Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy

Susan Luckman is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of South Australia. She is author of Craft and the Creative Economy (2015) and co-editor of The New Normal of Working Lives (2018) and Pathways into Creative Working Lives (2020).Jane Andrew is Senior Lecturer and Director of Match Studio at the University of South Australia. Her research focuses on regional innovation systems and interdisciplinary collaboration supported by design methodologies and tools.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Meaningful Making in the Contemporary Creative Economy.- 3. Educating for Enterprise.- 4. Establishing a Crafty Making Future: What Does A Career in Craft Look Like Today?.- 5. Selling Craft and Design: The Cultural and Economic Intricacies of the Contemporary Artisanal Marketplace.- 6. Craft and Design in An Age of Climate Crisis.- 7. Creative Craft and Design Microenterprise in the Age of Social Media.