Introduction to Craft and Design

Craft and design has been amongst us for many centuries and has gone forward by mankind, bringing out new ornaments but keeping it a traditional style and giving recognition with talent of modern design. Having a creative team who works together to bring forth and make it a huge selling point. These reviews are about the differences of craft and design and how people opinions are based on the differences of modern and tradition, types of craft and design and success within business.

Modern vs Tradition

Craft and design started long ago. It has been with human race for countless centuries from poor area to rich area. Craft started of as a traditional aspect where everything was designed by hand and gave a natural look to an object. But now time has changed thoughts have expanded and modern machines have come to life. Dr. Kevin Murray had a disagreement of how modern culture has become with craft and design. From creating things with hand and now we have machines that can do designing for us. Through his reviews there are case studies of 3 different people who share their experiences.

Craft have their own passion of showing love and culture to the world. Case studies are based on how machines have become advance while being creative and taking away jobs through poor areas as the traditional way of designing has changed. Johanna Rosenqvist has other expertise of art and culture as she teaches many students about tradition and modern craft. In her review she wrote “Teaching design history to future designers poses great challenges to me as an academic in the design field” in this review Johanna teaches how history is important to future designer. The aspect of tradition being an inspiration of bringing out modern design through creative sciences. Courtney Lee Weida (2014 crafting creativity & creating craft) was explaining how machines replaced human hands “they could not substitute the human mind and eyes in designing in the traditional crafts design was executed by craftspeople themselves using traditionally handed down motifs and forms.” Craft and design has been seen in different ways. Everyone consider craft as making by hand and design by mind and eye.

Types of craft and design

Through ideas, research and lots of discovery people find inspiration through something which inspired then to be creative and design something through craft which is remembered by many. There are a lot of different types of craft which brings out many inspirations. The word craft has a lot of meanings to it. Joseph McBrinn report was about the importance sewing with needles before sewing machines even existed. Designing craft through embroidery was with mankind since the start of human century and designed clothing made out of leaves. Article shows the decorative side of arts and crafts and the sculpture side of it. Robert Bell has done many exhibitions to show the side of art in Australia. Other types of craft include design within architecture. Craft is a creative process of how to make our living space comfortable through texture, design and pattern, finding the characteristic of the building to form elegance by creating a mindful of craft through architecture.

Success within business

Craft and design has become an inspiration to many which leads to successful business and has become successful through out the years. Steven S. Taylor talks about the masters of creating and selling. Through craft businesses has expanded and have become shops near traveller points selling through tradition of what the place was about and earning lots. “Human beings have always been masters of craft. We make things and some of those things we decorate to make them special) hand crafts have been a success through the years and as part of success within business. Creating a living through business and craft has become a way of bringing out culture following the traditions throughout the century.

The literature review has introduced many current research areas and areas on how craft and Design has changed life to many people. Through business, teaching and discovering. Many of the reviews have taught many ways of craft and design and the impact it has made to people through poor and rich area of the world. Craft and design created inspiration to young and old individual many people with disabilities have the ability to be creative.