Crafting Excellence  Competition Details  Seeds for Future  by
Karine Queiroz Co-authors: --  The purpose of newest forms of
production and the relationship between handicraft and design
are the essence of the Award of Excellence for Handicrafts. The
award demonstrates the importance of transnational production
for the advancement of local and regional experiments in
economic democracy, worker empowerment and democratization of
creativity. ´Seeds for Future´ notice this revolution. Each seed
could grow in different minds around the world with the message
that another creativity is possible in terms of scale, ways of
production and solidarity. Each seed awarded by UNESCO could
describe how positive and powerful is the handicraft production.