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Design pattern is an arrangement of lines and shapes that can be seen on surface as a decoration to embellish the art beautifully. There have been plenty of designs in Islamic art such as geometric, arabesque, and calligraphy which are generally familiar in the art world. Furthermore, this paper will be discussed as an ornament in the manuscript of Safavid’s Qur’an called Muwajjah pattern that derived from Arabic words which mean front page. The purposes are to study the layout design of the Muwajjah pattern from Safavid collections and to preserve the Islamic art in Qur’an’s manuscript from art modernity. The approach of this research starts from overviewing the related literature review on Safavid art and gathered relevant information from an Islamic art Museum officer. This will assist in gaining their feedbacks on the Muwajjah design pattern. This study can be a crucial topic to other researchers and designers in order to conserve the Islamic art.
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We would like to acknowledge the generous participation of the interaction designers in the research. This study was conducted in Formgiving Design Research Lab established by the Research Management Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Full appreciation is given to the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education for the financial support under RAGS grant and Research Excellent Fund Scheme (RIF) provided by UiTM.
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Hussain, R.M., Anwar, R., Kamaruzaman, M.F., Legino, R. (2015). Layout Design of Muwajjah from Safavid Collections. In: Hassan, O., Abidin, S., Anwar, R., Kamaruzaman, M. (eds) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Research of Arts, Design and Humanities (ISRADH 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-530-3_34
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