-| lines and curves |- 

-| mails |- 


dear all, 
XXX won't be coming to office today. 
(surprise)
dear all, 
what would you like to order for lunch 
(surprise, surprise)


our office area must be maximum 600 sqft 
that makes us all within 10 ft of each other 
but the space (or lack of it) doesn't stop us from writing mails to each other in the office.
(i am trying to get used to it ...)
why can't i just walk over and let P what i would like to order for lunch ...


i think its the fact that our other office is in boston 
(which makes us international firm - along with some international projects) 
and the fact that my boss isn't here all the time
so for him to understand the pulse of all projects, we write mails!!!! 


you could safely say that 'writing & receiving mails' is the oxygen of our firm 


so


dear friends, 
please don't be surprised if you find me online for more number of hours everyday ;) 

-| red panda |- 


colour pencil on canvas 
2005 

-| new beginnings |- 


it began today
new job 


new people
new boss 


but some things are the same 
- as you see in any architecture firm,


sketches, working drawings,
materials, models 


passion, hard-work,
vision, race against time


for me it started again today
after a long break


and i am really excited about it! 

-| travels |- 


“Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

Neanderthal man walked, someone designed the wheel, the wheels of time turned and the world became a smaller place.

Prehistoric man walked from Asia Minor to South East Asia (good thing he didn’t have a cell phone), thankfully, we have the wheel and horsepower does not depend on how much you feed the horse. Today’s world facilitates travel under all circumstances, schools go for picnics, colleges for study tours and excursions, others for pleasure trips and retiree vacations.

What is the need for travel?  Is it an exercise? Interlude? Or a design cue? It is a power lunch of all. It is your window to the world and the world’s window to you – it makes you wiser, it’s a source of inspiration. To begin with, Travel and understand your own country, its people and psyche. Realise its Colours, food, customs language, script, and art forms. Travel opens new horizons and creates new perspectives in design. Keeping an open mind helps, it allows you to see the “why?” and “how?” rather than the “what for?”

Recording what you see in the form of sketches, photographs, souvenirs, or brain bytes, will create a bank of ready-to -use visuals for the designer. Learning to observe in this way makes the brain more responsive and puts you in a unique place for perception, interpretation and Ideation.

Ah! well - the travel and travelogue continues ......  

-| questions - answers |-

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

The more that you read, the more things you will know.The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go


dr. seuss 

- | woodpecker |- 

   mumbai, 2011