Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University Information

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC), CEPT University, India functions as an research centre for the development and understanding of Indian Crafts (SMC – Space Making Crafts and Surface Narrative Crafts) of Traditional and Vernacular Buildings of India. DICRC’s main activities are to conduct dedicated research, documentation and organize programs, workshops and projects related to Craft and Traditional and Vernacular Interior Architecture. These are realized through detailed research, mapping, documentation, and analysis of Craft and Traditional and Vernacular built environment; Craft workshops and Innovation internship and fellowship programs; Training, curriculum development for craft and providing a platform for discussion, seminar, and forum for role of craft in Interior Architecture at national and International level. Through these programmes and partnerships, our key goal is to promote and encourage the study of crafts and to propagate the information to reach wider audiences and broaden our networking. DICRC also functions as an interface between creative persons, artisans and the industry, interlinks all sides to create the basis for the implementation of innovative idea in the field of crafts within the current interior architecture education as well as practice. DICRC also offers consultancy, training, internship and fellowship opportunities. It is a conducive platform where design thinking engages with a range of crafts and traditional knowledge It has five major focus areas, which are Research & Documentation, Innovation and Development, Education and Training, Application and Collaboration and lastly Resource Building & Dissemination.