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Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy [electronic resource] / by Susan Luckman, Jane Andrew.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Creative Working LivesPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020Description: XV, 259 p. 35 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
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  • 9783030449797
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 353.7 23
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Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Meaningful Making in the Contemporary Creative Economy -- 3. Educating for Enterprise -- 4. Establishing a Crafty Making Future: What Does A Career in Craft Look Like Today? -- 5. Selling Craft and Design: The Cultural and Economic Intricacies of the Contemporary Artisanal Marketplace -- 6. Craft and Design in An Age of Climate Crisis -- 7. Creative Craft and Design Microenterprise in the Age of Social Media.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers, and four years of fieldwork across Australia, this book offers a unique insight into the motivations informing those who seek to make an income from their craft or designer maker practice, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing them as they do so at this time of renewed interest internationally in the artisanal and handmade. Offering a rich and deep collection of real-life experiences, this book is aimed both at an academic and practitioner audience.
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1. Introduction -- 2. Meaningful Making in the Contemporary Creative Economy -- 3. Educating for Enterprise -- 4. Establishing a Crafty Making Future: What Does A Career in Craft Look Like Today? -- 5. Selling Craft and Design: The Cultural and Economic Intricacies of the Contemporary Artisanal Marketplace -- 6. Craft and Design in An Age of Climate Crisis -- 7. Creative Craft and Design Microenterprise in the Age of Social Media.

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This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers, and four years of fieldwork across Australia, this book offers a unique insight into the motivations informing those who seek to make an income from their craft or designer maker practice, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing them as they do so at this time of renewed interest internationally in the artisanal and handmade. Offering a rich and deep collection of real-life experiences, this book is aimed both at an academic and practitioner audience.

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