Conference

Objectives:

  • Strengthen networking between young designers and heritage professionals

  • Cross-sector knowledge sharing with new sustainable approaches and resource-efficient solutions in contemporary applied arts

  • Exchanges of experience and encourage meetings between artists, experts and the general audience

The specific objective behind this activity is to encourage meetings of young designers, experts of intangible cultural heritage, craftsmen and the general audience to discuss the state of contemporary applied arts in Europe. It will show the artistic richness of the specific traditional sources and the inspiration they generate today in the field of modern applied arts and design. These reciprocal exchanges of experience will produce a real multilateral interaction and promote the transnational mobilization and cooperation of cultural workers and encourage intercultural dialogue. It will be a one-day long youth conference in Budapest, Hungary. We are going to invite speakers, experts and young participants from every partner country.