«For in times to come, we will have to find a responsive and sensitive balance between the still-usuable skills and wisdom of the past and sustainable products and inventions of the 21st century.»

Lloyd Kahn, 1973, The Book of Shelter
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Taking care of birds
Utrecht / Documentaries / Home & Garden

Taking care of birds

Documented by Lisa Kläver, Sylvain Georget and Pihla Raevaara (students from designLAB)
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Utrecht / Documentaries / Craft & Technique

Tool maker for plains

documented by Sam Kennedy, Frank van‘t Woudt and Stijn van Kervel (students from designLAB)
Viticulturist
Utrecht / Documentaries / Food & Naturopathy

Viticulturist

gedocumented by Noëlle Ingeveldt and Lukas Wolzak (students from designLAB)
Floral arranging
Utrecht / Documentaries / Home & Garden

Floral arranging

Jdocumented by Bob Vos en Mark Wiechmann (students from designLAB)
Participation workshop - 13 & 19 May - Utrecht Manifest 2012
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Participation workshop – 13 & 19 May – Utrecht Manifest 2012

In het kader van het Utrecht Manifest 2012 voert Know-How/Show-How een workshop door voor het publiek in Rotsoord en omgeving. Zoals in het project Werklandschap Kruist ICI gaat het om het documenteren van kennis in Rotsoord en de naburige wijken. Doel van het workshop is korte videodocumentaires te maken van mensen met speciale ambachtelijke kennis...
Making cloth from tree bark
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Making cloth from tree bark

Tree bark fleece from Uganda is said to be the most ancient textile in the history of humanity. Until the end of the 19th century, the most precious bark clothes have exclusively been reserved for the monarchs of the nearly millenial kingdom of Buganda. In 2005, UNESCO declared the artisan production process of bark cloth...
Assembling wood without glue
Documentaries / Craft & Technique / Bulgaria

Assembling wood without glue

A leaf of a bulrush plant is used as insulation against moisture it preventing the joints from leaking.

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