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28 Aug

Posted at 15:36h in Blog

I have been with Tara Books as a designer for a year. Amongst the several projects I have worked on, this was a rather special one. I was given the task to relook an illustrated Tara classic – I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail which was released in 2010 and has been reprinted several times after that. With stunning art by Pardhan Gond artist, Ramsingh Urveti and a clever design by Jonathan Yamakami – flipping through it has always been fascinating....

09 Aug

Posted at 11:18h in Blog

In my 8-year-long association with Tara Books, my role as a book designer has taken different forms. The projects I worked on with the team have included experiments with the form of the book and printing processes, working with various art and illustration styles, and finding typographic solutions to complex texts. But what has been the most valuable learning is understanding where design – and the designer – stands in relation to the many factors that influence the design process, from editorial decisions to production and financial constraints....

15 Mar

Posted at 12:02h in Blog

An unusual collaboration between indigenous Warli artists, a writer-gardener and book artisans, this book is a celebration of the miracle that is the seed and its place in our lives and cultures. Read on for an account of its evolution, and how it came to take its imaginative final shape, a combination of four book forms—each of them reflecting a particular aspect of the cosmos contained in a seed. ...

10 Dec

Posted at 17:44h in Blog

By V. Geetha

Travelling Patterns is the latest in a line of books that engage with textiles and textile art. It is a unique visual assemblage—in which pattern-making travels from textile to paper, from the decorative to the narrative, and from one context to another. ...