INTERCULTURALISM IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF BEING A DESIGNER AND IT WILL HELP BROADEN YOUR DESIGN SPECTRUM.THE AZTEC PRINT THAT IS SEEN ON TODAYS STREET WAS INSPIRED BY MAYAN CULTURE, WITHOUT INTERCULTURALISM FASHION WOULD BE QUITE GRIM.
THE AMOUNT OF INSPIRATION ONE CAN OBTAIN THROUGH A SINGLE CULTURE THAT IS FOREIGN TO YOU IS INFINITE; THE TRADITIONS, CLOTHING, LANDSCAPES, FLORA, ANIMALS, RELIGIONS, COLOUR SCHEMES, ARCHITECTURE... THE LIST GOES ON. BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT.
ANTHROPOLOGISTS AREN’T CONSIDERED TRUE ANTHROPOLOGISTS UNTIL THEY SPEND FIVE YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY STUDY. CULTURES HAVE MANY, MANY LAYERS AND LEVELS. WHEN YOU FIRST VIST OR LIVE IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY YOU ONLY GET TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE PLACE YOU ARE IN. YOU SEE THE SOCIAL ETIQUETTE BUT NOT WHAT DRIVES IT. THERE IS MORE TO A PLACE AND ITS PEOPLE THAN MEETS THE EYE.
A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE MAKES PEOPLE AFRAID OF WHAT IS DIFFERENT AND WE NEED TO BREAK THAT BOUNDARY WE LITERALLY HAVE A WORLD OF INSPIRATION AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
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