Kutchi Vibes - The Fashion of Kutch

 

Kutchi fashion, with its vibrant colors and intricate embroidery, is a testament to the rich cultural tapestry of the Kutch region in Gujarat, India. The traditional attire, known for its detailed handwork, reflects a history that dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

I created this concept of digital fashion artwork to showcase the colors and patterns that belong to the place where I come from In India. Some limited artisans produce this embroidery work today, and despite its rarity, this artwork has become a distinct identity for our people and culture.

In 2005, the Kutch embroidery tradition was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This embroidery product of Kutch has been registered for protection under the List of Geographical indication (GI) of the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.

 

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Saving the culture of Street Painting in India

Growing up to the sight of hand painted banners of advertisements and movie posters is embedded in our art culture and almost synonymous to street art of our country. As times progressed digital printing replaced this form of art now on the verge of being phased out completely. You would hardly spot hand painted banners across city skylines or walls and the artists who nurtured this skill are facing hard times.

HandPaintedType is one such project that aims to preserve the typographic art of street painters of India, this initiative is documenting and digitizing their typefaces which is a really encouraging concept, you can visit this site here for more details, We never happened to notice this missing piece of fading trend, if not preserved our upcoming generations would never be able to identify themselves with this form of art.


Painter Kureshi from hanif kureshi on Vimeo.

Android planning to enter the Digital Classroom

As Apple made it's announcement to jump into the digital textbook market, Samsung has decided to launch a similar service via it's Learning Hub on Android platform, It aims to launch it's interactive service on Galaxy Tab range. Samsung aims to launch around 6000 textbooks and videos for this service. Read more about this here.