Designuru

Last night, we were treated to a delightful autobiography- Kirtana Kumar’s tales of growing up in the Cantonment through “public sounds” of our city.

We listened to the call of the Johnson market mosque, the popcorn vending machine at Plaza theatre, sounds from garage bands on north road, what her parents grooved to at blue fox -

After three amazing days, we wrapped up- giant follies too- with unexpected efficiency leaving behind a strange silence, some stray panels, plastic, a forgotten box-

We still seemed to cause some commotion on the streets though! Swipe to see/ read Brian’s observation :)

Onto 2023, then.
See you next December, IRL!
(And here, until then!)

Edgar Demello took us on an evocative journey last evening.

His powerful oration of excerpts from his book - written/drawn by him during the ‘covid years’ - transported us - magically - in both, space and time.

As we cycled along the Danube, soaked in the cafe culture of Vienna, explored the Venetian waters via layers of imaginations, rode down memory lane from the BASE archives- Edgar’s narration had us immersed in his story.

You can pick his book up (sans his voice, though) at the BIC when you visit the last-DU-day today!

A photo from last evening’s keynote presentation by Palinda Kannangara- addressing a question from tonight’s keynote presenter George Seemon!

Seems already conversations ‘across the pond’ :)

Come by designuru this evening
> Edgar Demello launches his delightful book capturing the spirit of his travels- anecdotal and imaginative
> George Seemon presents the work and wonder of Stapati.

See you at BIC! 👋🏼

We are ready for you! (Well, almost!)

Here, a few pictures to capture the energy through Sunday’s build at BIC - teams creating impressive, immersive “follies” for you’ll to enjoy!

You will meet a dozen such delights strewn across BIC this edition! Swipe to see the full line up!

Today, tomorrow and day after!
See you there!
!

Listen in on our second keynote speaker, George Seemon of Stapati on Tuesday, 6th December at 6:30pm at the BIC Auditorium!

We think it’s a sense of rootedness, an extraordinary grasp over material potential and an undeniable reflection of the “ethos” of our subcontinent that ties the work of our two keynote speakers together.

Thoughts? Come, draw your parallels (and projectiles!)

Thrilled to be bringing to Bangalore The Small is Beautiful l A Billion Stories - originally curated for the London Design Biennale by Nisha Mathew Ghosh

The exhibition maps diverse knowledge systems and stories of grassroot endeavours across India - in physical and digital formats - inspire and advocate a promising future.

>>swipe to see a sneak peek hot off the printing press. (Also, hi .studio :))

>> thankful, ofc to our partners/ enablers! 🤍

On All Day
5-7 December 2022
At the Gallery

DU_films 🎥 🍿

We’re screening six design classics this Designuru- that’s 2 a day - each introduced/outroduced/dissected/ by diverse voices from bangalore’s design fraternity.

Come over, enjoy/engage in an afternoon matinee marathon!

All films are being screened for free. There are (only) 180 seats in the BIC auditorium, so we do recommend that you register (link in bio!) so you save yourself a seat.

For any questions, we’re a message away!

5-7 December
2-4pm / 4-6pm
BIC Bangalore

And here’s Bangalore’s architecture and interior design community coming together to bring you this December’s version of Designuru!

This mini edition plays out on Bangalore Design Week from Monday through Wednesday 5-7 December at the Bangalore International Centre, Domlur.

There’s PLENTY in store - workshop a day, two design films a day, keynote presentations every evening, a book launch, a curated exhibition and 14 installations —
So come by, say hi and fill up on plenty inspiration!

Ofc, we’ll hang around here and share details of every event over the week. 📺 ⚡️

See you! 👋🏼

Mark your calendars!
IIID-BRC is bringing the city’s design folk together to bring you a power-packed version of Designuru - in its mini edition once more!

Stay tuned for the DU3.5 line up - as we tinker the schedule around gearing up towards the festival.

Also thrilled to be doing this in tandem with the Bengaluru Design Festival - a week long celebration of all things design!

