Gaurav Jai Gupta

Gaurav Jai Gupta of Akaaro brings Beams of Metal to Chennai

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Gaurav Jai Gupta of Akaaro brings Beams of Metal to Chennai

Gaurav Jai Gupta’s work is inspired by the future. “I am not excited about the past. I am interested in what the future is going to be: perhaps a lot to do with experimentation, innovation, relevance. I associate the future with shine, glaze, and steel. It’s very space age,” he says. And this reflects in … Read more

Tribute What does Japanese designer Issey Miyake’s inspiration mean today for Indian fashion?

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Tribute What does Japanese designer Issey Miyake’s inspiration mean today for Indian fashion?

What do we lose when a designer like Issey Miyake — with global impact on how the human form can determine the shape of clothes, the dance between engineering, technology and textile — is gathered to dust? What do social media “likes” and traction to Miyake’s obituaries suggest? Miyake on the cover of TIME magazine … Read more