Collaborations of Designers and Artisans

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It is a common practice today to leave handmade processes to artisans in poorer countries. A range of questions around this kind of collaboration occurs, as Murray points out: Manuel labour in the west has for a long time been declining.

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Exploring Cultural Dimensions of Designing

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Is design a uniform practique? Or is ist culturally coded? Do people around the globe follow the same procedures? Or are there different processes, different tools and methods, and even different values behind design decisions?

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