Design Matters Lab Residency

With focus of this programme will equip teams of designers and micro-factories to transform ideas into reality. Through online workshops, on-site residencies, and market-testing activities for participants will innovate new products and prepare them for global exposure and impact.

After going through the whole series, which lasted about 6 months, the group of designers and micro-factories finally arrived at the final presentation of the product they had developed. The presentation of the prototype, which took place in December 2024, provided a lot of input and comments from different audiences, which certainly became important points in the development of the product and the discourse on how initiation and innovation in the concept of industrialisation can work in harmony with culture and the environment.

The exhibition will not only present the final products, but also the process of collaboration, dialogue and application between 10 product and material designers from Europe and Indonesia and 5 micro-factories from Bandung. Visitors will also be invited to make a comprehensive assessment of the products on display.

Design Matters Lab program is co-created and co-organized collaboratively by:
British Council Indonesia, Erasmus Huis, Goethe-Institut Indonesien, Institut Francais Indonesie, Embassy of Spain in Indonesia, Embassy of Poland in Indonesia, Instituto Italiano de Cultura, Embassy of Ireland in Indonesia, Embassy of Austria in Indonesia, European Union Delegation in Indonesia, CAST Foundation, Playo, UNESCO - Bandung City of Design, and Kreasi Jabar (Committee for creative economy and innovation in West Java).

Designers

Xingyu Tao (GB) and Fariz Fadhillah (Bandung) | Counture Concrete Lab
Leïla Bouyssou (FR) and Bani Muhammad (Bandung) | MYCL
Pim van Baarsen (NL) and Ratna Djuwita (Yogyakarta) | Adhi Nugraha
Alve Lagercrantz (DE) and Rininta Isdyani (Bandung) | Hirka
Ciana Martin (GB) and Cokorda Gede Bagus (Denpasar) | Bell Living Lab

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