heisnam shantanu

lOOking fOr pUn, aFter d gUn.

2010-03-17T15:58:00.014+05:30

Manipur 2010.

Not all red background is terrifying in Manipur.

[FIXING !] Rare scene but yes, it was spotted.

NOT a Gun

All is not gone!

Darkness is not eternal and the Sunshine is just a moment away.

Life Renovators

2008-11-23T12:40:00.001+05:30

Below are two paras stolen from our Seminar Report. Try and make sense.

The paper deals with the current state of design and designer in society. How has the term DESIGN evolved over the years? Discussing design as a verb, a noun, and an adjective - its meaning has become muddled. How we define design forms the basis of both our theoretical and pragmatic expressions as designers. During the 1980s the term "designer" as an adjective was so overused that it became a victim of irony and has since been ditched in favor of "design". The design process centers on packaging rather than mechanics and as therefore much more to do with aesthetics. Thus in today's press, design refers most often to style or fashion, to the superficial, to those elements that are usually employed at the end of the design process.

What is a Designers' responsibility with respect to major social and environmental needs? Market-driven initiatives are progressively expanding to cover social services. This idea, which shaped the idea of comfort and the social role of industrial production, has changed the most common private and public aspects of our life. Designers are certainly among those, whose positive contributions are essential to the building of a more humane world. Is design serving people today?

knock me for the ppt.

Architecture of the Senses

2008-10-13T21:14:00.000+05:30

If I were to describe a building, my description would start with what it looks like. So how would a blind man's description start?

The old phrase or thought that when a sense goes the others increase is a misconception. It is not that they increase it is that we are more aware of them and utilize them more. (Discussion with a blind friend)

It is through our senses that we perceive the world; it is through them that our relationship with the world is made possible. Whether we are active or inactive in the process, our senses never cease to perceive and they are inextricably linked with our perception of space, form and architecture.

The angel in Wim Wenders film, Wings of desire, from its disembodied position, recognizes how precious the bodily senses are. Missing a physical body and asking for the opportunity to have one, he confesses to his angel friend:

I want to know what it is like
to touch gently the nape of a neck
to feel the roughness and softness of the soles of feet
to feel the wetness of dew
the heat of a warm tea on a cold day
to touch her cheeks and sense the warmth
to come to know the ordinary things of life
those simple things that manhas come to forget.

-An Excerpt from my Dissertation : Architecture of The Senses