Crafts-led Innovation

Crafts-led Innovation

Crafts-led innovation involves harnessing artistic and traditional craft skills, knowledge, and techniques to develop new ideas, products, or services. Crafts such as weaving, pottery, wood carving, leatherworking, and glassblowing play a key role in frugal innovation—creating high-quality solutions that maximize value at minimal cost. By leveraging resource constraints, traditional crafts contribute to cost-effective, sustainable solutions while preserving cultural heritage. Conversely, innovation enhances the preservation and societal value of traditional crafts.

Hosted by ekip partners IDEA Consult, the Crafts-led Innovation Policy Lab will explore:

The policy lab will be held online in two consecutive sessions, with guest speakers from Tracks4Crafts and HEPHAESTUS.

6th of February (14:00-15:30 pm CET) – Exploring challenges and gaps in crafts-led innovation today

20th of February (10:00-12:00 am CET) – Co-creating actionable policy recommendations for tomorrow.

We invite crafts & CCI practitioners, policymakers focused on innovation and craft-related policies, funding organizations, clusters within innovation ecosystems, civil society stakeholders engaged in crafts-led innovation, and academics to attend both sessions and confirm their interest at the form here.

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