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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 06: Strategic Communications, Tanya Khanna
Tanya Khanna talks about strategic communications in the built environment in this episode of the talks. Listen on to know her views on how content has evolved in the AEC sector and to know her views on a lot of the contemporary issues of the media sector in the architecture industry.
Guest: Tanya Khanna
Designation: Founder, Epistle Communications
Bio: Indian Architect and Curator, Tanya Khanna has committed herself to Democratising Architecture –– giving a global voice to design and to all those who practice, influence, or experience it. She is the founder of Epistle, the first and largest communications consultancy for architects and designers in South Asia. Through her work with more than 150 leading architects, design practitioners, real estate developers, artists and design brands, Tanya has been passionately advocating good design for over 16 years. Trained as an architect in India and London, Khanna brings with her an intrinsic understanding of what businesses in the design and AEC domains need to Be Known.
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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 06: The Mainstream, Shiny Verghese
Shiny Varghese talks about the status of the representation of built environment in the mainstream media in India today. Listen on to get important points on the entrypoints for the mainstream media in the country, and how she advices prospective candidates to approach the entrypoints.
Guest: Shiny Verghese
Designation: Senior Editor, The Indian Express
Bio: Shiny Varghese is Senior Editor at The Indian Express, New Delhi. In her 12 years, she has been following design and architecture in the country, lending her voice to urban issues and tracking new approaches to design.
Her stories have evaluated the relevance of design and promoted the need for thinking about it as a way of life. From interviews with architects to stories on new materials and experiments in practice, she has attempted to present the connect architecture has with people and society.
In her 18 years as a design journalist, she has developed a keen sense of design, asking the simple yet important question: ‘Is it necessary?’ She has helped edit books and journals on design and architecture for practices and organisations and has been on the jury of national design competitions.
In the past, she has worked with the India Today Lifestyle group, the Deccan Chronicle and Down To Earth.
Trained at the Asian College of Journalism, Bangalore, she completed her Masters in English at Stella Maris in Chennai, and her schooling from St Mary’s Convent, Mumbai, and Our Own English High School, Dubai. She lives and works in Delhi.
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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 05: Writing Architecture, Apurva Bose Dutta
Apurva Bose Dutta lays out architectural writing in the current context for my audience. Listen to the episode to know why she expresses the need for fluidity in 'design media' while reminding the fraternity to be mindful of what content it produces and call it 'architecture journalism'.
Guest: Apurva Bose Dutta
Designation: Author, Architectural Journalist, Curator, Editor, Educator
Bio: Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta is an Indian author, award-winning architectural journalist, curator, editor, and educator based in Bengaluru. An alumna of the Chandigarh College of Architecture (2005), Apurva's professional journey of 18+ years has seen global collaborations with architecture-design multimedia publication houses, firms, organizations, and institutions.
Recognized for her pioneering initiatives in architectural design writing in India, Apurva works at the intersection of architectural design writing, curation, critique, discourse, communications and thinking. She is passionate about writing, curating architecture-design content and discourses, professional speaking, offering training initiatives in architectural writing, and consulting for academic and professional platforms.
Apurva has been invited by the Australian and Finland Governments to represent the Indian delegation at the International Media Visits of Architectural Writers in Melbourne (2016) and Helsinki (2018). Author of Architectural Inheritance and Evolution of India (2023) and Architectural Voices of India (2017), Apurva is widely published and holds advisory positions with several renowned global architectural and design platforms.
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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 04: Simple Narratives, Mahafuj Ali
Mahafuj Ali gets candid about the power of simplicity and small actions. He isn't someone who minces with his words. Or, his cartoons! Listen to learn about how he focuses on simplicity when making his pieces and how simple narratives can do wonders!
Guest: Mahafuj Ali
Designation: Landscape architect & Cartoonist
Bio: Mahafuj Ali, better known as MAli is a self-taught cartoonist, illustrator, and landscape architect by profession. Presently based in Newcastle, Australia for the past few years and working as a landscape architect. He was born and raised primarily in Krishnanagar, India. He studied Architecture at BESU Shibpur and Landscape Architecture at CEPT Ahmedabad. He has been awarded various cartoon and architectural awards both on Indian & International platforms.
