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The End of an Era
The End of an Era
I received a call on June 29, 2020 from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as the brother of Velanganie and Sagayanathan and…
Deepak Srinath
Aug 6, 2020
Phantom Hands at Unité d’Habitation, Berlin (Apartment 258)
Phantom Hands at Unité d’Habitation, Berlin (Apartment 258)
When Architect Philipp Mohr purchased an Easy Armchair and a Kangaroo Chair from our Chandigarh collection in mid 2016, he mentioned that…
Deepak Srinath
Jul 14, 2018
Journal Entry 5: D/Code Design Show, Mumbai, March 2018
Journal Entry 5: D/Code Design Show, Mumbai, March 2018
We collaborated with INODA+SVEJE in July/August 2017 to create the Muṅgāru Lounge Chair. The chair evolved into a compact armless lounge…
Deepak Srinath
May 3, 2018
Journal Entry 4: The Making of the Muṅgāru Lounge Chair, October 2017
Journal Entry 4: The Making of the Muṅgāru Lounge Chair, October 2017
Three years ago we started re-editing furniture created for Chandigarh in the 1950s as a way of keeping alive a design legacy that…
Deepak Srinath
Oct 22, 2017
A day at the Vitra Design Museum
A day at the Vitra Design Museum
Some images from a recent visit to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, a German town just across the border from Switzerland. Needless to…
Deepak Srinath
Nov 11, 2016
Chandigarh Architecture Museum
Chandigarh Architecture Museum
The Chandigarh Architecture Museum is one of three buildings that lie within the Sector 10 museum complex. The Architecture Museum, also…
Deepak Srinath
Aug 25, 2016
Pierre Jeanneret Archives @ CCA
Pierre Jeanneret Archives @ CCA
Pierre Jeanneret’s archives pertaining to his work in Chandigarh are preserved at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), an…
Deepak Srinath
Aug 11, 2016
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Journal Entry 3: Introducing the Cross Easy Chair, August 2016
Journal Entry 3: Introducing the Cross Easy Chair, August 2016
Launching a new model is always exciting. We finally listed the Cross Easy Chair, one of my favourite lounge chairs, on our website a…
Deepak Srinath
Aug 5, 2016
Discovering Pierre Jeanneret
Discovering Pierre Jeanneret
Like most people, Le Corbusier was the only name I associated with the Chandigarh. I had never heard of Pierre Jeanneret until I came…
Deepak Srinath
Jul 16, 2016
Journal Entry 2: Contemporary Modernist Furniture in Europe, July 2016
Journal Entry 2: Contemporary Modernist Furniture in Europe, July 2016
My travels in June took me to New York, Montreal, Paris, Brussels and Knokke. My trip was a furniture pilgrimage of sorts — I wanted to see…
Deepak Srinath
Jul 9, 2016
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