Value-creating practices and barriers for collaboration between designers and artisans: a systematic literature review

This study aims to map out the challenges of existing design collaborations in craft sectors and delineate different types value associated with artisan designer collaboration. A systematic literature review was undertaken, examining peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2000 2022. The results indicate three levels sustainable created from designer-artisan collaboration, which include business growth, regional development, autonomic capability development. However, collaborative is often hindered by a lack clear understanding process coordination or shared creation, balancing relationships, thinking patterns, values, actors’ roles regarding materials, technology, processes. bridges knowledge gaps offering holistic depiction mapping current practices, defining future research agendas.