Move Mumbai Kali Peeli and Beyond


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Creator/Artist: Angshuman Das

Category: Mobility Design

Document: Design Research

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Sugandh Malhotra & Prof. Vivek Kant


Detailed Description

“Move Mumbai” is an incredulous yet everyday traffic story from the streets of Mumbai captured through a series of photographs. We closely observe how Mumbaikars use their vehicles and live with and around them. These vehicles technically are nothing more than machines that were meant to be utilised for transporting people or cargo from place to place. However, these machines become a part of people’s lifestyles, intertwined into their ways of living. At its core, mobility is about people and their needs. This human dimension of mobility is captured through our visual essay. Humans adapt to what is around them in their environment; they tend to make the best out of every opportunity and in the process develop unique traits and habits. People tend to ease their everyday lives by utilising every resource at their disposal. These adaptations to the circumstances present interesting sights around Mumbai, where the street environment is filled with vehicles of all kinds. From cab drivers to bus passengers, from goods carriers to bikers, to children and pedestrians, Mumbaikars encounter hundreds of vehicles daily while commuting between any two places, whether they may or may not be in one themselves. The way people move through their environment is shaped by a wide variety of personal preferences, physical abilities, cultural norms, and socioeconomic status. It could be a matter of necessity for some or a source of leisure for others. It is this diverse human experience that makes every human-vehicle interaction unique.


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