Obscured by distance and fed largely by what filters through Bollywood, it appears the more recent wave of design thinking emerging from India is likely going unnoticed by its own who live on foreign shores.
Industry News, Opinion & Insight
New York based designer and textile developer Becca Rosen writes about her explorations with 3D and traditional block printing, addressing how technology can potentially help artisans evolve in a rapidly globalized marketplace.
With its sinuous folds of fabric, the sari is a garment that is many things at once: modest and sexy, regal and prosaic, formal and casual. But above all, it is uniquely South Asian and essentially feminine. For India’s transgender community, these two qualities are paramount in making the sari their garment of choice.
“Sari is my culture, sari is my soul, sari is my religion,” says prominent transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. “It enhances the femininity of the Indian body. It has always been the medium through which we express our femininity, our tradition, our culture…
“Sari is my culture, sari is my soul, sari is my religion,” says prominent transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. “It enhances the femininity of the Indian body. It has always been the medium through which we express our femininity, our tradition, our culture…
Craft Today: The Artisan & Innovation
The archive
As steady and robust centres for the sale of Indian artisanal crafts, melas (market fairs) have been held across India for over 1300 years. They are a part of many consumers’ landscape of nostalgia, almost everyone brought up in India can attest to attending at least one.
This is the first in a three-part series looking at path-breaking weaving facilities in different stages of development across the country. Part I looks at The Handloom School in Maheshwar.
The Beginning I was born in Hyderabad but was schooled in Thane. Then as the Gulf War gained momentum, my dad left the Middle East and the family relocated to Hyderabad. I completed my B.A. in English Literature, Political Science and World History and immediately took…
Community Portraits, Creative Process & Studio Spaces
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