What’s in a Chair? Ether Talk

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…

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Life is Colourful Ether Talk

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…

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Experience That! Ether Talk

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.…

Makarand

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The Man-Machine Interface Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Making Sense Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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All are Welcome Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Free Flow Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Design Factory Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Life in a Metro Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Design Activism Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Bare Necessities Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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The Edge of Design Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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The Indian Idiom Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Emotional Connect Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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All That Glitters Ether Talk

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…

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Manifesto for Design Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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All In A Day’s Work Ether Talk

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…

Makarand

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Tension Attention Ether Talk

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…

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Not Just Child’s Play Ether Talk

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.…

Makarand

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The Missing Link Ether Talk

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…

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