The Studio Craft Movement in the 1960s contributed to the development of ideas such as autonomy of craft and pluralistic view of industrial design. The article examines the handicraft cooperatives in Sweden and argues that the Movement was supported by the then developing Swedish cultural policy, which formed the basis of contemporary design promotion policy, and discusses the role of design in the welfare state.

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In Austria, they enacted federal arts promotion act and cultural promotion acts in all states except for State Vienna. We compare these acts to clear the structure, character and principle of the promotion acts.

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