Rafistolages is an ongoing research project on the technique of rempaillage, a craft that has resisted industrialization and remains largely undocumented, as it has been primarily transmitted through gesture. Yet, its rich and complex history lies at the crossroads of diverse cultural, social, and economic networks.
Originally traveling from Italy to France in the 18th century, rempaillage became a petit métier in Paris and later intertwined with the history of the voyageurs community. Today, primarily a repair practice in Europe, it carries the imprint of how crafts that resisted industrialization were ultimately delocalized.
Here are fragments of our recherche iconographique (credits are in the last slide) initially supported by Art-o-rama and the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, and now by the DRAC PACA. Grateful to everyone making design research possible @artorama_marseille@cwb_paris@designmuseumbrussels@fcftth
🌪️🌪️ Fan, not-familiar
an excerpt from the visual translation of a research project into the ordinariness of industrial forms. Compositions based on 3D-printed connectors create functional, narrative object-sculptures that offer a visual counterpoint to the standardization of form and use resulting from the industrial process. ⚙️
Rafistolages is on at @designmuseumbrussels !! This project has been produced thanks to the support received by @cwb_paris and @artorama_marseille + big thank to @joseph.hdrr 💗
Rafistolages is a material and historical investigation into the question of care and its economic, social and anthropological implications. Through the figure of the rempailleur and rempailleuse, the project questions the political aspect of maintenance and repair, in order to rethink these practices, which come under the heading of “care”. In 1990, political philosophers Joan Tronto and Berenice Fischer defined care in the following terms: “We suggest that care be considered as a generic activity that includes everything we do to maintain, perpetuate and repair our ‘world’. The project takes Fischer and Tronto’s definition as the starting point for an analysis of the aesthetic, functional and emotional values associated with the work of the rempailleur. Through the prism of an exploration of know-how, Studiolow proposes a series of sculpture-objects highlighting the socio-economic aspects of materials and techniques.
Pictures by @mathildehiley 🌺
Delighted to have won the Prix Région Sud Design during @artorama_marseille thanks to @nathaliedewez , a great jury and amazing participants 🎀🎀🎀
Merci 💌
It’s been a year that Border has producer of design has entered the MKG Hamburg’s collection ! We couldn’t be happier this project is now part of a public collection and are thankful for everyone involved in this process.
Border has producer of design is a research project which unfold the political and economical story behind vernacular design processes that take place in the city of Sebta, a spanish enclave on the moroccan territory.
Credit 📷: Lipp Zahnschirm
