What is your definition of Design and how has it changed over time? Charlie Chaplin, Gulzar, Massimo Vignelli, Satyajit Ray, or R.K. Joshi – Would you call them specialists or generalists? Why? How do you define these terms? Steve Jobs used to say that folks like Micheal Angelo and Leonardo Da Vinci were both doers […]
Month: September 2022
Language of Kabir (Marathi)
If you can start by giving us a quick background of Kabir who was from the 15th Century. Where was he from? Few theories of birth and death? Saint yet married with kids? Not a conscious poet and didn’t like weaving? etc… What is Kabir Vani and it’s in which language? What is Sadhukkadi / Panchmel Khichdi? Why did […]
Intangible architecture
What is the role of an architect? At times, even social reformers were called “Social architects”. Charles Correa believed that architecture and urban design were instruments for social change. Could you elaborate on this idea? What is the “first principle thinking” when one is designing a building for a community? How does one measure the […]
Learning to see
Observation is one essential quality in a designer that needs to develop – Why? How does this observation help? In your article you mentioned, that self-taught Architects like Le Corbusier and Tadao Ando traveled for more than a year before they started their practice. How can the art of seeing or observing be developed? How […]