The Creative Academic Role in Developing Handicrafts in Egypt Guided by the Indian Experience (Design Innovation and Craft Resources Centre (DICRC), CEPT University, India)

Keshk, Wesam Fayez; Hashem, Ola; Ibrahim, Ashraf

doi:10.21608/jdsaa.2023.215510.1284

The Creative Academic Role in Developing Handicrafts in Egypt Guided by the Indian Experience (Design Innovation and Craft Resources Centre (DICRC), CEPT University, India)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Faculty of applied arts, Damnhour university

² Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt.

10.21608/jdsaa.2023.215510.1284

Abstract

Technological developments revealed in short time, meanwhile societies need to preserve and develop handicrafts, then transfer it to new generations, providing support to enable continuing in future and reliefs it from repetitions deformity, boredom, and inconsistent with world reality. Handicraft center's role is the development and renaissance of society by raising the efficiency of advanced training programs, which is reflected in the role of designer and craftsman. In addition, these programs have a necessity to raise and strengthen professional training centers by developing a training philosophy and designing interior spaces according to specific standards. Herein, Designers create interactive spaces that include students and great experiences for all users with good scientific content. accordingly, the professional crafts can be spread through the interdependence between designers and others to preserve heritage disciplines in design of professional centers that included these crafts using modern technological development in world design trends. Thus, the awareness of handicraft's importance has a core value that encouraged designers to revive these professions by establishing innovative professional centers.

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