Sudanese artist and designer Rana Jubara, based in Qatar, plays with images and products we are familiar with, Vermeer, Klimt, IKEA catalogues, playing cards, and inserts into them people, objects and visual references closer to home. Behind the humour and familiarity is a practice that asks a larger question: where do our cultures sit within a predominantly global visual language? By Sindhu Nair
Goethe-Institut Dakar is a porous and organically shaped structure built to host the city’s divergent cultures and resist against its humid and windy climate. By Almas Siddiqui
Goethe-Institut Dakar is a porous and organically shaped structure built to host the city’s divergent cultures and resist against its humid and windy climate. By Almas Siddiqui
Can a wedding be beautiful without excess? For Pratik Dhanmer, founder of Design Jatra, and Motan Sankalpana Uday, the answer lay in a series of thoughtful choices, from the venue and décor to the food served and the waste generated. Their celebration shows how questioning convention, rather than simply following it, can make one of life’s biggest occasions both deeply personal and mindful of its impact.
