Made In 2.0

2026-07-22

As an integral part of cultural heritage, crafts have the potential to play a unique role in the transition to sustainable production methods relying primarily on local natural resources and skills. The objective of Made In 2.0 projects is to preserve and record the invaluable crafts knowledge; facilitate knowledge transfer; develop and promote sustainable, collaborative, circular production models, products and prototypes. Design, with its creative potential and technological inventiveness, will be an essential part of this endeavour. There will be a strong emphasis on cross-sector methodologies. Made In 2.0 builds on the results of a previous project (Made In: Crafts-Design Narratives, the supported in 2018 by the Creative Europe). The project activities consist of 1) mapping the crafts and natural resources of the partner countries, 2) knowledge transfer (between traditional craftspeople, contemporary designers and researchers): residencies, workshops, training courses and a summer school; 3) networking between experts: seminars, conferences and stakeholders events; 4) disseminating the results and awareness rising: publishing a book, a website with rich data collection and exhibitions of project outcomes. 10 partners from 6 countries will benefit from the project. 1380 craftspeople, designers, researchers, cultural professionals and members of wider audiences will participate in project activities, 26.000 people will benefit from dissemination and communication. The outputs will consist of 80 prototypes, materials and products, an expanded version of the www.madein-platform.com website; a book documenting the process and new production and educational models; and 5 exhibitions disseminating the project results. The envisaged results are better knowledge transfer between target audiences, transferable circular production models, raised awareness about the values of local production with emphasis on technological advancement and challenges of the 21st century.

Slovenia, Portugal, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Serbia

2026-02-01