Product Design: From the Idea to the Artisan's Workshop
Workshop Choice
A course by Mestiz , Design Studio
About the video: Workshop Choice
Overview
“Now you will see how to find the workshops for your projects and what should be taken into account when choosing them. I'll also share some tips on where to look for this information and some strategies for discovering exciting new techniques and workshops. ”
In this video lesson Mestiz addresses the topic: Workshop Choice, which is part of the Domestika online course: Product Design: From the Idea to the Artisan's Workshop. Bring your ideas to life by learning how to conceptualize and convey your creative vision to artisans using traditional techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Workshop choice Choosing a workshop is a fundamental part of the process of creating handcrafted pieces. In these almost ten years of practice I have found artisans and artisans in three different ways. One is from books on the subject, for example, that of "Great Masters of Mexican Popular Art" by Banamex Cultural Development. This book is a selection of the best master craftsmen we have in the country. The book divides the techniques into six categories: clay, vegetable fibers, metals, wood, textiles and various. It has helped me a lot to understand the plastic differences between the sam...”
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Course summary for: Product Design: From the Idea to the Artisan's Workshop
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Category
Craft, Design -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Industrial Design, Product Design
Mestiz
A course by Mestiz
Daniel Valero is the Mexican architect and textile designer behind Mestiz. Founded in 2015, its underlying aim is to create textiles and other items with a strong regional identity, combining traditional techniques with new design methodologies.
Throughout his career, he has been recognized with a Dimueble national furniture design award and received a National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA)/ENSAD applied arts grant, as well as a place on the British Council's Housewarming artist residency. He has also taken part in exhibitions including Miami Design and Collectible in Brussels and had his work published in magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Vogue Paris, and on the 2021 cover of AD México y Latinoamérica.
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