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Hush: A Silent Scream
It’s official – the graphic novel genre has pushed through the door and planted its feet firmly on Indian soil. The excitement leading up to the country’s first ever Comic Con in New Delhi is palpable and graphic novel lovers, writers and artists are gearing up for an event that at least this enthusiast hopes ...
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Image of the Week: Vivian Maier’s Street Photography
I came across the intriguing story of a man called John Maloof about a year ago when I was at a photo-film festival and one of the speakers talked about his blog. In 2007 former estate agent Maloof bought a lot of more than 100,000 negatives for $400 at an auction. The film was part ...
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Crafts of India & the Delhi Metro: an Unlikely Conversation
The city is an exciting space in which traditional and modern narratives collide to create fresh dialogue. The introduction of art in public spaces is something that is a guaranteed catalyst for such conversations to emerge and grow, provided people are allowed to interact with it free from the imposed agendas of the establishment. It ...
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Akshara: Transcending Language Barriers
Last year, UNICEF and the Dutch non-profit organisation INDEX announced a very interesting student design competition. In keeping with the UN”s target to provide primary education for all by 2015, students from all over the world were asked to submit designs for educational equipment and services for developing countries. 115 entries were received in all, ...
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Image of the Week: Referendum in Sudan
Today the people of Southern Sudan voted in a historic referendum. In a ballot that will continue through the week, if they vote to secede from the north, Africa’s newest nation will come into being on July 9, 2011. Although the name of the new nation has not been decided yet, the global community hopes ...
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Starbucks Filters Its Logo
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny the fact that our culture of coffee consumption today owes at least a little something to that giant multi-national corporation called Starbucks. The company that at one point in the 90′s was opening a new cafe every workday, is now present in 55 countries across 6 continents. ...
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Kalamkari Volkswagens
That other small people’s car, Volkswagen, is working very hard at making inroads into the Indian market. Their advertising agency, Mudra, has been going all out to get them some quick and fast visibility. First, there was the talking newspaper — Volkswagen partnered with Times of India and The Hindu to launch the Vento, their premium ...
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Rio 2016
London 2012 (left) and the new identity for 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (right) This year starts with quite a carnival as Rio unveils its identity for the 2016 Olympic games. The identity was unveiled on New Years eve at a big party on Copacabana beach and has set the blogs on fire already. ...
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Two Zero One One
A new year, a new start and Little Design Book continues to grow. Happy New Year and a big thank you to all our contributors and visitors for making our little corner of the internet such a success. Its been quite an eventful six months at LDB towers since our first post way back in ...