Design research in and for India has a history. The 1958 India Report by Charles and Ray Eames – from which flowered design education and the development of a contemporary profession of Indian design – underlined research, training and service as overlapping, supportive and mutually corrective. The Eames’ brilliant meditation on the lota with its […]
Article Category: ICH-Policy, Mgmt., Devt.
A Curriculum for Artisans
Issue #006, Autumn, 2020 ISSN: 2581- 9410 THE DILEMMA OF EDUCATION FOR ARTISANS The future of traditional craft depends on the […]
A hand-crafted slow revolution
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In Context
By Design: Sustaining Culture in Local Environments Issue #004, Winter, 2020 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Many of the contributors […]
A Directional Study Towards Empowerment
Issue 1, Summer 2019 ISSN: 2581 – 9410 The concern on ecological principles is forcing the design fraternity to […]
Design for Crafts
India’s craft history and the contribution of this heritage to contemporary needs represent a unique contribution to world design. India’s design history is unique in that it is an unbroken record of creativity and innovation going back thousands of years, perhaps the only design experience of its kind. Design in India has always been integrated […]
A Hundred Charmers in Concert
The stereotypical representatives of India, one interaction with the snake charmers is enough to know why they fascinate and capture every imagination. A people immersed in tradition and colour and opium, they captivate attention easily especially once they begin to play. Their music leaves as much to the imagination as it reveals and today, when […]
A Designer in Development
The female octopus is born, grows to maturity, gives birth to her clutch of children, and promptly dies. I often think it must be wonderful to have ones role in life, its purpose and parameters, so clearly defined. I, on the other hand, for the last fourteen years in DASTKAR have straddled, often uneasily, the twin […]