hephaestus project WP3 kickoff presentation

1. Work Package 3: Crafting
visions for the future of crafts

2. Challenge: Combine traditional crafts techniques with new and
emerging cutting-edge technologies.
Problem: Do craft makers want to work with emerging technologies?
Our approach: Working with speculative design - modelled on Blast
Theory’s past work.

3. 2097: We Made Ourselves Over
Artwork by Blast Theory. Photo: Asbjørn Sand

4. Participatory workshops
Photo: Blast Theory

5. Photo: Blast Theory

6. Speculative design
Photo: Asbjørn Sand

7. Action Research in GIFT

8. WP3 Objective: To explore visions for the role of craft in the future,
integrating emerging technologies and contributing to the circular
economy, by engaging craft communities in a participatory ideation
process.

9. WP3 Tasks
T3.1: Speculative design process with craft makers.
• “Identify a group of young craft makers with strong knowledge base and interest in exploring new technologies”
• Here we need help – in particular from the Bornholm partners!
• Process: A series of workshops, supporting the craft makers in exploring future scenarios and speculative
design.
• Timeline: M0-M24.
• Team: Anders + 2 PhD students - made possible by extra co-funding from ITU
• Deliverable: Report.
• Milestone: Showcasing prototypes at FLV
• T3.2: Interactive artworks. Lead by CBS.

10. Needs from other partners
BOFA, CBS, others: Help identifying a group of young craft makers with
strong knowledge base and interest in exploring new technologies
CBS: Please give us contact information of the artists working on T3.2
FLV: A plan for the showcasing of prototypes (Milestone 4)