Some of the pieces created for the Agricultura Lusitana exhibition, under the trilogy project Craft+Design+Identity of the Aldeias do Xisto, under the creative guidance of the designer João Nunes, have been selected to be present at the MUDE- Museu do Design e da Moda, as part of the Lisbon the Iberoamerican Capital of Culture 2017 programme, which opens in the capital on April 22 and runs until July 2.
The pieces are:
- Ladrilhos Contemplativos, by Miguel Neto and Mafalda Fidalgo
- Pedra Sobre Pedra, by Joana Silva Moreira, Hugo Cardoso, Archaeology Professor João Cruz (ESAD - Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Matosinhos)
- Lato: Castanha Portuguesa, by Cátia Lima, Filipe Pereira, Jorge Lopes, Mariana Sarabando, Neuza Fonte, Rafael Oliveira, Tatiana Amarante (UA- University of Aveiro)
MUDE will organise, in partnership with the BID- Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, an exhibition featuring a representative selection of the BID's policy and action from the first edition in 2008 to this latest edition in 2016 in Lisbon. An incentive by MUDE Fora de Portas, which will be present and the Palácio dos Condes da Calheta, in Belém.
The Agricultura Lusitana was present in the last edition of BID, where is distinguished with 2 honourable mentions: “Mención Diseño y Empreendimento” and “Mención Diseño de Servicios Telefonica I+D”.
Design as an agent to transform society and man
The exhibition focuses on design as an agent to transform society and man, valuing thought, the project and design’s ethical responsibilities.
According to the director of the exhibition, Bárbara Coutinho, "we want to showcase design that has contributed to a real sharing of information and knowledge, intergenerational exchange, social cohesion, inclusion and multiculturalism, at the same time contributing to human and social development, and championing the universal language of design.
This is exactly what the exhibition Agricultura Lusitana has proposed, reinventing the culture of places with the people who live in them, creating social and economic value in the territory of the Aldeias do Xisto. It is our identity we are experimenting with when summoning creativity and knowledge. We can make this area a living laboratory, open to new thoughts and people capable of establishing connections to transform the social fabric and giving rise to new ways of doing, acting and being.
A line of action underlined by the creative advisor of Craft-Design+Identity projects, João Nunes: “We work resiliently, in the short and long term. From a pedagogical perspective, I try to make people understand the advantages of investing in design, creating solutions to concrete problems, but also identifying opportunities to create value based on local identity and cultures, taking into account an ethic of social responsibility, in a strategic trajectory that aims to make things really happen'.
