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1: Why we need Craft – from waterways to social media.

November 10, 2019 by Colin Davies 746 1

As consumers we engage with a hybrid of art, design and craft, and its artefacts to form social bonds, and a sense of identity: I am a Nordstrom person, a Harrods; Bloomingdale’s or John Lewis… It is an engagement which helps comprehend and navigate our daily lives. Ceramics or textiles, for instance, can give us…

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Review: The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair

October 31, 2019 by Colin Davies 1041 6

Today, as we become more engaged with the things we use and wear, one of the joys of design are the many histories published on the subject. Design’s past has opened up before us experientially. Mining the cultural and technical elements which inform the things we collect in our homes and museums. In The Golden…