We did say this already - but here again- mark your calendars!
5-7 December 2022
Bangalore International Centre, BIC, Domlur
bangalore design.festival

Greetings from The Morning After.

Stray images - clearing up 7 days of energy, exhibits, panels.. now with the lights out, the interventions missing and only the noise from the traffic remaining - we can’t help think, did Designuru even happen!? :D

(Of course, it did!)

We’re going to stay here- posting highlights from the Designuru Days as they unfolded the past week.

In the meantime, we have plenty to work on, to learn, to improve - to make Design a significant engagement/ conversation+action in *everyones* life.

Do share your feedback/thoughts/brickbats, here or on [email protected] 🤍

Last evening, at Designuru’s last evening, we revealed a special installation in celebration of our artisans while also commemorating 50 years since the inception of IIID.

50 frames- each handwoven woven by a contributor using any material they had access to- was described by our keynote speaker- Jaya Jaitly - as ‘perfect in its imperfections - much like us human beings.’

Seen in the last two images, few from the team that put this installation together; and also the BMRCL chief getting a sneak peek prior to the unveiling.

We can’t wait to see this installation up in full glory at a Namma Metro station soon!

🚇 🖼

Stringing up all that’s left for the day; leading up to the full and finally finale of Designuru 2021!

Just putting this post up makes us feel like writing a thank-you speech - so we’ll save that bit for later.

For now; let’s celebrate our artisans, our makers, and the history of our craft!
Join us!

Programs from 3pm to close in the auditorium will be streamed live on YouTube. ‘Link in bio’

On day finale, we have archioholic Vijethendra Tejaswi speaking about urban apiculture; with its environmental and economic benefits.
Join us, from 1:30pm at the student pavilion- ‘pause’ at the Rangoli Metro Arts Centre today!

This event is being hosted by Assocham GEM for Designuru 🐝

How does one ‘filter’ inspiration from the world of internet imagery? What is an interior of ‘pause’? How much interior design is ‘too much’ interior design? What are the ways one educates today’s well-travelled/ all knowing client? ...

The best in the industry dissecting the past-paced industry of interiors! This evening - day 06- at Designuru.

(Also, Hello and 👋🏼👋🏼)

And what a gamut of presentations ooru witnessed this afternoon!

Managed one ☝🏽 📸 photo for posterity -
L-R; Hamsini Murali of BNA, Kavya Sheth of Studio Ruh, Sarah Sham of Esajees Atelier, Arun Balan our curator of the day, Rajesh Shivaram of Technoarchitects and Elayaraja of MYVN.

What’s next in today’s madmadmad plan of action; we’ve had a little flip up in the walk-talk venue -

1. We have a short presentation of the Samsung Opera House project by Param Bedi at the Rangasthala Auditorium (in the Rangoli Metro Arts Centre)
From noww for 30 minutes!

2. We have then a walk-talk at the Bowring Institute with architect Ravindra Kumar of Pragrup scheduled from 1:00 to 1:45pm

We hope that this switch in schedule still gives you the design experience of the Samsung Opera House and also gives you a chance to explore a wonderfully restored heritage building.

It’s a big day at Designuru today! The day of interior design curated by Arun Balan and the crew at BNA!

Kicking off this action packed day with mapping the creative journeys of these wonderful folks doing wonder-filled work in their respective fields.

You can join live too (in about an hour from the time of this post) by tapping the link on our profile.

See you all! 👋🏼

And we’re live! Join us; at the auditorium, out on street of MG Road or on YouTube!

Wrapping up the day on Design and Communication, curated by Prem Chandavarkar; writes-

IIndia lacks a culture of criticism. Coverage of design in professional circles tends to be more descriptive than analytical. Journalists often say that they are forced to abstain from truly critical writing as architects take it personally and find it offensive.

But what should a culture of criticism offer? Is its primary role to offer rigorous reflection to members of the profession? Or should it aim to build bridges between the profession and the public? Is the purpose of criticism to determine whether a work is good or bad? Or does it seek to go beyond the work’s appearance to seek deeper underlying issues? Should criticism be neutral, or can it be overtly ideological? Should every architect’s work be subjected to public critique? If so, is all critique acceptable, or are there rules of discourse that should be followed?

