- Docente responsabile
- BARBARA DI PRETE
- CCS proponenti
- Design degli interni - Interior design e Interior and Spatial Design
- CFU
- 2
- Ore in presenza
- 35
- Prerequisiti
- Illustrator, Photoshop, Autocad/rhino/sketchup
- N° max studenti
- 22
- Criteri di selezione
- order of arrival
- Parole chiave:
- circular economy, mountain, regenerative civilisation, textiles upcycling
- Tag
- Environment and land planning, Arts and craft, Interior design, Fashion design, Product design, Circular economy, Materials, Environmental and social sustainability
Descrizione dell'iniziativa
Maglietica" (T-shirts + Ethics) is a theoretical-practical workshop on textile-based design, focusing on the design and prototyping of indoor and outdoor furniture and furnishing accessories made from recycled fabric, organised by Girotondo Base Camp and SICA UPCYCLING DESIGN®.
The workshop will be held at Girotondo Base Camp, a former hostel in the Reggio Emilia Apennines that is being converted into an off-grid co-living/co-working unit aimed at digital nomads and mountain life.
At the moment, the co-working is focusing on its interior design, with a renovation that will take the form of a continuous evolution, the result of co-creation and the celebration of beauty as a common good, in line with the focus on social impact, that is central to the Girotondo project. The interiors of Girotondo Base Camp, Atelier and Enterprise Accelerator will therefore be the result of a slow and consciously tailored design process. Each common space, private room and bathroom will be co-designed and co-built with design students, artists, creatives and artisans in a series of workshops, of which "Maglietica" will be the second episode.
The workshop is part of the long-term plan of Campo Base Girotondo, which consists of research and the application of design strategies that make sustainability a matter of proximity, bringing it closer to the mountain community of Ventasso.
During the workshop, the design students will design objects and furnishings starting from a material requirement: the use of recycled fabrics, recovered from the Fast-Fashion supply chain. The furnishings can then be prototyped, using weaving techniques and creating yarns from waste fabrics. Tensioned fabric furniture, hammocks and canopy curtains, embroidered tapestries, cushions and rugs are just some of the possible results of the co-design process, which will be led by Brazilian designer Simone Simonato, with over 15 years of experience in the fashion and textile design sector, including a decade dedicated to collaborating with artisans in Bangladesh.
The workshop will be divided into three phases: research (online), design (online and in person) and application (in person). In the first phase, the focus will be on generating concepts and ideas. In the second phase, these design strategies will be applied to a real project that will then be implemented in the third phase of co-creation during the workshop at Campo Base Girotondo.
The workshop starts from the notion of design as a conscious contribution to sustainable transition from both a practical and a conceptual point of view, and will lead participants to confront, theoretically and experimentally, the ecological and cultural responsibilities of design.
Objectives: co-design and co-construction of a system of textile furnishings.
Tools: digital design tools and prototyping techniques.
Criteria for successful completion of the activity: active participation, compulsory attendance, final presentation of the work.
Periodo di svolgimento
dal May 2025 a July 2025
Calendario
- Avvio lavori - online: una data da concordare con i partecipanti, da maggio in avanti.
PRESENTAZIONE: presentazione del workshop e spunti di ricerca per prepararsi al laboratorio e coordinare il processo di progettazione della co-creazione
- Istruttoria e sviluppo concept - online: due incontri, in date da definire con i partecipanti, tra maggio e giugno
INTRODUZIONE: Introduzione a concetti di pensiero critico: Circolo vizioso x Circolo virtuoso – il caso Sica Clipping Up, Extended Lifetime & Circular Economy, Creatività con uno scopo - Sostenibilità culturale e pensiero decoloniale;
BRIEF: Panoramica del settore tessile e della moda, cosa deve cambiare e come, ambientazione del nostro progetto, brief di progettazione, opportunità e limitazioni tecniche.
SVILUPPO PRIMI CONCEPT
REVISIONE: discussione su meriti e limiti delle idee generate, sviluppo delle idee con test di fattibilità in base agli strumenti, alle competenze e ai vincoli di tempo.
- Sviluppo progetto - online: un inconto in data da definire con i partecipanti, a giugno
REVISIONE: confronto in merito allo sviluppo del progetto a livello tecnico, impostazione del programma di realizzaizone, approvvigionamento di materiali, strumenti e definizione del progetto per la produzione.
- Workshop - in loco: dal 28 luglio al 30 luglio 2025 (3 giorni di workshop, 6 ore / giorno)
CO-COSTRUZIONE
- Giorno 1, lunedi 28 luglio, al Campo Base Girotondo:
11:00 - 14:00 Arrivo e pranzo14:00 - 16:00 Pratiche: nozioni di base sulla tessitura + upcycling20:00 - 21:00 Cen
- Giorno 2, martedi 29 luglio, al Campo Base Girotondo:
10:00 - 13:00 Pratica: costruzione del progetto13:00 - 14:00 Pausa pranzo14:00 - 17:00 Pratica: costruzione del progetto20:00 - 21:00 Cen
- Giorno 3. mercoledi 30 luglio, al Campo Base Girotondo:
10:00 - 13:00 Realizzazione e riflessioni finali13:00 - 14:00 Pranzo e saluti
Note
As far as accommodation is concerned, there will be 9 rooms (with 3 to 4 beds) and 4 bathrooms. Basic food will be provided, mountain refuge style. Food and accommodation costs will be paid by the participants.
Teachers and coordinators (external teachers who collaborate with the university)
Simone Simonato, a graduate in Fashion Sustainability, designer, social entrepreneur and part of the movement of designers who aim to inspire positive change through their work, has been working for 15 years towards a fairer, more conscious and empathetic fashion and textile industry. Julia Lydall Pisanò, CEO of Girotondo Basecamp, co-living entrepreneur, sustainable building project manager and industry consultant for the UK government. She works on regenerative practices through the workshops hosted at Girotondo.