Dear Neelam & Mahesh

Apologies for my delayed reply to your queries on
biodegradable plastic bags.

The promoting organization is-

NAVDANYA
A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India
Tel: 91 11 26535422, 26968077
Fax: 91 11 26856795, 26562093
www.navdanya.org

Contact Person in Marketing-
Mr. Rohit
91 11 26532124

Unit cost per bag is Rs. 18/-
Capacity: 5kg
Price negotiable for bulk orders

Also it is manufactured at two places in India
one location is NOIDA

Hope its of some use

Regards,


Vijaybahu Joshi
B.Arch,SPA,2000
M.Des,IDC,2006
New Delhi
+91 9899757366


--- NEELAM CHHIBER <Neelam@...> wrote:

> dear Vijaybahu,
> yes it would be xtremely useful to have more
> details,
>
> i have heard there is a biodegradable plastic
> manufacturer in hyderabad
> who makes the plastic out of corn starch, but was
> unable to locate
> where his prdts are available,
> This is a manufacturer set up through TIFAC, N
> DElhi,
>
> AIDI had arranged a presentation with TIFAC, last
> year in Bangalore.
>
> any further details will be welcome, rgds neelam.
> nid pep 86
>
> On Jul 26, 2007, at 4:04 PM, Vijaybahu Joshi wrote:
>
> > Dear Neelam:
> > Last year in Dilli Haat at New Delhi, I got a
> plastic
> > look-alike bio-degradable bag, which was derived
> from
> > Starch and other plant fibers (don't have the
> exact
> > detail). I was then requested by that Nature Shop
> > fellow to reuse the bag at-least 7-8 times, before
> > disposing it in soil. Also, it was then around 10
> > Rupees per bag since there were not too many
> takers
> > for that. I believe the economies of scale was the
> > crucial cost factor here too. Although there were
> too
> > keen to entertain fresh inquiries.
> >
> > Please let me know if you need more details on
> this.
> > Can visit that place again.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> > Vijaybahu
> > B.Arch. SPA 2000
> > M.Des-VC. IDC, IITB 2006
> > New Delhi
> > +91 9899757366
> > vijaybahu@...
> >
> > --- NEELAM CHHIBER <Neelam@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys, a small issue that needs 5 minutes of
> > > thinking from any who
> > > have the time...
> > >
> > > Children of aditi,( students council) having
> > > meeting with yelahanka
> > > town council , ( bangalore) next weekend, to try
> to
> > > reduce use of
> > > plastic bags in the area, also having meeting
> with
> > > various high
> > > powered parents to get them to sponsor
> production
> > > of reusable
> > > replacement bags( to reduce using plastic bags
> given
> > > by groceries.) .
> > > The companies these parents work in will sponsor
> > > these bags, will get
> > > their logo's on the bags.
> > >
> > > Now can anyone think of exciting low cost
> features
> > > in these
> > > replacement reusable bags, that will make people
> > > want to use them,
> > > rather than use plastic bags that the
> neighbourhood
> > > grocer thrusts on
> > > them?
> > >
> > > common problems
> > > I always forget to take this bag when i go
> shopping,
> > >
> > > solution-scrunch it up and put it in a small zip
> > > bag, on my keychain,
> > > always keep some in the car /scooter boot.
> > > make sure u put them back in the boot so they r
> > > available the next
> > > time u just drop by at the grocers on the way
> home
> > > from work.
> > >
> > > Any others common problems /mental blocks/
> > > solutions,( either of the
> > > 3 will do, all 3 not reqd)
> > > the scrunched up bag on the keychain, was used
> in
> > > cyprus, when they
> > > made the island plastic bag free.
> > > rgds neelam, nid , pd 86
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Vijaybahu Joshi
> > B.Arch•SPA Delhi•2000
> > M.Des-VC•IITB•2006
> > New Delhi•India
> > +91 9899757366
> > Email: vijaybahu@...
> >
> > Once upon a time there was 1 GB storage in your
> inbox. To know the
> > happy ending go to
> http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/
> > tools/tools-08.html
> >
> >
>
>
>
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M.Des-VC•IITB•2006
New Delhi•India
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sorry mahesh, just dropped out, of the email circuit for 2 months as my sone has
broken his thumb and has taken my laptop, no time to do mails on the ofiice
computer, rgds neelam, pd nid 86


   ----- Original Message -----
   From: mahesh_joglekar
   To: designindia@...
   Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 3:31 PM
   Subject: [designindia] Re: Be a Design Judge!


   --- In designindia@..., mahesh grampurohit
   <maheshvgmech@...> wrote:
   >
   > Hello Mahesh,
   >
   > Sorry for late response......but this is really a good excercise.
   We can surely play this game. Please do start it.

   I will start but it seems not many are interested! The idea was to do
   something actual although virtual ...rather than just philosophical
   discussions!

   MJ





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CONGRATULATIONS! to the entire team.

I have witnessed the reaseach work for a while when I
was at NID, and have been looking forward for the book
on the racks for the past couple of years!

