What is the future of craft?
What is the craft of the future?
What futures do we want to craft?
The Crafting Futures Lab was initiated to provide a platform for research and design practice and education that inquire into the social, technological and aesthetic interactions of crafts and (digital) technologies. It serves as a place for associated teaching, research, and collaborations.
As designers, educators, researchers, and technologists in the Crafting Futures Lab we investigate materials, techniques and tools, to generate and diversify knowledge. We engage in publication and exhibition activities, talks, and workshops to engage with a wider public.
The lab hosts the focus theme Crafting Futures Toolkit for the teacher training programme in Technology and Design where students develop new approaches, topics and tools for education. Results are published under an open-source licence. The lab space is housed within the Department for Design und Technology at the University of Arts Linz.
Contact:
dut.craftingfutures@kunstuni-linz.at
Lilo Viehweg
PhD Candidate
Postings, liloviehweg.cargo.site
Anna Blumenkranz
PhD Candidate
Postings, annablumenkranz.de
Laura Devendorf
Artist in Residence, Fall 2022
Postings
Talia Mukmel
Artist in Residence, Fall 2021
Postings, taliamukmel.com
Teresa Almeida
Researcher in Residence, Fall 2020
Postings
Ars Electronica Center
Exhibition partner, Toolkits
Postings, ars.electronica.art
Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich
Education partner, Toolkits
Postings, ph-ooe.at
Unstable Design Lab
Research Collaboration
Postings, unstable.design
The Crafting Futures Lab is located at Hauptplatz 8, 1. floor (room H8.01.08), 4020 Linz, Austria.
It has general opening hours during which it is accessible to students and faculty of the University of Arts Linz and hosts events that are open to the wider public.
The lab provides a physical space to meet and work – both for individual projects and as part of project courses – and is equipped with appliances such as 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters or digital embroidery machines. Using this machinery is supervised by teaching assistants.
Opening hours:
Wednesdays, 14:00 – 18:00 (until 19:00 if needed)
Thursdays, 11.00-18.00 (until 19:00 if needed)