques into their projects. The teaching of Design is sensitive to these emerging dynamics to achieve solutions in response to the world’s problems and according to each context. Given the production of numerous products that the global market offers, what differentiating factors can we identify following a synergy between craftsmanship and design, and associated with localized production? This paper analyzes case studies corresponding to projects developed in the context of a workshop course of the Master’s Degree in Industrial Design, an area conventionally associated with serial production. We started from experimentation around materials and techniques that are part of a cultural heritage such as burel, a fabric once used in the capes of the shepherds who walked through Serra da Estrela, with their sheep, and chestnut wood, used in the production of basketry typical at Alcongosta village, among other indigenous materials existing in low-density territories. Creative processes were rethought, considering new responses through sustainable product projects at the scale of the hand. It affirms a line of research focused on the humanization of Design and supported by a research methodology characterized by iteration involving synchronic and diachronic research, exploratory and technical design, learning of traditional techniques, and prototyping at the FabLab Aldeias do Xisto, tests, and interaction with experts.
Presenters
Mónica RomãozinhoAssistant Professor/Director, Universidade da Beira Interior, Unidade de Investigação em Artes (iA* - UBI), Portugal Cláudia Pedro Santos
Assistant Professor, DA - Arts Department , Universidade da Beira Interior - UBI, VICARTE - Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes; Unidade de Investigação em Artes (iA* - UBI), Aveiro, Portugal
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Basketry, Burel, Design Research, Cultural Heritage, Territory
