Weaving is a traditional handicraft, which is almost extinct in Bulgaria. Chergodeiki wants to free it from the aura of old-fashionedness through a new fresh approach and design interpretations.

Chergodiki bagan in the summer of 2015 in the remote Dryanovo village as a part of the Baba Residence – an initiative against depopulation of villages and for sharing of traditional knowlege, which old people there still preserve. This is the knowlege about working with natural materials, and the knowlege of hands and their movements.

At ONE DESIGN WEEK you will not find ready products, but you will see Chergodeiki in action: Elena Stoycheva, an architect based in Vienna, and granny Rossa from Dryanovo will create the first prototypes through experimenting with techniques, materials and patterns.

At some time they will come down from the mountin to tell you about their work. In the Zagreb gallery you will see the first flying cherga, will find out why the passka is a dangerous beast and wil participate in a game with stripes.