FINALLY!

I am sure it is going to be a great book each of us
would want in our personal libraries.

CONGRATULATIONS once again!

regards
Juhi
Mumbai
--- M P Ranjan <ranjanmp@...> wrote:

> Dear Friends
>
> I am happy to inform you that we have just recieved
> an advance copy of the book
> "Handmade in India" that was researched and created
> at the NID based on 40 years
> tradition of crafts documentation and the last five
> years of intensive research by over 50
> teams from NID and it is published and produced by
> COHANDS and Mapin Publishing Pvt
> Limited with the support from Development
> Commissioner Handicrafts Government of
> India.
>
> I have posted a note about the book and its design
> intensions on the Design for India blog
> at this link below:
>
<http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.com/2007/08/handmade-in-india-handbook-
> of-crafts-of.html>
>
> There is another post about the information
> architecture used for the book at the Visible
> information India blog at this link below:
>
<http://visible-information-india.blogspot.com/2007/08/information-architecture-\
for-
> handmade.html>
>
> We hope to have the books out in bookstores in India
> by early October 2007 and you can
> see more about the book at the Mapin website at this
> link.
> <http://www.mapinpub.com/Handmade_in_India>
>
> with warm regards
>
> M P Ranjan
> from my Mac at Gandhinagar
> 7 August 2007 at 4.05 pm IST
>
>
_______________________________________________________________
>
> Prof M P Ranjan
> Faculty of Design
> Head, Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID
> (CFBI-NID)
> Chairman, GeoVisualisation Task Group (DST, Govt. of
> India) (2006-2008)
> National Institute of Design
> Paldi
> Ahmedabad 380 007 India
>
> Tel: (off) 91 79 26623692 ext 1090 (changed in
> January 2006)
> Tel: (res) 91 79 26610054
> Fax: 91 79 26605242
>
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> web domain: http://www.ranjanmp.in
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wow!!! too cool for words!
thanks for sharing that deepa! and you are one mth
ahead of me with a 3 mth old! i know it only gets
better :)

yamini


--- Deepa Rathnam Nirmal <deeparnirmal@...>
wrote:

> I am only reading the designindia posts sporadically
> these days (3 month old at home) but followed the
> plastic bag discussion with interest, since it is a
> pet peeve of mine.
>
> Then I came across this, and had to share. Really
> creative and fun! I have knitted with plastic bags
> before and am now inspired to try fusing plastic.
>
>
http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html
>
> Deepa
>
> Deepa Rathnam Nirmal
> CD, NID, 1995
> Visum
> St. Paul, MN, USA
>
>
>
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I am only reading the designindia posts sporadically
these days (3 month old at home) but followed the
plastic bag discussion with interest, since it is a
pet peeve of mine.

Then I came across this, and had to share. Really
creative and fun! I have knitted with plastic bags
before and am now inspired to try fusing plastic.

http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/plastic_bag_crafts.html

Deepa

Deepa Rathnam Nirmal
CD, NID, 1995
Visum
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well that clearly shows the education and strength of
the powers that be in sikkim. a huge congrats to them
for a job well done. sadly such high fines i believe
might be the only way to make the rule a 'real rule'
and not one easily broken. now, if only all the other
states in india can follow through with similar
measures.


--- sonam gyaltsen <tashi_cg@...> wrote:

> dear all,
>
>   a story i want to share, usage of plastic bags has
> been banned in sikkim for about 7yrs now in sikkim
> and besides public participation the state police
> department has helped a lot into checking that usage
> of plastic bags in shops and other commercial areas
> is discouraged. a fine of rs.2000 each is charged
> onto the customer and the shopkeeper.
>   so despite the fact we still got products being
> sold with plastic packaging in the shops which we
> buy and dispose thus polluting the environment, the
> state government with the public participation has
> managed to take the first step towards banning
> platics from the market.
>
>   sonam tashi gyaltsen
>   product design, nid
>   design consultant, govt. of sikkim
>   gangtok-sikkim
>
>
>
>
>
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dear all,

   a story i want to share, usage of plastic bags has been banned in sikkim for
about 7yrs now in sikkim and besides public participation the state police
department has helped a lot into checking that usage of plastic bags in shops
and other commercial areas is discouraged. a fine of rs.2000 each is charged
onto the customer and the shopkeeper.
   so despite the fact we still got products being sold with plastic packaging in
the shops which we buy and dispose thus polluting the environment, the state
government with the public participation has managed to take the first step
towards banning platics from the market.

   sonam tashi gyaltsen
   product design, nid
   design consultant, govt. of sikkim
   gangtok-sikkim





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Dear Friends

I am happy to inform you that we have just recieved an advance copy of the book
"Handmade in India" that was researched and created at the NID based on 40 years
tradition of crafts documentation and the last five years of intensive research
by over 50
teams from NID and it is published and produced by COHANDS and Mapin Publishing
Pvt
Limited with the support from Development Commissioner Handicrafts Government of
India.

