May 25, 2013 0 Hend Krichen exhibited with Designersblock at the Southbank Centre in September 2012, since then we have also shown her work at Interiors 2013 at the NEC in Birmingham as well as at the Pitfield store in Shoreditch. Recently she has been working on the project Tunisia Made. Tunisia Made has been a journey that explores the relationship between traditional crafts in Tunisia throughout history and the turmoil of recent political events, culminating in the Revolution of January 2011. On 10th April 2012 Amamou Salah, Head of the National Handicrafts League in Tunisia, sent a timely letter to the country’s newly elected post revolution prime minister, Hamadi Jabali, detailing how twenty three years of pre-revolution corruption had sent the craft industries into wholesale decline. Up until 1996 these industries were still the country’s largest employer. It also detailed proposals to revive this situation, including a call for greater involvement from graduate artists and designers in determining a new future. With greater freedom of speech and expression, the time is ripe for exploring a new cultural identity. http://www.verydesignersblock.com/2013/05/29/tunisia-made-a-project-by-hend-krichen/
Hend Krichen exhibited with Designersblock at the Southbank Centre in September 2012, since then we have also shown her work at Interiors 2013 at the NEC in Birmingham as well as at the Pitfield store in Shoreditch. Recently she has been working on the project Tunisia Made.
Tunisia Made has been a journey that explores the relationship between traditional crafts in Tunisia throughout history and the turmoil of recent political events, culminating in the Revolution of January 2011.
On 10th April 2012 Amamou Salah, Head of the National Handicrafts League in Tunisia, sent a timely letter to the country’s newly elected post revolution prime minister, Hamadi Jabali, detailing how twenty three years of pre-revolution corruption had sent the craft industries into wholesale decline. Up until 1996 these industries were still the country’s largest employer. It also detailed proposals to revive this situation, including a call for greater involvement from graduate artists and designers in determining a new future. With greater freedom of speech and expression, the time is ripe for exploring a new cultural identity.
