Written by Co-hosted with Fashion Revolution, our upcoming make-a-thek community call, Crafting Connected Communities, continues the conversations that emerged from our first make-a-thek Bus Tour, bringing some of the inspiring practices we encountered along the way back to the wider community. Together, we will explore how materials, textile practices and material knowledge can inspire making, experimentation and new forms of learning in community spaces.
We will hear from two practitioners joining us from Prague: Valérie Záhonová, a material consultant from matériO’, and Zuzana Šmrkovská, a textile designer from Nit Lab. Together, their work opens up a wider conversation about how craft and materials can help us create more connected spaces for making and learning.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 14:00 CET
Sign up here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/lMjmMuqzT1WAedLju55bMA
Featured Speakers:
Valérie Záhonová (matériO’ Prague): Valérie will introduce matériO’ Prague and its material library, sharing their work at the intersection of materials, design and innovation, and how access to material knowledge can support creative experimentation.
Zuzana Šmrkovská (Nit Lab): Zuzana will share her textile practice, experiences from our visit to Prague, and her plans for the future Nit Lab, creating new opportunities for textile making, learning and exchange.
We’re happy to share our reflections from the first leg of the make-a-thek bus tour — see you then 🙂
make-a-thek has received funding from the European Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No. 101177660.
