” For years, I have actually felt that the idea of Indian craft– and Indian craftspeople– has actually been minimized, as if it’s a different, lower category from contemporary design,” Misra states. “At the very same time, I’ve satisfied amazing makers whose understanding of product, process, and the significance embedded in objects, is just as sophisticated.” Her goal is to bring style and craft together– not simply on equivalent terms, but in creative harmony.With a fast-growing population of 1.4 billion and numerous of the largest cities on earth, India is a world– and a market– unto itself. But Misra had bigger ambitions in establishing Shakti– a Sanskrit word meaning strength, energy, or power.”For a long time, the referral points for what counted as’ great design’were nearly completely Western,” she observes.” Which shaped how Indian makers saw their own work. That’s now moving.” Tyakina’s completed piece, produced with Treasure Naga Centre, bends standard cane-working techniques from Nagaland into a sculptural, undulating type. Photo thanks to Shakti Style Residency
The shift is visible everywhere: Indian artists and designers are acquiring real traction globally, and events like Kerala’s Kochi Biennale– Asia’s biggest noncommercial art exhibit– and the India Art Fair draw big names like David Zwirner and Carpenters Workshop Gallery. That momentum extends well beyond the nation’s borders. In midtown Manhattan, Home of Santal has opened an 8,000-square-foot gallery of Indian-designed furniture and objects simply blocks from MoMA, while in Mumbai, the collectible design gallery Aequō works together with AD100 Hall of Famer Kelly Wearstler and represents international talents including Estúdio Campana and Linde Freya Tangelder.Against that backdrop, Shakti is currently becoming an idea leader on the future of craft in a postindustrial world. That’s a key topic for jury member Kulapat Yantrasast, part of the rotating panel of international style leaders who select and mentor the residency’s participants. Yantrasast, the architect behind Thailand’s brand-new Dib Bangkok Museum, is now at work on a large national museum in New Delhi.< img alt =" Image may include Architecture Structure Factory Adult Individual Accessories Glasses and Production" src="https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/69d53ca4a8d0dae740bfd05e/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Klove%2520Studio%25202.jpg"/ > At Klove Studio, molten glass is shaped into sculptural kinds using techniques rooted in India’s earliest glassmaking traditions. Image courtesy of Shakti Design Residency