This up coming August the designers Daniela Pais (graduated master 2007 Design Academy Eindhoven, Men & Humanity) and David Luxembourg (teacher Design Academy Eindhoven, Men & Leisure) will direct special series of design workshops, aimed at the revival and renovation of old deserted & abandoned villages in the center of Portugal - through creativity & sustainable design development. 

These will be interdisciplinary workshops which will provide the participants both with a design challenge and a platform to explore new ideas within rural context. The program for these workshops is a combination between creative thinking and creative making, all aimed at offering and developing new insights into design processes and the challenges involved in the creation of new and innovative concepts about crafts, nature, sustainability, social design & local development. 



The project is a cooperation with the Portuguese project 'Aldeias do Xisto', or in English the 'Schist Villages Network'. This is a sustainable development project of a regional scope and context that is promoted by ADXTUR -Agency for the Development & Tourism in Aldeias do Xisto, in a partnership with 16 counties in the Central Region of Portugal and over 70 operators & businesses on this territory. 

The main idea behind this cooperation is to provide the local communities of the region with creative and innovative input for their sustainable development and to support the efforts of local municipalities against the human desert, oblivion and abandonment of these villages - through the creation of touristic services and the preservation of the culture and the heritage of rural Inland Portugal.



Participation in these workshops is open for designers, design students and other creative professionals who are interested in sustainable design within the contexts of rural living & local development. 

Price: 245 Euros per person per workshop (of 7 days) Including: Accommodation (in a shared room), Meals (full board) and Materials.

For more information and application form : http://www.designspecies.org/xisto.php
 

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