The lines between craft, art, and design are blurring now more than ever before. Artisanal techniques, once seen as the antithesis of “cool”, are gaining ground in art and design circles. Last year saw several narratives around textile, helping transform them into powerful tools of inquiry into cultural identity and sustainability. Exhibitions such as When Indian […]
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A large Ladakhi house typically has two kitchens. Yarkhang, the summer kitchen, is a basic functional unit located on a higher floor, while the winter kitchen, chansa, is marked by its lateral sprawl, brass and copper cookware, and a thap (hearth) around which family, guests and visitors gather. It is the fluid potential of the kitchen — transcending its […]
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Aratrik Dev Varman is many things: founder of Tilla, the Ahmedabad-based design studio; an advocate of handmade Indian textiles and traditional craft; and a cross-disciplinary designer who believes “good design can be useful in more than one context if adapted well”. But when I get him on the telephone a day ahead of his AD […]
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