The DIGITAL HAND: THE ROLE OF NEW TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN CRAFT

wednesday the 18th JANUARY 3.45PM (GMT)

Gareth will be talking as part of The Digital Hand: The Role of New Tools and Technologies in Craft webinar, hosted by the World Crafts Council Europe.

The webinar’s focus will look at its impact of digitalisation on innovation, which is placed at the highest rank among the current sectoral challenges. Within this, the programme intends to engage questions around digital skills and their relationship to craft practice; the digital transformation and acceleration; as well as the role digital technologies play in transitioning toward a more sustainable sector and society. It will be the second webinar in the New European Bauhaus (NEB) programme, implemented within the framework of the “Crafting the Future” project (Creative Europe Programme).

The key speaker of the webinar will be Alessandro Monti from The Foundation Research and Innovation of the University of Florence with an introduction from Mariachiara Esposito, Seconded National Expert at Cultural Policy Unit (DG EAC), European Commission; and presentations from Distributed Design & FabLab Barcelona; progressive design and craft studio, Gareth Neal and innovative jewellery maker, Edu Tarin.

To watch, please register by clicking here.