Search for European professional craftsmen and restorers of cultural heritage
Mad’in Europe makes professional know how in Conservation-Restoration and Craftsmanship closer.
Yves PIERART
Jacques Magnette
MASSIMILIANO ARRIGA
Amelie d’Hooghvorst
Alain Lovenberg
Lea Schroeder
Olivier Lagarde
Donatienne Lurquin
Mosè Feltracco
Coralie Quincey
Antoinette Merete Olsen
Isabelle Pirotte
These professios are reflecting the richness and diversity of European culture. They are the link between our cultural heritage of yesterday and that of tomorrow. Mad’in Europe relies on digital innovation to support European knowhow by connecting craftsmen and qualified restorers to people, by creating awareness about the value of their professions and by encouraging the transmission of know how to future generations.
” … Traditional craftsmanship is perhaps the most tangible manifestation of intangible cultural heritage. However, the 2003 Convention is mainly concerned with the skills and knowledge involved in craftsmanship rather than the craft products themselves. Rather than focusing on preserving craft objects, safeguarding attempts should instead concentrate on encouraging artisans to continue to produce craft and to pass their skills and knowledge onto others, particularly within their own communities…. ”
From the text of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Intangible Cultural Heritage – UNESCO
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ACTIONS : Heritage Houses for Europe. Exchange & Innovate
Heritage Houses for Europe is the first Pan-European Study on family-owned heritage houses. It is assessing their added value for Europe as well as identifying innovative business models. ….
This is a Preparatory Action of the European Parliament implemented by the European Commission.
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MANIFESTO TOWARDS A EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR CRAFT – Mad’in Europe signed the “World Crafts Council Manifesto”, a six-point action plan to ensure the survival and development of craft for future generations. read more
ARTICLE : Print & Typography, for a free Wor(l)d
“Typography is the use of art to advocate, communicate, celebrate, educate, elaborate, illuminate and disseminate. Along the way, the words and pages become art.” – James Felici, The Complete Manual of Typography by Giorgia Pizzato …