Category Archives: re:India

design Ganesha

15/09/2007 DesignFlute 18 Comments

In modern times, in changing India, I think He defines among other things Design. People portray Him in as many avatars as you could imagine. You can take any form, any material, you can also experiment. Devotee community is not going to pour wrath on you. Even lord Ganesha does not mind having as many avataras. He is the most loved one.

The lord Ganesha has become the true epitome of omnipresent God. He has many names. People start any kind of new work with His auspicious name. His 10 day worship-celebration starts today.

For me it is design celebration too. I will be posting one image everyday in my sidebar. I just love him (no, not religiously). I love the elements he stands for.

It is very difficult to take out a few from thousands of images but as promised here are few I love most….

Durga with Ganesha

This is a Jamini Roy (1887-1972) painting. I am having this in form of a newspaper cutting since I was a teenager. It is yellowed and edges torn, still I refuse to throw it.

Ganesha with banana leaves

Read here his story in detail with illustrations.

We, Indians try to search him everywhere. He is here in a flower. (via flickr-by Rakesh Soni)

Legend behind legend tells us that Ganesha was the best writer, the one who did not make any mistake, the one who could write non-stop. This was the reason Vedvyasa chose him as the writer and he himself narrated the epic Mahabharata.

Read here legends of Ganesha.

Dancing Ganesha

So interiory-fabriki Ganesha I had seen this year only.

Ganesha with flute

How will you draw him, how will you craft him?

Edit: I had put 10 images everyday during Ganesha Chaturthi in my sidebar. Here are those images.

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1 table many designs

11/09/2007 DesignFlute 5 Comments

Two glasses are connected in such a fashion through a rotating mechanism that if you rotate one, other will move too and each time the table will have a new design.

These geometrical composition extend functionality and add aesthetics to space.

This motion table is designed by Indian (globe trotting) designer Abhinav Dapke.

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useful gadgets for special people

07/09/2007 DesignFlute 5 Comments

The students of Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Mumbai has developed these two very user friendly sample products mainly for special people.

Sound album-SvAna for visually challenged

Jellow-a happiness device for cerebral palsy affected child

a communication gadget

SvAna is a hand-held device by which the visually challenged can record, organize, edit and share memories. It has digital recording, bluetooth and memory card.

SvAna is Sanskrit for sonorous sound.

This product is developed by student’s team of Rashmin Raj, Ravi Krishna and Visvanath K.

Jellow facilitates nonverbal interaction on the basis of six basic emotions. The form of the jellow has soft and cuddly feel that elicits emotional responses based on touch.

Jellow is an attempt to bridge the gap in communication between those affected by cerebral palsy and those not.

The basis of the product is an Emotional Language Protocol (elp).

Students core team of Anchal Kumar, Samraat Sardesai, Peter Joseph, Antara Hazarika and Preeti Thakkar has worked diligently to develop this product.

(Edit: The Jellow is still in conceptual form and in a year’s time it will be produced.)

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design behind a design

06/09/2007 DesignFlute Leave a comment

Wanting to know design behind a design

Wanting to know what goes behind a beautiful design, the screw behind the wheel; I went to search for something about industry. I came back fascinated with these stunning industrial photographs instead. These are works of very talented Indian photographers: Rohinton Irani, Sanat Ghosh, Ian Pereira , K L Raja and Studio Neon.

image courtesy Rohinton Irani

image courtesy Sanat Ghosh

image via Rohinton Irani

image via Ian Pereira

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Indian interiors & architecture

modern Indian architecture

05/09/2007 DesignFlute 17 Comments

Modern Indian architecture and interior with traditional twinge

“None of the homes we design have screaming facades. They have nothing to prove to anyone”, says the architect Sandeep Khosla.

Architect Sandeep Khosla, based in Bengaluru uses tropical residential architecture with local and new materials turning traditional concepts into innovative interpretations. The way he blurs the line between indoors and outdoors is clever and adorable.

He with his associate Amaresh Anand (khosla associate) creates spaces which are heady mix of ideas, layers, textures, levels, water bodies and pebbled planes. He balances basic energies with natural and luxe materials, solid walls and glass expanses side by side.

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mtv office, Bengaluru

“None of the homes we design …. says the architect. Agree; a solid rustic bench, blushing pink, Indian colours, raw silk overhead lamp, a tree inside the house, ‘neel blue’ accent door creates such a seamless whole you think you have best of both the worlds.

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zero bags

04/09/2007 DesignFlute 2 Comments

Zero bags- Shunya bags

Zero or shunya as called in Hindi has its origin in India. Indian astronomer, mathematician Aryabhatt in 5th century AD gave impetus to mathematics by his contribution of zero. Later its usage was detailed by another Indian scholar Brahmagupta.

This shunya bag is created by Indian graphic artist and designer Divya Thakur of Design Temple. Personal items like laptop, wallet, and notebook can be carried in this leather bag.

Mumbai based Divya’s desire to transgress the limitations of medium, origin and time has resulted in products which speaks Indian influenced contemporary design language. Her paper products are quite eclectic too.