Models, Products and Scenarios illustrating co-creative processes between various fields of Crafts, Design, Arts and Science utilising traditional and technologically advanced techniques.
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.
Drugo more and Oaza are facilitating a project with SOLL, an AI designer, that will craft a bold narrative intertwining the Mediterranean mythology with futuristic innovation and culminate in a visionary initiative.
Wicker basket weaver Abílio Pereira and designer Toni Grilo collaborated in this residency by Passa Ao Futuro to create a small collection of wicker furniture right at the heart of the artisan’s workshop.
The collaboration between designer Christian Haas and craftsman Domingos Vaz during the residency organised by Passa Ao Futuro, created the mini-collection of cane baskets blurring the boundaries between craftsmanship and design.