I have posted a note about the book and its design intensions on the Design for
India blog
at this link below:
<http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.com/2007/08/handmade-in-india-handbook-
of-crafts-of.html>

There is another post about the information architecture used for the book at
the Visible
information India blog at this link below:
<http://visible-information-india.blogspot.com/2007/08/information-architecture-\
for-
handmade.html>

We hope to have the books out in bookstores in India by early October 2007 and
you can
see more about the book at the Mapin website at this link.
<http://www.mapinpub.com/Handmade_in_India>

with warm regards

M P Ranjan
from my Mac at Gandhinagar
7 August 2007 at 4.05 pm IST

_______________________________________________________________

Prof M P Ranjan
Faculty of Design
Head, Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID (CFBI-NID)
Chairman, GeoVisualisation Task Group (DST, Govt. of India) (2006-2008)
National Institute of Design
Paldi
Ahmedabad 380 007 India

Tel: (off) 91 79 26623692 ext 1090 (changed in January 2006)
Tel: (res) 91 79 26610054
Fax: 91 79 26605242

email: ranjanmp@...
web site: http://homepage.mac.com/ranjanmp/
web domain: http://www.ranjanmp.in
blog: http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.com
_______________________________________________________________

this is a great idea for india.
the plastic bag situation is really horrendous for the
environment.

one thing i can share from living in a very
environmentally conscious country, sweden, is that
here, the grocery stores charge various amounts for
various sizes of plastic bags, if you choose to use
them from the store. i think this is a great way to
cut down on excessive plastic bag usage. for the
budget/environmentally conscious, it makes them take
their own bags/reuse...before 'buying' a bag each time
they shop.

yamini

--- usha prajapati <ushaprajapati@...> wrote:

> There is one small initiative which has been taken
> towards plastic bag removal. Check this link.
> http://www.smallsteps.in/
>
> Thanks
> Usha Prajapati
> NID, India
>
> Ford Foundation International Fellow
> Masters candidate
> Clark University- IDCE
> International Development and Social Change
> 950 Main Street Worcester MA 01610,
> Contact-631-870-9694
> www.clarku.edu/departments/idce
>
>
> anushree agrahari <anushree_juhi@...> wrote:
>                                HI Neelam
>    I think apart from changing habit i.e.
> remembering to carry a bag while going to shop and
> having alternative jute bags that can be taken after
> paying a deposit.
>    I feel that if the shop keeper charges a good
> amount of money for giving a plastic bag, the usage
> will decrease automatically in a majority of
> sections of society. The price of plastic bag that
> is sold to the retailer should include a hefty tax
> which is levied as a pollution tax (the money should
> to used for the same).
>    So in return the retailer will not give the bag
> generously to the customer, rather will ask for a
> price.
>    The user will try to reuse/ look for
> alternatives.
>    Few years ago all cities had small cottage
> industries, where bags out of old newspaper were
> made. At that time the bags used to cost 1-2paisa.
> That used to be bread earning task for a lot of
> families. If that could be revived as an alternative
> at small scale in all small and big cities and a
> subsidy given to such products, we will go back to
> using eco-friendly material more.
>    I think plastic is a wonderful material and
> plastic bag is an amazing example of an efficient
> product that uses so less material and works
> efficiently. It is just that we need to use it
> intelligently so that our future generations can
> live in a cleaner world in years to come.
>    Cheers
>    Anushree Agrahari
>    Industrial Designer (2000-2002)
>    IDC IIT Bombay
>
>    Lopez <anthony@...> wrote:
>
>  > Hi! Neelam
>  >
>  > The habit of carrying your own bag is dead. Free,
> light and convenient plastic
>  > bags have spoilt us. Also there are too many
> things to remember and carry when
>  > you move out of house. Also the purpose of moving
> out may be more than just
>  > one (groceries) One of the answer is to keep the
> bag (bag stand/hook)
>  > next/near the car/scooter keys.
>  >
>  > But question now is between, recycle bags to
> environmental friendly disposable
>  > bags. The former could be the later too.
>  >
>  > Diven there are many design solutions to both
> including the lost habit. I
>  > would push for policy implementation both with
> the town council and retail
>  > players which will bring about change.
>  >
>  > Along with this initiative, design solutions can
> influence.
>  >
>  > Anthony Lopez
>  > NID VC 90¹
>  > now @ lopez design
>  >
>  > +
>
>  From: NEELAM CHHIBER <Neelam@...>
>  Reply-To: <designindia@...>
>  Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:55:00 +0700
>  To: <designindia@...>
>  Subject: [designindia] alternate to plastic bags
>
>  Hi guys, a small issue that needs 5 minutes of
> thinking from any who
>  have the time...
>
>  Children of aditi,( students council) having
> meeting with yelahanka
>  town council , ( bangalore) next weekend, to try to
> reduce use of
>  plastic bags in the area, also having meeting with
> various high
>  powered parents to get them to sponsor production
> of reusable
>  replacement bags( to reduce using plastic bags
> given by groceries.) .
>  The companies these parents work in will sponsor
> these bags, will get
>  their logo's on the bags.
>
>  Now can anyone think of exciting low cost features
> in these
>  replacement reusable bags, that will make people
> want to use them,
>  rather than use plastic bags that the neighbourhood
> grocer thrusts on
>  them?
>
>  common problems
>  I always forget to take this bag when i go
> shopping,
>
>  solution-scrunch it up and put it in a small zip
> bag, on my keychain,
>  always keep some in the car /scooter boot.
>  make sure u put them back in the boot so they r
> available the next
>  time u just drop by at the grocers on the way home
> from work.
>
>  Any others common problems /mental blocks/
> solutions,( either of the
>  3 will do, all 3 not reqd)
>  the scrunched up bag on the keychain, was used in
> cyprus, when they
>  made the island plastic bag free.
>  rgds neelam, nid , pd 86
>
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   Aug 2007 Caution: Stereotypes Under Construction
   By Janea Triplett
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I ran across an article, "Four approaches to user modelling." I found it almost
ironic that while we were discussing creating user profiles, this article was
creating profiles of HCI professionals. After the article stereotyped the HCI
professional into four ideal types, the question was then asked if HCI
professionals stereotype users. The answer was "probably." The reasons given
were our "schematic thinking." Our background conditions us to look at the world
in certain ways. The article suggested several methods for counteracting
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Dear designers,

