About

NDR Design Naturally Weblog

The NDR weblog is an initiative of NDR Design Naturally, a design and research institute based in India’s leading research institutes with a commitment to cutting edge global technology and research.  This weblog is a forum for critical reflection and an intention to expand the dialogue of the place of design in developing societies, particularly in South Asia.

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What this weblog does :

The NDR weblog researches the design experience, social and technological issues, developing societies in general and South Asia in particular across a wide range of languages and cultures and dialogues interface between urbanity, design, culture and development. The intent is for this research has to transform into seminars, books, articles, weblogs and even graphic illustrations. Our researchers can come from a variety of audiences: scholars, practitioners and development professionals. The NDR weblog is committed to research as a process that generates development. This means that we continuously reach out to the public through collaborative mailing lists and online publication. The NDR weblog publishes newsletters and news bulletins and invites contributions for the same. Our publications are copyright-free for the moment and may be freely downloaded for non commercial & educational use from our weblog, or by writing in to us.

NDR Design Naturally intends to support independent researchers, practitioners and students all over India through fellowships and stipends. The proposals that we support through use of our space and online research facilities will investigate social, technological and design issues in developing societies. All the proposals would investigate areas that would find little or no support in mainstream academia or the normal course of professional life. Our interest is to make these proposals available to a wider audience of researchers and development and design professionals.

The NDR weblog invites critical writing and reflection on social, technological, design and development issues in developing societies. We would disseminate these writings through our publications and weblog, as well as promote them through our professional network through discussions, mailing lists and blogs in English and Hindi  at the NDR weblog and website.

The NDR weblog engages with the South Asian Hindi/Hindustani public domain through publications, translation, lists and web content.

NDR Design Naturally intends to organise: conferences, seminars, workshops, colloquia, and host residencies around themes that reflect our interest.

NDR produces weblogs and newsletters, with the eventual intention of producing print and web works of social, technological, development and design issues.

NDR intends to network with organizations and programmes with similar foci locally and internationally. The NDR weblog reaches out to students and faculty in colleges, institutes, university departments and student societies to organize online discussions and interaction around our chosen theme.

Location

NDR Design Naturally is located on the southern edge of Chandigarh city, five kilometers from the heart of the city, in the township of Mohali, on plains that lie at the foot of the Himalaya mountains.

Historically, Chandigarh’s origin can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilization over 4000 years ago. More recently, Chandigarh as a modern city was planned by the French architect Le Corbusier, and has become one of the places with the highest standard of living in South Asia. It has developed into a service and technological center, as well as a center for administration. With universities, hospitals and research institutes, Chandigarh is a regional knowledge hub in north India, with migrants from bigger cities flocking here, attracted by its easy living and quality of life.

NDR Design Naturally.

626, Top Floor
Phase I Mohali (near Chandigarh)
Punjab 160055
India

Tel: +91 172 5091626
Email: projects(dot)msk(dot)ndr(at)gmail(dot)com.