Arts and Culture

What Is Precious

A new edition of Design-Nation's touring exhibition, which challenges our perceptions of material value through the lens of sustainability and contemporary craft.

What is Precious? was developed through Design-Nation’s Sustainability and Ethical Practice group, established in 2021 to explore issues of sustainability, ethics and environmental responsibility within contemporary craft and design.

Creative Industries Trafford is working with Design-Nation to produce a third iteration of its successful exhibition, bringing together a curated selection of Design-Nation members, whose practices explore the idea of perceived material value. Centred around recycling and repurposing, the exhibition looks to question what we as humans value in a throw away society and start to change the conversation.

Design-Nation is one of the UK's leading organisations dedicated to supporting contemporary craft and design.

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Location: Waterside
Date: 17 August – 24 October
Time: Multiple sessions — see below
Where held: In person only
Price: Free

Upcoming sessions

17 August 12:00 am
18 August 12:00 am
19 August 12:00 am
20 August 12:00 am
21 August 12:00 am

Showing the next 5 of 69 sessions.

Family friendly

Waterside

1 Waterside Plaza
Sale
M33 7ZF

01619125616

hello@watersidearts.org

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