I am in process to set a design books library at our organisation. I am
looking for design books covering design fundamentals to case studies,
showcase books to classic what we are referring at institutes for Industrial
Design. Its very rare I came across for books on form studies and design
fundamentals, Can anyone share titles/details on the same ?

Can, members share the title and authors what they came across as a best
books on the subject ? If someone can have a list of it, can please forward
the same ?

With best regards,

Pravin S. Padale
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ACE Designers Ltd.
Bangalore ( India )


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There is one small initiative which has been taken towards plastic bag removal.
Check this link.
http://www.smallsteps.in/

Thanks
Usha Prajapati
NID, India

Ford Foundation International Fellow
Masters candidate
Clark University- IDCE
International Development and Social Change
950 Main Street Worcester MA 01610,
Contact-631-870-9694
www.clarku.edu/departments/idce


anushree agrahari <anushree_juhi@...> wrote:
HI Neelam
    I think apart from changing habit i.e. remembering to carry a bag while going
to shop and having alternative jute bags that can be taken after paying a
deposit.
    I feel that if the shop keeper charges a good amount of money for giving a
plastic bag, the usage will decrease automatically in a majority of sections of
society. The price of plastic bag that is sold to the retailer should include a
hefty tax which is levied as a pollution tax (the money should to used for the
same).
    So in return the retailer will not give the bag generously to the customer,
rather will ask for a price.
    The user will try to reuse/ look for alternatives.
    Few years ago all cities had small cottage industries, where bags out of old
newspaper were made. At that time the bags used to cost 1-2paisa. That used to
be bread earning task for a lot of families. If that could be revived as an
alternative at small scale in all small and big cities and a subsidy given to
such products, we will go back to using eco-friendly material more.
    I think plastic is a wonderful material and plastic bag is an amazing example
of an efficient product that uses so less material and works efficiently. It is
just that we need to use it intelligently so that our future generations can
live in a cleaner world in years to come.
    Cheers
    Anushree Agrahari
    Industrial Designer (2000-2002)
    IDC IIT Bombay

    Lopez <anthony@...> wrote:

  > Hi! Neelam
  >
  > The habit of carrying your own bag is dead. Free, light and convenient
plastic
  > bags have spoilt us. Also there are too many things to remember and carry
when
  > you move out of house. Also the purpose of moving out may be more than just
  > one (groceries) One of the answer is to keep the bag (bag stand/hook)
  > next/near the car/scooter keys.
  >
  > But question now is between, recycle bags to environmental friendly
disposable
  > bags. The former could be the later too.
  >
  > Diven there are many design solutions to both including the lost habit. I
  > would push for policy implementation both with the town council and retail
  > players which will bring about change.
  >
  > Along with this initiative, design solutions can influence.
  >
  > Anthony Lopez
  > NID VC 90¹
  > now @ lopez design
  >
  > +

  From: NEELAM CHHIBER <Neelam@...>
  Reply-To: <designindia@...>
  Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:55:00 +0700
  To: <designindia@...>
  Subject: [designindia] alternate to plastic bags

  Hi guys, a small issue that needs 5 minutes of thinking from any who
  have the time...

  Children of aditi,( students council) having meeting with yelahanka
  town council , ( bangalore) next weekend, to try to reduce use of
  plastic bags in the area, also having meeting with various high
  powered parents to get them to sponsor production of reusable
  replacement bags( to reduce using plastic bags given by groceries.) .
  The companies these parents work in will sponsor these bags, will get
  their logo's on the bags.

