MIPEL and the community of San Patrignano have started a collaborative project that has all the credentials to get far. The first step is to host a stand entirely dedicated to the young people of the community inside Hall 10 of FieraMilano-Rho whi will showcase the creations of the Design Lab of the San Patrignano leather goods sector and will perform live, during fair hours, practical demonstrations of working and decorating leather. This is an interesting way to let know the production reality of the Community that operates today both under its own brand (producing a San Patrignano brand line that, through MIPEL contacts, hopes to distribute to contribute to the sustainability of the Community) and in close contact with the most important Italian companies in the sector.
The leather goods sector of San Patrignano develops the understanding of the artisan product as a fusion of experiences from tradition and innovation processes in favor of excellence “designed and made in Italy”. The focus of the project is the ability to understand the product, the knowledge of its tangible and intangible values, highlighting the value of applied production excellence. The cognitive background acts as an indispensable platform for developing skills related to all phases of product realization.
The sector collaborates as a production laboratory for important Made in Italy companies and with companies that decentralize their production processes with district logic. The presence at MIPEL, the cradle of leather goods, is therefore an incredible opportunity for the guys of the community who will thus be able to immerse themselves in an experience of direct contact with the major players in the sector.
The evolution of the project foresees that MIPEL may become in the future a moment in which the guys of the community, trained within the Design Lab and finished the recovery process, can get involved and introduce themselves to the companies present at the event which, accepting the challenge, they will therefore be able to count on a motivated and competent workforce.
In addition to hosting the children inside the fair, MIPEL has decided to support another sector of the community, the graphic one, by entrusting it with the printing of the official catalog of the event.