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Jorge + Lucy Orta Pattern Book: An Introduction to Collaborative Practices presents projects by renowned artists Jorge and Lucy Orta. Their art melds fashion, architecture, design with social activism, reflecting how Jorge and Lucy operate not only as artists, but as campaigners, community mediators and educators. Jorge and Lucy address concerns which are both contemporary and topical -- community and social inclusion, dwellings and mobility, recycling and sustainable development -- but which also tap into primordial traditions and cultures, such as nomadism. Internationally acclaimed, their work has been exhibited worldwide including at the Louvre Museum, Paris; Deitch Projects, New York; PS1, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Hayward Gallery, London; Secession, Vienna; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Pitti Imagine, Florence; Design Academy, Eindhoven. This book presents six of their latest projects co-produced with community groups in diverse locations from Australia to South Africa, from grand metropolis such as New York to deprived industrial towns such as Thiers (France). Jorge + Lucy Orta Pattern Book: An Introduction to Collaborative Practices is also a practical tool the reader can use to set up their own workshops and education programmes, and includes detachable pattern sheets for the reader to use to create their own projects. This beautifully illustrated book will captivate a diverse audience of artists, fashion designers, engineers, architects, community workers, and teachers.

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Jorge and Lucy Orta operate not only as artists, but as a social activists, community mediators and educators. Famed for work such as 'Refuge Wear', which crosses boundaries between fashion, architecture and sculpture, Lucy and Jorge address concerns which are both contemporary and topical -- homelessness, for example -- but which also tap into primordial traditions and cultures, such as nomadism. Jorge+Lucy Orta Pattern Book: An Introduction to Collaborative Practices explores projects by Jorge and Lucy Orta, which have been co-produced with community groups in locations as diverse as Johannesburg, Melbourne and Nottingham. The book serves both purely aesthetic as well as participatory purposes and can be used as a resource for the reader to set up their own workshops and education programs; it includes detachable pattern sheets the reader can use as a starting point in the creation of their own projects. This beautifully illustrated book will captivate a diverse audience of artists, fashion designers, engineers, architects, community workers, and teachers.