  Now can anyone think of exciting low cost features in these
  replacement reusable bags, that will make people want to use them,
  rather than use plastic bags that the neighbourhood grocer thrusts on
  them?

  common problems
  I always forget to take this bag when i go shopping,

  solution-scrunch it up and put it in a small zip bag, on my keychain,
  always keep some in the car /scooter boot.
  make sure u put them back in the boot so they r available the next
  time u just drop by at the grocers on the way home from work.

  Any others common problems /mental blocks/ solutions,( either of the
  3 will do, all 3 not reqd)
  the scrunched up bag on the keychain, was used in cyprus, when they
  made the island plastic bag free.
  rgds neelam, nid , pd 86

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*CorporateBrandMatrix* - Case Studies
http://www.corporatebrandmatrix.com/cases.asp
Also interesting is the categorisation of cases using
the drivers & tools map.
http://www.corporatebrandmatrix.com/searchmatrix.asp

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I'm sure everyone has seen this, but if you haven't -
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_31/b4044401.htm

Best,
Sunandini Basu
AFD, NID '97-'02

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Colors India 2007: Details of programme!
 
Trend forecasting is the key need for industry today. When we want to engage
with the emotions and seduce the sensibilities of the new consumer,
aesthetic considerations of design and color are what will create the
critical difference. Color is the first thing that people see.
Every company has a business plan. Every business needs to plan for trends
in color.By succesfully predicting color trend you are first in the market
with the right color at the right time.
At the first cross industry Color Trend Conference in Mumbai, Trend and
Color futurists, color designers,communicators and consumer trend analysts
share their view of the trends. It is a wonderful mix of international
experts, those who work in Asia and specialists on India trends.
Businesses are investing in knowlege; and one of those areas is the
conversion of raw consumer information and intangible ideas into viable
commercial prodcuts and propositions.You want to be ahead of the trend so
you can plan to deliver it to your customer.This session is a must for those
of you who want to lead with innovation from creation of the product to its
placement the retail space.
Be there, August 31st, Friday. Or be Gray.  Log onto  www.colorsindia.com
for more information and registration.  

FORMAT AND SCHEDULE of conference.  (Please Note: Workshop and Color
Forecasting are run concurrently. Participants have to choose one.)

Trend and Color. Speaker session. :31st August Friday.   
 Session fees, Rs. 6,000
Gottfried Pank | Creative director | mode Information 
 Signs of the Time  :  What drives and creates trends? Gottfried analyses
where the tipping point occurs and how you anticipate this tipping point.
And then, the translation of non-commercial tendencies into commercial
design.This presentation features some of the major cultural, social and
lifestyle developments and their impact on design.   
Berit Bergstrom | Managing Director | NCS
The NCS is a world standard color system enabling one to research color,
create color palettes for application and communicate color to consumers and
within orgainzations.
Latika Khosla | Design Director | Freedom Tree Design
Freedom Tree design's approach is based on forecasting colour directions and
design evolution two years in advance by tracing the tendencies for social
behaviours that may emerge a couple of years later. Colour is seen as a
powerful force that can transcend cultural and industry borders to influence
consumers across the globe.
Neelam Chibber
INDUSTREE is dedicated to providing rural livelihoods in India through the
artisanal sector, producing contemporary products for urban lives. Currently
the production base is spread across the 4 southern states and 2 eastern
states of India and touches over 5000 producers.
Hari Nair | Global Consuemr Design | Whirlpool
A global designer with a footprint in the US and Asia. Currently Hari
operates out of New Delhi and Shanghai, heading the Asia Operations of the
Global Consumer Design function at Whirlpool Corporation. His current
interest focuses around enhancing the influence of "design thinking" in
developing economies leveraging local innovation and creative expression to
build global brands.
Ravi and Monisha Mullick | CEO and Creative Director | Goldfield Fragrances 

GFL is an Indian MNC Fragrance House, operating in India and Europe.
Timeless, universal and mysterious fragrance has been a powerful force in
ritual, medicine war and death. Does a fragreanc trend have a scent of a
color? From fashion house fragrances to the humble detergents, all is
revealed.
Sonia Manchanda and Jacob Matthew | Founding Partners | Idiom Design.
In the Indian context, what meaning does color evoke? Why and how do retail,
product, communication designers choose their palettes. Prefixed notions lie
below the surface in the minds of consumers and how do designers work with
them. Idiom will examine emotions,expressions, textures and how they can
create new meanings for the future.
Santosh Desai | MD CEO| Future Brands
Given the number of adjectives it attracts, India is not an easy culture to
decipher especially as it goes through dizzying change. This presentation
tries and makes sense of an India that is moving in new ways even while it
strives to hold on to itself. Some emerging themes of change are identified
without descending into anything as vulgar as a prediction.
Mary Ward | Creative Director UK Ireland | ICI Paints

Color Futures by ICI paints is a color communication tool from the team of
international color experts. Is there such a thing as a global color. How
does ICI take inspiration from it's various markets, and sell a global color
idea locally!
 

