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Glass is Tomorrow: second workshop
The second Glass is Tomorrow workshop is on its way!
WHEN? 29 January – 3 February
WHERE? Novy Bor (CZ)
LOCAL PARTNER? VERREUM
PARTICIPANTS?
Antoine Brodin (FR) www.jeremyglass.com
Roisin de Buitlear (IR) www.roisindebuitlear.com
Pierre Favresse (FR) www.pierrefavresse.com
Matteo Gonet (CH) www.pierrefavresse.com
Mendel Heit (DE) www.mendelheit.com
Klára Horáčková (CZ)
Sara Hulkkonen (FI) www.studiosara.fi
Wing Lam Kwok (BE) www.winglamkwok.com
Arik Levy (FR) www.ariklevy.fr
Sébastien Maurer & Jean Marc Schilt (FR)
Rea Moiso (FI)
Dagmar Pánková & Leoš Smejkal (CZ)
Rony Plesl (CZ) www.ronyplesl.com
Martin Štefánek (CZ)
V8: Pierre Bindreiff & Sébastien Geissert (FR) www.v8designers.com
Maxim Velčovský (CZ)
Jeremy Wintrebert (FR) www.jeremyglass.com
James Bort (video/photo) (F) www.jamesbort.com
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Glass is Tomorrow: first workshop/ video report
Discover a video of the first GIT workshop on Vimeo!
WHEN? 12 – 16 September
WHERE? Nuutajärvi Glass Village (FI)
LOCAL PARTNER? Iittala
PARTICIPANTS?
Jeremy Wintrebert (FR) www.jeremyglass.com
Antoine Brodin (FR) www.jeremyglass.com
Matteo Gonet (CH) www.matteogonet.com
Sara Hulkkonen (FI) www.studiosara.fi
Roisin de Buitlear (IR) www.roisindebuitlear.com
Heikki Viinikainen (FI) www.studioviinikainen.com
Hubert Verstraeten (B) www.tamawa.be
Alfredo Häberli (CH)
www.alfredo-haeberli.com
Lucie Koldova (CZ) www.luciekoldova.com
Dan Yeffet (ISR) www.danyeffet.com
Rony Plesl (CZ)
www.ronyplesl.com
Tadeas Podracky (CZ) www.ronyplesl.com
Cecilie Manz (DK) www.ceciliemanz.com
(© James Bort)
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Glass is Tomorrow
Pro Materia is proud to present its latest project, supported by the Culture (2007-2013) Programme of the European Union: GLASS IS TOMORROW!
GLASS IS TOMORROW is a European network which aims at establishing a more fluid exchange of knowledge and competencies between glass and design professionals in the north, south, east and west of Europe. Glass aesthetics and techniques will be explored by tandems of designers and glassmakers to develop new typologies of everyday objects. The project hopes to open up new potentialities and to generate dialogue about the conception, production and distribution of glass pieces.
HOW? 3 workshops
WHEN? 12-16 September 2011 (FI), 30 January-3 February 2012 (CZ) and 9-18 July 2012 (FR)
WHERE? Nuutajärvi glass village (FI), Prague (CZ) and Meisenthal (FR)
WHO? Each workshop hosts 5 tandems of designers and glass makers
WHAT? Co-creation of around thirty prototypes of utilitarian glass objects within a theme
RESULT? A reference publication, video documentary and photographic portfolio by James Bort (www.jamesbort.com) in combination with a touring exhibition in Europe
PARNTERS?
BE: Pro Materia
FI: Iittala
CZ: VERREUM
FR: Centre International d’Art Verrier
UK: Vessel Gallery
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Human Cities Festival 2012
Places To Be : Upcycling Urban Readymades open call will be launched by the end of summer 2011.
Jointly organized by Human Cities network and Esterni – Public Design Festival, this open call aims to rethink, re-use and reinvent public space by exploring human creativity and existing materials through co-creations, performances, installations and hands-on experiments.
Theme : Upcycling Urban Readymades
The term Upcycling was first used by Reiner Pilz who described recycling as a system where everything is smashed. He used the term Downcycling to describe this and called for what he referred to as Upcycling, a practice where old products are given more value and not less.
In this sense, Upcycling is about the way we remake things. Reinventing or remaking public space does not mean reinventing the wheel or erasing what already exists, but thinking about ways to work with existing environments, objects and materials
Projects will be analyzed on their use of the Upcycling concept and cross-disciplinary approaches to public space as well as their interpretation of Readymade design, referencing Duchamp’s description of ‘found art,’ or objects which are slightly modified to take on a new social function.
What fields are applicable ?
Light/temporary architecture, furniture, lighting, sound, public visual art and performances, storytelling, food, scent & taste…
Who ?
Designers, architects, landscape architects, anthropologists, philosophers, storytellers… Professional and students are welcome to introduce their projects.
How ?
Creative and interactive Human Centered Design approach, Do It Yourself…
Where ?
Context of Brussels City and other European cities part of HC Network aiming at a socio-cultural impact in selected places in town.
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Want more information as soon as it’s available?
Be on the mailing list ! humancities@promateria.be
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thewhitehotel: Belgian Designers Rooms 2010 - 2012
Since 2006, thewhitehotel has been showcasing over half a decade of evolution in contemporary Belgian design. The hotel, located in the center of the most cosmopolitan district of Belgium’s capital, has offered around sixty contemporary designers the opportunity to customise both its rooms and the lobby.
After four years of existence, the Belgian Designers Rooms have been shuffled and updated with a mix of existing and new objects, chosen by Pro Materia in close partnership with thewhitehotel, in order to provide the hotel clients with more comfort and conviviality. The hotel does not only host Belgian design objects, it also offers its guests the possibility of bringing some of those pieces home via its webshop.
The objects on show, designed both by emerging and well established Belgian designers, all promote the characteristic sense of quality and originality of Belgian design.
Please click here to download the press release, announcing the 2010-2012 edition of the Belgian Designers Rooms. The brochure with an overview of the objects on display in the different rooms can be transfered here.
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thewhitehotel is the first hotel in Belgium to promote Belgian design. This innovative concept of Lise Coirier (asbl Pro Materia) has gained reputation under the label ‘Belgian Designers Rooms’. The original concept was initiated by A2M (Sebastian Moreno-Vacca), Michel Penneman and Jean Michel André.
© Fien Muller