UA.LABDESIGN closes 3rd edition with exhibition at AmaCastelões Association
UA.LABDESIGN – University in the Villages is a collaborative design research and creation project that began in 2023. During an immersive week in the territory, students, master artisans, researchers, and local inhabitants work together in workshops that cross tradition with innovation, and local knowledge with contemporary practices.
This project is the result of the doctoral research “New with Tradition: Dialogues between Design, Wisdom, and Innovation” by Cristiane Schifelbein de Menezes, whose thesis was defended in February 2025.
The 2025 edition, under the theme Epiphanies, continued the journey started with By the Soul of Linen (2023) and The Spirit of Sharing (2024). The workshops explored revelations that emerge from an attentive dialogue with places, materials, and people, promoting intergenerational encounters and new forms of collaborative creation.
In 2026, UA.LABDESIGN will be supported by the CULTURALITY project, which will contribute to its strengthening and internationalization in the context of a #RuralEvent, expanding the reach and impact of this initiative.
The results of this encounter are at the headquarters of AmaCastelões. The exhibition is open to the entire community.
