Neo Craftsmanship
Neo Craftsmanship explores how a new generation of craftspeople is pushing the traditional boundaries of craftsmanship. Today, practices are becoming hybridised: craftsmanship meets design, contemporary art, digital technology, but also forms of social and ecological engagement. This theme invites us to question these new identities, the narratives of objects and experimental practices that are reinventing the meaning of “making” and redesigning the sector’s economic models.
In other words: how are today’s crafts becoming the laboratory for tomorrow’s imaginations?
Reinventing furniture through encounters, industry and reuse by Laurent Badier
Briana BOUQUIERMaster’s student in Design, Arts & Crafts, and IndustryJean Monnet University, Saint-Étienne, France Lila MITTON Master’s student in Design, Arts & Crafts, and IndustryJean Monnet University, Saint-Étienne, France Laurent Badier has developed a practice that lies at the intersection of design, industry and reuse. Known for reinterpreting school furniture as collectible design objects, his work is based less on a formal programme than on a succession of…
Shaping the body, between craftsmanship and sculptural vision. Interview with Marine Billet
Morgane MARGERIEMaster’s student in Design, Arts & Crafts, and IndustryJean Monnet University, Saint-Étienne, France Lila MITTON Master’s student in Design, Arts & Crafts, and IndustryJean Monnet University, Saint-Étienne, France Marine Billet, jewellery and accessories designer with an eye for detail, shares her take on artistic craftsmanship. Marine often reinvents herself according to her desires, but she retains a strong taste for imprints. Those of the bodies,…
