Can an object be fluid enough to organize your life?

Profilo - A Domestic Landscape

Chiara Luna Pane

Student

Academic staff

Camilo Ayala Garcia Klaus Hackl Ingrid Kofler

Course

Products from Artefacts: Designing as Cultural Transmission.

Starting from my initial object, the "Spielkarten Fütteral" from the Innsbruck Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum, I adapted it into an everyday organizer that resembles the sketchy house shape that the card holder provides.

Its main structure is composed of six containers of different widths, depths, and lengths, characterized by laser engravings that help organize everything; it does not limit itself to one environment. Whether it is necessary to hold cooking tools, makeup brushes, pencils, or stationery, this object holder guarantees a place for them.

Thanks to the red, roof-like cap, the compartments that remain empty can be easily translated into a cute house decoration, which is also enhanced by the finger joint details that resemble the bricks of a house.

The main tray helps contain all of the modules; however, it works exceptionally well for its main function with other objects too.

A project made in the course

Products from Artefacts: Designing as Cultural Transmission.

During the Summer Semester 2026, we have been exploring product design as a cultural practice, examining how artisanal knowledge embedded in historical artefacts has been transmitted across generations and apprehended through careful observation, making, and use. The studio course has combined research-driven inquiry, hands-on experimentation, and material engagement, enabling students to connect insights into the evolution of object typologies with their own design practice. Our main focus has been on vernacular artefacts—traditional household items, rustic furniture, farming tools, and details of rural architecture—as found in open-air museums and folk-art collections across our alpine region. Crafted for daily use, these examples of anonymous design—many of remarkable beauty, ingenuity, and longevity—bear traces of adaptation and refinement, shaped by scarcity of resources, local conditions, and pre-industrial craft traditions.

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