Graduation project
DON'T WORRY, I HAVEN'T LEFT YET
Dārta Maija Zēģele
A recipe book and a collection of wearables offer a modern interpretation of forgotten Latvian traditions.
‘DON'T WORRY, I HAVEN'T LEFT YET’, celebrates endangered and critically neglected Latvian traditions which have been passed down from generation to generation for longer than we know ourselves. Dārta Maija Zēģele emphasises some of these traditions as part of a recipe book that allows others to get familiar and practise the endangered traditions. The recipe book is accompanied by a Spring/Summer collection of wearables to which the recipes act as a guide. The project opens up possibilities of interpreting the ancient recipes by our generation through human centred products and honours our ancestors’ knowledge while triggering curiosity to engage with forgotten Latvian culture.