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Fashion Feature > Anavila 12Mar13

The Sari, six or nine yards of fabric that drapes women of any size, shape, height or region, can be worn in different ways for work, play or to celebrate. Though still extremely popular for occasional wear, the everyday aspect of the sari where one lounges in it as one would in a pair of jeans today, is perhaps fading in urban India. And it is that which draws me to the handwoven Linen Saris by Anavila Mishra (NIFT) as she wills us to spend our days in them. Her decision to not embellish or add details that were not of the material seems to enhance the saris even more. The patterns are subtle and the use of colours is gentle. A sense of easy flow prevails. Anavila also experiments with botanical inspired applique work she loves nature, wild flowers, twigs, fruits, leaves and trees and brings all that she sees into her work. The fabric used to create the botanical applique work is dyed and gives the work a sense of shadow and light, of different shades in the same form. It was a delight to see them. Sharing what she does.
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Contributors Invited > A Million Gardens 28Feb13
Luis Barragan once said, a perfect garden no matter what its size should enclose nothing less than the entire universe. Gardens and Landscapes create opportunities to poetically connect with the world, regardless of their size or location. Many of us might have either seen or experienced such spaces this study invites you to help catalogue them to discover a new universe right where we are. LEAF invites contributors for a collaborative investigation. These are their requirements. We are looking to document gardens and landscapes that: 1. Are stunning examples of external place making. This implies that there is a deliberate, human intervention and not a place that has evolved naturally over time. 2. These places have to have a very strong spatial character formed and/or communicated by landscape definition and not that of the built. The built could of course be the preliminary marking of space. 3. Cultural landscapes that are of great value with a living human interface and/or a narrative that includes, history, myth, folklore, animals, birds etc. 4. Landscape systems which might not be dramatic as immediate discernible space but will be valuable to understand as a structuring mechanism of sorts. 5. Are new narratives agriculture, trade new rituals and narratives for new spaces. 6. Seem quirky and unconventional; but may be of immense value to understand specific conditions or practices. For this study, we are emphatically looking at places that are inhabited by living practices. While not discounting the value of landscapes of monuments like that of the Taj Mahal, Mandu, Sarkhej etc; the depth and range of study required to incisively look at them may not be possible as a part of this study. If, within these places there are rituals that continue today from time immemorial; we will definitely investigate them further. Inviting all of you to participate in this investigation over the next six months. We will be collating all the data and analysis as a document at the end of the process and will share our findings with all the participants. We anticipate this to be an unprecedented collection of living gardens and landscapes of the subcontinent put together in a comprehensive manner. For enquiries please contact landscapeindia@usa.net This document will be published under the auspices of LEAF; the research arm of M/s. Prabhakar B. Bhagwat. For the past four years now, LEAF has been engaged in primary research by engaging and encouraging students through a twelve week research internship.
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Spotted > We Make Love 09Nov12

Manou, from the wonderful Wearabout, just shared this site - We Make Love. Found some lovely products in it
that would work well for Diwali.
Crackers in a bag
First up are fabric crackers. Perfect for those who enjoy the design but not the sound. Find it here. Continue reading Spotted > We Make Love
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Caught My Eye > Punarnawa Crafts, Boho Gypsy, Playclan, 61c 04Nov12
PUNARNAWA CRAFTS is committed to Odisha Crafts. Loved the simple details and the vibrant colours. Find them here.
Mohni Basketry/Applique Pouches
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I support > Krya 02Sep12

This mention was waiting for a full-fledged post, and while thats coming up, theres no reason why everyone cant enjoy this product till then. Launched in September 2011 by Preethi Sukumaran and Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Krya is a natural and sustainable detergent that works with your hands as well as with your washing machine and of course the environment.
>> Get your pack here, read their informative blog, follow them on facebook. Picture courtesy Krya.
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Fashion Feature > Swati Kalsi 23Aug12

While preserving existing traditions of craft is vital, its equally important to foster new ways of seeing. I first saw work by Swati Kalsi (NIFT Delhi 2002) at an exhibition by Jiyo! at Southbank, London. I spent a considerable amount of time following the myriad embroidered patterns. It was evocative even though it wasnt a familiar grammar of objects and figures that we enjoy seeing in a lot of embroidery from India. There was an order in the seeming randomness it brought to mind images of terrain mapping and cartography. The garments the embroidery forms part of enhance the work they seem roomy, comfortable and the embroidery follows the silhouette in a fluid manner as if in movement itself. Here are a few images from her work. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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Caught my eye > The Musalman 19Aug12

This is a 2008 documentary by Hinterland Films on The Musalman. The Last Calligraphers from Hinterland Films on Vimeo. Via 100 Hands. Global Voices says :The earliest forms of newspaper were handwritten and now The Musalman probably is the last handwritten newspaper in the world. This Urdu language newspaper was established in 1927 by Chenab Syed Asmadullah Sahi and has been published daily in the Chennai city of India ever since. This was a more recent report on The Musalman. Via Global Voices
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Caught My Eye > Sham Patwardhan-Joshi 19Apr12

The Origomu site states that Over 46,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating on every square mile of ocean today, killing 2 million sea birds and 100,000 marine animals every year, with many getting entangled in plastic six-pack rings. To create awareness and re-use of plastic waste, Origomu invites and inspires people to make jewellery from these objects and shares the work on their site. These are Sham Patwardhan-Joshis creations using six pack plastic rings, shells and thread. I loved the way it connects to the cause of saving marine life by using elements left over from settlements in the sea alongside elements left over from settlements on the Earth. Makes one think of what we contribute to the planet. The photography makes the creations look like undersea creatures and the names are evocative. Would love to see
them for real.
Whirling Water Open by Sham Patwardhan-Joshi ( 1 six-packs used ), Six Pack Rings, Sweet water shells, Thread
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Caught My Eye > Litttle Prachee, Sotomoto, Gnaana Multi-lingual Alphabet Blocks, Pero for children 04Apr12
Some refreshing products for children that I enjoyed seeing. Litttle Prachee
Prachi Walia (NIFT) grew up travelling across India, discovering Indian textiles and now brings it all into her collection. Vintage mom-crafted frocks, and the joy of dressing up inspired her in creating Litttle Prachee. Love the use of embroidery, Indian fabrics and the sense of play would love to see some for boys. You can find more of her work here. Sotomoto
The prints are playful, the colours are happy and many are gender neutral which is wonderful. Sotomoto is at 24/2 Hauz Khas Village on the ground and 1stfloor, Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm. And online here and here. Gnaana Multi-linguaal alphabet blocks
The Gnaana alphabet blocks are truly practical and meaningful. And a wonderful way to introduce your child to a new language. You can pick yours here. Pero, for children
Aneeth Aroras Pero is a delightful brand. It tucks in lots of lovely details and brings together varied Indian fabrics like ikats, natural dyed khadi, woven chanderis, gamocha from Assam, telia rumals from Andhra Pradesh. Get some here.
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Design Feature > Katran 21Mar12

Materials are given second lives in India everyday. Newspapers into peanut cones, old saris into quilts, jeans into storage bags, vegetable peels into compost. Sahil Bagga (College of Art, 2002, Politecnico di Milano) and Sarthak Sengupta (NIFT 2001, Politecnico di Milano) researched on farmers spinning left-over fabric strips (Katran in Hindi) from cloth mills into ropes for making Khatias (string beds). They developed the idea as part of their Zero Kilometre Design Concept to later create a collection of products named Katran. Sarthak Sahil Design Co was founded in 2009. A multi-disciplinary practice, it works on furniture, products, graphics, brand consultancy, trend development and research, interiors and spatial design. Their portfolio has a mix of identities the interiors seem to dwell on symbolism, the lamps are slightly kitsch and objects like the metal platter and jewellery have a different aesthetic altogether. But on the whole, the effort seems to do something that is grounded, crafted, local and Indian. Their collection, Katran, seems a coming together of thoughts towards that direction.
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Design Industry in India by Laila Tyabji 27Feb12

British Council Arts did series of interviews with those within the design sector on what the design industry in India is all about and where is it headed. I found Laila Tyabjis thoughts especially enlightening. Design Industry in India by Laila Tyabji from British Council Arts on Vimeo. More interviews here.
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Caught my eye > Indian Stretchable Time 25Feb12

This one made me laugh out loud. Time indeed is a flexible commodity for many of us in India. There is an unsaid rule of sorts, a subtext that once understood adds clarity to interactions. This watch makes it explicit.
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Discovered! Kuhelee Khandelwal 23Feb12

