Date: Saturday 17th May 2014
9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Stroud College, Stratford Rd, Stroud GL5 4AH
Stroud International Textiles is delighted to announce two exciting additions to this year’s Select festival.
Leading design writer Charlotte Abrahams brings together some of the most illustrious names in the fields of contemporary craft and design for a day of thought-provoking discussion and debate around the subject of Designing Craft Crafting Design.
On Saturday May 17th 2014, SIT will be holding a day of fascinating talk and thought-provoking debate. Designing Craft: Crafting Design brings together leading hand makers, acclaimed digital designers, influential commentators and esteemed curators in a series of discussions, seminars and talks.
Is the Division between Craft and Design Relevant Today?
The panel - Mary Greensted, Chair of the Gloucester Guild of Craftsmen, Grant Gibson, Editor of Crafts and designers Nick Munro and Simon Pengelly – discuss this thorny issue in an hour-long debate chaired by design writer and SIT blogger Charlotte Abrahams
Does Craft have to be Handmade?
Ceramicist Michael Eden, Harriet Wallace-Jones, one half of innovative industrial textile studio Wallace Sewell and basket maker Susan Early and textile printer Stephen Lewis, co-founder of wallpaper and fabric company Lewis and Wood put their cases in front of chair John Brewer, chair of the Cheltenham Design Festival and Course Leader, BA Graphic Design at the University of Gloucester
Maker Talks
Wallpaper artist Tracy Kendall, textile designer Fay McCaul and design-maker Sebastian Cox shed light on their inspirations and working methods in a series of individual talks.
Book Tickets
To book a place on the Designing Craft Crafting Design symposium on May 17 please follow the link here :
Press Release
Designing Craft Crafting Design part of the select 2014 festival
For further details and images please contact SIT office on +44 (0)1453 751056 or Charlotte Abrahams [email protected]
