A curated guide to slow, sustainable living in India
The weird, the quirky and the essential
Designer and co-founder of design house, Unlike Design Co. (www.unlike.in), Harpreet Padam graduated from the Accessory Design Department at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi in 1999. Harpreet and his partner at Unlike, Lavanya Asthana, a communication design graduate from the National Institute …
Project: Chicory Design Box Provenance: Kashmir Description: This wooden papier–mâché floral box has been created by Naqashi the art of hand painting a piece of craft with motifs. The floral motif is accentuated by the pale, off white background. Sakhtsazi is the actual production process …
Wrap your fingers around a pen, it’s time to put words to paper The last letter I wrote, on a translucent sheet of onion paper, as misty as its vegetable brethren, was probably two decades ago. My letters, usually a verbatim regurgitation of my …
Object: Walnut-Wood Tray Provenance: Kashmir, 1950s Description: A raised tray carved from walnut wood. Decorated with the leaves of the Nelumbo Nucifera, the Indian lotus, one of the two species of the aquatic plant from the Nelumbonacea family, and flowers, perhaps roses. The piece was …
Object: Camel Nose Peg Provenance: Jaipur Description: This wooden object of beauty is a camel nose peg. It is used by human handlers to steer the large, long-necked ungulate mammal of an arid country. With a flat bottom and a treacherous spike, the peg is …