I discovered her three years ago and its taken this long to convince her to share her work. Kuhelee has a delightful mind. And an intimate way of crafting things. A stray bead, left over wire, pins, scrap fabric she sees possibilities in everything around her. And has the ability to make it look aesthetic. We are family now, so I have even more opportunities to see her work up close. Sharing her creations and her thoughts. Pentee-pies (as named by her equally creative daughter Tara)
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Caught my Eye > Wills India Fashion Week AW12 Part One 22Feb12
Photography has changed the way we look at the world. How photogenic a thing is has gained much importance. Something that makes it difficult for details, subtlety and intricate work to stand out at times. Especially so when the context is a fashion show. Movement, distance, lights, everything affects what we see. And its unfortunate because details is where a lot of the magic really is. The team at FDCI shared a few images from the WIFW. In no particular order, heres a pick of what caught my eye with some details picked out so one can look closer.
Pero
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Design Feature > Neil Dantas 19Feb12

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 ground. I enjoyed his work on Mumbai which is a first hand experience of the city. As an old resident, I identify with his graphics and words, said and unsaid.
I am the BEST. Even without a mention of the city, it is quintessentially Mumbai.
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Caught My Eye > Bhagyanath C, T.S. Satyan, NN Rimzon, Priti Vadakkath 12Feb12
Bhagyanath C Ventriloquism Kashi Art Gallery Archives, December 12, 2010 January 7, 2011 The series delves into the theory of Evolution and the awareness of the shared fate of the beings of the world. This interaction between Pig and Man seemed so peaceful and complete no foreignness in their touch, only familiarity one would show someone they are connected with or deeply understand. Poetic.
Secret dialogue -17 Charcoal on paper and transparent sheet, 17 x 22, 2010
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Shout Out > Poonchh by Aarohi 05Feb12

Aarohi Singh is putting her art where her heart has always been. Poonchh is a collection of products created in aid of stray dogs. It will be showcased at 100Ft restaurant, Indiranagar, Bangalore on the 10, 11 and 12 February 2012. A great way for those who feel for the cause to show their support by bringing home products that would create a more humane future for stray dogs.
Poonchh featuring Honey.
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Caught my eye > Chai Paani, Naqqashi Platter, Kaagazi, Junk Mirror, Recycled Paper Jewellery 04Feb12
Chai Paani money bank. Fitting considering the political climate.
Chai Paani money bank
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Book Review > Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India 01Feb12
As visitors to grand Palaces, Temples, Mosques and Tombs, we are likely to come away more with awe than with a picture of what we have really seen. Often, details merge with a memory of the whole. Until someone points out the complexities and captures them so we can study how the place came to be. Henry Wilsons Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India is a book about such details. The ones we might miss in a rush to photograph the entirety or struggle to recall in the midst of colour, light, sound and movement. The introduction sets the real premise of the book. The author-photographer shares pictures of patterns and prints from all over India henna, truck art, block printing, textiles, floor tiles and clearly states that this book will not be covering any of them. This is a book on Pattern and Ornament as seen in the Architecture of North-West India. And to that end, the book is faithful to its subject. Continue reading Book Review > Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India
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Caught My Eye > Aarti Verma, SAS Home, Maati, Raja Gondkar 20Jan12
Art Meets Fashion, Hand Painted
Aarti Verma of Art Meets Fashion. Hand-painted by Aarti, bags made by Karigars. I liked these three from her hand-painted work. More of it here Blog and facebook. Continue reading Caught My Eye > Aarti Verma, SAS Home, Maati, Raja Gondkar
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Fashion Feature> SLOW. useless. 08Dec11

Today, our fingers and hands do more of this typing words onto screens, hailing taxis, raising toasts, holding files, carrying shopping bags and less of this folding paper to make planes, digging through mud to sow a seed, sewing a button, threading a needle to darn a tear. The process of making is ebbing from urban lives and with it, perhaps a sense of what our hands are capable of creating. Padmaja Krishnan (NIFT Delhi) opens her installation and sale of hand-crafted clothes at the Artisan Gallery today. In form, her clothes are contemporary; in content, they bring together skills and traditions from the past. She terms them slow and useless. Slow because the pieces are hand-sewn, cared for and given time to take form. Useless since she revives rags and castaways and houses them in new ways. Wearing something handmade and knowing what went into the process makes that particular piece of clothing
radiate with character. It is then difficult to not feel cherished while wearing it. Padmajas decision to take time making what she makes is bound to affect the character of her garment and that in turn is bound to affect the wearer. Perhaps a sense of slow will permeate and the wearer will stop to appreciate the seams and threads and colours and then perhaps it might become a reason to be aware of everything around them. All because someone choose to take time and go slow. Spend some time in her slow and useless world and if you choose, bring it back into yours.
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Dirty Hands 09Nov11

Rajiv Subba (Chandigarh Art College, NID) and Mamta Gautam (SPA, NID) got together to experiment and delve into something that had no set precedents in India. They formed Dirty Hands, a company that now makes hyperrealistic silicon mannequins and prosthetics for films and works at recreating what we experience. Though trained in art, architecture, ceramic and glass design, their skills as mannequin makers is self-taught. Which is probably why their office is a cheerful collective of talented friends from various fields with no degrees in hyper-realistic work. Their work is convincing and brings out the Indian skin tone and character impressively. Dirty Hands, though pioneering in India, still has some way to go if compared to hyper-realistic works around the world. But it does open up possibilities to create new experiences in the country by people who have an affinity to the stories within. Mark Twain once said, Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isnt. Creating a realistic portrayal of something that once was or still is means there is material to adhere to, possibilities unexplored because a
finite object has finite rules that bind it. The idea of portraying reality, to me, seems more in the realm of fantasy, to create something that really isnt. A clone of reality, distinct in its fictional self and boxed in finite possibilities. Thus not real. No matter how alike. Lets interact with the fiction of reality, painstakingly created by Dirty Hands.
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Exhibition > ARTISANS, Kala Ghoda. 19Sep11
Exhibition Schedule Launch event, Thursday, September 29, 2011 (By invitation only): Woven Woolen Strands of the Desert, a lecture by Jasleen Dhamija, an authority on Asian textiles Ashoke Chatterjee, former Exceutive Director, NID and former President, Crafts Council of India Opening times: 7 days a week, 11 7 pm Continue reading Exhibition > ARTISANS, Kala Ghoda.
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Product Design > Experiments with Dhokra by Tejas Soni 02Sep11

Nidhi Dube from the Indian Institute of Craft and Design wrote to me to introduce Tejas Soni and his experiments with the Dhokra craft. Dhokra is an ancient craft practised by nomadic tribes who have since settled into parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of southern India. One of the earliest known pieces found was the Bronze dancing girl at Mohenjadaro. The craft is practised by both men and women and the objects are cast in metal using what is known as the lost wax process. Today it features more as a exotic buy rather than a relevant ingredient in our daily lives as it was in the ancient times when religious figures, jewellery, diyas, animal figurines and vessels were essential in many homes. The revival, support, reinterpretation of any ancient art is often met with skepticism will reinterpretation dilute the legacy or turn it into something commercial and ubiquitous and most important of all, will it benefit the ones who started it all. Tejas Soni works with artisans to reinterpret Dhokra in the modern context the work is clean and the objects are utilitarian thus can merge in our daily life easily. The forms within it make me wonder a platter with a cowherd and his cows, a jug with a tribal man on the handle, tribal girls in a trivet the forms used by the metalworkers in ancient times were an interpretation of the times they lived in for us, these forms, though lovely, are far removed how will we choose to interact with them will we be conscious of their presence or will they perhaps be, just another design element. Lets explore his work and views.
coasters
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Bloggers Against Plagiarism 01Sep11

To copy is to kill ones own source of creativity. True inspiration is about admiration, respect and progress. About interpreting what you like, to create something altogether new and often unrecognisable from what inspired it. If it looks exactly like what inspired it, it is a copy or a lack of imagination. I hope all among us who seek inspiration will see the difference in the two and opt for the latter. A new blog initiated by dedicated makers and creators, who recognise the damage that copying can cause to business and morale, especially for small businesses, now makes it possible for people to share their copyright violations and plagiarism issues. If you have faced similar issues, do get in touch with them, along with of course, pursuing all possible action that you need to. Bloggers Against Plagiarism
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Design Feature > Ek Karkhana 15Aug11

