About the project
Soul of Russia is a platform that helps the heritage of Russia’s peoples work in the modern economy: it connects makers, national brands, regions and partners, and keeps the agreements reached at forums.
The idea
Traditional crafts rest on their makers, yet fragmentation holds them back: a workshop struggles to find a designer, a brand a manufacturer, a region partners beyond its borders.
Forums give people a place to meet, but agreements are often lost once the venue closes. The platform carries this work on between forums: participants find each other, publish requests and offers, and joint projects go into an open register.
Who is behind the project
- Initiator
- Roscongress Foundation
- Operator
- Innosocium Foundation
The principle in three steps
Select the best
A curated collection of crafts, brands and cultural practices
CollectionBring the best together
Participant profiles, requests for expertise, partnership offers
ParticipantsCreate something new
A register of agreements and joint projects with results
ProjectsHow the platform develops
PrototypeNow
A demonstration version: a real collection of crafts and example participants, requests and projects.
Pilot
The first participants from several regions, real requests and responses, support for agreements at a forum.
Work between forums
A permanent register of joint projects, the accelerator and the international strand, Russia to the World.