June 26–September 3, 2022
Domaine de Boisbuchet—an international research centre for design, architecture and nature—announces the Summer Workshop Programme 2022, inviting students and professionals from all areas of applied arts to join.
“Repair, Recharge, Reset” is this year’s motto to fuel experimentation, discussion and celebration with forward-thinking creatives from all over the world. It is an invitation to seek alternatives to consumerist attitudes in our social and economic behaviour while looking into plenty of different subjects: crafts and material research, energy production, body and food narratives, landscape and bio-inclusive design.
Founded in 1986, Boisbuchet has a unique campus with an architectural park of historic and contemporary buildings on a 150 hectares property of protected nature in southwest France. Our workshops, exhibitions, and events as well as a design collection and library serve professional guests and visitors from the neighbouring and global community alike.
Be part of our summer community!
The workshops’ calendar and list of leading tutors appear below.
Please visit our website for detailed information and registration form, or email us at workshops@boisbuchet.org.
Places are limited.
Early Bird registration deadline: April 30
June 26–July 2
Ahmed and Rashid bin Shabib (UAE): Building an Arab Pigeon Tower—architecture, earth, vernacular
July 3 – July 9
PHKA Studio (Thailand): Spacetime — flowers, foraging, installation
Adam Nathaniel (UK): Monumentally Bad Taste — appropriation, architecture, monuments
July 10 – July 16
Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse (Aléa) (France): Beyond the Lab—biodesign, mycelium
Nicole McLaughlin (US): Waste Full Future—fashion, products, upcycling
Dr Johnny Drain (UK): Fermenting to Zero Waste—fermentation, food, waste
July 17 – July 23
Bertjan Pot (Netherlands): Basketry Basics—baskets, weaving
Lex Pott (Netherlands): Scale it Down. Design in Miniature—furniture, products
Schlaich Bergermann Partner (Germany): Here Comes the Sun—DIY, energy, renewable
July 24 – July 30
Soft Baroque (UK): Live Streams—experimentation, product, water
Silvia Ferpal (Spain): Graphic Flâneur—graphic, maps
July 31 – August 6
Faye Toogood (UK): Fragmented Landscapes—ceramic, glass
Kostas Lambridis (Greece): We Make Space—experience, process, research
August 7–August 13
Philip Beesley (UK) and Rob Gorbet (Canada): Shadows and Whispers — installation, interaction, sound
Alberonero (Italy): In-Land. How to Become a Place — landscape, self-discovery, storytelling
August 14–August 20
Marlène Huissoud (France): What Do We Do Now? — design, nature, non-human
Ferréol Babin (France): 100 Stools—craft, furniture, products
August 21–August 27
Windy Chien (US/China): A Week of Knots—craft, knots, techniques
Viviane Stappmanns + Mateo Kries (Germany) + (Vitra Design Museum) (Germany): Curating Paradise — curating, exhibition, research
August 28–September 3
Isabel Lewis (Dominican Republic): Forms for Response — body, interaction, self-expression
Mut Design (Spain): Twisting and Twining — fibers, furniture, outdoors
Alix Lacloche (France): Le Banquet des Vivants — food, design, experience
Ongoing projects
Residency Programme 2022
Boisbuchet welcomes artists, writers, architects, designers, filmmakers, musicians, and researchers, among many other disciplines, to develop, alone or with collaborators, their own projects (10 places available). Residencies will start from May 16 onwards.
Landscapes of Design: Women at the heart of Domaine de Boisbuchet
Exhibition / FRAC Centre-Val de Loire (Orléans) until July 31.
Conceived from the exceptional design collection of the Domaine de Boisbuchet, the exhibition relates the works of 20th-century pioneers with those of contemporary women who have imagined new practices in the Boisbuchet workshops.
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