an initiative by Kokum Design Trust supported by Mahindra Foundation
Craft, Health and Well Being, Product and Industrial Design
Earthen tunes address three problems with one design solution:
1. Farmers walking barefoot leading to long-term health problems.
2. The waste created by the disposal of footwear.
3. A sharp decline in the number of weavers involved in the wool craft.
Written and Contributed by Earthen Tunes
Craft, Culture, Product and Industrial Design
Pitoloi is a result of trying to create everyday utilitarian furniture pieces using the ancient craft. It is unique in typology, aesthetics and sensorial qualities.
Written and Contributed by Amiya Lab
Product and Industrial Design, Textile Innovation
‘Anuvad’ means translation. This project looks at creating a symbiotic relationship between traditional crafts and E-textile technology.
Written and Contributed by Chhail Khalsa
CtoK’s theory of change provides innovative and holistic hands-on support to a new young generation of Kashmiri craftspeople; helping them infuse traditional craft practices by creating sustainable networks that are resilient to market conditions.
Written and Contributed by Commitment to Kashmir
Craft, Culture, Strategic Design
Art for Life is the flagship programme of Banglanatak Dot Com, for inclusive and pro-poor growth in rural India, using cultural capital as a means of sustainable development. This program covers 30,000 rural artists and 30 art forms across three states.
Written and Contributed by Banglanatak Dot Com
Lopez Design developed a cohesive, purposeful and humanistic branding system for the Partners’ Forum 2018 at New Delhi. The idea for the Identity emerged from the thinking that ‘Women, Children and Adolescents are the fabric of society’.
Written and Contributed by Lopez Design
Craft, Economy, Education, Strategic Design
How can we create compassionate and kinder models of economic activity that look at growth with purpose and consider the planet and all in it, to coexist equitably?
Written and Contributed by Jacob Mathew
Craft, Culture, Strategic Design
The project connected urban designers with traditional craftsmen to bridge the gap between understanding of buyer needs and aesthetics. It is now a portal to document Rampur and a “daily digital posts portal” for smarter citizenship.
Written and Contributed by RohillaMohalla
Architecture and Urban Design, Tourism
While promoting sensitive construction practices using local materials, BASA illustrates sustainable tourism in a village of Khirsu, a hill station in a Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
Written and Contributed by Compartment S4