NCS Workshop, Sept 1 & 2 Royal Bombay Yatch Club |  
2 Day session fees, Rs. 12,000

NCS, the Natural Color System is a perceptual tool for color design and
communication. The director of the Scandinavian Color school Berit
Bergstrom will conduct a two day workshop on working with the NCS System.
This session includes presentations and practical color exercises. During
these two days one will learn to use color for professional application. If
you are a designer, it helps you navigate color space to make
successful color combinations. For researchers and marketers it is a way to
track color, analyze data and communicate color.
 
Color Forecasting, Sept 1 & 2 Royal Bombay Yatch Club
2 Day session fees, Rs. 12,000

Participate and take the opportunity to explore influences and their impact
on future color 
through discussion and visual media. In an interactive session, devoted to
cross industry
participation, we share ideas, through trends and material boards for the
year
08’09 to arrive at the key drivers of  design changes and color for the
Indian market.


 

 

 

my thoughts on ikea...you get what you pay for. but
design wise, they can't be beat. ikea is still the
most popular furnitura/interior place, even in its
origin country. we have noticed that other furniture
companies can't compete with them in price range and
design styles for EVERYTHING. plus they have a good
restaurant to eat at, after all the shopping! :)


--- mahesh_joglekar <mahesh_joglekar@...> wrote:

> --- In designindia@..., "yamini.rm"
> <yamini@...> wrote:
> >
> > hello all!
>  i am an art director from southern california but
> have been living in
> sweden for
> > the past 3 years.
>
> Hello Yamini
> So what do you think about IKEA products?
> I have used some IKEA products but always get a
> feeling that although
> they are innovative stylish and sometimes
> ingenious... specially in
> furniture they look and feel flimsy... not sturdy
> enough!
> MJ
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>     (Yahoo! ID required)
>
> mailto:designindia-fullfeatured@...
>
>
>


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art director : graphic design
nykoping : sweden

skype | yamini.someshwar

friends.icograda.net | xcd.aiga.org

put on your iPod. alice d. domar, PhD, author of "Self-Nurture,"
calls music a "nonpharmaceutical tranquilizer."

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I have added the first of the "Be a Design Judge"
For detail videos look up 3 products on 1st March on this link
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/inventions/2006.htm

Lets see how many people find this as an interesting exercise
MJ


  Feral Cat Trap (1 March 2006)
By Mal Crowley
The Feral Cat Trap is a feral cat trap made from recycling damaged
shopping trolleys. More»


  Padject (1 March 2006)
By Vlad Blagus
The Padject is a device to help students or patients who are learning
to give injections. More»


  STAYturf (1 March 2006)
By Lynn Davidson

StayTURF is a fully vegetated, turf matting which helps prevent soil
loss and erosion in high water flow areas. More»

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
designindia group:

Be a design Judge Aug6th
  Feral Cat Trap (1 March 2006)
By Mal Crowley
The Feral Cat Trap is a feral cat trap made from recycling damaged shopping
trolleys. More»


  Padject (1 March 2006)
By Vlad Blagus
The Padject is a device to help students or patients who are learning to give
injections. More»


  STAYturf (1 March 2006)
By Lynn Davidson
winner
StayTURF is a fully vegetated, turf matting which helps prevent soil loss and
erosion in high water flow areas. More»



   o Feral Cat Trap (1 March 2006)
   o Padject (1 March 2006)
   o STAYturf (1 March 2006)


To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/designindia/surveys?id=1895870

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

--- In designindia@..., mahesh grampurohit
<maheshvgmech@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Mahesh,
>
>   Sorry for late response......but this is really a good excercise.
We can surely play this game. Please do start it.

I will start but it seems not many are interested! The idea was to do
something actual although virtual ...rather than just philosophical
discussions!

MJ

--- In designindia@..., "yamini.rm" <yamini@...> wrote:
>
> hello all!
  i am an art director from southern california but have been living in
sweden for
> the past 3 years.

Hello Yamini
So what do you think about IKEA products?
I have used some IKEA products but always get a feeling that although
they are innovative stylish and sometimes ingenious... specially in
furniture they look and feel flimsy... not sturdy enough!
MJ

hello all!

my name is yamini and i recently joined this yahoo group out of personal and
professional
interest. i am an art director from southern california but have been living in
sweden for
the past 3 years. i am american born but of south indian heritage and hence
always have
an interest in most things indian.

i travel to bangalore/mangalore generally every winter and each time i try to
connect with
something design related, so when i stumbled across this discussion group, i
thought it
would be a beneficial place for networking.

i've always had a creative streak in me and studied graphic design at arizona
state
university and received a bachelor's degree specializing in graphic design. i
was heavily
involved with AIGA (american institute of graphic arts) while living in orange
county,
california and was president of the local chapter for 3 years. Through AIGA i
learned more
about an int'l design group, ICOGRADA and was asked to speak at their first
north
american conference held in vancouver, canada. it was a wonderful experience,
which led
me to become a 'friend of icograda'. this has broadened my networking and
education into
the int'l community of design.

i have worked in the advertising industry in southern california and also as an
art director
for a fortune 500 technology company. so my experience field is quite broad. i
was also
doing some freelance for a client in los angeles when i first moved to sweden.
now, im
concentrating on learning the swedish language first, before being able to work
here. i'm
in my mid-30s, so i feel like i have a good deal of experience as well.

also, i'm currently a new mother of a baby girl and want to be able to keep my
design
career/mind alive by participating in discussion groups/events/ judging/speaking
possibilities.

thanks for the acceptance in this group and i hope to be as active as
possible!!!
cheers!
yamini

Hello Mahesh,

   Sorry for late response......but this is really a good excercise. We can
surely play this game. Please do start it.

