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5 Reasons Why We Need Design Histories in India

5 Reasons Why We Need Design Histories in India

We write history to understand how things were and what makes them the way they are today. To write history is to explain the cause and effect relationship of events, to script the roles of its protagonists and their part in the story of things. All histories – any histories – account for the agencies...
Doshi: Architecture without Adjectives

Doshi: Architecture without Adjectives

At one point in the documentary Doshi, Balkrishna Doshi explains his influences saying, “ it’s like I’m eating the food by the best chefs, but I am digesting it. How you digest your food and make it part of your blood and body is up to you.” As one of the few Indian architects known...
Creating Postage to Celebrate 50 Years of Design Education in India

Creating Postage to Celebrate 50 Years of Design Education in India

The tiny postage stamp is an often overlooked piece of communication design particularly in an increasingly electronic world where fewer letters are written every year, and fewer cards sent. From being an ubiquitous carrier of images on the corner of every envelope, it has taken on a more symbolic role as an object that commemorates...