Socio Cultural

Design Pataka: the Explosion of Design in India: 2010–16
Design Discourse, Design Education, Design in India, Discipline, Future of Design, Pedagogy, Socio Cultural, Technology, Craft
mu/table
art-design, bazaar, chaos, Exhibition & Installation, market, mutation, Object, Object & Product, order, Porosity Kabari, sculpture, Socio Cultural, Structure, India, Lab, Mumbai, Table
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Chittara: how a village floor decoration became a font!
Adivasi, Artisanal, Auspicious, Clay, Contemporary, CSR, Digital, Entrance, Lettering, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural, Tradition, Handmade, Artisan, Craft, Chittara, Typecraft, Typography
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Godna: a typeface made from tribal tattoos
Adivasi, ancient, Baiga, computer, craftech, design, Digital, display, Gond, indigenous, ink, painting, pigment, Print & Packaging, rites of passage, Ritual, skin to screen, Socio Cultural, Tradition, tribal, Type, Handmade, India, Craft, Tattoo, Typecraft, Typography
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Construct-Deconstruct-Construct
ad hoc, Australian Design Center, Columbia University, construct, deconstruct, democratic design, desi, disrepair, Ecology, emotionally durable design, Exhibition & Installation, Found Object, function, functionality over aesthetics, Hawkesburry Gallery, Indian, irregular, nature friendly, Nishi Gallery, Object & Product, obsolescence, obsolete, poverty, pro-Earth, proconsumerism, recycle, repair, reuse, scavenging, Socio Cultural, Studio X, sustainable, Environment, Jugaad
Trade Routes: The History of Business via the Dress Code
3D, Business, Channapatna, CSR, Exhibition & Installation, Indian School of Business, ISB, Miniature Art, Object & Product, Socio Cultural, Turned Wood, Wood, Artisan, Craft
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Branding Diversity: Kutch
Ahir, Ajrakh, Bandhani, Bhujodi, Brands & Logos, Community, Embroidery, Exhibition & Installation, Hank Yu, Japan, Jat Gharasia, Kachchh, Kala Raksha, Khamir, Kharek, Khatri, Kutch, Qasab, Rabari, Shrujan, Socio Cultural, Sodha Rajput, Soof, Textile, Vankar, Visual Identity, Weaving, Craft
Partition of the Mind
Covers, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural
Cyrk: Installation for the Launch of the Polish Institute, Delhi
Applique, Circus, Cyrk, Events, Exhibition & Installation, Polish, Socio Cultural, Structure, Tent, Textile, Experimental, Installation, Poster
Real Fake
Fake Graphics, Socio Cultural, India, Commentary
Dhebaria Rabari Typecraft
Dhebaria Rabari, display type, Embroidery, Font, Kachchh, Kala Raksha, Kutch, Socio Cultural, Synergy Consulting, type design, Typecraft
Collecting Culture
Anthropology, Artefact, Artifact, Behavior, Collection, Objects, Print & Packaging, Society, Socio Cultural, Typology, Culture, Packaging
IKD Business Cards
Business Cards, Foil Stamping, Socio Cultural, Brand Identity, Stationery
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Retake of Bollywood
Bi-scriptual, Bilingual, devanagari, Film, hindi, Movie, Photography, Posters, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural, Type, Vintage, Bollywood, Typography
Hot Type Identity
Found Object, letterpress, Socio Cultural, Experimental, Typography
Paanch Rupaiya Baara Aana
Bus, Car Parking, Socio Cultural, Ticket, Vintage Bollywood, Delhi
Culture Clash I: Brooklyn Meets Chinatown
Socio Cultural, Art, Commentary, Social
Repress Depress Oppress
24-7, Biased, depress, Journalism, media, News, Newspaper, oppress, Press, Print & Packaging, repress, Socio Cultural, TV
Typography for Video on the Indian Diaspora
Madison Square Garden, Narendra Modi, New York City, Prime Minister, Socio Cultural, Type, Type as Image, Typemotion, Typography
Furniturewalla
design, Socio Cultural, wallah, Furniture, Product
Taaza Murgi (Fresh Chicken)
humor, local, mural, painting, Socio Cultural, Vernacular
Split Personality Stools/Chairs/Ladders
Chair, Exhibition & Installation, Ladder, Object & Product, Polish, Socio Cultural, Stool, Furniture, Experimental, Typography
work in progress for better tomorrow
#MakeFirstThinkLater, adhoc, Changing, design, Exhibition & Installation, haphazard, making, material culture, mutable, Object, Object & Product, Porosity Kabari, scaffolding, Socio Cultural, Studio X, work in progress, Mumbai
Rubbings
Socio Cultural, Experimental
24x7x365
Locomotion, Movement, New York City, Pedestrian, People, Photography, Sidewalk, Socio Cultural, City, NYC, Urban Space