Come; be a voice of criticism.

The medium of the day moves on; from film, to art and over now to books.

Ashwini Jaisim joins her architect/professor father Krishnarao Jaisim in reading and discussing his book; titled I Do.

We also have with us Chitra Vishwanath; launching Biome Diaries - a book (of three books) - journeying the world and work of Biome Environmental Solutions.

Join us this evening!

This evening; join Ritu Sharma, Director CRE, Boeing- Girija Rangaswami, Texas Instruments and Laila Khalil from Sales Force to assess, what it takes to be future-ready in the corporate real estate world.

Come, ask them anything!
Thank you, .world for hosting this session!

On the day of Design and Communication, we look forward to driving discussions on art, design in diverse mediums.

Excited (as always) to have Namrata Kini and Vivek Radhakrishnan of Kynkyny to reveal to us what matters the most - that of the (he)art!

Sharing a snapshot of instagram feed.

Their documentary film - Kanade - will premiere at Designuru this afternoon.

Kanade,
2pm - 4pm
Rangasthala Auditorium
at Rangoli Metro Arts Centre

We’re (can’t find the right adjective to describe this feeling of extreme wonder) to see Navnath Sir’s reaction to this tribute.

🎥 🎞

It’s Day 04 at Designuru - and the day of History and Preservation. Curated by INTACH Bangalore, we’d like to bring this action packed day to a close by asking the important questions-

Why must we preserve our past for the sake of the future?
What can we, as citizens, do to nurture fast disappearing parts/nuances of our city?
Will our participation make for successful conservation of heritage?

This evening; 4:30pm
At the Rangoli Arts Centre,
MG Road, Bangalore

Join artist/writer/ Suresh Jayaram and researcher/writer/ Meera Iyer as they share chronicles, anecdotes, stories, discoveries, interpretations, fables of our beautiful Bangalore - the neighbourhoods, the streets, the markets, the livelihoods that we know, or knew or should know!

Both authors books will also be available to preview and buy at the venue!

We open all doors to thoughts, discussions and discoveries about all things ‘history’ today!

Come engage with master storyteller- Vikram Sridhar- narrating his Bangalore stories this afternoon at Designuru!

See you there! 🪄

We’re running Day 04- Sunday at Designuru today! And we’re thrilled to have with us architect Anupama Kundoo; known for her innovative use of local construction techniques and for her/her works sensitivity towards culture, climate and the environment.

Kundoo is the 16th winner or the RIBA Charles Jencks Award. She also received the prestigious Auguste Perret Prize for Technology earlier this year.

Here’s your chance to Ask Her Anything.
She’s at Designuru this morning - from 11:30am to 1:00pm

See you! 👋🏼

Baited breath for this jugalbandi (?) that’s scheduled from 6pm to 8pm this evening!

Celebrating this collaboration- the coming together of outside and in, of landscape and architecture - with 10 Bangalore based practices - 5 landscape + 5 architecture.

We have limited seats in the auditorium - but will also play it live on the screen outside! So come one, come all (masked and vaccinated, please) This is going to be epic!

We remain amazed by the diversity of the architecture and design fraternity in Bangalore and dream that Designuru can be/become that one open, unhinged platform for all voices and ears!

Three practitioners share a platform today - and we look forward to listening in on their journeys (accelerations and bumps too!) - as they built phenomenal practices- Kanvinde Rai & Chowdhury, Biome Environmental Solutions and Oikos and under their leadership!

This event is hosted by Women In Real Estate Network and will be moderated by Fancy George.

Let’s unveil the ‘creative processes’ - the spinning of an idea into something new and inventive - of a writer, a filmmaker, an art critic and an architect.

Architect Nagaraj Vastharey moderates this insightful conversation between Vivek Shanbhag, Nisha Mathew Ghosh, Pawan Kumar and Deepa Ganesh.

4pm, Saturday 18 December 2021
At Rangasthala, Rangoli Metro Arts Centre