Tag Archives: Soumitri
Say no to designing objects
Is that really possible? First the chain of causality and unsustainability: you buy things, which then creates the system that caters to this consumption behaviour, which then needs the manufacturing system to make things, which then requires designers to imagine … Continue reading
On Form and Design
I have now been teaching form and design for the better part of two decades. In this period I have had occasion to try various methods, exercises and theories of form development. So I went in to teach today and … Continue reading
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My 2009 writings
“Service design for India: The thinking behind the design of a local curriculum.” … TAKING ON AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EDUCATION: CURRENT PRACTICE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DESIGN EDUCATION.
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Service design for India
Soumitri Varadarajan – Service design for India: The thinking behind the design of a local curriculum | Re-public: re-imagining democracy – english version It was in the 1970s, a full ten years after the new design schools had been set … Continue reading
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Personality of my Blog
I saw this personality test for the blog post in Jamin and headed off to try my blog out. I (the blog) came out as an INTJ. And here is the description of the personality. You can go off and … Continue reading
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Back Soon
I am taking off for Christmas. And have promised myself I will not blog over the break. I will spend all my time with my family and be available for the kids. In a non distracted fashion. So this blog … Continue reading
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Going Slow for a bit
I am away from my desk – at a retreat – so not posting as much. Not browsing as much. So all my alerts are mounting – and all the feeds are adding up. I scanned today – before going … Continue reading
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Another year comes to an end
Its November – and I have finished my teaching for the year. So I am not thinking of my students – but am focussing upon the world of ideas. Typically in this period I reconnect with the core of by … Continue reading
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Social Entrepreneurshp for Designers?
And I thought I was on to something new – when I propose to go full tilt into involving students in the sort of work I have been doing since 1994. Grain News: Sami Nerenberg to teach new RISD studio: … Continue reading
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Are Bloggers non-professional?
Stehen Cohen in his blog comments: The false dichotomy of the schism between the professional journalists, journalism educators and academics and the world of new media, particularly as embodied by bloggers prevails. It seems largely perpetuated by a somewhat chauvinistic … Continue reading
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Innovation with a Social Face
That is something I believe in – innovation and sociality ofcourse. But I also disagree with the dominant discourse in design – which I feel is elitist and marginal. I’m Soumitri Varadarajan, designer, blogger, occassional photographer and full-time daydreamer. I … Continue reading
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Old Bio Text
Soumitri Varadarajan has a keen interest in marginal and neglected discourses. This has led him to construct projects dealing with marginalised communities (Waste workers), the rescuing of the ignored artefact (object culture of the poor) and the amplification of the … Continue reading
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