KABOUNKETEE
2019-2020Where are the intersections of design and craft possible? What can we learn from both?
Textiles - social design
Manufactury: sewing atelier
Material: Traditional Batik fabrics and dyes.
context
Collaboration with Dexde in La Casamance, Senegal.
With Handicap crafter women who face struggles in their community and want to gain empowerment and economical independence.
goals:
To design a new collection of textile products.
To ease the development of the entrepreneur business.
To make a social impact in the small community.
Actions:
Learning and observing the needs.
concept:
Twisting design n’ craft processes. Trying ideas through the whole process.
Bachelor degree thesis, scholarship Polytechnic University of Madrid
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Learning and observing the needs.
Exchanging knowledge and training the capacities.
Co-designing innovative patterns and textile products to sell at local markets and shops.
Optimizing the atelier
organization and workflow.
concept:
Twisting design n’ craft processes. Trying ideas through the whole process.
Representing the Diola’s identity in the patterns of the textiles through language and shapes of nature.
Bachelor degree thesis, scholarship Polytechnic University of Madrid
Get in touch to learn more about this project:
