Archive for June, 2010
British Council India’s Creative Economy Unit runs the Young Creative Entrepreneur Award which is conducted across sectors including design, fashion, interactive and communications (including graphic design). The aim being to reward creative entrepreneurs based in India for contribution to their respective sectors. The YCE award programme goes beyond recognising the achievements of these entrepreneurs by […]
Filed under: Indian Craft, Indian Graphic Design, Indian Product Design | 20 Comments
Tags: British Council, Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards
Fashion Feature > Mulmul
The fine muslins of Dhaka, then Bengal, India, were famous when Babylonian and Assyrian kings ruled Western Asia. They were among the wares first brought to England and America by the old East India Company. Mulmul or Mull, as fine muslin is called in Hindi, is a very finely spun cotton yarn. It is light, […]
Filed under: Indian Craft, Indian Fashion | 17 Comments
Tags: mulmul, Puja Chodha
Shout Out! Art of the Book
Book cover design in India has a long organic history. Many of the early Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Urdu literature book covers were stunning, sublime and ‘graphic’ even before that word became stylish. So the legacy is a formidable one. Among the newer sets, Amar Chitra Katha and Tara Books have some beautiful […]
Filed under: Indian Books, Indian Graphic Design | 2 Comments
Tags: Seagull Publications, Sunandini Banerjee, The Art of the Book
Design Feature > Runjhun Jain
A graduate of the College of Art – Delhi, Runjhun is an ex-advertising creative director who doodles, styles ad shoots and loves creating, in her own words, ‘easy, quirky and honest’ designs. Her maiden collection of cushions uses dori work, chawal tanka and applique to translate her doodles onto fabric. “I was sure I didn’t […]
Filed under: Indian Art, Indian Craft, Indian Graphic Design | 15 Comments
Tags: Applique, Cushions, Doodles, Indian Embroidery, Runjhun Jain
Jewellery Feature > Hanut Singh
The burgeoning Rs 1-lakh crore domestic jewellery industry in India is testament to the importance Indians place on their jewellery. Where once it was the preserve of family jewellers and trust was gained over many generations, the emergence of jewellery designers, independent and those designing for jewellery houses, has today egged people to experiment and […]
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Tags: Hanut Singh, Indian Jewellery
Just spotted > Wearabout
A few months ago, I stumbled across an interesting Indian blog, Wearabout, that documents Indian street fashion, individual style and the work of 26 year old photographer Manou, who runs it. He has a good eye for colours and an ability to find something aesthetic in everything. Here are a few images from the blog. […]
Filed under: Indian Fashion, Indian Photography | 7 Comments
Tags: Indian Photography, Indian Street Fashion, Manou, Wearabout
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Musician, Artist, Nobel Laureate, founder of ‘Vishwa Bharti’. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Born in 1861, Tagore turned artist at the age of 67 experimenting with various mediums. Tagore said of his art, “People often ask me about the meaning of my pictures. I remain silent even as […]
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Jewelry Feature > Puja Bhargava
Puja Bhargava graduated in Accessory Design from NIFT, Delhi (1997) and is a certified Gemologist. This is an assorted collection of her jewelry. The string of parrots is my favourite of the lot.
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Tags: Puja Bhargava
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