Jugaad is a term that is used to define- making do with what is at hand. This defines most of everyday Indian art from street signs, hand painted walls, sari designs to painted cooking utensils and painted huts.
Design is a part of everyday Indian life...
Image credit: Ken Botnick
Personalized bicycle seat covers to make one's cycle identifiable in a sea of similar looking cycles- This reminds me of my grandfather, stenciling his initials on our ambassador to make it identifiable in a sea of green ambassadors that once roamed Indian streets. Fence made of old saris sewn together. And what a colourful fence it makes!
Painted stoves
And of course painted trucks!
Keep reading for posts on painted rickshaws (I covered trucks before, how could I forget the other ubiquitous mode of Indian transport!), painted mud huts, street art and more!
11 comments:
Lovely post!!...
Lovely post! I love the painted stoves - so charming!
Ooh thanks for the mention :)
Thanks all! :)
Oh how fun is this post!
and thanks for your sweet comment,
Love your blog title:)
This is so sweet! We definitely absorb design without even knowing it, especially those of us hailing from the indian subcontinent!! :)
That painted hit is so beautiful...I could spend my life there!
@Pree- Thanks for dropping by and I hope you do so often :)
This is what I love so much about India - the decoration and design used in every day life! - so inspiring. Love your blog...
@ My Pink door- Thanks for dropping by and I hope you do it often :)
lovely post
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