Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to register to MADE Labs' architecture and design training programme, which takes place in Sicily throughout July and August.
Now in its third year, MADE Labs is the educational initiative of the Mediterranean Arts & Design (MADE) Program, which aims to offer high quality and affordable training programmes to professionals and students across the globe.
Curated by Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma and Italian Portuguese architecture firm Moncada Rangel, the Italian summer school will take place in the historical city of Syracuse, Sicily.
The Italian summer school will take place in Syracuse, Sicily
Other guests include Leopold Banchini, Adam Broomberg with Hoda Afshar, Izaskun Chinchilla, Matteo Ghidoni, Fernando Laposse, Maio Architects, Jorge Penadés, Piovenefabi and Thomas Thwaites. Previous editions have seen workshops and talks held by British designer Ilse Crawford, Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis, architecture critic and designer Joseph Grima and architect Sam Jacob.
Participants will receive three academic ECTS credits after completing one of the workshops
According to the organisers, Papanek's conception of design as socially inclusive is just as relevant now as it was when he wrote the text.
"As normalisation and cultural standardisation persist in their attack on the rich diversity of vitality, for the 2019 edition of MADE Labs, the city of Syracuse will welcome a group of designers, architects and ...