He has been awarded one of the top four cartoonists of India by the Times of India in 2017.
Over the past few years - MAli, as he is lovingly called by his friends & followers, has evolved into a creator of innumerable viral trends on virtual platforms, currently popular in India and reaching about 2 million people every month. He is a regular contributor to the cartoon section of AARO ANANDA, a digital version of Anandabazar Patrika.
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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 03: Keep Writing!, Rahul Saini
Rahul spills the beans on how to approach life as a writer as a designer/architect and shares some sweet and hard truths. He also sheds light on how the various mediums are evolving in today's context, along with other relevant pointers on how the entire media industry in the ACED sector is functioning in the present times.
Guest: Rahul Saini
Designation: Architect & Novelist
Bio: Rahul Saini is an architect from one of the finest architecture colleges in India and also holds a master’s degree in English Literature. His book Those Small Little Things was translated in Hindi and won the award for best translation by The Federation of Indian Publishers in 2011. Paperback Dreams won the A3 Foundation Award for Best Satire in 2019. He has authored seven books and his latest, The Part I Left With You is winning readers’ hearts across the country. Apart from writing, he teaches creative writing and mentors students for Scholastic Writers Academy. He also runs a YouTube channel called Writing Rahul where he talks about book, movies, music and more.
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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 02: Criticality 404, Rajesh Advani
Rajesh's experience brings candor to this conversation. He reminds the media fraternity to step out of the standard architect-led narrative that has flooded the market. Listen on to learn his perspective on the absence of critical media in the built environment as well as the necessity to embrace alternate and innovative forms of content. This would be a great listen for my colleagues in the media domain now, some great pointers await.
Guest: Rajesh Advani
Designation: Architect, Founding Editor: ArchitectureLive! and Unbuilt Ideas.
Bio: Rajesh Advani is an architect and the founding editor of ArchitectureLive! and Unbuilt Ideas – two online platforms dedicated to making architecture and design accessible to all, while providing equal opportunities for professionals to share their stories.
Since launching these portals, Rajesh has been actively engaged in addressing diverse issues surrounding the architecture profession, practice, and education worldwide. His work has significantly influenced the industry and inspired numerous young professionals.
Rajesh's initiative to showcase Unbuilt Architecture in India has had a profound impact, encouraging professionals, academics, and students to discuss the value of unrealized ideas within the field. This platform has fostered insightful conversations and appreciation for conceptual architectural works that might otherwise have remained unexplored.
Moreover, Rajesh's efforts to promote gender parity in the architecture profession in India have initiated a new discourse around this long-ignored issue. His advocacy has raised awareness and sparked meaningful dialogue, challenging traditional norms and paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable professional landscape.
Through his online platforms, initiatives, and advocacy work, Rajesh Advani has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to promoting inclusivity, knowledge-sharing, and the advancement of architectural discourse on a global scale.
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Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 01: Media as a Mirror, Rohan Shivkumar
Rohan Shivkumar gets candidly surgical while discussing the status of media and communications in the architecture industry in the country in the first episode of this season. Listen on to know his viewpoint on how he believes that media should be acting as a mirror for self-introspection and self-check, and his cautions on what's happening otherwise in India.
Guest: Rohan Shivkumar
Designation: Filmmaker & Educator
Bio: Rohan Shivkumar, an architect, urban designer, and filmmaker based in Mumbai, serves as the Dean of Architecture at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute. He is a principal at the 'Collaborative Design Studio' and part of CRIT, an urban research collective. His diverse portfolio spans architecture, urban research, film, and visual art, focusing on housing, public space, and city representation. Notable projects include the Churchgate Revival and Tourist District projects. At KRVIA, he leads the Research and Design Cell, working on initiatives like Dharavi development and infrastructure access. Co-editor of 'Project Cinema City', he curates film programs and writes on cinema, architecture, and urbanism. His films like 'Nostalgia for the Future' and 'Lovely Villa' have garnered attention globally, featuring in events such as the Chicago Architecture Biennale, the Sharjah Architecture Triennale, the Seoul Architecture Biennale, the World Social Forum, and the Dhaka Art Fair and Documenta, showcasing his interdisciplinary approach to art and urbanism.