Social networking has created opportunities for creative businesses to get in touch with their audience more intimately and immediately than ever before. It has also created a surfeit of businesses of varying quality. But many do shine through. Ek Karkhana is one such business. It caught my eye largely thanks to their nondependence on ubiquitous kitsch and their simple, graphic aesthetic. They work from a small workshop, with a team of kaarigars, are passionate about craft and have big plans for the future. Lets take a closer look.
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Just Published > Spade Issue 3 08Aug11

The third issue of Spade is here. It deals with architecture and collage and as always promises to throw up questions and thoughts. Contributors include Christopher Benninger, Batul Raj Mehta, Iian Jackson, Gautam Bhatia, Jeenal Sawla, Rohan Shivakumar, Meghal Arya, Sonal Sunderajan, Suhasini Iyer, Aniket Bhagwat and Samira Rathod. You can view a sample of the inside pages via the pdf link below. Orders can be placed via the email id provided. Those interested in research work with SPADE can email for positions at Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
A few sample pages of Spade 3 in this pDf : Spade 3
Contact spadeindia(at)gmail(dot)com
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Design Feature > Mitti Cool 15Jul11

*An Indian By Design Exclusive* Basic living, in urban and rural areas, has expanded from food, clothing, shelter to include tv, mobile phone, laptop, washing machine, fridge, water heater, ac, car and more. All of which are dependent on fuel/ electricity to make them work. The key to living in the future might just depend on how we are able to gain independence from the circle of resources by building our own homes, growing our own food, even creating our own energy. It is perhaps a way to ensure equitable distribution, responsibly. But for now, these uber basics are vital in our lives, and we must navigate them as best we can. Until an uber cool alternative shows up at our doorstep. Introducing the MittiCool Fridge. Id previously read about ChotuKool, the Godrej fridge that ran on batteries, but this was even better. Purvi Sanghvi, from The Other Side, travelled to Gujarat to take pictures and chat with Shri Mansuk Lal Raghavji Bhai Prajapati from village Wankaner in Gujarat on his invention a clay fridge that keeps food fresh and cool, without electricity.
MittiCool Refrigerator
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I support > Lets Plant Trees 08Jul11
Vinod Lal Heera Eshwer is a nature evangelist. A nurturer much like Dickon in the book, The Secret Garden. His childrens book, Lets Plant Trees, is filled with Vinods charming sketches to show the true saviours that trees are in our life. The book comes with a gift of seeds that literally helps sow a love for trees in a child. >> A review of the interesting launch of the book can be read here. The book is published by Tulika and is available at Strand, Mother Earth and Books for Change. Lets Plant Trees also has a blog. Vinod also promotes Trees for Free.
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Design Talk > Jitesh Patels Tote Bag 13May11

My first sighting of a tote bag was perhaps the woven plastic ones, the kinds that Madras maamis carry. When we moved to Mumbai, I saw my kaam-waali-bai carry a green printed cloth one and often wondered what she kept inside. Turned out to usually be paan, beedi and some food she gathered from her home visits. In Kolkata, I watched them call it jhola and it was the man-bag before man-bags ever became fashionable (or are they). The Tote is an essential now, easy to carry and inexpensive to collect. Theyre also an easy canvas for designers to showcase creativity. And the all-important rallying cry against plastic. Which is why Jitesh Patels book is fun and interesting. It takes something that has become such an ubiquitous part of our world today and catalogues it. His interest clearly being in its graphic output and the designers who created them. The form is the same, the designs keep changing. In some cases, it relates to the form of the bag, in some to the use it could be put to. But largely, its used much like canvas, with no interaction to its purpose as a bag. The designs could just as well work as a tee, but a bag is perhaps easier to make, one size fits all.
< Photograph courtesy Jitesh Patel. Jitesh Patel is a designer and illustrator. He runs a multi-disciplinary digital design studio, Jai Studio, in Shoreditch, London. He also has a blog dedicated to tote prints. If youd like to submit your own self-initiated, self-published and commercially available project for potential inclusion in future editions of this book, do so here. > If youd like to make your own Tote bags, check Morsbags for instructions.
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Young Creative Entrepreneur Award Applications now open 11May11
Applications for the YCE awards in the sectors of Design, Fashion, Interactive, Screen, Performing arts and Publishing are now open. If you are between 21 40 years of age, run your own enterprise in these sectors, apply by filling up a form on the YCE website. If shortlisted, you will be invited to present before a panel of industry experts. The winner will travel to the UK during a relevant trade event along with winners from other countries. Last date of application is 30th May.
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Caught my eye> Khatri Khalid Amin 22Mar11
Seventeen year old Khatri Khalid Amin was born in Ajrakhpur, a village whose industry originates in the 4000 year old Ajrakh natural dye printing tradition. Khalids unique perspective as a rural designer has materialised in highly individual works, minimal and expressive representations of the landscape around him, whether it be overlaid antique block prints depicting the infinite Gulf of Kutch or the many textures of the Thar Desert. His debut collection of stoles is now available at Bombay Electric. Pictures and text via Bombay Electric.
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Design Feature > Toys from Trash 21Feb11

The toys of my childhood were often assembled with things lying around newspaper for boats, pebbles for pittoo, chalk for hopscotch, walls for four corners, trees to climb, paper for kites, twigs and rubber bands for slingshots. Toys today are store bought, often hi-tech, tagged according to age group and pre-created. When Rajiv Majumdar shared these videos of Toys made from Trash, it felt like Id stumbled upon a treasure. They are the collective effort of Dr. Vidula Mhaiskar, Ashok Rupner, Shivaji Mane and Arvind Gupta who want to make science fun for children by designing low-cost teaching aids. The team works in the Childrens Science Centre, incubated by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune. Their website features 1100 short films in 13 languages, around 3500 books on Education, Science, Environment and Childrens Books,
all available to download for free. Here are a few of the films. Continue reading Design Feature > Toys from Trash
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Next Up > Matter by Bharat Sikka 16Feb11
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Fashion Feature > Anuj Sharma Button Masala 13Feb11
My friend Kavita Arvind introduced me to Anuj Sharmas work in 2008. Purvi Sanghvi re-introduced me to him via this video today. And I am glad she did. Fashion has increasingly become a business of generating mass trends, the irony of it being that following trends is pretty near unfashionable, not to mention not too great for creativity. So where does that leave us consumers? What is our relationship with fashion? Do we really have a say in what we wear and how we wear it? As a student, I remember buying yards of fabric from khaadi bhandar, going to the tailor, drawing patterns, speaking of fits, hearing the master at the tailor tell me try this, try that. A lot of my friends made their own clothes too. There was creativity in the entire exercise not to mention immense joy in wearing what one had designed. And I didnt have to be a design student to do so. Today we trust our wardrobes to designers and our styling to the stylist in a magazine. Anuj Sharma recently spoke at TEDx. He questioned our growing distance from design. And how it got him to create Button Masala. So we can start interacting again, use our creativity and have some fun. Watch the video to hear it in his own words. Continue reading Fashion Feature > Anuj Sharma Button Masala
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Guerilla Feature > Urfun Lab Surat 25Jan11

Guerilla or unsanctioned art invades reality as we see it and interacts with us, the wider audience, in a context that we can relate to and often understand. The subject could be anything commonplace a street corner we have often walked past, a lamp-post we rarely looked at, storm water pipes that never caught our eye. The act of using the public domain as a gallery, of revisiting everyday spaces and objects and giving them a new meaning could stem from myriad motivations; to make a political statement and challenge the establishment, to be democratic about who gets to view art, to express oneself or sometimes to simply make things better. Urfun Lab Surat is a clutch of young professionals Architects, Landscape Architects, Urban designers, Graphic Designers, Event Managers who have come together to find, create and share their own expression of the urban space around them. By using colourful cellophane sheets, they transformed a mass of storm water pipes into a poetic installation that reflects playful patterns on the otherwise nondescript tar road.
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Design > Masala Tee Sugarcube 19Jan11

These pictures have been pending in the mail archive for a while now. I like the sense of play the pictures have and the dusted Indian yellows and pinks of the tees.
Sheikha and Noe say A concoction of exotic animals featuring a cool elephant, NuttyTrunky, a funny cow, CrazyDaisy & a tall camel, HumpyKholy . All wearing the signature Masala Tee jewellery, embossed for added effect. Exclusively packed in silver Masala Tee Pouches. Available at the Masala Tee Boutique.
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Just Spotted > Rachana Reddy 19Jan11
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Now Showing > Ashwamedh 19Dec10
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Competition > Adding Humor to Telephony 01Dec10
The India HCI-Student design competition. Open to all currently enrolled college students. This is a part of the 3rd International Conference on HCI to be held in Bangalore in April, 2011. Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2011 Acceptance notification: 10 Feb 2011 Final version deadline: 28 Feb 2011 Details in this pdf IndiaHCIDesignCompetition Visit the website for more details.
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Now Showing > Where am I? 17Nov10
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Now Showing > Scratch 12Nov10

