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Design Residency GermanyReFib – Recycling Fibroins as Textile Refinement
The residency, organized by the State Art Collections Dresden, Museum of Decorative Arts (SKD), saw textile designer and scientist Kim Cordes explore how traditional German techniques of silk and wool processing could be combined with modern material research to find innovative ways of extending the lifecycle of these natural materials.
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Design Residency SloveniaHyperaccumulating Architectures: Micro Infrastructures for Mycoremediation Strategies
The residency combines mycoremediation techniques and conceptual objects to tackle heavy metal soil contamination. Drawing inspiration from adaptive plant and fungi species known as accumulators and in the face of environmental instability and climate change, it will explore resilient ecosystems through symbiotic infrastructure.
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Design Residency SloveniaUnfolding Kropa’s nail production: between utility and cultural impact
Kropa, a small Slovenian town with a remarkable history of ironworking, will become a setting for a residency for two designers to explore the historical, cultural and socio-economic dimensions of blacksmithing and nail production.
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Design Residency SloveniaBiodiversity Walks with Trajna & Debra Solomon
A Walking Residency* embarks on a two-week hiking tour across Ljubljana’s urban(ized) greens. This research collaboration between Trajna’s eco-social designers and multispecies urbanist Debra Solomon aims to delineate a green corridor, a connective pathway facilitating wildlife migration throughout the city.
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Design Residency PortugalPLANT BASED DESIGN RESIDENCY #1 – Soft Rush
In this residency organised by Passa Ao Futuro, designer Sam Baron and basket weavers Nuno Henriques and Sónia Henriques of Toino Abel got inspired by the junco bundle and Sam Baron's concept of utilizing the flower part of the reed has led to several innovations.
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Design Residency GermanyTextile Futures #1: Artisan knitting meets local crafts and iconic materials
Textile Futures 2023 (August-October 2023): Cécile Feilchenfeldt, textile designer + Marlen Tröger, wooden toy maker + Meissen Porcelain Manufactory: Haute Couture knitting meets local craftsmanship and iconic materials