Jorge Penadés (ES)

Learning from the Wrong Places

July 29th – August 4th 2018

The Workshop

How can we escape a globalized (design) world in which all of us look at the same digital sources?

In this workshop we will study the agricultural surroundings of the Domaine the Boisbuchet to create a catalogue of references from which new objects, furniture, sculptures, or installations could arise. Participants will be guided through an experimental learning process from non-design educated entities. An erratic connection, an improvised structure, or an accidental space could be the starting point for a project that will generate a creative emancipation from our standardized contemporary culture.

If we keep looking at the same references, all local identities will be lost soon.

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Jorge Penadés Spain

Jorge Penadés (b. Málaga, 1985) is a research-driven practitioner who designs new possibilities for our built environment. Deeply rooted in the Mediterranean landscape, his office engages in objects, spaces and ecologies. Often inventing materials and techniques, the main ambition is to develop work that has not yet been possible to be developed.

Recent projects include Camper’s store next to the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2023); the exhibition The Final (Group) Show, co-curated with Matylda Krzykowski at Dropcity in Milan (2023); a limited-edition furniture collection for Berluti, LVMH (2021); a vase collection for Spanish manufacturer BD Barcelona (2019); and a glass chair for The Future Perfect gallery in New York (2019).

Jorge has delivered lectures at leading cultural institutions – including the Victoria & Albert Museum – and his work has a solid international recognition in the form of design awards and media coverage: T / The New York Times Style Magazine listed him as one of the best 16 “things” to see during Milan Design Week 2017. His Structural Skin project is part of the permanent collection at the Vitra Design Museum.

www.penades.xyz

Housing

  • Accommodation & food are included

  • We can accommodate for special catering

  • All participants sleep in dormitories

  • To book a private room or bring additional guests, get in touch: workshops@boisbuchet.org

Education

  • Our staff are available to help you conceptualize & produce your designs

  • Tools & materials are provided by Boisbuchet

  • All workshops are taught in English

  • The number of participants is limited to 22

Activities