Design Innovation & Craft Resource Center (DICRC)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Center (DICRC) was established in 2011 by Faculty of Design, CEPT University. DICRC functions as an interface to understand and develop regional Space Making Crafts (SMCs) and Space Surface Crafts (SSCs) of traditional and vernacular buildings of India and integrate them in the current Interior- Architecture education as well as practice.

DICRC is a conducive platform where design thinking engages with a range of SMCs/SSCs and traditional knowledge. The main aim of DICRC is to identify, understand, research, reposition and re-engage SMCs/SSCs and Craftspeople within building and habitat sector. The underlying objective is to combine crafts related to built environment and spatial design to explore new paradigms and solutions in current milieu. It seeks to be a hub for innovative thoughts and craft-design practices to engage and interact. Its major activities are to conduct research, documentation, organize programs, workshops, projects related to SMC s and SSCs.

DICRC is supported by Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Government of Gujarat, India. INDEXT-C is a State Government Scheme under Cottage and Rural Industries (Commissioner of Cottage Industry).