Sharifah Safwaa Al-Edrus is a graphic designer whose practice explores craft, materiality, and cultural narratives through research-led design. Working across print and digital mediums, she is particularly interested in how design can extend beyond visual outcomes. She finds interests in the preservation of communities and identities and is always looking for ideas to communicate that through design, with a focus on participation, material exploration, and community engagement.
unpatterning the archived
Positioning batik as a living practice shaped through personal engagement
This project explores batik as a living system of narratives, examining how identity, memory, and meaning are shaped through wearing, inheriting, and making. Moving beyond fixed cultural interpretations, it positions batik as an evolving practice informed by personal experience, material process, and contemporary contexts. Through publications, workshops, and participatory artefacts, the project reinterprets batik as both a cultural artefact and a method for negotiating identity and place.
