15 - 23 September 2018
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A pioneering exhibition, showroom & platform delivering hand-picked, first-class MEXICAN DESIGN CULTURE to London.
The exhibition will uncover the diverse talent in the creative design culture present in Mexico via the work of 20 designers and craftsmen and 200 recent stunning book publications. In this yet biggest and most far-reaching assembly of Mexican product design and design-art to be presented in London, visitors will have the opportunity to experience highly original, sensitive, qualitative, precious, luxurious as well as utterly humble Mexican design with a social impact. The exhibition will uncover diverse talent and protagonists in the creative design culture existing in Mexico. Through the work of around 20 staggering, established and emerging designers & studios of Mexico’s design scene, we will observe the richness and opportunities this country purveys. The vast array of traditions, materials, skills, workshops and artisans in place offers creatives an exciting terrain of possibilities to work and live in. A media section will reveal eclectic insights via 200 recent book publications, local design magazines, video and imagery. Mexican designers are proud about their history, tradition, heritage and craft culture. As such many projects are based on deep artisan-designer collaborations and spur social change and betterment. These collaborations are crucial to preserve valuable and often rare artisan skills and workshops to avoid their extinction. The creative culture in Mexico is a catalyst for social integration and sustainable design thinking and propels designers to supreme outcomes. |
