A digital programme of talks, panel discussions and film, featuring leading designers, manufacturers and thinkers.

We have a tonne of exciting projects in early 2021 to tell you about.

We speak with Alex Tieghi-Walker about his new project Tiwa Select, and why small-batch craft is so important.

The Emirati craft of Talli weaving has been conducted by the region’s craftswomen for centuries. As the pandemic forces these women out of their workshops, Irthi offers a model for supporting and sustaining craft enterprises under lockdown.

Launched as a digital exhibition, Norwegian Presence 2020 highlights a trio of trends defining contemporary design culture in Norway: material experimentation, circular thinking, and ‘fixable’ design. Might this be a roadmap to the future of making?

Ceramic artist Matthew Raw’s new solo show in Plymouth is an exploration of migration, the evolution of cities and social change told through the lens of the city’s now-closed zoo. With the help of both students from the Plymouth College of Art and much younger makers, Matthew has created an installation of tiles that tells this nuanced and unique story, while providing the opportunity for kids to develop the hand and creative skills now so sorely lacking in the classroom.

UAE-based Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council both celebrates the rich maker heritage of the MENA region while at the same time providing local women with a way of generating income through their immense skill. At London Design Festival, Irthi launches its debut product line in collaboration with a wide range of international designers, exhibiting for the first time its contemporary, innovative twists on age-old techniques.

The Northumbria graduate chats to us about using his heritage for inspiration and the chair that won him the Belmond Award at New Designers 2018.

We go behind the scenes with designer Carolina Palombo and the Uruguayan artisans she’s collaborated with to chat about her Tutura chair for LDF show Hilos Invisibles.

Ahead of London Design Fair, we talk to Feldspar’s Jeremy Brown about Feldspar’s limited-edition collection made from clay from the duo’s Devon garden.

Faye Toogood, Sarah Myerscough and Sean Sutcliffe will judge Hole & Corner’s inaugural Cræftiga award.

At this year’s designjunction in September nine designers from Uruguay will present a snapshot of the country’s design scene at a crucial moment of growth.