The Crafting Futures Lab explores the future of crafts, crafts of the future, and the design of futures. It was initiated to provide a place for research and design practice and education that inquire into the social, technological, and aesthetic interactions of crafts and digital technologies. It serves as the central platform for associated teaching, research, and collaborations.
We are opening the lab to the public for the fourth time as part of the Ars Electronica Festival, focusing this time on the diverse approaches and formats that have been created in the lab over the past few years: design as multiplier, design and the creation of design knowledge in interaction with materials, and design in community with other living beings. We showcase a collection of toolkits for novel approaches to technology and design teaching and release the open-source archive where they are now available. The presentation of artifacts provides an insight into current projects. Work-in-progress presentations provide an outlook on ongoing and future inquiries. In workshop and talk formats, we invite visitors to become part of the lab.
Photo: Julia Moser
Credits
Neriman Demir, Laura Devendorf, Joanna Dirnberger, Monja Hirscher, Michael Kramer, Katharina Mayr, Elizabeth Meiklejohn, Julia Moser, Valerie Moschner, Yuima Nakazato, Irene Posch, Noor Stenfert Kroese, Maho Sugimoto, Lilo Viehweg