Overlapping forms of knowledge: craftwork and design for cultural objects production mainly aims at studying the parallels that can be established in the applications of design onto craftwork. It focuses on the analysis of the product re-configuration through design in order to facilitate its placement into the commercial market, by checking its application context and the consequences following that process. In order to achieve this, it examines the design episteme, the social origins of the influences on craftwork and presents a live case study, regarding an intervention within a craftwork bowls producing community.