21/09/2026
Seven bags, two cities, one shared project.
“Chimera – Hybrid Artifacts” brings together IED Torino and IED São Paulo through the COIL, Collaborative Online International Learning programme, connecting around 27 students across seven international teams.
Students in Turin and São Paulo worked together to create bags made of elements designed separately on each campus and conceived to come together as one object.
The components developed in São Paulo were then sent to Turin and integrated into the leather bags made by IED Torino’s Jewellery Design students.
The result is seven hybrid artifacts combining leather, metal, raffia, macramé and contemporary materials with references to architecture, nature, craftsmanship and urban culture.
Presented at LINEAPELLE from 15 to 17 September in the IED exhibition space at Fiera Milano Rho, the project explores how design can connect different cultures, perspectives and ways of making.
Course Coordinators: Daniela Bulgarelli and Roberto Antonio Slusarz
Teachers: Alberto Olivero , Gil Tokio , Andre Caperuto De Almeida
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