Flying Bus
As an icon, the red bus is to Mumbai city what the Routemaster is to London. Since 1936 when the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Tramways Company operated the very first omnibus, the BEST bus has come to be a familiar friend on the frantic streets of this burgeoning metropolis. In the monsoon when train tracks...
The UnBox Festival 2012
The UnBox Festival in Delhi presents itself as a celebration of “interdisciplinary processes and experiences that shape contemporary thought and action”. Organised by the Box Collective – formed by design studios Quicksand and Codesign, photo-commune Blind Boys and music collective B.L.O.T. – the month long series of events culminated in a 3 day conference held...
Communicating Design
In the late 1950’s India’s Planning Commission invited an American expert to make a study trip to the country. The purpose of his visit was to make recommendations for the establishment of higher education training facilities whose graduates would stoke the ambitious fires of industry in a newly independent economy. One of these institutes set...
Interview: Ashish Deshpande
Founded in 1989 by NID graduates, Elephant Strategy + Design is one of India’s pioneering design consultancies. Headed by Ashwini Deshpande, Ashish Deshpande and Partho Guha, this Pune-based firm specialises in Communication Design, Industrial Design and Environment Design. Perch caught up with Founder-Director Ashish Deshpande to ask him a few questions about his experience in...
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