FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

An Uncertain Arc: Impressions of India's Design Century

Illustrated lecture by Itu Chaudhuri

Design has come into focus in present day India. It is seen as a source of competitive advantage, as a business resource, as a development resource and even an expression of soft power. In popular culture, the concept is more "˜available' than at any other time. The lecture is an attempt by a practitioner designer to give a clearer shape to the practice of design and tracing the trajectory of its development. Necessarily personal, the speaker draws on images and moments that he finds illuminating how design is practiced and consumed