August 25, 2020
What’s in a Chair?
It is not just something to sit on, it is the designer’s point of view in physical form, something that also reflects the spirit of the time it was made…
Design transforms lives and design impacts business in a fundamental way
November 29, 2019
Life is Colourful
The economic gloom is diminishing and the world is getting playful again. New ideas on colour, materials and finish are emerging across product categories Colour is the most important constituent…
November 14, 2019
Experience That!
Businesses need to go beyond looking at product design in isolation and create brand experiences around all points of contacts with their customers It’s true: Businesses are built on experiences.…
October 29, 2019
The Man-Machine Interface
Interaction with touch screen devices is a big design challenge. Conventional design strategies are giving way to brave new ideas that are functional and beautiful Man has been interacting with…
September 23, 2019
Making Sense
In an increasingly complex world, designers have to work harder to come up with new things and make them culturally meaningful for users One of the most interesting areas in…
August 28, 2019
All are Welcome
A designer is a person who creates the link between the consumer and the product: it is his job to translate the language of art into the language of commerce…
June 25, 2019
Free Flow
When advanced technology meets Mother Nature, nature provides the inspiration for design and technology provides the means to realise the design. The products that result from this collaboration are fundamentally…
June 10, 2019
Design Factory
What is it that makes Italy such a powerhouse of design? Did it start with the Italian renaissance or was it the 20th century greats who gave it the respect…
May 9, 2019
Life in a Metro
If you contrast it against a regular passenger train you will realize what a design feat the metro coach is. It is the result of an extremely demanding functional requirement…
May 2, 2019
Design Activism
Designers of all generations have changed the course of history through activism for causes much larger than just good appearance One single technician is responsible for the entire assembly of…
April 23, 2019
Bare Necessities
From German architect Mies Van Der Rohe to Apple’s Jonathan Ive, some designers are working towards ‘removing all that is superfluous so that what remains is the essence’. Interestingly, this…
April 10, 2019
The Edge of Design
Reshaping mass produced products to reflect lifestyle influences is the primary task of industrial designers Across different product categories, there are different dominant trends that are slowly coming to the…
March 29, 2019
The Indian Idiom
Indian tradition and culture has phenomenal potential for a new idiom of modern Indian design. Remember the animation film ‘Ek Anek Aur Ekta’? An entire generation of Indians grew up…
March 12, 2019
Emotional Connect
A designer is a person who creates the link between the consumer and the product: it is his job to translate the language of art into the language of commerce…
September 14, 2018
All That Glitters
Design of luxury goods is getting some new dimensions; the geographical, the technological and the ecological Swiss designer Yves Behar once said, ‘Designers have a responsibility to show the future…
September 13, 2018
Manifesto for Design
If the design community is included at the highest level of decision-making, we can usher in a revolutionary way of making things happen in this country. In his September 2013…
September 6, 2018
All In A Day’s Work
A bold new vision of the collaborative workplace is trying to keep pace with the rapidly evolving idea of work in the knowledge economy As a majority of us have…
June 8, 2018
Tension Attention
A predominantly concrete, steel and glass structure, Bangkok’s Suvarnabhoomi Airport has large fabric spans that impart a very distinct look. Interestingly, the overall shape of the structural unit is a…
May 24, 2018
Not Just Child’s Play
Toys and play are not only important for development of the individual, they are central to learning and progress of humankind “Toys are not really as innocent as they look.…
March 22, 2018
The Missing Link
Design can be the greatest change agent for development and should be duly established as a must-have intervention for things that range from signages to skywalks, from housing to railways…