Sakshi Gallerys 25th anniversary show. Curated by Swapan Seth. Opens November 12th, 6pm at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Promises to be interesting.
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Archi Talk > The SpireTec Competition 01Nov10

Architecture competitions have their fair share of debates on efficacy and final output, but realised projects like the Pompidou Centre and Maya Lins Vietnam Memorial have had a profound impact on the relevance of competitions. The quality of the jury, conviction of the brief and whether the project sees the light of day are crucial in this debate. It is gratifying to see a competition in India that promises this and more. THE SPIRETEC COMPETITION: An architectural design competition for a 62,750 square metres mixed use area that is part of an IT office complex spread across 85,000 square metres of land; with a built potential of 1,75,000 square metres. The complex is in Greater Noida; part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). The NCR is spread over an area of 33,578 square kilometres. It is the ninth largest urban agglomeration in the world. The site for the SPIRETEC project lies adjacent to the flood plain of the river Yamuna. THE INTENTION: To foster an architectural debate that will influence main stream architecture in the country, to examine newer ideas relevant to design and sustainability in the context of Indias new urbanity, and to set extremely high standards of both transparency and quality of assessment in this competition and for such efforts in future. The project already has financial closure and will be built in the next few years. THE JURY: Ajoy Choudhary, Aniket Bhagwat, Ashish Bhalla, Kai Gutschow, Ken Yeang, Lucien Kroll, Michael Sorkin, Peter Bosselman, Peter Head, Pradeep Sachdeva, Sanjay Prakash, Suparna Bhalla, Tay Kheng Soon.
THE AWARD: Up to five honourable mentions will get an award of US$10,000 each. Three winners will get an award of US$25,000 each. The AOD shall receive a contract of US$250,000.
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Details of the competition are enclosed in this pdf The SPIRETEC Competition Brief and can also be accessed via the website.
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Coming Soon > Experimenter at Frieze Art Fair, London 05Oct10

Experimenter, the only gallery from India exhibiting at the Frieze Art Fair in London this October.
FRIEZE ART FAIR, London, 14-17th October 2010 Fair Opening hours: Thursday 14 October: 11am-7pm, Friday 15 October: 11am-7pm, Saturday 16 October: 11am-7pm, Sunday 17 October: 11am-6pm.
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Now Showing > Say Everything 13Sep10
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Invited > IFA and You Tube Play 23Jul10

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is an affiliate of the Guggenheim Museum on the YouTube Play project and invites you to submit videos to YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video.
The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2010.
How to Participate: Through July 31, 2010, participants are invited to submit new or existing videos created within the last two years at youtube.com/play. Submissions may include any form of creative video, including animation, motion graphics, narrative, non-narrative, or documentary work, music videos, and entirely new art forms. Selection Process: After the submission period closes, the Guggenheim Museum will identify up to 200 videos for online viewing at youtube.com/play. From this group, up to 20 videos will be selected by a jury of experts, comprised of distinguished artists, filmmakers, graphic designers, and musicians, to be presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York during a special event on October 21, 2010, on view to the public October 22 24, with simultaneous presentations at the Guggenheim museums in Berlin, Bilbao, and Venice.
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Showing > The Doorway 20Jul10

A year ago, in the living room of Jyotis apartment, I watched her perform The Doorway for an audience of one me. It stirred me, in a way that I could not understand or place words to. It is an intense, involved experience and the interpretations are as much ours as hers. The project was funded by India Foundation for the Arts under the Extending Arts Practice programme and is being performed this weekend in Bangalore.
Jyoti says: The Doorway is a collection of stories woven into a physical narrative examining the nature of our physical inhabiting of closed and open spaces. The spaces considered in the piece vary along a continuum from the literal to the metaphorical; the bodys response to space itself, and the various associations that spaces evoke, connects the diverse material.
Some of this material is loosely autobiographical; the rest has been drawn from images or impressions of life around me, some from fairy tales and folk songs, and some from entirely imaginary experiences. The narratives are communicated through bodily images, gestures, and sounds [mumblings / chants], with minimal spoken text. They sometimes feature unambiguous beginnings and endings, but, more frequently, begin in the middle and are then abandoned, or conclude abruptly, or begin independently only to subsequently merge with the others. The piece does not look to convey the specific details of these stories so much as to use them as provocations evoking stories from the lives of the spectators, who are encouraged to begin their individual journeys of personal associations. The Doorway has been performed in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Katni, Pondicherry, Trichur, Trinvandrum, Kochii and at Ninasum in Hegaddu. Ranga Shankara, Bangalore, on July 23 at 7:30, July 24 at 3:30 and 7:30, July 25 at 3:30 and 7:30 For online booking please visit www.indianstage.in and www.bookmyshow.com. For tele-booking please call: 9886334291
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Showing > This is Unreal 19Jul10
This Is Unreal Raqs Media Collective, Susanta Mandal & Yamini Nayar, 23rd July 5th September 2010 EXPERIMENTER 2/1 Hindusthan Road, Kolkata 29, +91 (33) 4001 2289 / 2463 0465 info@experimenter.in, www.experimenter.in
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Shout Out! Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards 21Jun10
Ankita Adya for Happily Unmarried, YCE 2009
British Council Indias 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 providing them a platform to begin a dialogue with their UK counterparts. Entries are open till 10th July 2010. For more information, visit the website.
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Hi Kavita, I am an avid reader of your articles. They show so much passion for design. I have a background in Architecture and then Masters in History and Theory from Architectural Association, London. Recently, me and my husband started an ecom site by the name of http://www.designemporia.in where we are promoting Indian designers to the global audience. Kindly have a look at the site and also look at the bout us page to know more about our background and philosophy. I think we share a similar passion for design which we are dabbling with in our own ways. Since I truly appreciate your flair for writing, I would like to invite you to write for Design Emporias online blog / magazine by the name of http://www.designdekko.com There are different other possibilities that I would like to explore with you. Kindly provide me with your email id. You may mail me at surbhitanga@designemporia.in Best, Surbhi
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Hi I was wondering if you could help me with connecting onto blogs which document Indian textiles. I remember a link on your blog but cant seem to find it anymore. We are developing proposals for a textile gallery and would want to delve deeper into the documentation of motifs, iconography etc in textiles from varied regions in India Regards Abhishek
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Gaatha does document textiles along with crafts http://gaatha.com/blog/ Ritika Mittal works with textiles from the North East https://ritikamittal.wordpress.com/ Theres Shared Indian Talent that discusses Indian materials http://www.sharedtalentindia.com/ home/
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I must say that I absolutely LOVE your blog. I am a design aspirant myself and your blog gives me so much inspiration! Thank you for that
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Thank you for visiting Indian By Design. Hope you enjoy the time you spend here. Answers to a few questions I have been asked. How did Indian By Design start of? What is it about? Indian By Design was created in January 2008 in response to conversations and discussions with architect friend Rajiv Majumdar. It was created to celebrate and share creativity in India/by Indians all culled from what I saw, found or discovered through information shared by an increasing circle of wonderful souls. Ambrish Arora was wonderful and helped me with introductions. There were readers like Purvi Sanghvi and Raina De Nazareth who generously shared links. And since then, other readers who write in to share something they liked or just say hello. I wanted the blog to have a point of view and to be jargon-free. I hope that you find both. Are you a designer/architect? No. A career in advertising as a writer prepared me to edit my thoughts. I have had no formal design, art or architecture education. I learnt and still learn by reading, researching and mostly by having dialogues with those featured on Indian By Design.
Is there a team of people who work on Indian By Design? Just me. No design team. No interns. No other writers. I sometimes use the word we because the blog has developed a personality of its own so it demands that I treat it as an individual. What does Indian By Design mean? Its about India and Design but its also about being Indian by being aware and included in the phrase was a sense of ingenuity. Do you make money from Indian By Design? No. The blog does not take in advertising and no money is made by posting or featuring anything on the blog. Do you think blogging can be looked upon as a profession? It could be. There are ways to monetize it, just like with any other media. What is important is originality, quality and consistency of the content. There are advertisements, sponsorships, partnerships that one could bring in. And then of course, consultancy, speaking or writing opportunities that could arise because one develops a voice in the field. The latter, I believe, is where a blogger could make it a profession in the true sense. Where are you based out of? I started the blog while in Bangalore, it grew as I moved to Mumbai, and now it continues to nourish me while in London. How do you pick what you will feature? It is largely instinctive. I usually know it when I see it. The common qualities may be a sense of integrity in the work, a contribution to its genre, an interesting perspective, a clear sense of aesthetics. Do you make anything? I draw, sew and love craft. I love learning new things. The most recent have been printmaking, paper cutting, interior styling. Is this your only blog? Youll find a few more on the Blogs page. How do I get in touch with you? indianbydesign(at)gmail(dot)com Have a lovely day. Kavita Rayirath
featuring my old mumbai home. pics by me.
featuring my present london home. pics by me.
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Feed for this Entry Trackback Address 1. 1 Jayshree Nayak on December 20, 2012 said:
Its really heartening to see a lovely blog here. Touched to hear that you are true to what you are doing for the purpose of the people at large to know about design and great visual items. On a similar note, sweetcouch.com has launched to give a leveller platform for all online shops. There are just so few that we know of today thanks to the tons of money that go as their advertising revenues. Many many beautiful shops with very beautiful handcrafted products seem to struggle to get noticed. We have listed many of these shops giving precedence to only one factor that they should have beautiful products to showcase. This way the users can select for the products from any shop of their liking. We sincerely hope that this initiative of ours makes the dent that we want it to make in the consumers mind today who does not think beyond Flipkarts of the world. I would request you to visit sweetcouch.com for some window shopping. Your feedback will be deeply appreciated. Jayshree co-founder sweetcouch.com
Reply 2. 2 S on June 2, 2012 said:
Absolutely lovely blog, Kavita! Skimmed through it on a couple of earlier occasions but really having a proper look now- it may keep me up all night. Best, S
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3 K on February 22, 2013 said:
Thank you S.
Reply 3. 4 soabkhan on May 1, 2012 said:
great work.:d hmmm..good

