ICD worked with Yaarbal Books and curator Sanjay Kak towards exhibiting the work of nine photographers and the book Witness as a mixed-media installation titled ‘Shaheed / Witness / Kashmir’ Exhibited at the Sydney Biennale 2020, the images were created in Kashmir between 1986-2016 as its people found themselves pulled between the exhilaration of a… Continue reading Witness Exhibition
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An interview uncovering design’s role to business and views on India’s design industry
Itu joined DesignTalk, a webinar powered by Nasscom Design4India, moderated by Gerard J Rego to share his experiences as a design practitioner, his views on India’s design industry, the value of good design to businesses and more Watch the full webinar Here’s a transcript for the talk. Gerard J Rego:Welcome to this podcast or webcast, love to… Continue reading An interview uncovering design’s role to business and views on India’s design industry
Innovation and all that
If there’s a bigger darling than design these days, it’s innovation. We’re seeing a tendency to link, or in geo-political jargon, hyphenate them; in academese, conflate the two; at any rate, we’re &-ing them. Most will agree that It’s a Batman and Robin thing, and innovation is the caped crusader. Design belongs downstream. An enabler,… Continue reading Innovation and all that
Distress Signals
First, a recipe. Find some lettering, carefully painted or printed on something solid, like wood or metal, an old nameplate, maybe, Then get to work on it with sandpaper, until the edges of the letters vanish here and there, and the entire surface is pitted, scratched and otherwise damaged. Now dust it off and step… Continue reading Distress Signals
Design and the future
Design, as a thinking style, is starting to be recognised for its contribution to tackling today’s most complex problems. Its role maybe even more important in the future, or the Future, that permanently fascinating horizon which occupies our dreams and fantasies. But not just in making the products and services of tomorrow. Design is practical… Continue reading Design and the future
Experiment and Reason
The 2019 economics Nobel Prize for Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer (hereafter, BDK) offers much to celebrate for Indians, Bengalis and Frenchwomen among others. Designers, in their modern role as global problem solvers, should join in. They have much to be inspired by. The practices of economics and design appear to have little in common. But they share common ground when… Continue reading Experiment and Reason
Kishan Bagh
ICD is currently working on a signage project for Kishan Bagh. Extensive knowledge about the Thar habitat has been developed into a system of interpretation signs. This restored dune habitat in the southern face of the Nahargarh hill, Jaipur is meant to let people see how an undisturbed desert ecology flourishes. Read more about the Kishan… Continue reading Kishan Bagh
Design and the future
Design, as a thinking style, is starting to be recognised for its contribution to tackling today’s most complex problems. Its role maybe even more important in the future, or the Future, that permanently fascinating horizon which occupies our dreams and fantasies. But not just in making the products and services of tomorrow. Design is practical… Continue reading Design and the future
A Seat At The High Table
For at least half a century, design has been seeking a seat at the high table. Its leaders, a motley bunch of academics, ‘visionaries’ and the odd forward-thinking practitioner, believe that design should have a greater influence in the public sphere. Why not a presence in government or at least on company boards? To get… Continue reading A Seat At The High Table
Everything That Counts
On a scale of emotional temperatures, it doesn’t get any hotter than the 2019 Indian election did. And with the summer comes another TV war, in the shape of the 2019 World Cup. The two offer similar opportunities to reflect, or riff, from a spot in the shade. On how we experience them as emotional or social beings,… Continue reading Everything That Counts