DELVING INTO THE REALM OF CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY BY STUDYING HOW TRADITIONAL CRAFTS MIGHT BE SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED WITH MODERN DESIGN

Abstract

Integration of contemporary design with traditional crafts substantially enhances cultural sustainability and inventiveness. Although demand for distinctive, high-quality products, ethical sourcing, and environmental consciousness is rising and so undermines cultural legacy, industrialisation and mass manufacturing have eroded traditional workmanship even in this regard. This study investigates historical arts and their possible adaptation to suit modern aesthetic, functional, and environmental standards with a view towards addressing the cultural sensitivity needs of today's society. Overall, 1,550 questionnaires were sent; the pilot study had 20 people while the final research consisted in 1,337 participants. Using RAO software, the responses underwent statistical analysis yielding interesting findings. The paper stresses how important sustainable manufacturing methods, service design, and digital fabrication are in maintaining traditional art forms. Living these ideals will help designers and artists to really engage a bigger audience. Constant problems are the artists' resistance to modernism, the absence of supporting laws, and the declining craftsmanship resulting from mass manufacturing. On the other hand, despite these limitations, sustainable design ideas including modern technologies combined with the preservation of old buildings are becoming more and more appealing. This paper adds to the continuous conversation on cultural sustainability by providing a thorough overview of doable actions to protect artistic abilities by means of technological development. It implies a compromise between modernising archaic trades to preserve cultural legacy and totally eradicating them.