The Open Design School together with I-DEA is one of the pillar projects of Matera 2019. It is an open laboratory for local people and creative community where teams, periodically chosen by a board, have invented creative solutions and made them available to the organisers of the exhibitions of Matera European Capital of Culture.
The school, which is located in Casino Padula, is the place where numerous workshops and community projects have come to life. It is a hot bed of activity at the heart of one of the city suburbs.