Resources

Type: Research

Crafting Capital - new technologies, new economies

Research



A new resource from the Crafts Council highlights five innovations that demonstrate the value of collaborations between scientists, technologists and engineers, and makers.

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• A Future In The Making

  Organisational reports
  

  Published by Craft NI in 2007, A Future in the Making is a socio-economic survey of the craft sector in Northern Ireland. The survey represents the first in-depth analysis of the craft sector in Northern Ireland in over 10 years. The results of the survey are now published and available to download.

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• Making it in the 21st century

  Research

  ‘Making it in the 21st century’ presents some interesting regional findings which bear relevance to the crafts sector in Northern Ireland. For example, based on a body of research, the report makes a number of estimates that some 32,000 makers generate a turnover for England and Wales for 2003 of £826 million, which is greater than the fishing division, the forestry and logging division, the manufacture of motorcycles and bicycles or the manufacture of sports goods.

• ThinkTank: The Future Designer

  Research

  The first in a series of Thinktanks addressing the futur of design, audiences, objects and museums. In 2008 the V&A launched a series of ThinkTanks on future-facing issues related to contemporary design and museum spaces.

• The Crafts Council (England)

  Research

  The Research & Information Team of the Crafts Council (England) commissions and publishes research on the impact and value of the crafts.

• Visual Artists Ireland: INFO~POOL

  Research

  The ‘Legal and Technical Guides’ section of info~pool provides everything an artist might need to know on the more technical and legal issues affecting their profession.

• New Child Protection Guidelines

  Research

  The Volunteer Development Agency has been supported through a Lottery Business Support Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to develop best practice child protection guidelines for arts sector organisations to support the development and implementation of policies.

• Visual Artists Ireland Research

  Research

  The Social, Economic and Fiscal Status of Visual Artists in Ireland. Visual artists in Ireland today are thriving in terms of creative output. However, these visual artists also represent some of the lowest paid members of society. They undertake their career as a visual artist against all odds – and at times feel alienated from a society that gains its cultural identity from their life’s work; yet they continue to succeed to make work.

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• Arts & Business research

  Research

  Publications on current market trends and engagement with culture and the arts.

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• Knowing Your Consumer

  Research

  A research report into the Irish and US markets for craft.