Bird and Animal Forms in Ceramic Mobiles


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Creator/Artist: Suparna Dani

Category: Product Design

Document: Special Project

Batch: 1996-1998

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1989-1998

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Vanmala Jain


Detailed Description

The dictionary definition of "mobiles" describes them as "artistic hanging structures whose parts move with currents of air. They are used for various purposes, such as decoration, amusement, advertising, etc. According to research, the concept of mobiles is more prevalent in eastern cultures, where they are used for festive decorations, religious purposes, and as flags, bells, and banners. There is a distinct difference between hangings and mobiles. We see many mobile devices, i.e., not the ones that are purposefully made but those that are generated as a result of many function requirements. These are the toys that are kept hanging for advertisement purposes in front of toy shops. They are suspended from single points of suspension, and they attract the attention of small children in the process of their movement by the breeze. The clothes hanging from stores, the hangings on the carts of hawkers, the hangings from the fruit stalls, and finally the decorative hangings in cars and rickshaws.