THE HERMES CORPORATE FOUNDATION REINFORCES ITS MANUFACTO PROGRAM IN 2018

USPA NEWS - In 2018, the Hermès Corporate Foundation reinforces its Manufacto program, dedicated to discovering crafts in schools.


Entitled Manufacto, the factory of the know-how, this program is motivated by the will to valorize the artisanal know-how dedicated to the trades of the wood, the leather and saddler-upholsterer, with the general public. It was initiated by the Hermès Corporate Foundation and implemented in 2016, during a pilot school year, within the Academy of Paris, in collaboration with the Compagnons du Devoir and the Tour de France and in partnership with the school Camondo (Paris) and the villa Noailles (Hyères).

n 2018, the Hermès Corporate Foundation reinforces its Manufacto program, dedicated to discovering crafts in schools. Entitled Manufacto, the factory of the know-how, this program is motivated by the will to valorize the artisanal know-how dedicated to the trades of the wood, the leather and saddler-upholsterer, with the general public. It was initiated by the Hermès Corporate Foundation and implemented in 2016, during a pilot school year, within the Academy of Paris, in collaboration with the Compagnons du Devoir and the Tour de France and in partnership with the school Camondo (Paris) and the villa Noailles (Hyères). The pilot year of Manufacto took place in six schools in Paris, with students of different levels (elementary, middle and high school). Supervised by specialists - a carpenter or leatherworker, an assistant and a teacher - the students each made an object during a cycle of technical practice workshops. Successful, the results of this pilot school year made it possible to adjust the development modalities of the program on a larger scale. In 2018, the action of Manufacto extends to twenty-eight schools, for nearly 850 students beneficiaries in the academies of Paris, Créteil, Nice and Lyon. Source Hermes Foundation Manufacto