Kristina Andersen, TU Eindhoven Daniel Maarleveld What does digital integration mean for the craft professional practices? What knowledge should the current (digital) maker possess? Getting to grips with software takes a lot of time, just like mastering a traditional craft. Are computers and robots just another tool or are they replacing manual work now that robots are becoming more and more sensitive and intelligent? Should we update the concept of crafts and craftsman or should we see craftsmanship as something that is always evolving and that should be central to society with the help of high-tech tools? Kristina Andersen, Assistant professor at TU/Eindhoven and author of ‘Digital Crafts-Machine-Ship: creative collaborations with machines’ talks us through these questions. Creative coder Daniël Maarleveld and embroidery designer Martine van ‘t Hul are jointly developing new digital expressions on the embroidery machine as part of the iAtelier program. As a duo, they work on crossovers between two domains. By connecting the domain of the craft maker with the digital maker, they try to research the impossibilities of the embroidery machine and the software. Daniël Maarleveld will talk about the successful and less successful experiments.