Tag: imagination

What is Design?

Charles and Ray Eames
Design is a fairly new imagination in India. It’s not that it didn’t exist, but it wasn’t recognized as such. Keeping its founding story in mind, what is the genesis of design education? Who are the important people, places? What are the milestones in its evolution to the shape and form it has taken today? We find out in this illustrated story.

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Keep calm and create curiosity

Chatura Rao
Starting as a first-time teacher at an art and design college, Chatura Rao didn’t know what to expect in the design classroom. Engaging with students and witnessing their creativity, she learned to “keep calm and create curiosity”.

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Stories and the spoken word

Geeta Ramanujam
Literature first made its appearance in the form of the spoken word. As man evolved, so did his curiosity and imagination. Stories soon became a medium to acquire, store, and retrieve information. While the oral literature tradition lives on today in modern day storytelling events, with the entry of AI into our lives, one doesn’t know what the future holds for this tradition.

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