Archives: '19 Issue 04

Every picture tells a story. Cineastes Nidhi Kamath and Keya Vaswani share the stories behind their films that highlight India’s artisan community

Preserving and enhancing the delicate ecosystem of the Sahyadris with its lush surroundings, Dharana at Shillim is striving to make city-dwellers connect with the environment by offering organic farming sessions and tailor-made wellness programmes.

The brainchild of two mothers who grew increasingly frustrated with the restrictive rules and poorly maintained infrastructure of the parks they took their children to, Anca Florescu Abraham and Tina Nandi Stephens founded Love Your Parks Mumbai in an attempt to activate stagnating spaces through regular and dynamic programming

Akanksha Kaila Akashi of Refash, a platform for upcycled brands, shares the ethos behind creating contemporary fashion from textile waste.

Take a fresh look at everyday objects – a collection of gathered invoices and documents from an afternoon spent checking off items on a to-do list

Showcasing 70 years of stunning formal evening wear, the exhibition also illustrates the exquisite skill and craftsmanship of the ateliers and successive designers from the House of Dior

Designer duo Aditi Agrawal and Anjali Menon’s studio, Gudgudee, develops recreational areas and products to help make our metros more child-friendly, one playground at a time....

Stepping into a demanding realm of work, they have harnessed technology to develop and reinvent urban topographies. In the last of a three-part series, Trupti Doshi tell Verve about their innovative planning methods for optimising the potential of Indian cities…

On a recent holiday in Seoul, Tina Dastur finds herself falling in love with South Korea’s spirited capital – its attractive cityscape, addictive nightlife and delicious local fare

Stepping into a demanding realm of work, they have harnessed technology to develop and re-invent urban topographies. In the second of a three-part series Dipika Prasad tells Verve about her innovative planning methods for optimising the potential of Indian cities…