Project Details
Description
CBS is leading the application for the call Craft for the future. The consortium is established and
includes strategically relevant and representative institutions. Our focus is on revitalising craft
(textile, ceramic, metal, glass, wood).
Craft is vital for the economic, cultural, and creative development of EU. It is an important asset for
improving social cohesion, sharing identities, fostering inclusion, strengthening resilience and the
sense of belonging, bringing people together, and for improving well-being. Yet, research shows
that craft is endangered and undervalued, and we propose to revitalise it through technology.
We will collaboratively work with key stakeholders (craft-makers, creative hubs, policymakers, trade
unions, IT startups) to define the technology that can enhance craft users’ experience, how we can
mobilise it to preserve craft knowledge (e.g. through the creation of digital archives), how to use it in
the product development process to innovate craft role in society, and how it can be used as a tool
to bring together customers, researchers, craftspeople and enterprises.
Specifically, we propose to use technology to create new markets, communicate with different
audiences, innovate creative sectors through craft, preserve, conserve, restore, and repair craft
heritage, valorise materials and local know-how, and scale up competitiveness of the craft sector.
We also aim to produce innovative green approaches by co-creating with stakeholders green
technologies for re-using, recycling, and producing sustainable products, focusing our attention on
the role of materials.
Our previous research has demonstrated that, across Europe, there is a growing interest in slow
and sustainable manufacturing and craft-based production, both in creative and cultural sectors and
in the more traditional mass-manufacturing industries. We will synergically work with craft and other
sectors to improve products’ quality, strength local and green economy.
includes strategically relevant and representative institutions. Our focus is on revitalising craft
(textile, ceramic, metal, glass, wood).
Craft is vital for the economic, cultural, and creative development of EU. It is an important asset for
improving social cohesion, sharing identities, fostering inclusion, strengthening resilience and the
sense of belonging, bringing people together, and for improving well-being. Yet, research shows
that craft is endangered and undervalued, and we propose to revitalise it through technology.
We will collaboratively work with key stakeholders (craft-makers, creative hubs, policymakers, trade
unions, IT startups) to define the technology that can enhance craft users’ experience, how we can
mobilise it to preserve craft knowledge (e.g. through the creation of digital archives), how to use it in
the product development process to innovate craft role in society, and how it can be used as a tool
to bring together customers, researchers, craftspeople and enterprises.
Specifically, we propose to use technology to create new markets, communicate with different
audiences, innovate creative sectors through craft, preserve, conserve, restore, and repair craft
heritage, valorise materials and local know-how, and scale up competitiveness of the craft sector.
We also aim to produce innovative green approaches by co-creating with stakeholders green
technologies for re-using, recycling, and producing sustainable products, focusing our attention on
the role of materials.
Our previous research has demonstrated that, across Europe, there is a growing interest in slow
and sustainable manufacturing and craft-based production, both in creative and cultural sectors and
in the more traditional mass-manufacturing industries. We will synergically work with craft and other
sectors to improve products’ quality, strength local and green economy.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01/11/2021 → 20/04/2022 |