Casa da Empreita

Traditionally, Loulé is a land of palm weavers. The “Palm Weaving Shop” remakes what were the palm weaving shops centuries ago all over Algarve and mainly in Loulé.

A group of artisans work and sell what they produce, weaving pal (leaf from the short palm tree), sewing and connecting its branches, making different pieces: bags, carrycot, doormats, and more traditional or innovative pieces.

The group of artisans from the “Palm Weaving Shop” is:
Alzira Neves
Almerinda Miguel
Centro Social e Comunitário de Vale Silves
Cremilde Lourenço
Duartina Mendes
Inácia Coelho
Lurdes Costa
Margarida Cortez
Odete Dias
Odete Rocha
Valentina Silva

Adress: Rua Vice-Almirante Cândido Guerreiro, n.º 20, 8100-641 Loulé
Schedule: Segunda a sexta-feira: 10h00 – 17h00 / Sábado: 9h30 – 14h00 Contacto: +351 289 400 618
Email: loulecriativo@cm-loule.pt
GPS: 37°08'20.8"N 8°01'23.9"W / 37.139102, -8.023309

loulé design lab

Loulé Design Lab is a Câmara Municipal de Loulé’s project, located at Convento do Espírito Santo, in Loulé. This project has as a goal Support activelly ideas and projects in the design área, applied/conected with the local culture, with the sinergy of a large network partners.

Loulé Design Lab is a creation, research and experimentation laboratory that offer conditions for the formation and establishment of a creative community.
The axis of action is the design, with a strong connection with the local culture and global network with other institutions and reference projects.

The main function of the LAB is the hosting of creative professionals within a co-working environment that includes a workshop and exhibition spaces.  The LAB also promotes research projects linked to local production, supports product creation and development, curates a network of partner ateliers and produces regular programming with artistic residencies, workshops, conferences and exhibitions.

Creative Residencies
We provide organization and support for creative projects linked to artisanal production. Ideal resident projects foment new opportunities for local artisans, advance the state of traditional craft, promote the quality of the local artisanal production and/or introduce new actors and concepts into the endemic production traditions.

Workshops
The Loule Design Lab supports residents in the development and promotion of new creative experiences targeting tourists, schools or the general public.
We also organize workshops in conjunction with other entities both private and public to teach new techniques related to design and making.

Discussions
We host a series of discussions designed to provide moments of debate and reflection around contemporary design concepts including design thinking, social design, collaborative design, intangible patrimony and local consumption. These events also include the presentation of successful design projects and new innovative strategies of design and production.

Networking Events
We strengthen the creative community within Loule by offering diverse opportunities for face-to-face communication.

1. Sharing talks between residents of the LAB or with outside projects.
2. Conversations with invited guests, including outside design professionals, principals of creative projects, and experts in related fields.
3. Real and virtual tours and case-studies of successful creative projects.
4. Showrooms for the presentation and demonstration of resident projects.

Exhibitions
We organize public exhibitions of the work developed within the LAB, showing what we do best and other things of interest from the world of design.
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We promote

1. Exhibitions of resident projects, incubated and invited
2. Demonstrations
3. Pop-up events
4. Artistic interventions.