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Thank you.
Reply 4. 6 Auro on March 31, 2012 said:
really appreciate your style of blogging , there is something special about it , very informative .Would love to follow you . Cheers Auro.
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Thank you Auro.

Reply 5. 8 shaari on March 22, 2012 said:
Hi Kavita, Just wanted to let you know that Im a big fan of your blogsimply love it. Each time I visit itI end up being more India proud Keep up the good work!! Will be back for more (Just started following you on Pinterest too!) Cheers, Sharvari
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9 K on March 23, 2012 said:
Thank you Shaari. I am glad you find it so. : )

Reply 6. 10 WordPress directory on March 11, 2012 said:
Hi Kavita, Great work and very good blog. I discover your site today and place a link in my WordPress directory Regards Wil
Reply 7. 11 bhagya jyothi on February 11, 2012 said:
Dear Kavita, Wonderful blog.am fidha on ur pics.a great Work dear.Am frm bangalore & have A retail store..lot lot to be learnt frm u & ur blog.plz do guide me from where can i source art & hand made things for my shop.plz mail me.e-mail:jyothi_hemanth@yahoo.co.in. luv u.:-) jyothi.
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Thank you Jyothi. On sources, everything I like I share on this blog and on the Indian By Design facebook page. Plus there are a lot of wonderful blogs on Indian design that share lovely work too. Im sure youll find plenty of talented people for your store within all of that. I wish you all success.
Reply 8. 13 Arunima on January 31, 2012 said:
Hi Soni, Love the nandi runner.(what is it with me and cows?) !!! Great job as always. London seems to be suiting ya:) love and huggs. Runia
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The Nandi runner was lovely, did you get one for yourself? Hope youre well. Great that you keep stopping by. Hug.
Reply 9. 15 Aparna Shah Mahesh on January 26, 2012 said:
Hi Kavita I managed to peek at some interesting photos and things you uploaded via Facebook Via a friends page.. I used to be in advtg too, in fact with Ogilvy. I came across your blog via surfing thru other stuff. I love your sense of style, your unique approach to design if i were to describe it- its artistic with simplicity combined with utility.. Its very refreshing, easy and approachable and some of the ideas you pose are doable and extremely nice. its a very feel good sorta of page and I am glad i found a page like yours. Cheers Aparna
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Thank you Aparna. Im glad you enjoyed it.

Reply 10. 17 Yogeswaran on January 26, 2012 said:
Dear Kavita Brilliant job. Your passion is visible. It is admairable. God bless you for the good work. Art and craft of all forms have healing power at individual, collective and global level. It put us on the path towards the search of the ultimate truth and peace. I am an engineer born in Sri Lanka and now a citizen of South Africa. Having worked in the development arena for the past 30 years and having gained substantial knowledge in various fronts, it is my interest now to put this knowledge and network to work for the benefit of youth in their search for their space in the green- knowledge economy. This is achieved through the application of art- craft -science -technology -innovation and entrepreneurship towards building the green -knowledge livelihood, lifestyle and the economy. It is about socioeconomic and ecological innovation for sustainability, justice and equity. Our job is to assist and help create an enabling environment for youth learning, innovation, exploration and experimentation and in the process they redesign everything, from product, service, process to lifestyle systems. While corporate and powerful nations are creeping into this space, it is our believe that the youth at the local level will be able to do a better job of social -
economic and ecological justice and equity. With this in mind, the aim of this communication is to establish a working relationship with your network for further exploration of this avenue. kind regards yogeswaran e-mail:kyogeswaran123@gmail.com
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I agree. Its very healing. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country with a lovely aesthetic quality in everything. Do keep me posted on your work.
Reply 11. 19 Akshaya on December 7, 2011 said:
Hi kavita, Nice blog, and thankyou for writing about indian designs. I am crafter too and recently started blogging and realised that not many people write about indian crafts and arts in blogosphere
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20 K on December 8, 2011 said:
Great to hear that you are blogging on craft.

Reply 12. 21 SangeethaPriya on December 6, 2011 said:
Dear Kavita, Wonderful blog.truly inspiring initiative.the content is of such a good standard, it fulfills the lack of good research journals on Indian design. I am a student of architecture, heartfelt thanks from our side.
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22 K on December 8, 2011 said:
Thank you for your lovely words.
Reply 13. 23 sunny on November 26, 2011 said:
this is a great Designs blog. its great to observe how Indian design is evolving further, document it the way you have. its an area close to my heart too, but admittedly, i didnt do as much of india by designs blog now. great job.
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consider me definitely a follower
Thank you.
Reply 14. 25 Jyoti on October 12, 2011 said:
Dear Kavita, I am an editor by profession but an avid architecture/design voyeur. I love seeing what other peoples taste in their design and homes are. While I follow a number of international design blogs, I have never been able to find one that was Indian. Today I decided to be aggressive about my search, and see I have hit gold. Your blog is JUST THE THING I was looking forIndianness. Its wonderful. Great photos and design. Best wishes Jyoti
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Thank you Jyoti.

Reply 15. 27 sandya on October 8, 2011 said:
nice blog kavita. I am from bangalore and I make lovely smocking frocks for little girls.see my blog cherries.inc
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The link didnt open Sandhya. Wish you all the best. : )
Reply 16. 29 Sallie Housler on August 10, 2011 said:
I stumbled this page coing from yahoo. Well it didnt match my critera I searched it is safe to say this was an interesting read.
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I love how serendipity makes our lives so interesting. Glad it brought you here.
Reply 17. 31 Vanshri on July 24, 2011 said:
Love your blog Kavita its not only the content thats sooo interesting but also the clarity of pictures, the Layout, the wonderful style of writing & ofcourse the amazing presentation. Looking forward to many more years of the same. Vanshri Interiors by Design Gurgaon
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts Vanshri. : )
Reply 18. 33 ravishp on May 29, 2011 said:
Hi there, Do check out some of our stuff at the link below http://www.facebook.com/Chidiya.ki.kahani Cheers
Reply 19. 34 Anita on April 8, 2011 said:
Kavita delighted to find your blog! We share a common love for contemporary Indian design! You write about it I source and sell it in the UK. We should meet!
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35 Kavita on April 16, 2011 said:
Thank you Anita. Definitely. smile.

Reply 20. 36 ankit darda on February 9, 2011 said:
simply good work i like your initiative

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Thank you Ankit.