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Introducing Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Prologue - Media Studies in ACED
This season brings to you, twenty-four guests from the umbrella of media in architecture, construction, engineering, and design. This prologue sets the context for the season. Why Design Media? You get your answer here. The prologue also sets a relevant tonality - listen to the episodes with an open and accepting mind and heart! Episodes drop weekly, on Fridays!
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Oh it’s great to be back! I do apologize that it took me a year and a half to publish the season finale for Diversify Please! But, I’m not sorry about it – I was saving my own ass before I could ask others to save theirs!
The last season takes one final attempt at explaining why diversifying out of architecture is perfectly okay, and is possibly, necessary a step for the overall ecosystem to continue rolling smoothly. This one is calm, and for one last time in this season, asks all those who want to – to move out of core architecture practice.
Remember SRK’s dialogue? “Koi bhi dhanda chota nahi hota hai, aur dhande se bada koi dharam nahi hota hai”…
Season Two dropping soon!
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The very first season of the talks titled “Diversify Please” discusses in details, the necessity of architects to diversify when it comes to professional choices! In the fourth episode of this season titled “Pritzker Trap”, the host discusses about the various internal factors that a young architect will be facing in his journey from a student of architecture to a full time professional in the industry. While it is pretty understood that such internal biases are a result of all the things they see outside, this episode discusses both. It covers issues like starchitecture, the celebrity culture obsession, the Bilbao effect and the Pritzker Price as well! Wile all the factors have been discussed, this episode tries to delve into the psychological aspects - how the young mind thinks, and why those thoughts have to be kept under check to ensure that there isn’t any confusion when one is deciding the future course of action for himself/herself. An ideal listen for architecture students as well as young professionals, this episode elaborates on the kind of thoughts and influences they need to stop getting into their heads and avoid the subsequent blind-headedness in their journey of diversifying out of architecture!
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The very first season of the talks titled “Diversify Please” discusses in details, the necessity of architects to diversify when it comes to professional choices! In the third episode of this season titled “Kid Conundrum”, the host discusses about the various external factors that are primarily floating around in the industry that act as negative biases for the young professionals in their journey ahead, be it in their journey as an architect, or in their journey of diversifying out of core practice. This episode deals with issues like using experience as an excuse for underpayment, and how the ‘passion pill’ is a common tool of exploitation and subjugation in our industry. An ideal listen for architecture students as well as young professionals, this episode elaborates on the kind of advices and words they need to ignore listening to and avoid in their journey of diversifying out of architecture!
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The very first season of the talks titled “Diversify Please” discusses in details, the necessity of architects to diversify when it comes to professional choices! In the second episode of this season titled “Boomerang”, the host discusses why and how should one plan for if one wants to diversify! He also discusses about coming back to architecture after having diversified, and how an architect will always come back to design, no matter what he’s doing for a living. An ideal listen for architecture students as well as young professionals, this episode amps the tone right up by helping candidates to plan their exit!
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The very first season of the talks titled “Diversify Please” discusses in details, the necessity of architects to diversify when it comes to professional choices! In the first episode of this season titled “Fuck It”, the host discusses why young architects are actively moving out of the loop, and why a larger number of people needs to diversify to alternate professions! An ideal listen for architecture students as well as young professionals, this episode opens the ground up for further discussions related to diversification of the profession!
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The very first episode talks about the why, the how, and the upcoming! Think of it as a pilot to this journey! Listen on to understand what The Better Architecture Podcast aims to be, and how you too should be an essential part of the discussion. Visit us at tbap.sthapatya.co, and start discussing!
