Indian Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/indian/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:21:11 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Dance number from Adavi Donga that makes Lidsville look less drug-induced https://ounodesign.com/2016/06/17/adavi-donga-indian-song-dance/ https://ounodesign.com/2016/06/17/adavi-donga-indian-song-dance/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:21:11 +0000 https://ounodesign.com/?p=19133

The 1985 film Adavi Donga, with Chiranjeevi, Radha, Sharada, Rao Gopal Rao. And various animals. Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.

A favourite among my many favourite Indian film numbers.

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India’s Gulabi gang in beautiful pink. Gulabi means “rose” in rose.”

“The Gulabi gang is a group of women vigilantes active across North India. It is named after the pink saris worn by its members.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2013/01/08/gulabi-gang/feed/ 0 Fleamarket decor in Delhi https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/29/vintage-india/ https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/29/vintage-india/#respond Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:55:17 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13518

India has the best inventory of vintage and antique furniture—both institutional and domestic—I’ve ever seen. Especially deco and moderne (bench above) not to mention traditional Indian wooden furniture of various vintages.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/29/vintage-india/feed/ 0 Khan Market shopfront, Delhi https://ounodesign.com/2012/01/22/khan-market-shopfront-delhi/ https://ounodesign.com/2012/01/22/khan-market-shopfront-delhi/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:28:17 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13386

Read about Khan Market here.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2012/01/22/khan-market-shopfront-delhi/feed/ 0 Matlo, based on the traditional water cooler called matka, by Doshi Levien https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/08/matlo-or-traditional-water-cooler-by-doshi-levien/ https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/08/matlo-or-traditional-water-cooler-by-doshi-levien/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:49:43 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=8198

“Most Indian households use a rounded terracotta drinking water vessel — a matlo — that cools water to 14° below ambient temperature without refrigeration. Our matlo is a slip-cast version which has evolved to incorporate filtration and could be batch-produced from a mould.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2010/02/08/matlo-or-traditional-water-cooler-by-doshi-levien/feed/ 14 Whatever happened to the “Beatles ashram” in Rishikesh? https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/02/whatever-happened-to-the-beatles-ashram-in-rishikesh/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/02/whatever-happened-to-the-beatles-ashram-in-rishikesh/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:02:19 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4856

UPDATE: This Guardian article on the 1972 visit of Led Zeppelin to India contains a reference to the supposed restoration of this ashram. Anyone heard anything else? Please leave links/information in the comments.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/02/whatever-happened-to-the-beatles-ashram-in-rishikesh/feed/ 77 Brick screen wall, New Delhi, by Anagram Architects https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/21/brick-screen-wall-new-delhi-by-anagram-architects/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/21/brick-screen-wall-new-delhi-by-anagram-architects/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:30:55 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=1873

This brick screening wall by Anagram Architects, New Delhi, is a reminder of how imaginatively brick can be used. I’m not a fan of brick, and that’s an understatement, but context is everything.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/21/brick-screen-wall-new-delhi-by-anagram-architects/feed/ 6 Shingle pillow by Anek Taanka https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/18/shingle-pillow-by-anek-taanka/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/01/18/shingle-pillow-by-anek-taanka/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:41:59 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=1870

The textile company Anek Taanka, which means “infinite stitches,” was founded by Indian textile designer Varsha Sharma. She has said that “my challenge is to create pieces of textile that could inspire spaces to be designed around them rather than the other way around.” That’s a bold ambition but this pillow makes you think she could actually do it.

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