CATEGORIES

Haku Shah (1934 - 2019)

Laila Tyabji's heartfelt tribute...as it appeared on Facebook. Laila is an Indian social worker, designer, writer, and craft activist. She is one of the founders of Dastkar, a Delhi-based non governmental organization, working for the revival of traditional crafts in India.

Healing Spaces

Principal Architect at his eponymous design studio, Vipin Bakiwala believes in creating ‘soul shelters’ for his clients

A Yen For Spinning Yarns

As fascinated by typography as she is by textile design, Akila Seshasayee manages to keep both her passions alive through two different professional ventures. While Designosis relies on her graphic design background, Toile Indienne transfers to fabric her love for stories!

Reconnecting Roots

Monolithic form taking centre stage, often using bright and multiple colours, layered with intricate patterns are some of the significant features of a typical work of Gond art. In an exclusive interview with Gond artist Bhajju Shyam, we rediscover this art form’s innate connection to nature and the artist’s own roots, deeply embedded within the different colours and textures of the earth

The Transformers

Chennai-based architect Krithika Subrahmanian walks us through her studio space and shows us why a keen sense of balance is the key in design and architecture

Hope For The Loom

The SavetheLoom project that revived Kerala’s handloom cotton and khadi, despite the devastating floods, is testament to how fashion as a system relies on a network; one that can be harnessed for social good and collective innovation

Free Wheeling

Mridula Koshy’s ‘Bicycle Dreaming’ leads us through the vivid and physical spaces of Delhi’s urban poor and the hierarchies that exist within seen through the eyes of its 13-year-old protagonist, Noor, daughter of a kabadiwala

Circle Of Life

While some believe they are man-made hoaxes, others believe aliens are responsible for it. We throw in a few more outlandish theories to the mix in an attempt to add to the considerable body of non-knowledge on crop circles

Heart Of Clay

From the ‘abode of the Godmakers’, the distinctive characteristic of the soil used in idol-making is more than just raw material; it is an amalgam of an ancient history that the earth holds

From Grime To Glory

The updated version of Bollywood’s ‘son of the soil’ trope, Gully Boy’s troubled roots don’t stop him from shooting towards the sky

A Stone Is Cast

Art as a space has the ability to both transcend barriers and break them, while also creating newer, more sensitive and tolerant boundaries from which to view, like unexpected ripples distorting perceived perfection

Being in Touch

An earth architect introspects on why earth as a renewable material is not only a possible solution to current unsustainable construction trends but also a tactile show of respect to the ecosystem

A House With A View

Rarely does one come across a house that is built around art. The Passi residence in South Delhi was conceived of keeping in mind their envious collection of art and furniture that represent avant-garde design trends. ‘All the walls of our home are painted white so the works of art can remain the focus, and all the corridors and halls are designed to be like mini- galleries with proper lighting,’ says Shalini Passi, patron of the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art and founder of the recently launched Shalini Passi Foundation that focuses on supporting artists working in new media.

361 Degrees Design Conference 2019: Designing For The Future

14 th & 15 th February 2019, Nehru Centre Auditorium, Mumbai

A Constant Tug Between The Past And The Future

First generation entrepreneur Ar. V. Vishwanath – Principal Architect of Vishwannath Associates is an alumnus of B.M.S. College of Architecture, Bangalore, is currently on the Board of Governors of the same institution. He had an interest in designing various buildings and interiors across the nation and trained with Senior Architects at Bangalore before establishing his firm with his wife Vidya Vishwanath. He successfully designed the first Property Development building with the terminal Metro Station at Delhi, which was a successful accessibility proposition and revenue generation model in the urban landscape. He is in the process of designing the 28 th Auditorium in the public domain with capacities ranging from 250 to 2000 seats.

A Glimpse Into The Future With Martha Thorne

Martha Thorne is dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, one of five schools that comprise the innovative, international IE University based in Madrid, Spain. She is also executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, a position she has held since 2005. Her current interests focus on the role of architecture and design in making cities more liveable and the development of new teaching methods for architecture and design education.Prior to her current role, she worked as a curator at the Department of Architecture at The Art Institute of Chicago. In her curatorial position, she undertook research, exhibition production and collection development, as well as edited books and wrote numerous articles for architectural journals and encyclopaedias.