Reply 21. 38 Shatabdi Biswas on November 24, 2010 said:
Hi Kavita, Its very interesting to come across your blog, its a very en-lighting and shows that india has really gone forward in term of Designs.
I m a NIFT, Bangalore student and doing a research on Indian designs- Rajhastani and Islamic , its a comparative study about the evolution and their influences. Could you put in your views on it, I would love jolt down few of your thought for my research work. Thanks.
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39 Kavita on January 25, 2011 said:
You could write to me indianbydesign(at)gmail(dot)com

Reply 22. 40 Kiran Kalamdani on November 18, 2010 said:
I went to the Sasawne Village near Alibag to visit the home and studio of the legendary sculptor Mr. Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1891-1967) alias Nanasaheb who has sculpted some very famous figures in India. The realism of the figures that is charming and amazing at once is what strikes anyone. The subjects range from famous personalities to common subjects like fisherfolk, servants, domestic animals and family members. This part of Konkan is known for the Ganpati idols made in almost every household. Karmarkars painting of Shivaji in a temple caught the Collectors eye and his life changed thereafter. His patrons include Otto Rothfield, Rabindranath Tagore, Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur and many other heads of the princely states of Baroda, Gwalior, Gondal, Sangli, Miraj & Phaltan. There are several books and websites that have information on this celebrated, sensitive Indian artist, but a visit to the home and studio at Sasawne is a pilgrimmage for realistic sculpture lovers.
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Thank you Kiran. I will research further to know more about his work.
Reply 23. 42 Amy on October 15, 2010 said:
Great blog!!! i really liked =D

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Thank you Amy. : )

Reply 24. 44 Neha Sanghvi on September 22, 2010 said:
Hi Kavita, Can You Please give me your email id? Would want to send me our studio profile. Thanks, Neha Sanghvi
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indianbydesign(at)gmail(dot)com
Reply 25. 46 Michael on September 15, 2010 said:
hi love ur blog. on a recent trip to India i came arcoss alot of fusion brands. One brand that stood out for me was Anokhi. Do you parhaps know of any similar brands to this one in India? thanks
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Anokhi. FabIndia. Bandhej. Jaipur Cottons in Bandra Mumbai. Hansiba by SEWA (http://www.hansiba.in/), OMO (Bandra), SOMA, Kora (Kolkata).
Reply 26. 48 Chandni Modha on September 11, 2010 said:
Hi,
I love your blog, and am fascinated by the progression of India whilst maintaining Indian traditions! Check out my blog: DecadentPhoria My third year undergraduate project completed at University of Nottingham, came in Blueprint magazine. Check the links below to see my work. http://www.decadentphoria.com/search/label/A%20Temple%20for%20Cosmetics%20and%20Decoration http://www.decadentphoria.com/p/new-caryatids.html http://www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk/index.php/architecture/degree-show/ Get in touch, Chandni
Reply 27. 49 Kavita on August 28, 2010 said:
Thank you Alex. I will check the link.

Reply 28. 50 Maithili Ahluwalia on August 14, 2010 said:
I think this is a great effort to give a contemporary face to indian design Next time you are in the neighborhood, pop into Bungalow 8
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51 Kavita on August 24, 2010 said:
Thank you Maithili, will surely do. smile.

Reply 29. 52 ofindianorigin on July 22, 2010 said:
For some reason my link does not seem to be workinghere is my blog http://ofindianorigin.wordpress.com/
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30. 53 ofindianorigin on July 22, 2010 said:
Hi Kavita, This is a great blog you have going here. I have just stepped into the world of blogging and your blog has really been an inspiration. Linking you on my blog! Nisha xx
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54 Kavita on July 27, 2010 said:
Thank you Nisha.

Reply 31. 55 karteik on July 19, 2010 said:
kavita, you are doing great job identifying the work, which represesnts indian art & design in todays time is a need. its an interesting blog for the people who love the subject. thanks karteik
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56 Kavita on August 28, 2010 said:
Thank you Karteik.

Reply 32. 57 Sheetal on July 7, 2010 said:
Hi Kavita, Love your blog! A whole lot of inspiration out here! Great to see Indian design showcased so beautifully.
Do have a look at our new website http://www.trendsinsight.in. Its all about authentic Indian trends. Would love to hear your feedback! Sheetal
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Thank you Sheetal. Your site is very interesting. : )

Reply 33. 59 Devina on July 6, 2010 said:
Love your blog! I would love for you to check out http://www.varyadesign.com. We are based in New Delhi and would love your feedback. Cheers, Devina devina@varyadesign.com
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Thank you Devina. Will do. : )

Reply 34. 61 Kavita Nair on June 26, 2010 said:
I am so glad I discovered this thru Runjhun. Looking for some design ideas for my new house and was coming to a dead end as all are so predictable and not unique ! Loved your house so warm and inviting. So did Ashwinys riot of colours ! Looking for someone who could help me with my home in Mumbai. Realised u are in London now. Would u be able to recommend ? Thanks a ton
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Weve exchanged mails since then. Hope the house turned out great. : )
Reply 35. 63 Jitesh Patel on June 22, 2010 said:
Hi Kavita I came across your blog today, and you have put together some amazing content, There is a such a wealth of good posts here to read through. I will look forward to seeing more. Cheers Jitesh
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Thank you Jitesh. : )

Reply 36. 65 rajni dhanda on June 15, 2010 said:
i always feel home should b simple cozzzyyy..urs is perfect example..simple hand made thigs ,some colors..all natural..ur r done.but of course shld have tastekeep it up:)
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Thank you Rajni. : )

Reply 37. 67 Neha on June 10, 2010 said:
Nice Blog Kavita! Its nice to find fellow design/photography bloggers!

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cheers! Adding you to my blogroll!
Thank you Neha. : )

Reply 38. 69 Aarti Khandelwal on May 24, 2010 said:
Your blog is soooo cool! N thanks for the hospitality!

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Thanks Aarti. : )
Reply 39. 71 Manoranjan on May 21, 2010 said:
What a treat it is to go through this extremely interesting blog. It has inspired me to do something but what I dont know-catalogue, collate, research or just appreciate and admire Indian design.
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Thank you Mano. : ) Hug.

Reply 40. 73 ndrdesignnaturally on May 2, 2010 said:
Great blog. Please keep it up. We are blogging from Chandigarh, India on issues of design, development and more. Please stay in touch.
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41. 74 Kavita on April 22, 2010 said:
Thank you all for your kind and generous comments.

Reply 42. 75 sreelu on April 22, 2010 said:
Glad to have stumbled upon such talented ad creative website, loved your post and will be a regular also would like to write about your blog on mine. regards, Sreelu
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Sreelu: Sure, you can. Thank you.

Reply 43. 77 Anand Krishnan on March 12, 2010 said:
Hi Kavita I just discovered your blog. Its Brilliant! I dont know how youre doing it, but what a wonderful collection of lovely work. The talent, depth and breath is Amazing! I cant wait to check out your archives. If you ever planning to come to Malaysia, let me know; will show you what we have (or dont have) here. Anand Krishnan Kuala Lumpur
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Thank you Anand. : )

Reply 44.
79 subhi123 on March 11, 2010 said:
Really interesting Blog ..!!!

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Thank you Subhi. : )

Reply 45. 81 Mujib on January 24, 2010 said:
Hello Kavita Would like to get connected Pls give a shout.. mujiblalita@collaborativearchitecture.com thanks
Reply 46. 82 Pankaj Chaudhary on January 9, 2010 said:
a million thanks for making this wonderful attempt! Its been a pleasure to read the posted content. I think, the long wait for getting a taste of contemporary Indian design world ends here.
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Thank you Pankaj. : )

Reply 47. 84 Purvi on December 14, 2009 said:
hi kavita hope u r doing well. u now need to post some pics of your new home:) which iam sure will be as warm as your old home.
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Thanks P, did. : )
Reply 48. 86 nagaraj vastarey on November 30, 2009 said:
Amazing attempt. Incidentally logged in here to discover all about design. Will visit you regularly. -Nagaraj Vastarey
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Thank you Nagaraj. : )

Reply 49. 88 puja chodha on October 18, 2009 said:
Hi kavita, Love your blog! I am a photographer/designer from Bangalore now living in New York. I am launching my label mulmul a line of leisurewear for Spring/Summer 2010 and would love for you to check it out. http://www.mulmulstore.com thanks. Best, puja
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Thank you Puja. : )

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90 nandita on September 25, 2009 said:
Discovered through facebook, love your blog on my reader so I dont miss any of the good stuff.
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Thank you Nandita. : )

Reply 51. 92 ashivasingh on September 14, 2009 said:
Hi !! You blog is so appealing .. i am a photographer ..would like to be associated ..thnks!n regards

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Thank you Ashiva. : )

Reply 52. 94 Deepa Krishnan on September 10, 2009 said:
Sighyour blog is such a sensory delight.

