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©© 2010 M P Ranjan : Raindrops & Footprints : Helsinki

Raindrops and Footprints

Prof M P RanjanNational Institute of Design

Ahmedabad, India

Mediating Tools

Subject Object

Community/Partners Division of LabourRules

Objective

Reections on Design Enabled Development Models for India

[email protected]

www.designforindia.com

www.ranjanmp.in




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Community Division of LabourRules

Reections on Action 1950 to 2010

Systems Thinking

Fire as a Metaphor for Design

Activity Theory

Framework for Reection on

Practice

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on experience that does.Prof Bruce Archer

Yrjo Engestrom, 1999




1950 to 1969

Insights & Appreciation of

Wood

Machines

Business

PeopleDisparity

Poverty

Schooling

Skills

Modelmaking

Language

Father’s Toy Factory Rockytoys, Madras




Design Education: NID 1969 to 1972

Industrial Design

Form

Structure

Performance

Context

People

Play

Skills

Modelmaking

Language

NID, Ahmedabad




Design in Madras 1974 to 1976

Design for Small Industry

Form

Structure

Performance

Context

People

Markets

Business

Money

Expertise

Rockytoys, Madras




Chennapatna Toys: NID 1976 to 1981

Design for Micro Industry

Form

Structure

Performance

Context

People

Poverty - Low Capital

Exploitation

Strategy - Empowerment

Markets - Direct Access

Chennapatna, Karnataka




Jawaja Project: IIMA NID 1974 - ongoing

Design for Rural Development

Form

Structure

Performance

Context

PeoplePoverty - Self Help

Exploitation - Caste Politics

Strategy - Diversify

Markets - New

Organisation - Community

Jawaja, Rajasthan


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Jawaja Leather: Diploma 1976 - 1977


Form

Structure

Performance

Context

PeoplePoverty - Empower

Caste Politics - Organise

Strategy - Product Diversifcation

Markets - New


Jawaja, Rajasthan




Jawaja Revisited 2008 - 2009


Systems Evaluation

Understanding Complexity

Economic Change:

but.......

PeoplePoverty - Empowered

Caste Politics - Organised

Strategy - Product Diversication

Markets - Established

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People & Objects

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Location & Politics

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Bamboo Development Council

for Public - Private Partnership

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Agartala, Tripura




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Local Resources

Location & Politics

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Strategy - Product Diversifcation

Markets - Integrated Strategy


Closing the Deal Lo c al Ma r k et s

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B amboo Fringe

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Field Inplementation Strategy

Raindrops & Footprints




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Kitchen Tools Garden Accessories

Office Accessories Cabins and Kiosks

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Design & Technology Research Craft & Skill Demonstration

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Ba mb o o Plantations

C ane Plantations

Value Addition and Achievements in Products Services Research Development

Activity Theory Framework

Results

Artefacts & TechnologiesStrategies

Motivation

Intentions

Organisations

FROM THE LAND TO THE PEOPLE

Bamboo as a Sustainable Human

Development Resource for India

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Bamboo: Village Focus 2002 - 2007



People & Objects


Location & Politics

PeoplePoliticsPoverty - Empower





Sustainable Agriculture

High Quality Raw Materials

Local Rural Employment

Intensive Plantations

Field Bund PlantationsHomestead Plantations

Product Design Strategies... from

Baskets

to

Furniture

Katlamara, Tripura




Cluster Development 2008 - 2010



People & Objects


Location & Politics

People & PoliticsPoverty - Empower

Politics - Organise




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Lampstands

Beads, Earstuds

Buttons, Doorknobs

Mirrorframes

Plates, Tiles

Soapcases

Jugs, Mugs

Coffeecups

Paperweights

Incenseburners

Tools

Thapki –beating tool

Patti–metalstrip

Chaak –potter’swhee l

Silbatta –traditional

grinding stone

Bhatti –kiln

Sandpaper, sieves

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the influence of this style on the

indigenous blue potteryis obvious.

The surface of this vase is marked with

the leher ,wave pattern, a motif that is

shared with manycrafts in this arid region.

The untraditional motifs of this vase are derived from

the representation of the lotus flowerin the local

miniature painting tradition.

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products like coasters and mugs are

being made with improved glazes

and reliable structural qualities.

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Jaipurisaccorded the name ‘blue pottery’

due toits predominantlyblue patterns.Wheel

turning and moulding techniquesare used

in combination—the necksand basesare

wheel-turned,the bodyis shaped in a plaster

ofParismould and the separate elements

are joined.The surface is then engobed, a process involving

the applicationofa cleanwhitecoatonthe sandedanddried

objectsoas tomake the surface smooth,white and blotfree.

The patterns,largelyflorals rendered in the Persian style,

are painted on in metal oxide pigments(mineralpigments)

and the whole objectisgiven a glassglaze.During the firing,

the pigmentsdevelop the characteristic brilliant shades of

turquoise blue, pale green, yellow and red-brown and the milky

glaze turns transparent. Since the presence of water can cause

the object to collapse during firing, blue potteryis dried at

various stages duringitsproduction.Thepotteryisfinishedwith

atransparentglassglaze.Generally, women perform the task

of grinding the pigments while men undertake the throwing

and moulding of the pottery forms, the painting and the

firing. According to local legend, Maharaja Sawai Ram II was

watching his kite-master competewithotherchallengerswhenthethreadof theimperialkite was cut by that of two brothers,

Churamani and Kaluram, whowere pottersand had coated their

kite string with the blue green glass-like dustof theirpottery.

