Design for India: A summary of the history

 

The culture and brilliance of design has lived in our country throughout the history, it is so huge that it can not be explained in word.

Design is not something that can be simply written and explained all about. People take design for granted and ignore it.

Gui Bonseipe sheds some light on the same based on his analysis of design research and practice and its correlation with design journalism.

Indian design education and research has been deprived of lime time since the independence of the country and only recently the bitter truth still exists that the importance of design is not counted in the economics of the nation, despite the fact that design is a Role plays 230 sector!

Yet, much of this marvel goes unnoticed by the public, due to a lack of adequate design journalism.

Design journalism and publishing is also not easy, the creation of design involves many layers of 'invisible' work in its synthesis, so it is only a finely crafted analysis of the art form that can uncover the complexities in simple ways.

This level of design research is possible because of the inclusion made by famous universities.

It is the practical understanding and debate from various ventures of the arts that can really shed light on the truly incredible nature of design.

The initial steps in this long journey of design and the long journey ahead were taken by Mulk Raj Anand in 1946 with the launch of The Marg Magazine of Art, Culture and Heritage, the first magazine dedicated to design and its impact, along with JRD Tata. The next big step was editor Pantwant Singh with his magazine The Indian Builder design in 1953 and 1957 which continued until 1988, including exhibitions of architecture, and industrial design.

The first magazine for interior design came in 1978 with four issues of Inside Outside Mastered by Malika Sarabhai and edited by Sean Mahoney and gained a significant place in the community over the years after being acquired by The Business India group.

The Mini Boga, which was often featured in the European magazine Mobilia, made a splash in New Delhi through its brand Taru and was the only one to offer its designers royalties for their original designs.

The National Institute of Design was established in 1961.

The NID Publications Division was created in 1989 with Aditi Ranjan, who along with M P Ranjan and S Balaram, designed a series to promote student diploma projects called Young Designers.

The following years saw further major improvements in the education and research of the design and its publications.

With the dawn of the internet age, design publishing has reached new heights through blogs and online media.

 

The Design for India blog by M P Ranjan is a major breakthrough in the understanding and promotion of the art of design.

 

The rise of the individual manufacturer and broad opportunities are actively improving

 

Design publications hold the promise of expanding further.