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Thank you Deepa. : )

Reply 53. 96 AS on September 9, 2009 said:
wow!!!!
loved ur blog!
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Thank you AS. : )

Reply 54. 98 suchi on September 9, 2009 said:
I just love the way youve done up your home, earthy, colors, and so personal. Amazing! p.s Got the link via Kuhelee
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Thank you Suchi. : )

Reply 55. 100 vk on August 5, 2009 said:
fantastic blog..keep up the good work.

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Thank you VK. : )

Reply 56. 102 Arti on August 4, 2009 said:
Just found your blog great stuff here!! Looking forward to seeing lots more on Indian design!
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Thank you Arti. : )

Reply 57. 104 Darpana Athale on August 1, 2009 said:
Nice site- love the new stuff that you keep putting up! Kudos!
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Thank you Darpana. : )

Reply 58. 106 Knita on July 31, 2009 said:
Hi, Kavita. Your blog is fantastic. Am very glad I had the pleasure of meeting you. Kudos! Knita (Rasikas friend)
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Thank you Knita. : )

Reply 59. 108 nitasha on July 6, 2009 said:
Hi Kavita, I just discovered your website!! Great work and loads of stuff to browse through.
I just love it!!! Cheers Nitasha

Reply 60. 109 architect kalapi buch on July 2, 2009 said:
lovely dear.very inspirational compilation & have made me interest in youas a person and your sensitivity towards Indian overall Art Scene.Keep it Up & would look forward to meet you please. Can you come for a presentation and a talk ???
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Thank you for your kind remarks. I just moved out of India so it will not be possible to meet. As for the talk, the designers would be the ones you could ask. smile.
Reply 61. 111 ranjith cpk on July 1, 2009 said:
good, great work

Reply 62. 112 masalatee on June 23, 2009 said:
Would love for you to take a look at ourindo-centric design of gourmet Tees. Specifically, Masala Tee. A tee(shirt) concept 100% concocted, brewed, frothed, spiced and sweetened to a Tee & to perfection in India for the world. Also, MASALA TEE IS FOR HUMANI-TEE. A certain percentage of the sales proceeds will go to selected humanitarian organisations helping women and children in India. Tee-tilate your palettes with our gourmet Masala Tee Collection in our E-catalogue @ http://ebook. masalateecollection.com/ And feel free to circulate our Masala TeeE-Catalogue to your friends, family and colleagues. Masala Tee: A refreshingly unique recipe of femininely cool & sparklingly divine Tees, featuring faces of beautiful Indian women donning jewelry. Here are the unique Recepi & USPs of the Masala Tee Collection: * A Jewel of a Tee prepared to perfection
* 100% Organic Cotton Green Tee * Encrusted with Swarovski stones * Adorned with a Special Jeweled Gift inside the Masala Tee Bag * A percentage of the sales proceeds will go towards humanitarian organisations in INDIA Cheers from the Tee Wallahs, Sheikha & Noe, Delhi INDIA teewallahetc@gmail.com Mob: +91 9910939043
Reply 63. 113 Black Zebra on June 22, 2009 said:
Love your blog and what it stands for. I guess Im trying to do something similar ,but with Africa in mind.keep doing what you do.xx
Reply 64. 114 mayank mansingh kaul on June 21, 2009 said:
love love love this blog. its got so many things going on, its loads of fun
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Thank you Mayank. : )

Reply 65. 116 varquazar on June 19, 2009 said:
Absolutely Stunning blog This one! I was just trying to Google some serious Indian Designers (of all sorts) and bumped upon yoursyou have a great aesthetic sense, Shear designer merit I have added your blog to my following listKeep the good work & yes just peep in my blog > http:// designofobia.blogspot.com/ < whenever you get timeThe important thing for you to know is that we share ONE COMMON THING& that is The tremendous THIRST TO DESIGN. Keep exuding the Dashing Designer Instinct.as you have been doing till now Bye & take care
Reply 66. 117 Jay Prajapati on June 19, 2009 said:
Hey hi this is jay a SID student from CEPT Uni.. I saw your blog its great n helped feeding a lot of info. Thanks a lot n keep updating. Bye with regards. Jay
Reply 67. 118 janaka on June 3, 2009 said:
Hi, Fantastic blog. just looking for blog like this for a while. Janaka
Reply 68. 119 Anaka Narayanan on May 29, 2009 said:
Great blog, but please keep posted new stuff! Its been a long time
Reply 69. 120 stranger on May 18, 2009 said:
great job!!! congratulations on such tasteful compilations!!!

Reply 70. 121 teresa on May 5, 2009 said:
I like your blog Kavita, its very interesting! Im looking for some photos of the Devi Art Foundation and I sow you have some. Do u know if I can use them for an article Im writing about India contempory art (for an Italian art magazine)? If yes and you have them in high res, please send to me. Thanks a lot! t
Reply 71. 122 Kamal R Sharma on April 9, 2009 said:
Well, This is the only place were i was able to see the jist of design in india. Good initative and happening place. regards, Kamal R Sharma
Reply 72. 123 shweta on March 26, 2009 said:
hi!!! loved ur blogenjoyed reading it! am looking forward to more.i run a design firmdo have a look at our works and leme know what u think of it:) cheers!
Reply 73. 124 shine on March 14, 2009 said:
Rohit, Shine here How are you ? An artist from delhi college of arts keenly interested to visit your stores as well your shows . So invite me ! REPLY ROHIT ! thanking you in anticipation . shine.p.shivan
Reply 74. 125 Aditi on March 3, 2009 said:
I just wandered in and really like what I see.. will visit often!
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126 Anurag on February 25, 2009 said:
This is a blog full of visual treats, Kavita! In two words, its aesthetically arresting! Truly appreciate all your effort. Much love, Anurag
Reply 76. 127 Raina de Nazareth on February 23, 2009 said:
Hi Kavita, Just discovered your blog and love it! Im mailing because I just went for a film screening today, part of the festival of Kabir thats happening in Blore, until the 1st of March: http://thekabirfest.blogspot.com/ thats the blog please check it out, dont know if youve coverd film before these guys are doing loads of amazing stuff a (brilliant) series of films, music, products etc. Raina
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Thank you for all the lovely links you keep sharing Raina.
Reply 77. 129 Runia on February 19, 2009 said:
Soni dearest why am i not surprised!!! Super job. Am sending link to some of my friends. really refreshing looking at the diff kinds of design featured. Dont understand the Rajiv apt though. Vastly overrated dont you think?:) love Runia
Reply 78. 130 Deepak on February 18, 2009 said:
Hi Sony,
Good to see the house. Amazing work. Will you do my house? Hows life? Rgds, Deepak
Reply 79. 131 diptanshu on February 18, 2009 said:
great effort!
Reply 80. 132 kanika bahl on February 18, 2009 said:
I love your Blog! fantastic work..im a fan!

Reply 81. 133 Rajshekar on February 18, 2009 said:
hey kavita! great blog didnt know u had one. interesting entries too.. will follow it closely to do all this?? cheers!
Reply 82. 134 Patricia Torres on February 15, 2009 said:
how do u find time from work
Hi Kavita, Lovely posts on your blog. I love your blog. And your home looks lovely very warm & inviting!
Reply 83. 135 Ashok Panwalkar on February 10, 2009 said:
Happy to come across this intersting blog. Looking forward to see more art forms. -Ashok Panwalkar
Reply 84. 136 Seema on February 5, 2009 said:
Hello There, Vinod had mentioned that your Mumbai home was beautifully done up.Have never visited this page earlier and now got to see that he was right.Love the touch of the vibrant coloured cushion in the midst of the other white ones. Your place looks really cozy. Love, Seema
Reply 85. 137 Arvind on January 14, 2009 said:
Hi Kavita, thanks for the visit to my blog (which I resolve to update more frequently this year!) Your blog is wonderful. Need some time to explore it just getting started. signing up for updates A
Reply 86. 138 Ashwiny on December 31, 2008 said:
Dear kavita, Thanks for featuring windowseatdesign as yourfellow Indian bloggerand thanks for the comment on the hand painted cupboard. This hand painted cupboard has given me a chance to paint my friends house too. so that should be fun. I am in the process of creating a website called TYPOTANTRA. Will let you know as soon as its up. Would definitly require comments from my fellow indian design bloggers like you, artnlight and masala chai. Thanks once again Ashwiny
Reply 87. 139 miphz on December 14, 2008 said:
hi there, gooooood work for this blog, i love it

