Digital Archives for 'Design in India'


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Creator/Artist: Sanika Deshpande

Category: Interaction Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Ravi Poovaiah


Detailed Description

Design Archival is really important in the evolution of design. Most of this data is not very easily available and is just known to experts in the field. The project will focus on the evolution of design artefacts found through research, documentation, and conversing with experts. And further ideating options and development of the interface for digital archival purposes. Development of an interactive digital archive for 'Design in India'. This project is supported by the D'source project funded by the Ministry of Education at IDC. Once implemented, this project will have lasting value to the preservation of design artefacts in India. This project will help the designers use the past as a cultural inventory for designing in the future. Capturing, storing, and later accessing digital data has become a necessity due to the rapid growth of digital content over the past 20 years. It will give designers easy and long-term access to design archives as they will be available digitally.