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Velowala gets a mention on Core77

Quicksand — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:47:43 +0000

The online media installation Velowala.org – put together by Quicksand & its partners – got written about on Core77.

Core77 is one of the most prolific and visited design magazines online. Most of us would have got our first induction into design here. So to have one of our projects get a mention on the Core77 blog is a great high.

If you are done reading the blog entry on Core77, you may want to check out Velowala.org or start contributing to the content here.

Quicksand at St.Etienne

Quicksand — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:01:47 +0000

Quicksand got invited to take part in the Design Biennale at St.Etienne, France between November 15-28, 2008. The invitation was extended by John Thackara (of Doors of Perception) who is curating an exhibition on design & sustainability – the City Eco Lab – within the same biennale.

John wanted us to put together a sound, image & video installation within City Eco Lab on the variety and vitality of people selling things from or on bicycles.The objective is to sensitize people to the fact that bike-based commerce does not have to be backward looking and is infact a viable, flourishing livelihood for millions in India & other developing economies. Check out our mention on the Doors of Perception blog here.

So we decided to extend our brief a little and do an online installation besides what gets displayed at the exhibition. The installation goes by the url of http://www.velowala.org (“velo” = “cycle” in French & “wala” = “vendor” in Hindi).The website goes live on November 15 and is meant to be a resource that documents and explores opportunities / inspirations for bicycle based commerce in India. Here’s a quick creative for that and a pdf you can download (650KB, 12 pages) that is a compendium of what we found on the streets of Delhi in the first few days of research.

Avinash represents Quicksand at the biennale (is also presenting on November 15 at St.Etienne, France – for those fans who might want to travel to St.Etienne and catch him there ). He would also probably be playing a visual set at a Parisian club to unwind after the conference. Keep checking back on this space for more.

Quicksand at Serious Play 2008

Quicksand — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:10:00 +0000

A research we did for Google last May (07) being presented by their UX director at Serious Play 2008, a biennial design conference held at Art Center, Pasadena …

Here’s the link

It gets mentioned in the first story, first paragraph

“…Here’s one especially striking comment from a clip she shows of cell phone user research. It’s shot in India, where a woman opens a window in her house by rolling up a plastic tarp on her tent: “We can miss a meal a day, but we cannot miss a day on our mobile phones. It will affect all our work and our lives.”

Click here for more information on the Serious Play conference.

Quicksand in Quest Newsletter

Quicksand — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:36:00 +0000

The QUEST Alliance’s newsletter featured the design research study that Quicksand did for One World South Asia. A Teacher Helpline was being piloted in rural West Bengal to provide government school teachers with an information and knowledge support system. Quicksand did a preliminary study that established how the system needed to be designed, keeping in mind the interests of the various stakeholders.

Quicksand gets featured in The Global Innovation Report

Quicksand — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:54:43 +0000

GDR Creative Intelligence is a global research company, based out of London, analysing the latest innovations across retail, leisure and hospitality, set within the context of developing social and commercial trends.The Global Innovation Report is their trends and innovation publication.

Quicksand’s recent projects with Reebok & Coca-Cola got featured in the report. Click on the images below to download/view the pdf documents.

Design Today features Quicksand

Quicksand — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:03:51 +0000

Quicksand gets written about in one of India’s leading magazines on design – Design Today.

Click on image to download/view pdf (3 pages, 1.6mb)

Pecha Kucha

Quicksand — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:33:04 +0000

Quicksand got invited to talk about their work at this pecha kucha event that happened in february 2007… its a forum where each presenter gets 20 slides with each slide lasting exactly 20 seconds….