Category: The Future Will be Sown; Body Ornaments
Over several months now, we’ve made unexpected discoveries by establishing new relationships with our ecologies. Immersing ourselves in unfamiliar landscapes, travelling to the source of a raw material, exploring indigenous practices, embracing storytelling, and fostering new friendships, have contributed to a dramatic turn in our perception of how design can both belong to a place and innovate itself. Stepping into uncharted territories as architects,
The Future Will Be Sown – Milan Chapter, makes us courageously wear our vulnerabilities and insanities, quite literally.
Six ecological materials, Six wearable ornaments have meticulously emerged from six different landscapes in Southern India. These have each been crafted together with communities deeply rooted in their regions, cultivated over time.
It is madness says reason
It is what it is
says love
It is unhappiness says caution It is nothing but pain says fear It has no future says insight
It is what it is
says love
It is ridiculous says pride It is foolish says caution
It is impossible says experience
It is what it is says love.”
Location: Lampo Milano, Milan, Italy
Commissioned by: ISOLA – Milan Design Week
Type Of Project: Art Installation
Date: 15th – 21th Apr 2024
Design & Production team: Shruthi Ramakrishna, Jeremie Gaudin, Agnimitra Bachi, Nikhita Ramdas, Rosna Saji, Kune Yatheesh.
In Collaboration with The Vernacular Modern
Materials & Techniques: Loofah, Lantana, Sisal, Water Hyacinth, Coconut leather, Areca sheath, Paper maiche
Contractor/execution: Made in Earth Collective & Earthly Yours
Photography & Video: Shruthi Ramakrishna & Kune Yatheesh