Arts & Crafts

Arts and Crafts isn't a course or a subject actually it is a design movement that originated in England. It was a style that searched for authentic design and decoration and a rebellion against out-of machine production. Arts and crafts is simple in form and it often shows how they are put together. This style was also taken up by American designers however the style was called Mission style instead of Arts and Crafts.

This movement was inspired by Walter Crane and John Ruskin together with William Morris. They believed that in order to have a good design there must be a good society. The pioneers of this movement envisioned that the workers are not brutalized by working conditions but instead can work in an environment where they can take advantage of their craftsmanship and skill. The goal was to create and design that was by the people and for the people. This ideal produce very exquisite works of art however this works could only be afforded by the very wealthy so the ideal of "by the people, for the people" was lost.