Event ? Sabarmati Festival, January 17-21, 2018
The Institute of Design was invited to participate and showcase their work in the 2nd Annual Edition of the Sabarmati Festival at Sabarmati Riverfront. The five-day-long festival witnessed footfall from all walks of life. The theme of the festival was ?Small is Beautiful?.
Keeping the theme in mind, students of the Institute of Design – Nirma University travelled to the nook and corner of Ahmedabad to study people behind the scenes who complete our lives and perform the necessary yet unacknowledged part in the system.
Roadside Cobblers, Roadside Tailors, Roadside Mechanics, Roadside Barbers, Roadside Pani-puri walla, Roadside Food Van, Fashion Street Vendors, etc. are those faceless people who are slowly getting lost in the maze of flashy and glitzy city lights and the homogeneous modern urban spaces that take away the traditional charm.
The display was in a maze format paying tribute to four such Makers/Small Entrepreneurs. The students captured their lives via illustration in a narrative and tried to weave tales of their lives.