The maharaja was impressed and gave them posts in the

SchoolofArt and settled them in the Goonga Mehra ki Gali in

Gangori Bazaar; it was thus that blue pottery came to Jaipur.

G n h i r

2002 - 2007

Economy & Knowledge


People & Objects


Location & Politics

People

Politics & DesignPoverty - Empower





Craft Resources Map

editors: Aditi Ranjan I M P Ranjan

COHANDSDC(H)NID

Crafts of IndiaRANJAN

&

RANJAN

Mapin

H an d m a d ei nI n d i a

C r af t s

of I n d i a

Handmade

in India

023022

Bellmetal casting,

ritualvessel,

Imphal, Manipur.

Brass, heatforged

serving vessel,

Jhajpur, Orissa.

Brasscooking utensil, sheet

formed with casthandles,

Dhenkanal, Orissa.

Bellmetal, sheet

formed ritualvessel,

Jhajpur, Orissa.

Dhokra, lostwaxcasting,

grain measure,

Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Bellmetal castcharakku,

large cooking vessel,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Copper spitoon, sheet

formed and embossed,

Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Bidri wash basin, copper and

zincalloywith silver inlay,

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Copper container, cast,

embossed, chased and

pierced work,

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

Brasssheet formed

water pot,

Dhenkanal, Orissa.

Brass, heatforged

serving vessel

Patrapur, Orissa.

Handmade in IndiaMapping the Creative Resources of the Nation

32 States 516 Craft Clusters




Village

Incubatee

Select

Candidate

Contact

Engage

Confrm

Study

Understand

Explore

Experiment

Develop

Insights

Resource

Maps

Try

Build

Prototype

Feedback

Listen

Empathise

Develop

Refne ConceptsShare

Publish

Collaborate

Incubate

Partner

Handhold

Share

Value

Try

Do

Learn

Macro-Micro SurveyPeople

Place

Culture

Opportunity

Maps

Web 2.0

Hand Holding

Feasibility

Report

Training

Camps

Angel Invest

Venture Capital

Know-How Transfer

Partner Programme

Sustained ContactCommunity Action

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Vision & Mission: IICD Jaipur (2008)

Footprints in Time: Craft Research Methods IICD, Jaipur




Books

Websites

Films

Prototypes

Strategies Knowledge

Strategy

Skills

Ability

Conviction

Products ............

Programmes ...........

IICD, Jaipur

Institute

Design

Architecture

Sociology

Anthropology

Technology

Management

Disciplines ............

Test

Beds

Action

Experiments

Innovations

Field Activities

Crafts

Incubatees

Incubation

Nurture

Support

Feedback

Partners

Colleagues

NGO’s

Incubation

Seed

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ChangeStudents

Graduates

MastersThinkers

NetworkWeb 2.0

Community

Interactive

Live

Connected

Caring

Partners

GovernmentRegulators

Enablers

Providers

Well Wishers

Philanthropists

Apply

5 Principles of Design Led Action

1. Humility (Propose vs Build)

2. Attention to Detail (Macro - Micro)

3. Meaning & Semiotic

4. Context - Tradition & Culture

5. Values & Ethics

Principles after Bruno Latour

Decentralised

Action

Village Incubatee-Institute Contact Model

Raindrop Strategy:

Community Cluster Action

Footprints in Place

IICD, Jaipur




Reection on ActivitiesOrders of Design:

1st

2nd3rd

The First Order of Design:

The Order of Design of Material,

Form & Structure

The Third Order of Design: The Order of Design for Value –

Meaning and Purpose

The Second Order of Design:

The Order of Design for Function &

Feeling – Impact & Effect

Material

Function

Technique

Science

Economy

Aesthetics

Social

LinguisticEnvironmental

Political & Legal

Cultural

Systems

Spiritual

Craftsmanship

2008 - 2009

023022

Bellmetalcasting,ritualvessel,

Imphal,Manipur.

Brass,heatforgedserving vessel,

Jhajpur,Orissa.

Brasscooking utensil,sheetformed with casthandles,

Dhenkanal,Orissa.

Bellmetal,sheetformed ritualvessel, Jhajpur,Orissa.

Dhokra,lostwax casting,grain measure,Ranchi,Jharkhand.

Bellmetalcast charakku,large cooking vessel,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala.

Copperspitoon,sheetformed and embossed,

Ahmedabad,Gujarat.

Bidri wash basin,copperandzincalloywith silverinlay,Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh.

Coppercontainer,cast,embossed,chased and

pierced work,Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir.

Brasssheetformedwaterpot,

Dhenkanal,Orissa.

Brass,heatforgedserving vesselPatrapur,Orissa.

Katlamara

Jawaja

Chennapatna

Rockytoys

Handmade in India




2010 - 2020

Politics & Design

Bridge the Gap? Activity Theory ?

Sphere

of

Design

Intentions

Sphere

of Action in

Society &

Culture

Mediating Tools

Subject ObjectiveObject

General Beliefs & Explicit

Knowledge in Society

Beliefs, Faith, &

Tacit knowledge

Community Division of LabourRules

Oppportunities for

Education in Design

Thinking with Values

Oppportunities for

Advocating Design

Thinking with Values

Negotiation, Networking

& “Knotworking”




Raindrops and Footprints

Prof M P RanjanNational Institute of Design

Ahmedabad, India

Mediating Tools

Subject Object

Community/Partners Division of LabourRules

Objective

Reections on Design Enabled Development Models for India

[email protected]

www.designforindia.com

www.ranjanmp.in

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