[SDGs × Arts | IUEP + Shared Campus 2024 India]
Sustainable Living and Local Crafts Workshop
DATE
2024 / 2 / 22 – 28
LOCATIONS (Ahmedabad, India)
National Institute of Design
The Calico Museum of Textiles
Sardar Patel Farm
CEPT University
Indian Institutes of Management
Potter’s Community at Sarkhej Roza
FACULTY MEMBERS
Shilpa Das (Principal Faculty, Interdisciplinary Design Studies, NID)
Sahil Thappa (Head of NID’s User-Centered Design Lab and Co-Head, IPR Cell, NID)
Yusaku Imamura (Professor, Global Art Practice Department, Graduate School of Fine Arts, TUA)
Ryo Mikami (Professor, Department of Ceramics, TUA)
Kenichiro Egami (Project Assistant Professor, Global Support Center, TUA)
Mei Miyauchi (Project Research Assistant, Global Support Center, TUA)
GUEST LECTURERS
Neelima Hasija (Principal Designer, Principal Faculty with Ceramic and Glass Discipline)
Rakesh Kumar (Head, Ceramic & Glass Design Lab)
Chandrakant Bhai (Craftman, Mata Ni Pachedi)
COOPERATION
Potter’s Community at Sarkhej Roza
CEPT University
Indian Institutes of Management
The National Institute of Design (NID) works with the Indian government and local governments to develop sustainable social infrastructure, production systems, and new product development for crafts in various parts of India. We held a research and workshop program in Ahmedabad, India to learn about the relationship between SDGs and arts in India.
Since its establishment, NID has supported the promotion of traditional crafts as industry and cultural heritage in India, and has conducted comprehensive research on sustainability in collaboration with government and administration bodies. In this program, we learned about the current state of traditional crafts in India and collaborations between NID and local traditional industries through lectures by NID faculty members on the diversity of traditional crafts in various parts of India, the issues they face, and sustainability. We also conducted field research in a pottery community on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, conducted a workshop on Indian chintz, which uses dyeing and weaving techniques such as hand-painted coloring, and toured modern and traditional architecture in the city.
