Posts Tagged ‘Indian Design’
Design Feature > Neil Dantas
In an increasingly cosmopolitan city with an expanding population and widening city limits, how does one capture a sense of identity that has meaning for all? Exploring such thoughts, I share the work of Neil Dantas (JJ School of Arts, NID). A designer with talent and good intentions who seems to live close to the […]
Filed under: Indian Design | 12 Comments
Tags: Indian Design, Mumbai T-shirt, Mumbai Tee, Neil Dantas
Window Shopping> Bombay Electric
*An Indian By Design Exclusive* I stumbled upon Bombay Electric a long time ago, while waiting for a friend to turn up. The light pole outside had a stunning face, like a bohemian 70 s star, with a bindi and high hair and the signage did justice to the name. I walked in, past the […]
Filed under: Indian Fashion, Indian Stores | 6 Comments
Tags: Bombay Electric, Indian Design, Priya Kishore, Store
*An Indian By Design Exclusive* Tara was my first feature on Indian By Design. I was fascinated by the handmade children’s books they published. My favourite being The Night Life of Trees. The artists from Gond – Bhajju Shyam, Durga Bai and Ram Singh Urvet – were a revelation. A collective of writers based in […]
Filed under: Indian Art, Indian Graphic Design | 4 Comments
Tags: Gita Wolf, Indian Children's Books, Indian Design, Tara Publishing
A design representation for ‘Can anything be beautiful?’. Created for W+K SIDE in London, by Latheesh Lakshman who emphatically believed yes. This is his series – India, everyday life.
Filed under: Indian Advertising, Indian Graphic Design | 15 Comments
Tags: Graphic Design, Indian Design, Latheesh Lakshman, W+K
Design Feature > Anek Taanka
Kavita and Shami gifted me a Salman Khan cushion cover, hand-painted by a hoarding artist. It was quirky and very kitsch, and my introduction to Varsha Sharma’s work. But after seeing more of what she does, I am partial to her weaves and threads and fabrics. A graduate in Textile Design from NID, she started […]
Filed under: Indian Interiors | 14 Comments
Tags: Anek Taanka, Indian Design, Varsha Sharma
ArchiFeature > Aniket Bhagwat
*An Indian By Design Exclusive* I featured Aniket Bhagwat last month, and there has been considerable interest in his work; landscape and architecture. So I got in touch with him (thanks to dear friend Ambrish), and dug deeper into his works and thoughts. Here’s Aniket Bhagwat, talking about his projects, meandering into thoughts on architecture, […]
Filed under: Indian Architecture | 24 Comments
Tags: An Indian By Design Exclusive, Aniket Bhagwat, Indian Architecture, Indian Design, Indian Landscape Design
Paul has been a journalist, socio-cartoonist, set designer and electrical engineer prior to being a practicing product designer. He is married and lives with his wife, a toy designer, in Noida. ATE is a double bladed stainless steel pencil sharpener which sharpens large and small pencils to a comfortable sharp tip. Best feature > single […]
Filed under: Indian Product Design | 10 Comments
Tags: Indian Design, Indian Product Design, Just Found, Paul Sandip
*An Indian By Design Exclusive* I first saw her poring over sketches and doodles and drawings and a half-finished series of Cats on Chairs. She was so childlike in her enthusiasm, in her curiosity for feedback. Her art, much like her, is simple, genuine and rooted. In conversation with Kavita Arvind, artist, NID faculty and […]
Filed under: Indian Art | 5 Comments
Tags: An Indian By Design Exclusive, Chidiya Udd, In Conversation, Indian Art, Indian Design, Interview, Kavita Arvind
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