12 11 2009
Interior lifestyle Shanghai - 'On Design'
Doshi Levien were invited to speak in Shanghai as part of Messe Frankfurt's initiative to promote value of design in China.
Nipa Doshi's lecture title ' Design identities for a connected world' explored the idea of authentic plurality in design and globalisation as the perfect opportunity for an equal exchange of cultures.
In China, “Design” becomes more important than ever before among companies in any industries. The companies are trying to differentiate themselves by adding exclusive value at their products with “Design.”
Starting in 2008, the concept of “On Design” was transported from Ambiente Frankfurt to Interior Lifestyle China. International and Chinese designers share their knowledge and know how with interested trade buyers.
24 09 2009
Electrolux Design Lab
Nipa Doshi invited as Jury member for Electrolux Design Lab 09. Design Lab is an annual global design competition open to undergraduate and graduate industrial design students who are invited to present innovative ideas for household appliances of the future.
17 07 2009
Design's Global Crossroads
Keynote talk by Nipa Doshi for State of Design, Victoria.
"The plurality I envisage and hope for in the future will be authentic with new hybrids that challenge the jaded polarised notions of East and West; a plurality that combines cultural depth with a global outlook"
03 07 2009
'Personal Shopper'
We were invited by Messe Frankfurt to select 80 products from the entire Ambiente show in February around which we designed an exhibition for Tendence. This installation and the objects selected reflect a view of design according to a personality. Our 'personal shopper' is Bobo.
In the world of Parisian fashion, the term 'Le Bobo' (short for Bourgeois Bohème), which also had political connotations, was applied to "typically discerning customers who are left wing and left bank"; or, put another way, "that subset of thirty- or forty-something-year-olds who don't allow their socialist leanings to interfere with an enjoyment of material pleasures". Les Bobos are creative and imaginative about how they shape their material environments and their sense of 'Quality' transends and defies conventional boundaries and hierarchies. "Le Bobo" is someone who enjoys and perceives qualities in both extremes from the low cost mass-produced and playful to fine crafted luxury items.
During the long walk over three days that it took to find 80 products for this show, we were looking for 'Quality' in the eyes of 'Le Bobo'. We scanned the stands looking for materiality, beautiful making, graphic impact, cultural significance, some intrinsic quality that made us desire an object and select it for the show. This can be seen between Halls 5.1 and 6.1