   Mahesh

mahesh_joglekar <mahesh_joglekar@...> wrote:
           Lets play a game of " Be a Design Judge"

Dear fellow :creators, designers, engineers , entrepreneurs I would
like to propose a activity for our group….. that is to play judge to
a mock competition with real entrants based on "New Inventions"
Many of you might have browsed the TV program website I had mentioned
in my previous postings that is
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/

Here is what I propose
Lets assume roles of judges and using the Yahoo group polls lets see
what we, as a group from a different part of the world come up with
as the "Best Invention" of the week!
I will upload a poll with a expiry of 7 days and choose 3 inventions
from the past episodes of the entrants from this program
You have to vote based upon these criterion
Originality
Need
Marketability

I guess it would be very interesting as some of the products will be
totally irrelevant to the market place that most of us operate in!

What you think?
Shall I start it in a day or two or it is a bad idea?

Mahesh Joglekar
Brisbane, Australia






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Pandeji,
*O genki desu ka?*
Been a long time. i say, let's make a deal. You send me the CVs yo don't
need in exchange for ones that i have got? I recently recd. two from
automobile desgners and i really have no work for them.
amit.

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Dear All

Abhikalp is looking for automotive designers / stylist
for various new projects. Experience on Alias and
any engineering software will be helpful.


Vidyadhar Pande
1993-94 AEP-PD
NID

+91 98260 21876
vpande@...

Abhikalp Design Studio
#78, Ravindra Nagar,
Old Palasia,
Indore - 452018
India.
Ph:+91-731-2498085
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Dear Design Community,
We are in a major expansion mode and are looking for the following:
Product Designers (not automobile designers/stylists), Graphic Designers
(preferably people interested in signage and wayfinding), Exhibition
designers, Museum designers, Interaction designers, Retail Interior
designers /strategists. (totally require 12 designers. Architects are also
welcome. And anyone with a real feel for Universal Design, call me NOW!
Designers with zero to 4 years experience are welcome. We are also open to
trainees (max. 2 from any one institute / totally 8 )
The primary requirement is PASSION. We'll match your money needs and give
you the right space.
Interested people should email at the following address only:
jobsatmedpl@... and please put the area preference in the subject
line.
Design assistants at all levels welcome - guaranteed interesting, exciting
but tough work.
We are currently working on over a dozen hospitals in India and the Far
East, an 80000 sq.ft. state-of-the-art museum project (ground up), besides a
host of electronic equipment and how can one miss out - a chain of 500
retail outlets pan-india. Plus many many more ....

Amit Sheth
1988 AEP-PD
NID
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The way our traffic is, bumpers are in close proximity to have anything readable
on it.
   And true to the word,bumpers bump into each other pretty often, atleast in
Bangalore :)

   Rear windshield stickers may work better (if you have any sticking space left
by your car dealer, service center guy, tyre dealer, my next car sticker, my
previous car.....)

   Pradeep Joseph
   IDC PD 96-98
   Intel
   Bangalore


Pankaj Sapkal <pankaj.sapkal@...> wrote:
           You should do some bumper stickers, too. We have so many vehicles and
no
bumper stickers with desi content, to speak of.

- Pankaj Sapkal
IDC (90-92)

sashu2000 wrote:
>
> Ever felt that your designs deserved a place on someone's t-shirt?
> have you always wanted to showcase your art but did not know how? ever
> wondered how great it would be to get paid for doing what you love?
> check out http://myntra.com/community/index.php
> <http://myntra.com/community/index.php>
>
> Contest open till Aug 31st
>
> First Place: Rs 5000
> Second Place: Rs 1000
> Third Place: Rs 200
>
> Contest Policy
> 1. Contest open from August 1 to August 31.
> 2. Contest winner will be declared on September 5.
> 3. The total prize money for the contest is Rs. 25000!
> 4. Best Design gets Rs. 5000. Next 5 designs get Rs. 1000 each! Next
> 50 designs get Rs. 200 each!! Next 100 designs get Rs. 100 each!!!
> 5. All designs submitted for the contest will be available for sale at
> Myntra.com website as per our Terms and Conditions
>
> Myntra Team
>
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Dear Friends

Speaking of blogs, some of you may be interested in exploring blogs and lists
from India.

