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Safavid Carpet from Viewpoint of Innovation in Design and Pattern
Mr Mohammad Ali Espanani,
Volume 4, Issue 9 (6-2008)
Abstract
Tenth and Eleventh (A.H.) centuries are in line with resuming the glory and magnitude of Persian Art. Craftworks (handicrafts) including carpet, attained a great status and dignity comparing the past in the light of this revolution, and find a completely new place for itself. This important issue became a start and turning point in forming original patterns and models and creating new compositions in the design of the carpets and also strengthened the basis of the carpet designing for coming eras. It seems that such phenomenon was due to the novelties and innovations that occurred in the design and pattern of hand-knitted craftworks especially in relation to carpet and caused the prosperity of Safavid carpet. This article tries to investigate the ground and means of such innovation and revolution in the designs and patterns of the carpet of this golden era by providing internal and external indications in this regard.

Pathology of Current Carpet Designs and Some Recommendations for Innovation to Improve Them
Mr Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Rahmati,
Volume 4, Issue 10 (9-2008)
Abstract
One of the most important factors resulting in outstanding qualities of Persian carpets is their designs. In designing a carpet, the important challenge is to strike a balance between preserving the cultural and artistic values of the design and it’s innovative. Using principles of visual arts, in this paper an attempt has been made to analyze genuine carpet designs and to identify their major features. These principles may guide designers to create new designs as genuine as the past masterpieces. The principles also may be used in evaluating the innovative designs, currently being used in Persian carpets. Applying these principles to some innovative carpet designs reveals that most of the unsuccessful designs suffer from lack of cultural values, and poor designing, composition and positioning. The paper also recommends some what-to-do and not-to-do for those carpet designs that are meant to be innovative.

Status and Measure of the Effects of Carpet Design as an Academic Discipline on Economic Improvement of Iranian Carpet in the Contemporary Period
Fatameh Rahim Panah, Phd Mehran Houshiar,
Volume 11, Issue 27 (9-2015)
Abstract

Nowadays, the hand-woven carpet industry has lost its status in international market due to economic issues and international policy towards Iran, moving it into a slow deterioration. On the other hand, the domestic market of hand-woven carpet has recessed in a way that even those few shoppers can’t afford buying carpets.

The hand-woven carpet market situation needs changes in cultural and economic terms. It is time to make use of modern methods and ways, in line with preserving originality and traditional cultural identity in design and color, in order to further boom this industrial art in global market. Carpet design, as an academic discipline, has the capability of training an educated social class with the ability to implement projects with current popular taste and world of education. Therefore, studies on this discipline and making it recognized in amongst traditional carpet marketers is crucially required.

This descriptive-analytic study, with its data being gathered through a field and library research, concludes that with the current economic conditions and the syllabus of carpet design as a discipline at hand, graduates of Carpet as a field of study, design and coloring, for instance, obtain the crucial skills needed to become a skillful designer, producer, export consultant etc. scientifically and technically. The final conclusion could be that the current recession of hand-woven carpet market needs young new thoughts. Old designs and colors do not respond to the needs of today’s confused market. Graduates of this field of study have the needed skills to consult with experienced producers, in order to achieve more of a financial productivity


Identification of Innovation Obstacles in the Design and Production of Isfahan hand-woven Carpets: Entrepreneur’s Approach
Dr Mohamad Taghi Toghraei, Mrs Bahareh Navidzadeh, Dr Ali Attafar, Dr Iman Zakariyayi Kermani,
Volume 11, Issue 28 (3-2016)
Abstract

Since some part of cultural entrepreneurship pays attention to entrepreneurship in arena of art and handicrafts, and handmade carpet is one of the oldest and most important handicrafts in Iran, paying attention to carpet is really prominent. Paying attention to originality of this native art, production and exportation of handmade carpets for having a share in competitive market and development of entrepreneurship in industry of handicrafts are the reasons for the importance of this issue. In recent decades, this market has faced some obstacles that has caused some problems. To solve these problems, innovation is one of the fundamental solutions. Therefore, this study has tried to find a solution to get rid of these obstacles in the art and evaluate the solutions in this research. This research which is based on descriptive and survey analysis is willing to find the obstacles on the way of innovation in Isfahan handmade carpets and to present a method or way for innovation in Isfahan handmade carpet. The statistical society encompasses designers, producers and carpet merchants, with 211 samples randomly chosen.  Its results show that the obstacles on the way of innovation in handmade carpets go into the five major categories of economics, marketing, culture, management and technology, for all of which 30 sub-branches has been identified.  In addition, the analysis of the achieved results show that each of these factors has different levels of effect on obtruding innovation in Isfahan hand-woven carpets. To conclude, some suggestion are given to get rid of these problems.


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