When Mumbai-based urban designer / graphic artist Nikhil Chaudhary (see also this page) contacted us and said he is inspired by some of our work in Mumbai’s homegrown settlements – we egged him on. To interpret the crazy conversations and activities we face everyday in Mumbai’s neighbourhoods, in his own distinctive style. This is what he produced.
Photos taken by the children of the Shelter at Dharavi are being exhibited and sold at the Kala Ghoda Festival in Mumbai this week.
In the third part of this series, we explored the elaborate process that goes into embroidery (locally known as zari work).
Conceptualised by designers in collaboration with users and local artisans, the Handstorm workshop takes objects used in everyday life and gives them a spin to be more functional to the users.
The “Urban Actions and Emergent Architecture:Community Architecture 2019” first Encounter was held in the city of Bogotá, Colombia on the 25th and 26th of October of 2019. This was the first event to ever bring together community leaders, architecture colectivos, professors and students to discuss around the topic of community development initiatives.
