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Nov 19, 2020

SESSION 10

SESSION 10 13.11.20 DESIGN AND A CHILLED GLASS OF LASSI In this week’s blog we shall discuss a bit more about design as per usual but with a slight twist. Over Lassi. If you are familiar with South Indian cuisine and beverages you will surely be familiar with this healthy…

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Nov 12, 2020

SESSION 09

SESSION 09 06.11.20 LETS TALK TASTE When do we first begin to acquire taste? Why is it that we feel inclined towards one type of genre out of the many fish in the sea? Who gets to decide our taste for a particular art style? While these questions keep brewing…

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Oct 30, 2020

Session 8

Session 8 23.10.20 THE ANTICIPATED REALITY OF THE HARDCOVER BOOK — INTERACTIONS ON A MICRO-LEVEL What is your all time favorite novel? What genres do you prefer to read over a cup of coffee and some freshly baked brownies? Perhaps this simple question triggered feelings of warmth and happiness within…

Design Thinking

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Oct 23, 2020

Session 7

Session 7 16.10.20 Metaphorically Speaking about Models For this little exercise I would like you to resist all urges to google search your way out of the question I am about to throw your way. …

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Oct 16, 2020

Session 6

Session 6 09.10.20 Mind your language They say behind every obstacle is an opportunity, and behind every mistake is a lesson. I never quite thought about this cliché quote I often came across on the internet and it wasn’t until the year 2020 that I stopped to really think deeper…

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Oct 9, 2020

Session 5

Session 5 02.10.20 APPRECIATING THE CRAFT AND THE CRAFTSMAN What do you care about that you want to relentlessly focus on and continue doing? This was one of the many questions Arnab Chakravarty, our guest speaker for today’s lecture, left us with. Chakravarty, a researcher at the NYU attended the…

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Oct 1, 2020

Session 4

Session 4 25.09.20 Do Not What You Please What notion do you have when you think of a designer and their job? Do you think a designer designs whatever pleases them? Fast track to humongous mountain loads of money and big hefty pocketed clients returning happy, is that the image…

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Sep 21, 2020

Session 3

Session 3 18.09.20 The Concept of Affordance in the Design Context What is the first thought that comes to mind when you find a bench to sit on outside ? Do you questions its ability to withhold your body weight? Is it the material that makes you ponder over the…

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Sep 17, 2020

Session 2

Session 2 September 11, 2020 I AM WHAT I USE – UNDERSTANDING REALITY How often do we stop to ponder over the things we interact with or make use of in our everyday mundane lives? Perhaps only when they fail to produce the output we subconsciously demand out of their…

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Sep 7, 2020

Reflection 1; Design and the Human Condition

Reflection 1; Design and the Human Condition Before I joined the first online session of Design and the Human Condition, I was skeptical of it being yet another course like our Liberal Arts program with the focus of attention being the field of design. …

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