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Striking Histories: Indian Matchbox Labels and the Making of a Visual Culture

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Before matchboxes became museum items or collector’s memorabilia, they occupied a far more intimate role in everyday lives: wedged between cigarette boxes, resting beside kitchen burners, tucked away in shirt pockets, and passed from hand to hand in the quiet rhythm of mundane life. A major part of India’s visual art culture lies outside art […]

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Ashiesh Shah Explores Material Transformation in New London Exhibition

Design, Exhibitions /
Ashiesh Shah Explores Material Transformation

Ashiesh Shah Explores Material Transformation – Mumbai-based designer, architect, and artist Ashiesh Shah will present a new solo exhibition at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, opening on June 11. Known for his multidisciplinary practice that bridges architecture, design, and art, Shah’s latest body of work marks a significant evolution in his creative trajectory. Rooted in a

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Studio Saransh Reimagines Corbusian Ahmedabad Inside a Contemporary High-Rise

Architecture, Design /
NG Apartment

Ahmedabad-based Studio Saransh has completed NG Apartment, a residential interior project that revisits the city’s modernist legacy within the confines of a contemporary high-rise. Located in Ahmedabad, the project translates the material and spatial ethos of the Corbusian era into a lived domestic environment, moving beyond stylistic imitation toward a more experiential reconstruction. Commissioned by

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Orange Tree Launches ‘The Empire Collection’ Furniture Line

Design /
LUX Living

Lifestyle brand Orange Tree has introduced its new furniture range, ‘The Empire Collection’, designed for contemporary living spaces. The collection takes inspiration from the game of chess, focusing on themes of balance, structure, and simplicity. The range includes beds, sofas, lounge chairs, coffee tables, dining tables, and chairs. It features clean silhouettes, soft edges, and

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Arcause Spotlight 3.0 Bengaluru Explores Accessibility & Urban Life

Architecture, Design /
Arcause Spotlight 3.0 Bengaluru

Arcause Spotlight 3.0 (Bengaluru Edition) convened a diverse group of architecture and design students, practitioners, researchers, and professionals for a day-long engagement centred on accessibility, inclusive design, everyday urbanism, and heritage. The event fostered interdisciplinary dialogue through a series of immersive activities across the city, encouraging participants to critically examine how urban spaces are experienced

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Design Fundamentals: Understanding the Core of Creativity

Design, Famous Designs /
design

Design surrounds us in everything we use and see, from the chair you sit on to the app you scroll through. It is the silent language that shapes how we interact with the world. Fundamentally, design is a thoughtful process of solving problems through form, function, and emotion. It creates connections between aesthetic intention and practical usefulness.

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National Gallery Selects Tokyo Architect for Major Expansion

Design, International Art News /
Kengo Kuma and Associates with BDP and MICA will design the new tomorrow for the National Gallery

The National Gallery has named Kengo Kuma and Associates, working with BDP and MICA, as the winner of the competition to design its new wing under Project Domani. The scheme is part of a £750 million campaign and will be subject to ratification after a standstill period ending 16 April 2026. According to the National

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Jolly Bros & Co Brings Mumbai’s Irani Café Heritage to Hyderabad

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Jolly Bros & Co Brings Mumbai's Irani Café Heritage to Hyderabad

Jolly Bros & Co is a project of TEVA Architects and is a 3,000 sq ft nostalgic dining space. It blending colonial-era aesthetics with local Hyderabadi identity A new café in Banjara Hills is drawing attention for its meticulous recreation of Mumbai’s iconic Irani café culture. Jolly Bros & Co, designed by Hyderabad-based TEVA Architects.

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Pancha-Tattva Explores the Bond Between Maker and Material

Design, Exhibitions /
Pancha-Tattva Explores the Bond Between Maker and Material

Gallery Kolkata’s debut exhibition in Delhi, Pancha-Tattva: Material Matters – Crafting Art, Architecture and Design, curated by Ankon Mitra, brings together 29 artists, architects, and designers to explore the elemental relationship between maker and material. About the Exhibition Pancha-Tattva: Material Matters – Crafting Art, Architecture and Design in Delhi positions material as both medium and message. Curated

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