Iterations of applied materials in design pedagogy

This article aims to interpret how the role of making and the process of such engagement, with particular emphasis on contemporary textile applied materials; shapes design methodologies in art and design institutions. While the core fundamental for applied material disciplines is not a new emerging methodology, it nevertheless seems to be under threat. Therefore, it seems a timely juncture to understand such engagements in experiential knowledge created, not solely in the realm of the micro individual practice but also how such knowledge building can have impact on a macro level for the institute and that of the well being of the societal economy.