Research: ‘Reclaiming Craft’

‘Reclaiming Craft’ is an investigation into craft, into its history, its semantics as well as its economic and political environment. It shows that crafts have the power to reach way beyond the expected, namly the object, and are able to explore much larger scales than what is typically associated with them.

craft history timeline Frauenkolonie Lettenhof (Lux Guyer, 1927) Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo Rathaus and guild houses f.l.t.r. Kambel, Rüden, Zimmerleuten The two axis of craft in Zurich (Limmat and track field) model for the early Werkbund's design: Ferdinand Hodler: Wilhelm Tell, 1897