Focuses on Mohammed Ashraf's traditional Pakistani lacquerwork, describing his techniques and noting distinguished audiences of his craft. Indicates modernization is a threat to the future of traditional crafts in Pakistan. (AEM)

This paper sets out the current situation in a number of schools and institutions of higher education with departments of design. A case is presented for the design curriculum to be regarded as a serious academic subject which makes a unique contribution to pupils' cognitive, emotional, psychomotor, and social development. (Author)