You already know that I have set up one recently called "Design for India" which
discusses
issues and opportunities for design action for India today and this can be seen
at the link
below:
<http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.com/>

The blog also includes many links to Indian design related links as well as
numerous
global links of interest, including the anthrodesign list besides others that I
have been
looking at closely for thought leadership in all areas of design. Take a look.

The other Indian design related links include the following:

Design in India: <http://www.designinindia.net/>
a fairly comprehensive directory of resources for Design in India. A great
resource
managed by the IDC team headed by Ravi Pooviah.

DesignIndia discussion list on yahoogroups: <http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/
designindia/>
a list populated by over 1000 Indian designers as well as International
designers and
researchers  interested in design applications in India. This list founded by
Sudhir Sharma
and now managed by an active team of volunteers who assitst him on a day to day
basis.

Design with India: <http://web.mac.com/udaydandavate/iWeb/Site/Home.html>
an initiative to connect with India through global networks in the USA and other
countries
that was inspired by the discussions on the DesignIndia list. managed by Uday
Dandavate
it is a repository of papers and information about national and international
events
planned as part of the "Design with India" initiatives that was inspired by the
DesignIndia
discussions and coordinated wioth the CII-NID Design Summit activities.

I have set up another blog last week to work with the course that I offer at the
National
Institute of Design called "Data Visualisation". This blog called "Visible
Information India"
will focus on the course work of our students as well as commentaries of the
faculty on
design opportunities for India in the field of Data Visualisation.
<http://www.visible-information-india.blogspot.com/>

I find that this is a great way forward for sharing views as well as Images
which are so
important in design discourse. I would urge all of you to consider setting up
your own
blogs that can cover your professional work as it happens and this would help
put the
design work from India on the world map in real time. What do you think?

With warm regards

M P Ranjan
from my office at NID
3 August 2007 at 11.55 am IST

Prof M P Ranjan
Faculty of Design
Head, Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID (CFBI-NID)
Chairman, GeoVisualisation Task Group (DST, Govt. of India) (2006-2008)
National Institute of Design
Paldi
Ahmedabad 380 007 India

Tel: (off) 91 79 26623692 ext 1090
Tel: (res) 91 79 26610054
Fax: 91 79 26605242

email: ranjanmp@...
web site: http://homepage.mac.com/ranjanmp
web domain: http://www.ranjanmp.in
blog: <http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.com>

HCI Vistas
   Aug 2007 Sensing of Meaning and Introvert Products
   By Pankaj Sapkal
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   The human mind is geared to derive meaning out of what it perceives. And this
attribute is so fundamental to it, that it may even be the most basic building
block of human cognition. In our zest to dig out some meaning from everything,
we even go to extreme lengths.....

   Just as there are introvert humans, there are introvert products, or introvert
interfaces. They are difficult to understand - they don't talk to you, they do
not tell you what they are all about and they do not tell you how to interact
with them. And by virtue of them not being easily understandable, they just make
the average user feel stupid...

   To read more...
   http://www.hceye.org/HCInsight-Pankaj.htm


   I have linked one more research paper "Unorganized Cognitive Structures of
Illiterate as the Key Factor for Rural E-learning Design" as part of downloads
on HCI Vistas for those interested.

   http://www.hceye.org/index.html


   Warm regards,

   Dinesh
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You should do some bumper stickers, too. We have so many vehicles and no
bumper stickers with desi content, to speak of.

- Pankaj Sapkal
IDC (90-92)


sashu2000 wrote:
>
> Ever felt that your designs deserved a place on someone's t-shirt?
> have you always wanted to showcase your art but did not know how? ever
> wondered how great it would be to get paid for doing what you love?
> check out http://myntra.com/community/index.php
> <http://myntra.com/community/index.php>
>
> Contest open till Aug 31st
>
> First Place: Rs 5000
> Second Place: Rs 1000
> Third Place: Rs 200
>
> Contest Policy
> 1. Contest open from August 1 to August 31.
> 2. Contest winner will be declared on September 5.
> 3. The total prize money for the contest is Rs. 25000!
> 4. Best Design gets Rs. 5000. Next 5 designs get Rs. 1000 each! Next
> 50 designs get Rs. 200 each!! Next 100 designs get Rs. 100 each!!!
> 5. All designs submitted for the contest will be available for sale at
> Myntra.com website as per our Terms and Conditions
>
> Myntra Team
>
>

Ever felt that your designs deserved a place on someone's t-shirt?
have you always wanted to showcase your art but did not know how? ever
wondered how great it would be to get paid for doing what you love?
check out http://myntra.com/community/index.php

Contest open till Aug 31st

First Place: Rs 5000
Second Place: Rs 1000
Third Place: Rs 200

Contest Policy
1. Contest open from August 1 to August 31.
2. Contest winner will be declared on September 5.
3. The total prize money for the contest is Rs. 25000!
4. Best Design gets Rs. 5000. Next 5 designs get Rs. 1000 each! Next
50 designs get Rs. 200 each!! Next 100 designs get Rs. 100 each!!!
5. All designs submitted for the contest will be available for sale at
Myntra.com website as per our Terms and Conditions


Myntra Team