> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[Glenn Adamson]] > Reference:: Adamson, Glenn. __Craft: An American History__. Bloomsbury, 2021. > Date:: 2021 > Tags:: #warp #craftWords #USA > [!SUMMARY] Summary > A term developed by the founder of the World Crafts Council to connect the craftsperson to mass production. ### Highlights [Aileen Osborn Webb] She used the hybrid term designer-craftsman to describe this idea, implying that making by hand was most important as a preliminary stage of mass production According to an essay in the exhibition catalogue, written by the Craft Horizons editorial board member Dorothy Giles, “a society in which direction is inspired by artists and by designer-craftsmen is a healthier, richer and more productive society than one which leaves it to industry and business to point the way and set the pace." American industry was not interested. Some companies did find it helpful for promotional reasons to have a living