Creating Change: Design Writings from India

Creating Change: Design Writings from India is an effort by British Council and Kyoorius to support and generate more awareness about design writing. The book, which was released at the Kyoorius Design Yatra this year,  features twelve essays by designers, architects and writers, discussing design and its possibilities in India. Shreyas, from our studio, was one of the contributing writers. 

Check out her essay on design writing in India, and other essays here.

Writer's Reading

This week, our resident bard had a reading of his poetry at Urban Solace, Bangalore.

To catch up on what was missed, head over to Writer's Ink.

ColourNext 2013: Behind the Scenes

It's that time of the year again. Here are some snapshots of the studio during the weeks leading up to last week's annual colour forecast by Asian Paints. This year, ColourNext 2013 (the 10th year of ColourNext, and Trapeze's third year of working on CN) was launched at India Design ID 2013, Delhi.

Sreekanth and Ram with the installation for Upcycled.

Hum.an with Moonraft

Glitter Studio working on paper casting, with Shanthamani (consultant), for Taste of Earth.

Ceci n'est pas une pipe

Not exactly what Magritte meant...but after all the cutting and welding (and gif-ing), these were definitely not just pipes any more.

12.12.12

See our older same number dates here 11.11.11 &  08.08.08
12.12.12 on facebook

A Summer of Curious Content

From a film studio that wanted a series of quirky installations to a shoe brand that wanted upcycled installations. Flying piglets that met swinging tyres. Jumping cube-faced men that broke through walls and insect-creatures that perambulate shakily. Here is a sneak peek of works in progress and finished pieces. The creatures await in the sidelines while BBMP cleans up the streets.

The months prior to installation saw Georgie and Sarita driving to and fro with piggy parts.  

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A series of upcycled art installations created and curated by Trapeze for Puma to be displayed along the streets and public areas of Bangalore.  We worked with  a group of artists- Maya and her bench, Vivek and Nachi with their Cycle Creature, Pradeep and Nanaiah with tyres and Trapeze with Letters of Joy. Material was scoured from the Dovetail waste bin, from the City Market, cycle and tyre sheds. 

Vivek and Nachi's Cycle Creature

Maya with her bench

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.

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