Keerthana Kunnath
Common thread: The school training India’s next generation of women weavers
Dior is just one of the luxury brands working with Chanakya School of Craft. This training ground has built a reputation for training women weavers in complex techniques. We see what yarns they’re spinning.
Rugs to riches: How carpet-making traditions form the backbone of communities from Japan to Sweden
Despite communities across Europe and Asia all having a proud legacy of rug-making, it can sometimes be challengeing to tell their products apart. After all, these floor coverings serve a singular purpose: to be…
Moving to Mumbai? Colaba is the place where art and architecture uniteÂ
In the first of a new series on urban enclaves – places that have their own powerful dynamism – we head to a former colonial redoubt in Mumbai (or still Bombay to locals).
The architectural diplomacy of Swiss embassies in Singapore, Cuba and the UK
Embassies are not just places of work; they are also living representations of a country’s worldview. We visit three Swiss outposts of diplomatic design.