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140 naveen jain on December 11, 2008 said:
hey hi, u have done a fantstic job on this blog , keep up ur gud work , would appreciate if can post the email id or contact no of rajiv mazumdar and urself , coz i am looking for a interior consultant to help me with doing my residence . thanks ..
Reply 89. 141 Mandavi on December 11, 2008 said:
Hi Kavita, Like you, I too love design in all its forms. I soak it up from magazines, books, art galleries, stores and now even from blogs! I did up my house recently and would love to send you some pictures but couldnt fine your email on this site. We were featured in Inside Outside about a year ago. Best of luck Mandavi
Reply 90. 142 kunal shah on December 9, 2008 said:
excellent blog. am a designer myself (interior design and architecture). loved samira rathods daughters bed and rajiv majumdars living room!
Reply 91. 143 manushi on December 8, 2008 said:
your blog is one of my favourite hangoutshave added it to my blogroll cause want to come back again regards, a soopercurious designstudent
Reply 92. 144 SHARON on October 25, 2008 said:
Hi Kavita, Lovely blog. Do drop in to the key bunch sometime. Found you on Indiblogger.
Sharon
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Thank you Sharon.

Reply 93. 146 rashi on October 11, 2008 said:
real good work i m surprised someone can design so innovatively. iwill keep seeing ur work.bye
Reply 94. 147 Satya Viswanathan on October 10, 2008 said:
this is a great blog. its great to observe how indian design is evolving further, document it the way you have. its an area close to my heart too, but admitedly, i didnt do as much great job.
Reply 95. 148 Cara on October 7, 2008 said:
im definitely a follower of your blog now.
hey there omg your work is amazing im currently looking to choose what i want to do at uni and to create images and art works such as the ones you have, is something id love to achieve and possibly start some kind of career in. did you do a degree or go to college to learn all this? if so, where? and do you have any inspirations? would be most helpful if you could help me by answering these Qs
Reply 96. 149 Manjari on September 30, 2008 said:
I came. I saw. I got hooked. May i add you to my blogroll?

Reply 97. 150 Sanjeev on September 28, 2008 said:
your blog just rocks ! keep up the good work..

Reply 98. 151 sujata on September 26, 2008 said:
love everything i see on the site, very impressed bravo

Reply 99. 152 Bhautik on September 22, 2008 said:
Mota ben.. Lage raho.. Hum tumhare sath hai

Reply 100. 153 samira rathod on September 12, 2008 said:
your article on the sirpur paper mills and the deviart foundation .. is poetic ,sesitive and soulful .. enjoyed reading it .
Reply 101. 154 raj on August 17, 2008 said:
Great job Mate. Fab job. keep it up and u have one more regular visitor.
Reply 102. 155 Suren on August 13, 2008 said:
Nice! Loads of stuff at the blog! Now I know why you are online at odd hours its to write a thesis of a different kind
Reply 103. 156 mathatheist on August 13, 2008 said:
Thank you Guruprasad, Sakala and Jiri.

Reply 104. 157 Jiri on August 13, 2008 said:
Hey! Love your blog. It is quite refreshing to read what you have been posting on this blog. I discovered it today. After seeing the masthead , immediately bookmarked this blog. Carry on the good work!
Reply 105. 158 Sakala on August 13, 2008 said:
great work, I guess all of us are like you, have an understanding for good and bad design, and simple aesthetics that come with time, exposure and knowledge seeking. I live abroad, and am proud of what Indians are doing.
Reply 106. 159 guruprasad on August 8, 2008 said:
im thunderstruck! i need some time to digest this and im definitely going to send this to people i know who will love it! im still speechless
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160 kavita on August 6, 2008 said:
love what you are doing kavita the blog is shaping up so well! big hug!
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Fashion Feature > Anavila 12Mar13

The Sari, six or nine yards of fabric that drapes women of any size, shape, height or region, can be worn in different ways for work, play or to celebrate. Though still extremely popular for occasional wear, the everyday aspect of the sari where one lounges in it as one would in a pair of jeans today, is perhaps fading in urban India. And it is that which draws me to the handwoven Linen Saris by Anavila Mishra (NIFT) as she wills us to spend our days in them. Her decision to not embellish or add details that were not of the material seems to enhance the saris even more. The patterns are subtle and the use of colours is gentle. A sense of easy flow prevails. Anavila also experiments with botanical inspired applique work she loves nature, wild flowers, twigs, fruits, leaves and trees and brings all that she sees into her work. The fabric used to create the botanical applique work is dyed and gives the work a sense of shadow and light, of different shades in the same form. It was a delight to see them. Sharing what she does.
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In conversation with Anavila Mishra. Indian By Design: What was life like growing up? What did you go on to study? I had a normal middle class upbringing with two vacations in a year to my ancestral village, and most of the play time spent in the kitchen garden with my father and siblings. I think it bought me very close to life and plants which is truly the inspiration for all my work. I did my post graduate from National Institute of Fashion Technology in knitwear design. I worked with leading Indian design studios/Madura garments and Wills lifestyle for 4 years. Indian By Design: How did you decide to pursue the work you do today? I received a call from my faculty in NIFT who knew my keen interest in Indian crafts and textiles for a craft cluster based project , sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development , Govt of India. I worked on the project for its three year tenure as a project manager and consultant and thats when I could go back to the mainstream and slowly started working with the artisans I had interacted and worked with on the project. Ilong to create products which are craft based but completely contemporaryshowcasing the skill set in the language people today understand and admire. For the saris I work with weavers in varanasibut again wanted to work on a sari that I would love to wear all the time and hence the linen sarisbelieve me I cant wear any other material when it comes to saris ever since I wore my first linen sari, though I design and work on cotton silks and silks too. Ive been working with women from tribal areas of Jharkhand for the last few years and their lives have inspired me to work more with them, for them..they lead self-sustained lives today supporting there families and looking after there kids. The botanicals are all result of my interactions and workshops with them. We are planning to start with education and vocation for girl child / orphans and widows in this areahopefuly this year. Indian By Design: The linen saris are lovely and simple with no embellishments and minimal additions. What thoughts guided you to keep it so? The beauty of the linen sari is its simplicity. If i do too much with the design the beauty of fabric will hide itself. I wanted saris for people like us who want to wear it like they wear a linen shirt chic and contemporary, and move it away from the traditional realms of THE SARI. Indian By Design: On botanical prints do you work with images of local flowers or are they imaginary. On botanical prints , we actually work with whatever we mutually fall in love withstarted with the first workshop in a biodiversity garden and hence had Guava, Bougainvillea, Neem , Papaya , Banana as our first few attempts. Then went to references of old English botanical prints and loved the details in each one , always attempted to capture the essence of the flower and tree in someway or the other. As it is fabric we are dealing with, the flow is limiting after a while but to play in this restriction and take to simple embroidery detail sometimes does the magic. We also make plants from our recollections of whats around us like a swangan/rumstick tree or the kagaj baha/bougainvillea baha is for flower and dari for tree in santhali.
I take a lot of inspiration from streets, I walk a lot and capture trees and plants all the time. I encourage the artisans also to put their thoughts and what they see on paper, making little scrapbooks. Indian By Design: What is the current scenario of the Indian textile sector as you see it and what in your opinion is the way for the future? A lot is happening as far as Indian Textiles are concerned. Most of the young designers are going back to Indian Textiles and creating their own identity with their treatments, the crafts people and weavers are much more aware and experimenting a lot, its a beautiful time to be in this sector as far as new developmentsare concerned. I am hoping that more young designers start working with the weaves and take them to their real potential. I do respect the past heritage and beauty of traditional weaves but I feel there is a strong need to create something more contemporary, in the real sense for a worldwide audience. Photographs courtesy Anavila. To see more of Anavila Mishras work, visit her facebook page here.
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Feed for this Entry Trackback Address 1. 1 Hiren Nalin Busa on March 19, 2013 said:
Lovely collectionand great sarislove the designs

Reply 2. 2 Anu on March 13, 2013 said:
Lovely saris, I especially love the one in pics 1 and 2.

Reply 3. 3 nidhi dube on March 12, 2013 said:
beautiful and inspiring

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can we buy these too?
Nidhi, you could get in touch with Anavila via her facebook page.
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