Collaboration Faculty of Fine Arts
A partnership between the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon and the Design Lab of Loulé Criativo, in which a group of students developed a set of products in collaboration with artisans and makers from the Creative Community, focusing on local knowledge and cultural identity.
Meeting between Design Students and Traditional Knowledge
The initiative promoted the meeting between design students and traditional knowledge, in a collaborative process that valued research, critical thinking and local potential. Built from a dialectical approach, it recognized all the actors and their creative, cultural and technical capacities. We sought to initiate a dialogue between academia and the ancestral arts, in an exercise of mutual respect and exchange of knowledge, where the intersection of design methodologies with tacit knowledge gave rise to solutions that integrated innovation, tradition, sustainability and local identity.
Design Lab: Marta Lourenço - Pure Beloved by Nature
FBAUL: Raquel Sousa
Designed as an enveloping composition of several elements that balance each other, the "Aura" night light provides an environment of harmony where aromatic sensations create an atmosphere of relaxation.
Materials: plywood, linen fabric and herbs.
Aura Table Lamp
Design Lab: Sandra Neto - MESS
FBAUL: Mariana Rosa
Modular system designed for the division of open spaces. It works by assembling modules horizontally or vertically depending on the size and space in question, reinventing the concept of screen. The shape was inspired by the weave of basketry, leading to the reuse of expired legumes in bioresin panels.
TRA screen. BUT
Oficina de Caldeireiros: Nuno Palma
FBAUL: André Monteiro
The traditional beats that make up the plate in the work of the boilermakers gain in this piece a new expression and new graphic potentialities. The relationship between two of the most emblematic techniques of Loulé's handicrafts is also explored, in which the palm mesh meets the copper plate.
Abatjour Suture
Design Lab: André Silva Sancho – Blowplastic
FBAUL: Rita Flores
Bloom is a table lamp that emits effects projected in an environment of surroundings provided by night light.
Materials and technology: blown PLA (bioplastic), CNC milled solid Kambala.
Dimensions:
Bloom M – 100 x 100 x 200 mm;
Bloom L – 150 x 150 X 250 mm.
Bloom Lamps
Oficina de Caldeireiros: Jurgen Cramer
Docente FBAUL: Carla Paoliello
Cortiça: Sofalca
Teacher and designer Carla Paoliello collaborated with Jurgen Cramer from Oficina de Caldeireiros in the creation of the Orelha de Pau table – the current name of the Polyporus Sanguineus mushroom. It is a fungus that grows on decaying tree trunks. Top and shelves allude to this feature, offering new possibilities of use.
Wooden Ear Table
Design Lab: Susan Sutherland - Orelha Negra Knits
FBAUL: Ana Pedro
A complete knitting kit for beginners, using local materials of pomegranate wood and merino wool, incorporating geometric patterns of Portuguese tiles. The packaging is all compostable and has a minimal ecological footprint.
Knitting Kit
Oficina de Caldeireiros: José Luís
FBAUL: Madalena Aleixo
Tall floor lamp with the concept of using traditional materials and techniques in a contemporary, quasi-industrial design. Combining recent led technology in a piece with a decorative and utilitarian aspect.
