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This paper looks at establishing a research framework for National Design Heritage by looking at the form characteristic of modern Malaysian artefacts. Since the establishment of formal modern design education in Malaysia, there have been numerous attempts to understand the Design DNA that can be representative of Malaysian products or Malaysian Design Heritage. However, unlike other studies, Malaysian Design Heritage has not been explored from a historical perspective. This is also because formal modern design and design education only began in Malaysia in 1967, to reach its fiftieth year in 2017. These studies nonetheless, has set precedents towards building a framework for a National Design Heritage from a historical perspective, providing a platform for future product branding and aligning national level design activities. Following that, the paper hopes (1) to propose that formally archived artefact in Malaysia is an adequate comprehension of the nation’s design activities, (2) to identify visual form characteristics attributable to the design identity of modern Malaysian artefacts, based on form, content and context analysis and finally (3) to identify the scope of Industrial Design activities in Malaysia since its introduction in 1967.
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Toyong, N.M.P., Abidin, S.Z., Mokhtar, S., Hamid, L.A. (2018). Historical Analysis on Product Form Structure Establishment in Malaysian Industrial Design Practices. In: Anwar, R., Mahamood, M., Md. Zain, D., Abd Aziz, M., Hassan, O., Abidin, S. (eds) Proceedings of the Art and Design International Conference (AnDIC 2016). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0487-3_48
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