"Working with one’s hand is still popularly seen to be low level work devoid of intellect. The acquisition of skill is a cognitive achievement....
Invented in China in the early 16th century, the teapot was to spread at lightning speed, brought to Europe by the large East India Companies. Not merely...
37522 visitors attended the event (an increase in daily visitor numbers), of whom 20% came from abroad. 500 designers showed their talents and...
Based in Carouge, Art & D is specialised in making watch cases and dials featuring artistic crafts. For Dick Steenman, the artisan who worked on the...
Numerous myths surround the corset. For more than four centuries, it was considered a means of representing feminine beauty and seduction. Never before...
44 ceramic artists from the different regions of Switzerland will show their new work, made exclusively for this exhibition. The theme Fantasy Island was...
The idea of combining the talents of a designer and a maker is flourishing in Italy under the label Doppio Firma, as it is in France under the title "Liliane Bettencourt Prize...
Taking place from 7th to 15th September 2019, The Venice Glass Week is an international festival dedicated to celebrating, supporting and promoting the...
Maikel Kuijpers, a Dutch archaeologist finds artisans and thought leaders who are redefining craft, skill and, ultimately, the real meaning of a...
Yesterday, 19 February 2019, a legend of contemporary design, Karl Lagerfeld, left us. Born in 1933, he was a German creative director, fashion designer,...
Whether on the first ascent of Mount Everest or on the streets of Paris and London, Bally, founded in Switzerland, achieved worldwide fame with top-class...
Jérôme Blanc, one of the best European master artisans dedicated to wood sculpture, was born and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied woodworking...
Swiss Public Television, RTS, was recently given the rare chance to go behind the scenes at Greubel Forsey in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a company that...
Become an actor of the first edition of this prize. Support young Swiss artisans by awarding the Prix Relève Métiers d'Art.
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