Unity
Socio Cultural, Commentary, Social, Typography
How an Ancient Clay Water-bottle became a Contemporary Lamp
Apparao Gallery, Artisanal, Baswa, Ceramics, Clay, Contemporary, Delhi Craft Council, Handcrafted, indigenous, lamp, LED, lighting, Mud, Object & Product, ring bottle, Socio Cultural, surahi, Terracotta, Tradition, Handmade, Artisan, Craft, Product
Unboxed
Concept, Conceptual, Container, Content, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural, Subversion, Experimental, Packaging
Return to Sender
Found Object, Postage, Socio Cultural, Illustration, Art, Postcard
Package Something that's Freely Available
Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural
Car Puja: the paradox of logic and luck
Anthropology, Pooja, Ritual, Socio Cultural, Cultural, Car, Puja, Religion, Social
Droog Lab: A.B.C.D.E.—an open discussion on design process
Artisanal, design, Exhibition & Installation, Public Domain, Socio Cultural, Improvisation, Droog, Jugaad, Dharavi, Social, Workshop
Signs of India
humor, Socio Cultural, Culture, Delhi, signage, Social
Sweeping Change
Bapu, Broom, Exhibition & Installation, Gandhiji, Jharu, Mahatma Gandhi, Public Domain, Socio Cultural, Handmade, Craft, Culture, Social
Good Luck
Good Luck, graphics, Lucky, Socio Cultural, street, India, Vernacular
Tagore
Covers, letterpress, paper, Socio Cultural, Craft, tagore
The partition of the mind
bartan, dinner, division, eating together, Exhibition & Installation, food, joint family, Object & Product, Partition, rift, Society, Socio Cultural, Tradition, utensil, India
The Fading Flower Markets of Delhi
Anthropology, Object & Product, Pattern, Photography, Public Domain, Socio Cultural, Textile, Textiles, Culture, Delhi, Patterns, Social
Wind(mill)s of Change
DDFA, Delhi 2015, Dutch, Ecology, Future, Gift, Holland, Socio Cultural, Street Vendors, Vehicle, Windmill, Environment, Craft, Delhi, Urban Space
India is Open for Business
Anthropology, Economy, Informal Economy, Society, Socio Cultural, Village Economy, India, Culture, Social
Wayfinding?? in India
Direction, Socio Cultural, signage, wayfinding
Stencil Art
Documentation, Socio Cultural, Street Culture, Spray paint, Stencil
Before-After
Fracture, Hardship, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural, xray, Poster
The Story of two Visual Traditions
ancient, Australian Council for the Arts, Books, CSR, Events, Palm Leaf, RMIT University, Socio Cultural, Type, Australia, Achievement, Artisan, Collaboration, Craft, Culture, Accolade, Social, Typecraft, Typography
Tolerance Poster (Travelling Festival)
devanagari, Events, hindi, Hinglish, Indic, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural, Tolerance, Poster, Typography
IKD Wayfinding
Brands & Logos, Ishan Khosla Design, Socio Cultural, signage, wayfinding
Postcard Project II: Touching Someone's Heart
Found Object, Postage, Socio Cultural, Illustration, Art, Postcard
Greeting Cards for Xmas
Cock Brand, Fireworks, Found Object, Pattern, Sivakasi, Socio Cultural, Art, Collage, Patterns, Typography, Vernacular
The DTP Project
Aesthetics, business card, Desktop Publishing, DTP, Socio Cultural, Untrained, visiting card
Ad Campaigns
Ad Campaign, Campa Orange, Socio Cultural, Sunita Khosla
Work In Progress For A Better Tomorrow?
Photo Essay, Socio Cultural
"Unbranding"
Look-alike, Merging, Non-individualistic, Socio Cultural, Unbrand
Work in Progress
Identity, sketch, Socio Cultural, Typography
Gents
Aam Aadmi, Babu, Gents, Indian Male, Men, Photography, Socio Cultural, India, Bollywood
Expermental Book for Irregular Beauty
binding, Books, Ceramics, design, edgy, limited-edition, Publication, Shirley Bhatnagar, Socio Cultural, stitch, trim size, India, Experimental
Swindia: where differences can also mean similarities
Basel, Class, design, Graphic, Hoschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst, Juxtaposition, Socio Cultural, Swiss, Switzerland, Vintage, India, Culture
Book of Aircraft
Aircraft, Childhood, painting, Socio Cultural, Watercolor
Godh: in the lap of nature
Bihar, Events, Exhibition & Installation, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Mandy Ridley, Mithila, Pradyumna Kumar, Pushpa Kumari, Socio Cultural, Illustration, Australia, Collaboration
Moving
Socio Cultural, Art, Collage, Typography
Joker
Joker, Playing Cards, Socio Cultural, Illustration, Tattoo
BOLD
Create Culture, Exhibition & Installation, Exquisite Corpse, London Design Festival, Minimal, Ornamental, Print & Packaging, Socio Cultural
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