Designing + Making: Traditional Skills in the Contemporary Environment
Thu, Mar 27, 2014
What role do traditional “craft” skills and the handmade play in today’s contemporary landscape of design and production? How much change has occurred, what innovation can be discovered in historic methods, and what traditions no longer apply to today’s and tomorrow’s production? WantedDesign and the Museum of Arts and Design team for this evening conversation with leading US manufacturers and designers to explore case studies in the adaptation of traditional skills to the contemporary environment.