CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING HERITAGE GLASS PRODUCTS TO RAISE THEIR COMPETITIVENESS

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Glass Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt

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The volume of global competition in the field of heritage crafts and arts is estimated at more than 250 billion dollars worldwide,
Egypt's share of it is close to the value of zero, although the small industries and crafts in them represent more than 90% of the
volume of industries, but the volume of their export does not increase in many The situation is only about 4% of its products, and
the volume of labour used for employment and for the services associated with those trades made a country such as India take
advantage of that to employ more than 6 million job opportunities in it. This decline was evident as a result of many important
factors, foremost of which is the weakness of the design system applied in those traditional crafts and its ineffectiveness in a way
that is adapted to market requirements and the appropriate and modern application techniques, which contributed to the
standardization of many of those traditional crafts, which helped increase their competitiveness compared to Other than the other
letter. Therefore, the research was presented to study ways to increase competitiveness by activating the design system for heritage
glass products through its relationship to application methods, which is considered one of the most important traditional and
heritage crafts industries in Egypt, and one of the most important components of the bygone cultural heritage.

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