An Adventure In Architecture

Based in Vancouver, Canada, Michael Green founded architecture firm MGA to create meaningful and sustainable change in building through innovation in construction sciences and design. Michael and his team are ambitiously extending the boundaries of mass timber construction, having completed some of the largest modern timber buildings in the world, including The Wood Innovation Design Centre and T3 Minneapolis. He is also the founder of DBR | Design Build Research and TOE | Timber Online Education, a non-profit school and research platform dedicated to teaching the design and construction of socially, culturally and environmentally relevant student-led installations with a focus in systemic change in building for climate, environment, disaster and global shelter needs.

An Unwavering Commitment To Innovation

Enrico Dini is known for incredible innovations in 3D printing and the first to build a working 3D printer for printing buildings. He became world famous as “The Man Who Prints Houses”. He invented the “D-shape” printer, the world’s first construction scale 3-dimensional printer. The machine prints using natural materials like sand, earth, and perhaps also lunar dust. It is the biggest 3D-printer in the world, handling objects as big as six metres cubed, layered in 5mm sections. The technique, says Dini, brings together the best of printing technology and robotics. He is presently working with Foster & partners, Renzo Piano, Fuksas, Zaha Hadid Architects, UN studio on this new technology.

Biomimicry – Design That Sustains All Life

Prashant Dhawan is the co-founder of Biomimicry India Lab and Studio as well as the Biomimicry India Network. Biomimicry India has been and is actively involved in spreading the knowledge of biomimicry and has organised and conducted biomimicry talks, workshops and courses at various schools, colleges, corporate offices and conferences as well as ‘open to all’ talks and workshops across India. Prashant prefers to see himself as an amateur researcher of ‘sustainable happiness’.

Ultratop System – Versatility and Resistance

From industrial settings to museums: functional flooring in line with the latest trends in contemporary design.

Wishful Architecture For Social Stability

Alireza Taghaboni, a practicing architect since 2004, founded Next Office in 2009. Taghaboni is also a painter and holds a Ph.D. in Architecture. His project, Sharifi-ha house, with its revolving rooms, adapts to a shifting lifestyle and demonstrates a critical take on building regulations and zoning by-laws, was shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival in 2014 and has been acknowledged internationally in professional and public media. In 2018, Taghaboni was awarded the inaugural Royal Academy Dorfman award in recognition of his talent that “represents the future of architecture”. Over the past decade, the practice has won several Memar Awards, a prestigious national award for architecture in Iran held annually, making it one of the top prize-winning practices in the country.

RISING ABOVE THE TREES…

Prachi is a Mumbai-based Landscape Architect from CEPT, University, Ahmedabad. She is founder Site Stories.co, (@SiteStories. co on instagram) a design practice focusing on Interior and Landscape Architecture. She is also a visiting faculty for Landscape at various institutes. She has keen interest in documenting spaces that connect with nature. She believes that it is the smaller nuances in nature that make the difference and connect us with it.

5 Must-See Exhibits At The National Museum Of Indian Cinema

Mumbai’s newly-opened museum is a treasure trove of films, multimedia, graphics, artefacts and more. Here are some of the must-see exhibits.

The Art Of Preservation

Though her heritage interpretation and design consultancy, Sarita Sundar is working at keeping memories alive…in the process satisfying both the researcher and designer in her

Block By Block

Keen on creating ‘global clothing with an Indian connect’, Ishanee Mukherjee and Anirudh Chawla teamed up three years ago to launch Poochki Designs

Shaped By Emotion

Ceramic artist Rekha Goyal is as passionate about making her craft accessible to people as she is about creating her own works of art

Seeking Change Through Design

Though currently based in San Francisco, communication designer and illustrator Tanya Bhandari is looking forward to returning to India to contribute to the evolving social design scene

Automatic Choice

As Senior Designer with Renault Groupe in Mumbai, Ramandeep Singh finds an exciting platform to express his childhood passion for automobiles

Making Reel Life Look Real

When Snigdha Karmahe gave up her 9 to 5 job to follow her heart, she had no idea she was setting the stage for a very satisfying career in production design.

Walking A Creative Tightrope

Vishnu Nair balances a day job as graphic designer with a personal illustration practice and still finds time to put paint to canvas!