> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Keshia Badalge > Reference:: https://design-milk.com/jerusalem-design-week-2019-establishes-presence-for-modern-palestinian-designs/ > Date:: 2019 > Tags:: #Palestine #Israel #design > WeftLinks:: [[Cultural value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft fosters the resilience of a minority cultural group]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Projects at Jerusalem Design week involve partnerships between Palestinian designers and craftspersons. Craft-design collaborations are opportunities to build trust between different groups. Craftspersons provide traditional hand skills and designers offer knowledge of product development. Often they are from different parts of society, such as rural versus urban or workshop-trained versus university educated. The political value of this is demonstrated by the projects at Jerusalem Design Week that showcased partnerships between Palestinian designers and craftspersons. >Design student Abdu Julani collaborated with Tamimi Ceramics, whose ceramic plates are informed by Eastern Islamic culture. Abdu Julani took the opportunity to learn about an ancient art and manual design, while the ceramic artist at Tamimi Ceramics in return learned about the digital design process. The product is a collage of Arab, Islam and Western images on dinner plates, inspired by the family debates about feminism, race and religion that Julani would have in his household.