6pm on a Saturday

Treats from Goa!

(2 x Pilsner) / 7  aka keeping a strict watch on per glass distribution

"What? You don't want yours? Why, I'd be very glad to take it off your hands!"

And a happy weekend to you too.

Hello Kitty

Our initial assumptions of tiny UFOs (Unidentified Feline Objects) above our roof was confirmed with this sighting a few days ago. This one seemed to quite enjoy peering at us through the stairs. Beam us up, Kitty!

Trapeze @ Pune Design Festival '12

Earlier this year, Sarita and Ram were invited to speak at the Pune Design Festival- Design without Boundaries, organised by the Association of Designers of India.

Suresh, Studio Eeksaurus with Sarita and Ram, Trapeze during a panel discussion.
~Image courtesy Sajith Ansar~

Sarita and Ram's talk focused on the theme of the event- Design Without Boundaries. As designers, we are often slotted and boxed into certain stereotypes with respect to the kind of work that we do, the way we approach it and so on. But isn't that far from the case? We are constantly breaking down walls, donning different hats, learning new things, holding hands and taking leaps of faith.

The format of the Pune Design Festival was almost intimate in a sense, with more interaction between speakers and participants (especially students) than one usually sees in design events - the organisers had quite effectively broken the fourth wall. Groups of talks and subsequent panel discussions were followed by tea breaks and break-away sessions of workshops that allowed for more discussion to be generated on the topics at hand. 

Two Punctures and a Lake

Five Trapezoids and a friend cycle 26km in the-most-amazing-weather-yet from Decathlon, Sarjapur to Muthanallur Lake on August 4, 2012.

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Masterclass in gear shifting + Test runs inside the studio to ensure that everyone could...er...balance

Houston, we have a problem
Puncture #1, 5 minutes after we started

click on image for full awesomeness of Muthanallur Lake

'Zoids on cycles

Puncture #2 strikes while returning

Highlight of the trip after the lake. Found...somewhere.

More punctures were just waiting to happen on this stretch

And we're done.

Click to view our route and milestones

11/11/11

An eleven strong Trapeze on 11/11/11
Trusha / Girish / Uma / Shruti / Georgie / Sybil / Karan / Shreyas / Sarita / Ram
(Also spotted, a very hard to photograph Juno).

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Project 11-11-11 on Facebook.
Check out Trapeze on 08/08/08 here

Update: Photos from Project 11-11-11 are here. 

Masterchef Trapeze

While India and Sri Lanka prepared for a face-off in the ICC World Cup finals, a different kind of competition was on at the studio. Bringing together our love for good food and drink and (for some) cricket, a lunch-table conversation ended with us splitting into teams to face each other in a cook-off.

The Challenge

Two cocktail snacks
(because actual, proper cooking only comes to a few)
One cocktail

And like all proper challenges, there was a theme (Cricket!) and judges.

 Tropical Shrimp cocktail snack / Tomato Mozzarella Basil Bruschetta / Doosra between the Sheets, a take on the popular cocktail

Herbed Crisps Bits, drizzled lightly with olive oil / Golden cornflakes-Ham ICC-Ball /
Bruschetta with french bread & strawberry-basil dressing / Watermelon Vodka cocktail

Stumped: Kababs of green olives and sausages grilled with barbecue sauce / The Oval: Zucchini Pesto Bruschetta topped with green olives and melted cheese / Yorker: A Mojito with watermelon balls soaked in Sake

Bartender Extraordinaire

The judges, the food, the drinks and the most amazing chocolate-hazelnut-whiskey cake

A morning of cooking, an afternoon of eating and drinking and an evening with an exciting match that India won. Could a Saturday get any better?

Mad Max: Opening Night