Design Intersect

1-7 December 2008; Ishanya; Pune
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Event for People
'DESIGN INTERSECT'
The 'People-Connect' side to the India Design Festival 2008
Date:
Monday, 1-7December 2008

Time:
9.00 AM to 9.00 PM

Venue:
ISHANYA, The Design Centre
Lohegaon Airport Road,
Yeravada, Pune.
www.ishanya.com

Contact:
Mukund Athale
9371199433
info@sarvasva.com

Organizers:
SARVASVA FOUNDATION,
a division of
Sarvasva Designs Pvt. Ltd, Pune.
www.sarvasva.com

 Is design for the designer, the patron or the end-user? We say it's for all! No product is complete without the inputs of the designer and the interaction of the client and customer. Likewise, no design festival is complete unless it involves the participation of the design community as well as the -janta'. Hence Sarvasva Foundation in association with Pune Design Foundation (PDF) is organising -Design Intersect'-events for the public during the India Design Festival 2008 (IDF) from the 1st -7th December 2008.

Design Intersect will be a -People to Design Connect' activity as it contributes to the PDF's plan and long term objectives to take design to the masses. The events will address the introduction, the need of design as well as the various design forms that will connect with the masses.Design Intersect' will bring design to everybody and this umbrella of smaller events will be focused primarily on bridging the gap between design and the public face of a city.

This week-long series of events under Design Intersect will run concurrently with all the design events scheduled during the IDF 2008 so as to create that complete package of one great festival.

COMPONENTS OF -DESIGN INTERSECT :

1. Art and design (1st - 7th December 2008)
In association with the very well-known artist Jenny Bhatt, various larger than life installations of day to day objects will be created all over the venue. Some of them are:
    a.Fruit Basket
    b.Chana Pudi
"India as a country and culture must keep its aesthetic roots while giving them a contemporary form. It is only this that will give Indian Design a place on the global platform." - Jenny Bhatt

2. Dialogues (5th - 7th December 2008) (5pm onwards)
Professionals of different fields will engage in conversations with people on different topics.
  • Architecture & Interior Design: Young practices are always geared up for -design next' and they are the ones that lead any transformation of a design field. We shall have well-known, award-winning designers who will not just present their works on a public forum, but also interact on that level.
    The intended speakers* are:- EDIFICE, Pune and Rohena Nagpal
  • Magic:Design is the art of innovation, as is magic. We shall see how these two supposedly different fields co-relate with each other. Presented by - Lavneet.
  • Music: Music is the very essence of humanity, and as we listen we think, feel, and are. This also creates a profound effect on the way we relate with design. Presented by - Haywire.
  • Animation and Cartoon: CHINTOO - www.chintoo.com
    Presented by - Charuhas Pandit & Prabhakar Wadekar
3. Installations (1st - 7th December 2008)
From larger- than- life installations to interaction design to Japanese art of paper folding - this festival will experience the new and the -next'. Also playing will be different kinds of videos, design films, innovative ads, etc.

The intended artists* are: 4. Exhibitions (1st - 7th December 2008)
    a. CHINTOO - the iconic animation strip from Pune. By Charuhas Pandit & Prabhakar Wadekar - www.chintoo.com
    b. Photography and poetry - Pune, its spaces and people.
    Photographers are: Sandesh Bhandare, Girish Patil, Pradnya Gulawani Wagh &
    Darpana Athale. Poetry by Darpana Athale.
    c.Students of design will showcase their innovative to-scale working prototypes.

5. Engineering and robotics (1-7December 2008)
Robots on display

Who should attend?
This event is open for all.

Facilitators:
The entire event is conceptualised, initiated and brought to you by Darpana and Mukund Athale of Sarvasva Designs Pvt. Ltd, who are Founding and Executive Board Members of Pune Design Foundation.