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以工藝為基礎的設計：探討工藝品實用的技能和手工創造力

以手工藝為基礎的設計作品，近年來以各種不同的形式不斷增長，然而卻缺少手工交易的相關細節。本書透過直接的對話，訪談目前幾位相當活躍的設計師與工匠，理解這些工藝創作者如何在21世紀尋找到最合適的工作環境與改革工藝創作等相關問題。這些工藝家就是本書的重點，發現他們如何透過小規模的零售市場，創作及製造商品賴以為生。這些工藝家包括充滿創意的零售商、工匠、設計師和正在逐漸成長的小型創業者，這些人擁有不同的教育背景，結合創意和新穎科技，打造出獨特的經濟模式自給自足。書中將呈現各種不同形式的產品、工作場所和工藝家的專訪，發現原創性十足的工藝創作市場。

Interest in the practice of various forms of craftsmanship has grown in recent times. Yet, a detailed picture of the know-how connected to the manual trades is lacking. Through direct dialogue with active designers and craftspeople, this publication addresses the question of how knowledge of craftsmanship can find a place in the living and working environments of the 21st century. People are at the heart of this volume – people who on a small scale design, produce and sell goods and make a living from it. These people include creative tradesmen, artisans, designer-makers and a new delevoping group of self-made entrepreneurs, who, with many different educational backgrounds, combine creative work with technology and production to develop unique and economically viable ways of living and working. Through visual representations of the products, workplaces and people and through text based on interviews, the works of the selected craftspeople are presented as manifestations of highly original creative processes.