Having talked alot lately about the growing interest in how things are made and how one could participate more in 'making' processes, it looks like some of the most interesting shows at the Milan Furniture Fair last week were 'making' events.
Craft Punk was a show of young designers, either alone or in small collaborative groups, who were involved in 'onsite' craft production.
Simon Hasan was boiling leather, apparently the way they used to do it medieval times, and wrapping the softened leather around objects and furniture.
Sarah Becker was stitching and 'customising' left-over remnants from the Fendi leather goods factory (Fendi were the sponsors of the show).
Studio Glithero were creating beautiful ceramics using a special light exposure technique which turned the white ceramic a deep blue, and using sprigs of flowers to create a silhouette. Aptly called 'Brief moments of happiness', the objects created were simple and poetic.
Creating the work in-situ like this, reveals the slow, hands-on and experimental nature of craft production and offers a more low-fi and alternative vision to the normal products and events on show at such a major design festival.
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