GENERATIONAL HANDOVER

Generational Handover begins with a simple conviction: the crafts that shaped our homes, bodies, and landscapes hold knowledge that must not disappear. Through Spanish proverbs —a repository of everyday wisdom— and living crafts such as clay, wood, and wool, the project builds a narrative that looks to the past with respect and to the future with responsibility.

Field research conducted in workshops and factories across Spain’s seventeen regions has gathered gestures, tools, and materials that are now translated into new pieces. These are not replicas or nostalgic exercises; rather, they evoke a shared sensory memory —objects that may recall something once found in a grandmother’s home, reinterpreted through contemporary design.

Each object acts as a bridge between tradition and the present, between manual skill and a contemporary gaze. The proposal is structured around a conceptual triangle:

Tradition — Design — Technology

Tradition provides embodied knowledge; design reinterprets it and makes it relevant today; technology expands its reach and preserves it without replacing it. Together, they transform craft from endangered memory into future practice.

Technology as a Driver of Continuity

• Archive and Memory
  Digital tools enable the documentation of techniques and processes, creating a living archive that safeguards artisanal knowledge. Global platforms can bring visibility to local workshops — even through formats such as a shoppable magazine that connects storytelling and product.

• Access and Democratization
  Artisans such as Alberdi Makila or the Pablo Tito family demonstrate extraordinary excellence but often reach limited audiences. Digital ecosystems open new markets and connect traditional craftsmanship with younger generations.

• Creative Bridge
  Technology does not replace craft — it enters into dialogue with it. From material research to digital dissemination, it allows ancestral languages to speak in a contemporary voice.

Participants include Taller Alberdi Makila, Las Hidalgas, Jorge Bellón, Ana Bélen Rodríguez, and the Pablo Tito family, among others, creating a network of knowledge that transforms heritage into an active future.