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The Week in Desi Design I
Solar Lamps for rural India are very much the flavour of the season. Last month, Kiran, a solar lamp designed by D.Light Design, won the prestigious Ashden award. And this month, one of the case studies that was much applauded at the International Development Design Summit 2010, was the Sollys Solar lamp prototyped and distributed ...
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Bachchan Pimps Gujarat
Okay, firstly – forgive the outrageous title, I am being facetious when I use the word “pimp”. On topic though, the much hyped Gujarat Tourism commercials have sprung up and they don’t look too shabby. Of course there’s a workman-like quality to them, but I think the simplicity of having Bachchan simply describe places in Gujarat ...
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Image of the Week
via Time These Palestinian protesters dressed as Na’vi to draw attention to the controversial barrier being built between Israel and the West Bank in February. Image: Darren Whiteside/Reuters These protesters are among many people around the world who have taken up the appearance of the Na’vi people from last year’s blockbuster Avataar to campaign for ...
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Film Noir Goes Commercial
What do you get when the denizens of the fashion world call upon comic book legend Frank Miller to create a commercial for them? You get the new Gucci Guilty commercial. Evan Rachel Wood in a still from the trailer
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Seeing Many Ramayanas: the Work of Sanjay Patel
After several months of impatient waiting, thanks to an excellent public library system, I finally brought home a copy of Sanjay Patel’s Ramayana: Divine Loophole. When it released in February this year, the lush colors and finely-detailed illustration work of Pixar Animator Sanjay Patel had me lusting for a better look. And now that I ...
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Image of the Week
Accident on May Day by Sudhir Pathwardhan. Oil on canvas, 1981 On August 16, 2010 the Marathi poet Narayan Surve passed away due to old age and illness. The Padmashri poet recognised for his contribution to literature had taught himself to read and write, becoming involved in the workers’ union movement in Mumbai through the ...
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A Space for Dialogue: Other Masters of India
by AKHILA KRISHNAN As you walk across the Seine from the Palais du Tokyo, you will find the Quai Branly Museum (or as they say in French, the Musée du Quai Branly) nestling under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in all of its terracotta red post-modern splendor. Officially opened in June of 2006, the ...
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Barclay’s Blue Bicycles
Along the routes and at more than 300 other location across London, docking stations for the new cycle hire scheme have cropped up.On July 30, amidst much fanfare, hype, expectation and skepticism, Transport for London (TfL) finally launched the new cycle hire scheme for the city. Still only in its first phase and dealing with ...
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Stick-on Move-It Cardboard Cart
In continuation of my corrugated cardboard obsession, here’s another smart idea whose charm is its utter obviousness. David Warwick Graham has come up with Move-It — corrugated cardboard components that you can stick onto any carboard box and convert it into a trolley. Anyone who has struggled with carrying unwieldy cardboard cartons has to agree ...