Recipes for Connecting

Recipes for Connecting is a project by the A—Z Collective, featuring “recipe” submissions from an international group of creatives, community builders, kids-at-heart, collectives, educators, and other cohorts who believe in the power of a simple idea to bring people closer together. These “recipes” illustrate many different methods of connecting—offering practical social tools, humorous prompts, gentle reminders, alternative structures of communication, and scrumptious meals. Together they create a patchwork of insights into “connecting” on individual, interpersonal, human, non-human, and collective levels.

Each visitor is invited to select and acquire the pages they like the most, bind them on-site, and create a personalized compendium. It is aimed at students and professionals alike, from design enthusiasts to community builders.

After being presented in Berlin and México City, the chapter of Recipes for Connecting was developed for Barcelona Design Week by Laura Meseguer and Anja Lutz (A—Z) featuring many new contributions by designers from Berlin and Barcelona: Alex Jordan, Andrea Tinnes, Anja Lutz, Anne-Christin Plate, April Gertler, Atipus, Catrin Sonnabend, Cem Eskinazi, Claudia de la Torre, Eider Corral, Emily Smith, Eunjung Kwak, Erica Fustero, Formal Settings, Francisca Torres, Gemma Terol, George Titheridge, Hounyeh Kim, Josepha Conrad, Judy Kaufmann, Judy Smith, Kristina Wedel, Karen Runge, Laia Soler, Lan Kroeger, Laura Meseguer, Lisa Baumgarten, María Carmona, Maria Montes, María Yin, Marisa Lacarta, Mark Bohle, Martí Guixé, Mela Dávila Freire, Niklaus Troxler, Orlando, Pol Pérez, Rachael Dunstan, Ramón Tejada, RM, Sarah Boris, Silvia Sfligiotti, Sonia Genoher Valentí, Sonsoles Llorens, Susan Ploetz and Tulah Stanford.

Nowadays it is part of the Design Biennale in Matosinhos, Portugal

Thank to all for their unique contributions and to our collaborators and supporters!

Mentions:
Premis Ciutat de Barcelona 2024, in the category of Fashion and Design
The jury agrees to give a special mention to Laura Meseguer and Anja Lutz for the project Recipes for Connecting,
given the innovative way of bringing together local and international creators with a modest proposal,
but at the same time with high design quality.