Singanapalli Balaram - a podcast by Kawal Oberoi

Balaram is a veteran industrial designer and educator. He was among the first batch of trainees at the National Institute of design. Later he served as a senior faculty and Chairman of Education at the NID. After retiring from NID, he served as a Dean at DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore. He also helped in the formation of the Craft Development Institute in J&K. Currently, he is the Director of SASI Creative Colleges, Coimbatore. Apart from his contribution to design education in India, he has practiced industrial design for objects/products critical to Indian masses - like a Bicycle, Bullock Cart, Stone-top, Bamboo Duster, Tongue Cleaner etc. He has also published a book compiling his thoughts and academic papers named ‘Thinking Design’. On this episode, we talk about his surreal childhood, the history of Design in India and his love for designing critical ordinary objects that affect the masses.


RELEVANT LINKS & INFO
S. Balaram’s blog - balaram43.blogspot.com
NID - nid.edu
DJAD - djad.in
J&K Craft Development Institute - cdisgr.org
Sasi Creative Inst. of Design - scid.ac.in
Kashayam - Crushed Mixture in Ayurveda
Gunnathotavalasa & Bobili - https://goo.gl/maps/NfVR58STgyqFcTUi8
Visakhapatnam - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visakhapatnam
Kolam - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolam
Datun (Balaram used it to make brush) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth-cleaning_twig
Tholu bommalata - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tholu_bommalata
Sari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari
Telugu - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu
Projector Slides - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_projector
Bapu - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bapu_(director)
Rabindranath Tagore - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarat_Chandra_Chattopadhyay
Premchand - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premchand
Sardarji (Sikh Man) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism
Shantiniketan - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantiniketan
Kumar Vyas - indianexpress.com/article/india/design-fraternity-mourns-demise-of-nid-faculty-h-kumar-vyas-4585703/
Dashrat Patel - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru
Sarabhai family - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarabhai_family
Charles Eames - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eames
Pupul Jayakar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupul_Jayakar
The India Report - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_India_Report
Lota (vessel) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lota_(vessel)
Calico Mills - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Mills
Le Corbusier - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier
Bob Gill - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gill_(artist)
Mahendra Patel - designedthisway.com (3rd episode)
George Nakashima - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nakashima
Soul of a Tree - nakashimawoodworkers.com/accessory/the-soul-of-a-tree/
Henri Matisse - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse
Bruce Archer - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Bruce_Archer
Shiva Nallaperumal - shiva-n.com
Kalamkari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamkari
Narasimha - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha
Laurie Baker - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Baker
Padmanabhapuram Palace - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhapuram_Palace
Indian Oil Corporation - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Oil_Corporation
Vimana - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana
Oxygenator - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygenator
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute - sctimst.ac.in
Dhimant Panchal - www.mitid.edu.in/Dhimant-Panchal.html
V. S. Naipaul - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Naipaul
Arundhati Roy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundhati_Roy
Parimal Parmar - parimalparmar.in
Langar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism)
Thinking Design (there’s another edition with NID)- www.amazon.com/Thinking-Design-S-Balaram-ebook/dp/B01L1UX5FE
Irma Boom - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Boom
Barefoot doctor - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_doctor

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