Introduction The elements of design serve as a foundation for the development and creation of all textiles and clothing products, including fabrics for interior spaces. Throughout history artisans and designers have utilized the elements of design in a variety of ways to create a certain aesthetic. Across the disciplines, the elements of design: line, space, shape, form, texture, and color are ...

The design of letterforms requires a skilled hand, an eye for fine detail and an understanding of the letterforms themselves. This work has traditionally been done by experienced artisans, but in the last fifteen years there have been attempts to integrate the design process with the use of computers in order to create digital type forms. The use of design systems for the creation led to an ana...

Cloud Computing is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in servers on the Internet and temporarily stored on the user's computer (client) including the desktop. This study aims to design an online sales application based cloud computing technology to help the artisans Palembang songket and do not rule out the possibility for other small medium enterprises (SMEs) to manage asset...

Compound adhesives made from red ochre mixed with plant gum were used in the Middle Stone Age (MSA), South Africa. Replications reported here suggest that early artisans did not merely color their glues red; they deliberately effected physical transformations involving chemical changes from acidic to less acidic pH, dehydration of the adhesive near wood fires, and changes to mechanical workabil...

This paper reports an aspect of a larger study on literacy practices, needs and perceptions of artisans in a part of the South West region of Nigeria. Using an ethnographic approach to research, it identified a variety of literacy practices, events and mediums, thus confirming the notion of literacy as social practice. The study employed a modified form of ethnographic research which was specif...

Majolica pottery is one of the most characteristic tablewares produced during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Majolica technology was introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by Islamic artisans during Medieval times, and its production and popularity rapidly spread throughout Spain and eventually other locations in Europe and the Americas. The prestige and importance of Spanish majolica was v...

This article highlights the articulation of a new territorially based governance model in the province of Jämtland in Sweden. Opposed to previous top-down governance that was based on national consensus between the state, the agrarian party and the national farmers association, this new model is bottom up, departing from farmers and food artisans and builds upon the creation of direct links bet...