Rugberry Universe
Homes, makers and the craft behind the rug.
Chandigarh was drawn by Le Corbusier and built by Pierre Jeanneret, whose teak and cane chairs now go to auction abroad. Where the material vocabulary of the modern Indian room came from.
Tropical Modernism Began With Shade
Tropical modernism began as a colonial tool and was then claimed as the look of independence, from Ghana to Chandigarh. Why shade, air and local material were political before they were a style.
Laurie Baker's Kerala, One Bare Brick at a Time
Laurie Baker spent four decades in Kerala asking whether each part of a building was necessary. His rat trap walls and brick jalis cost less and breathed better. A history of the idea behind the br...
Bombay Deco: How a Reclaimed Shore Became Modern
Bombay Deco rose on land pulled from the sea, with ship rails, portholes and Indian names. Facing the Victorian Gothic across the Oval Maidan, it shows how a city argues with its past.
The Women Who Wove the Bauhaus
The Bauhaus is remembered in steel and white walls, yet its weaving workshop, where many women were steered, made pattern from structure. Its lesson for floors has outlasted the chairs.
Wabi Sabi Begins in a Two Mat Tea Room
Before it was a styling look, wabi sabi was a hard edged argument against display, made in a tea room of two mats and in black bowls the fire finished. Why it is about accepting what the maker cann...
