CITIES
Blönduós
Town and municipality in the Northwestern Region of Iceland
Pilot objectives:
- To further develop the Icelandic Textile Center in Blönduós, Iceland; strengthen it as a lively textile hub and center of textile education, research and innovation, building a bridge between traditional handcrafts and digital technology
- To continue the developing of the makerspace – the TextileLab – in Blönduós, which is up and running, where scholars, students, artists and makers have access to expertise, work facilities and digital equipment for textile work and experimentation, learn new skills and develop ideas with the principles of a circular economy in mind
- To focus on the use of sustainable materials and local resources such as Icelandic wool, fish skin and seaweed
- To develop workshops and vocational training, increasing knowledge and raising awareness on topics such as textile waste, circular economy, sustainability, and the potential of textile innovation, e-textiles and bio-textiles
- To research the current situation, historical heritage and gendered dimensions of domestic crafts and textile work in Iceland and connect with partners to establish a textile cluster in the region
Contact the Blönduós pilot:
Elsa Arnardóttir: [email protected]
Katharina Schneider: [email protected]
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EVENTS FROM THE PILOT
30 November
CENTRINNO FOCUS GROUP SERIES
Online
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Centrinno Focus Group: Workshops Thematic Focus
When: from March 9 until November 23CENTRINNO is launching a Focus Group series to external stakeholders to present and discuss our approaches to specific thematic challenges. The initiative has the twofold objective of engaging with important actors to receive feedback on the validation of our concept and tools, but also it aims to be an inspiration window where external stakeholders can reflect on the possible uptake or adoption of similar approaches in different contexts.
An opportunity to exchange views and discover innovative approaches on themes that are common to our jobs and professional challenges. Even more interestingly, the CENTRINNO Focus Group activities aim to be the base room to create new synergies on specific topics, or even new networks of collaboration and future project opportunities.
The CENTRINNO Focus Group consists of a series of five online workshops on the following key topics and with the following timeline:
▪ Heritage: 9 March 2023 at 1pm CET ▪ Social Inclusion: 20th April 2023 ▪ Circularity: 15th June 2023 ▪ Vocational Training: 14th September 2023 ▪ Fab City Hubs: 23rd November 2023 Download the PDF to know more on the following ones.