Showing posts with label Thought n Impact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thought n Impact. Show all posts
Friday, March 21, 2014
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Interactive Footwear
By Marina Correa
Photography: Courtesy Ducere Technologies
Developed by two young
Indian techies Krispian Lawrence and Anirudh Sharma, Lechal, is the world’s
first interactive haptic footwear that began as an innovation for the visually impaired
but is applicable to everyone…
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
To a Greener Mumbai!
By Pari
Syal
Illustrations:
Courtesy the architects
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Ar. Abraham John proposes a truly 21st century Mumbai city in terms of green space and connectivity, with the ‘Bombay Greenway Project’ - an infrastructure project that will harvest a green corridor over the city’s existing 166 km. stretch of railway lines…
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Water Benches for Mumbai
Friday, May 31, 2013
Homologation – a must in international design
By Udit Chaudhuri
Courtesy: brailler.com |
Time was, when you hired five
tailors to stitch wacky smocks; made spicy pickles in your garage; or got
costume jewellery, lamp shades etc., made from local craftsmen - and applied
the good offices of an uncle or buddy in the West to get you a tidy profit in
Dollars! This is no longer the story, what with an ever-widening circle of
concerns in the global design scenario…
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Gurgaon: Shock & Awe
By Marina
Correa
Photography:
Courtesy the architects
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The soon-to-conclude Architectural
exhibition Gurgaon Glossaries at the Mumbai
Art Room, Mumbai, has over the last fortnight stood ground as a serious stratum
for discussions on urban developmental issues via its in-depth illustrative
study of satellite city Gurgaon…
Friday, March 1, 2013
Of Cobwebs & Crossings
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Art Films
Friday, January 18, 2013
Mumbai 2050: An Origami Vision
By Pari Syal
Photography:
courtesy Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
The
critical collaboration of Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and BMW Guggenheim Lab in
Mumbai has hypothecated the adage, ‘Inculcate it in the child’, by engaging
young impressionable minds with urban issues through art and craft.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Friday, December 28, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Baluchari Brouhaha
By SavithaHira
Photography:
Courtesy Agnimitra Paul
Design is known to reinvent itself. Patterns, textures, colours, forms, the overall
look and feel – whether fabric or interior, at some time or other goes through
a revisit process, where contemporizing becomes imminent. The latest in the offing are talks about
reinventing the renowned Bengal signature of Baluchari.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Art & Spirituality – The Handwriting Connect
By Pari Syal
Photography: Courtesy Jyoti Naoki Eri
Calligraphy by Irshad Farooqi, Delhi, India |
Based on the principle that the art of
handwriting or Calligraphy is akin to spiritual practice in daily life, the
exhibition Ek Sutra celebrates the
coming together of calligraphic art forms from different cultural backgrounds, showcasing
both, traditional and contemporary works.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Concepts of Space in Traditional Indian Architecture
Text &
Photography: Ar. Yatin Pandya
Attempting
to understand the roots of ‘timelessness’ as a universal quality in
architecture, Ar. Yatin Pandya excerpts the essence from his internationally
acclaimed book of the same title, where he examines notions of time, space and
existence in the Indian context; the research providing inroads to a universal
footprint...
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