Venue: Seminar Room, Australia India Institute, The University of Melbourne
Presenters: Kate Bisset-Johnson
There is no word for design in India, creativity and making are intertwined. Craft and culture are also inseparable, making craft practice a cultural and increasing financial activity. The income from crafts in India is estimated to be only second to agriculture, yet many artisans remain living in poverty. There are precedents for designer-artisan collaborations in India and other countries, developing new products for local and global markets, however these design interventions focus primarily on the product rather than the generation of livelihood opportunities. This presentation will discuss research, including student projects and interviews with Artisans living and working in the Indian state of Gujarat, investigating opportunities for different types of designer and artisan engagement including co-creation. These findings suggest some of the artisan’s key objectives and concerns, including recognition and respect of their skill, desire for creativity and intrinsic relationship between a sense of self- identity and craftwork.
Kate Bisset-Johnson lectures in the Industrial Design and Product Design Engineering Programs at Swinburne University.
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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/7651-half-baked-ideas-when-designers-meet-artisans
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