NEO-CRAFT AS A TREND TO DESIGN A NEW TYPOLOGY OF 3D PRINTED PRODUCTS

Abstract

The concept of crafts is linked to the manual art of creating utilitarian or ornamental objects with traditional materials and processes guided by a generational knowledge. Adding new technologies and materials is acceptable considering boundaries guided by the presence of human customs and family heritage. The history has been leaded since the human being exists, as a domain of the material and the development of technologies to transform it being capable to create tools that are useful for their survival. Neo-Craft is a neologism that gives name a new trend in product design where tradition and technology crossover to bring a new typology of products, linked by folk tradition and the richness of cultural manifestations that people maintain through generations with new ways to manufacture using non-conventional materials and processes. Over a one-week workshop, undergraduate students of Industrial Design programme, designed neo-craft products blending Mexican folk tradition with digital manufacturing technologies. This paper describes the process in the implementation of the challenge and presents the discoveries that were found during the workshop.