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The legacy of Kashmir’s famed Pashmina shawls is tainted by the centuries-old neglect of the industry’s weavers.
Clusters have evolved over time, influenced by colonial policies, industrialization waves, and the forces of globalisation. Today, they provide livelihoods to artisans and contribute to income generation and employment in both rural and urban settings. This is why a demand for government interventions, incentives for artisans, and strategies to preserve cultural heritage are not amiss.
Take a peak into Object's Kullu cluster weaving fine merino and pashmina throws.
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The rebel box finds its origins in Midnapore, West Bengal. The faraway district is known as the Land of Freedom Fighters, in tribute to those who were early risers against colonial rule.
Our maiden issue: high gloss, high fashion and dare we say, highbrow. Object is available for sale at select bookstores around the world and in our online shop. Limited prints on paper glossier than your glossiest lipgloss, we we hope it rests safely on your coffee table as India’s first coffee table magazine. To preorder your copy, subscribe to the box and make sure you get yours first!
Designed for a festival launch, Object Mini introduces the flyer that celebrates the possibilities of a Desert Disco. Introduced at Magnetic Fields, it features Fleur, our mascot.
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A careful, thoughtful curation of designers whose aesthetic matches that which is expressed in the current edition of our print issue.
Philosophy, poetry, and painting find a home in Swatti’s deeply intertextual work.
Complacency is an anathema to fashion, to be comfortable around skin is its epitome.
A cool brickwork corner of a factory is where Mason and Mill began. The idea was to create clothes of an easygoing kind that the designer could herself wear in the swelter of a Mill.
Surrounded by the clairvoyance of gemstones and combined with a love for the handloom, Hemji chooses to put all the elemental energies of air, water, earth and sun into its fabric. There is no right way to wear a Hemji, one is free to experiment.
Texture itself is imperfect and there is no such thing as plain. Knowing that the perfection of handmade is in its imperfection, Paher’s aestheticism marries the modern to the handmade.
Being minimal and simple evades the question of categorising oneself into the genres of high and low fashion. Basant Kothi moves towards sustainable choices with a neutral and clean aesthetic which is highly understated.
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The versatility of handmade is seen clearly in the work of women that Arun Khatua employs at the Belun Hasta Shilp Kuti Society.
For Kilchu, inspirations are almost always quirky and close at hand. A little found object could be the seed idea to an entire collection. Yet, Kilchu aims at not only being spontaneous but also by responding to nature and what’s contemporary.
The coastal town of Pondicherry—its buildform, cornices and vivid colours—has been a constant inspiration for Bidisha Samantaray at Lal Design Studio.
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