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International IMIAD Workshop 2015 ‘Conversation with crafts’ The terracotta craftspeople of Gundiyali were invited to participate in the International IMIAD Workshop 2015 “Conversation with Crafts” to enable ‘Craft Design Innovation’ exposure to more number of craftspeople. The International IMIAD Workshop 2015, “Conversation with Crafts” was a part of the International Masters in Interior Architectural Design (IMIAD) offered at Faculty of Design, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. This was a collaborative workshop between Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC), Faculty of Design and SID Research Cell, CEPT University. The primary intention of this workshop was to bring diverse voices into curatorial and craft-design processes and to develop Innovative prototypes through collective knowledge of craftspeople and design participants. It emphasized on the importance of ‘making’ by generating Craft-Design Innovations through collaborative working methods between master craftspeople and designers. The focus of this workshop was on five material crafts - wood, metal, mud, bamboo and textile and surface narrative crafts like madhubani painting, gond Painting and mata ni pachedi. The participating universities included: CEPT University, India; SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland; Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; Hochschule furTechnik, Stuttgart, Germany. There were 35 International and 14 national design students, 35 master craftspeople, 20 faculty members and 10 coordinators participating in the workshop. Participating craftspeople from Gundiyali - Ali Mamad Daud Kumbhar, Amad Daud Kumbhar, Amad Mamad Kumbhar, Salim Kasim Kumbhar, Salim Suleman Kumbhar, Siddik Yakub Kumbhar.
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