Comments on: Nokia Opens Design Studio at Srishti http://www.zackdenfeld.com/2007/08/04/nokia-opens-design-studio-at-srishti/ zackdenfeld.com Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Beca http://www.zackdenfeld.com/2007/08/04/nokia-opens-design-studio-at-srishti/#comment-48 Beca Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:59:34 +0000 http://www.zackdenfeld.com/?p=85#comment-48 Is culture jamming grassroots? Is that like anti-design? Is culture jamming grassroots? Is that like anti-design?

]]> By: zcd http://www.zackdenfeld.com/2007/08/04/nokia-opens-design-studio-at-srishti/#comment-47 zcd Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:07:13 +0000 http://www.zackdenfeld.com/?p=85#comment-47 If by design we mean "creating solutions that work" than I think most of the best design is in fact grass roots. If instead, design is "shiny sleek things that disappear" than grass roots doesn't have a chance. Some people who do grass roots design that I find interesting are <a href="http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/" rel="nofollow">Anil K. Gupta</a>, <a href="http://www.sristi.org/cms/" rel="nofollow">Sristi</a> and <a href="http://knownetgrin.honeybee.org/honeybee.htm" rel="nofollow">the Honey Bee Network</a> And of course there are the hacks that happen in the market streets of Bangalore everyday. Everything from Mantra boxes to 1 ruppe movie posters. If by design we mean “creating solutions that work” than I think most of the best design is in fact grass roots. If instead, design is “shiny sleek things that disappear” than grass roots doesn’t have a chance.

Some people who do grass roots design that I find interesting are
Anil K. Gupta, Sristi and the Honey Bee Network

And of course there are the hacks that happen in the market streets of Bangalore everyday. Everything from Mantra boxes to 1 ruppe movie posters.

]]> By: Beca http://www.zackdenfeld.com/2007/08/04/nokia-opens-design-studio-at-srishti/#comment-46 Beca Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:23:54 +0000 http://www.zackdenfeld.com/?p=85#comment-46 How can design be grassroots? Skeptically wondering, but open to changing my mind . . . :) How can design be grassroots? Skeptically wondering, but open to changing my mind . . . :)

]]> By: Arvind http://www.zackdenfeld.com/2007/08/04/nokia-opens-design-studio-at-srishti/#comment-43 Arvind Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:14:58 +0000 http://www.zackdenfeld.com/?p=85#comment-43 For Srishti, this marks the beginning of a new learning phase - learning to work with (if not within) big business. Srishti has always remained at the periphery of mainstream (industrial) design, and worked at the leading-edge (experimental) and trailing-edge (grassroots) aspects of design. What is encouraging is Nokia's openness to Srishti's open-source ideology of innovation. It might also be interesting to recall that Srishti's first industry collaboration was with HP Labs' Indian centre. Watch this space. For Srishti, this marks the beginning of a new learning phase – learning to work with (if not within) big business. Srishti has always remained at the periphery of mainstream (industrial) design, and worked at the leading-edge (experimental) and trailing-edge (grassroots) aspects of design. What is encouraging is Nokia’s openness to Srishti’s open-source ideology of innovation. It might also be interesting to recall that Srishti’s first industry collaboration was with HP Labs’ Indian centre. Watch this space.

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