I love doing a lot of crafts. I call myself a simple craftisan. So there is going to be a regular column-post in my sidebar
CraftWorm
strating from today. I will be featuring near & crafty ones, my own DIY and crafts and other simple DIY.
Today is a simple tie & dye DIY project.
Click on the image to go to the site.
Benjamin Hubert who took part in London‘s 100% Design show is a young talented designer based in UK. Among other products he has presented this ceramic fruit bowl, simply functional and very beautiful! This earthenware has lace graphic and it will be available from spring 2008.
ceramic fruit bowl with integrated banana tree
(In Brahmi script I have tried to write read me)
read me ?
Harappan script (ca. 2600-1900 BC)
Magical Stela, 360-343 B.C.E, Egypt
I can’t read these!
Can you?
But I think I read these scripts.
I read: —
That our ancestors wrote too beautifully! Do you agree?
That curious caterpillar in me gets so aroused I go green.
(Please donot correct my words I want to describe this way only.)
That mystery of not knowing what is written arouses what I call lovely fear in me.
That my fascination drives me to use these scripts/images in various DIY ways:–
? All the time I use these kinds of images as my desktop background.
my desktop
?Years ago I had copied these scripts in clay and put on wall as a decor piece.
in this shape now
?I want to do walls of narrow passageway in my new home with these scripts translated in clay including the lippankam method of Kutch, Gujarat.
(Lippankam is a dying art & craft I just love so much. Simple motifs are made with clay and small mirrors on the walls. Will do a post on lippankam later though I am terribly short of images.)
Stela, Egypt
Indus script (ca. 3000-1200 BC)
Brahmi script- ca. 3rd century BC
(click to enlarge)
Le Corbusier creations meets a photo artist from Chandigarh
He was trained to be a graphic artist and painter instead he picked up camera. His is conceptual photography. Without delving into technicalities I call him one of the best Indian photo artists.
Diwan Manna freezes us with his black and white creations. He photographs kitchen workers who work endlessly inside hot dark four walls.
He is from Chandigarh, a city designed by Le Corbusier. So one fine day he went to France to capture Le Corbusier creations. Here is the result:
Above images are from Le Corbusier Firminy and Le corbusier-Master of light series.
all images from Wheels of time series
alienation series
dhaba- kitchen workers
Rooh Punjab di (soul of Punjab)
Varanasi series
Borobudur, Indonesia
Click to enlarge all -150x150s.
You can use his photo creations as greeting cards from his website.
design dictionary- defined humorously!
or truthfully?
I-con A designer’s admission of guilt
Mass Appeal A case of sour grapes for most designers
Wire Frame Model A very skinny lady advertising a product
Exploded View A plaster model that fell down
Colour Scheme What remains in the paint glass after the previous guy has mixed his paints
Contrast The difference in payment between a new and an established designer
Balance Something all designers lose sometime or the other
Visual Impact Expression on the clients face when he sees the bill or the product
Similarity The strange commonality between your design and one that appeared in a design journal two weeks ago
See humorous design dictionary compiled by Punyashloke Mishra with a little help from his friends here.
The time you set, the drama you get! The animated man in your alarm clock room acts out real life situation according to time you set in it. And the alarm music also changes as acts changes! This cool cubic alarm clock is called ‘Clock of Life.” This will be marketed from November 29 by Japanese toy giant Tomy.
