craft + design

Craft + Design

craft + design

The home of Portuguese craft, open to new frontiers of knowledge.

Presentation

The Craft+Design Aldeias do Xisto projects involve craft workshops, universities, design teams and experts in social areas, who are invited to immerse themselves in the real life of the villages and draw inspiration from them to create objects that are meaningful to memory and cultural identity, the values of the region and the Portuguese spirit. 

Breaking new ground

The Craft+Design Aldeias do Xisto projects are tasked with bringing together sets of actors and frontiers of knowledge around nature and culture, in fields as diverse as history, ethnography, culinary, craft, design, traditional arts and crafts, handiwork, digital production, ecology and audio-visual, in order to conceptualise and produce goods and services in the local context capable of fulfilling contemporary demand. To generate a new set of products and services, prototypes and experiences that, besides enriching our current operations, also allow us to establish new commercial, strategic and personal links with other social, cultural and economic segments, thereby enhancing the Aldeias do Xisto region.

Craft+Design+Identity Trilogy

The trilogy Craft+Design+Aldeias do Xisto comprises the projects Água Musa (2013), L4Craft (2014) and Agricultura Lusitana (2015-18). Under the methodical and transdisciplinary gaze of design, and following a unifying theme of concepts, the thoughts of various artists, students, teachers and authors were traversed, bringing diverse knowledge and allowing a renewed and ample vision of the challenges to be met. We moved from the connection between craftsmen and designers to a domain of strategic thinking in the meaning of territories where, once again, it was realized that the connection between crafts + design, involving the scientific and technical system, and still allied to territorial identities, has a significant transformative force because it celebrates our origins and can lead to the (re)construction of a contemporary experience in these rural territories.

Collaborative culture between management and design

This project consolidates the positioning of the collaborative culture between management and design, a powerful catalyst within organisations, which stimulates creative thinking, the development of initiatives and teamwork, who want to generate value in the social context. Transformations based on ethical principles and more ecological ways of being will change the way we live, promoting personal, social and political well-being in this project’s territory.

World Craft Council

The Aldeias do Xisto aim to preserve, value and dignify the professions associated with craft, promoting innovation and expanding their areas of activity, in order to combat the current stagnation of the sector and its imminent risk of disappearance. The overall objective is to make the Aldeias do Xisto the "homeland" of Portuguese craft, a living and creative territory. 

This affirmation of the Aldeias do Xisto’s identity through craftwork earned its admission to the World Craft Council, where it has been playing a leading role.

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Callum
Callum
Oleiros
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Fugas Restaurant
Fugas Restaurant
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Sabores da Aldeia Restaurant
Sabores da Aldeia Restaurant
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Bem-Me-Quer
Bem-Me-Quer
Martim Branco
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Varanda do Casal
Varanda do Casal
Casal de São Simão
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Casa da Ti Augusta
Casa da Ti Augusta
Figueira
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Fiado
Fiado
Janeiro de Cima
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As Beiras
As Beiras
Pampilhosa da Serra
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Museu da Chanfana
Museu da Chanfana
Miranda do Corvo
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Aqua Village Health Resort & SPA
Aqua Village Health Resort & SPA
Caldas de São Paulo
lodging
Casa Lausus
Casa Lausus
Talasnal
lodging
Casa do Talasnal
Casa do Talasnal
Talasnal
lodging
Aldeia Oliveiras
Aldeia Oliveiras
Proença-a-Nova
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Mountain Whisper
Mountain Whisper
Gondramaz
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Casa do Caminheiro Hostel
Casa do Caminheiro Hostel
Talasnal
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Casas da Serra do Açor
Casas da Serra do Açor
Casal Novo, Arganil
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Casa Cova do Barro
Casa Cova do Barro
Janeiro de Cima
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Casas de Água Formosa
Vila de Rei
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Alvoco das Várzeas Medieval Bridge
Alvoco das Várzeas Medieval Bridge
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Geological Walk in Sobral Fernando
Geological Walk in Sobral Fernando
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Figueira
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Church of São Bartolomeu
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Mining Territory [GRZ - MTB sector 3]
Mining Territory [GRZ - MTB sector 3]
tour
Schist Walking Trail of Aldeia das Dez 3 – The Footprint of the Ermit
Schist Walking Trail of Aldeia das Dez 3 – The Footprint of the Ermit
Hotel Rural Quinta da Geia
offer
Night Canoeing on the Santa Luzia Dam
Night Canoeing on the Santa Luzia Dam
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Irrigating Cova da Beira [GRZ - MTB Sector 2]
Irrigating Cova da Beira [GRZ - MTB Sector 2]
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Sobral de São Miguel
Sobral de São Miguel
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Roman Villa of Rabaçal
Roman Villa of Rabaçal
village
Ferraria de São João
Ferraria de São João
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Passeio Geológico de Foz do Cobrão e Sobral Fernando
Passeio Geológico de Foz do Cobrão e Sobral Fernando

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