My ‘actual’ calling: Mid-life career change

By Nazvi, 3 May, 2020 It is never too late to pursue your passion. In this interview we’ll be talking to Maj (Retd) Shilpa Nayudu who made a major (pun intended) career change after serving in the Army. Q. Could you please give us an introduction of yourself? A. I am Shilpa Nayudu an artist,

Kenzo’s 2013 Fall Collection: Inspired by City Streets and Indian Temples

“All the projects we work on have our own personal interest connected to them, you see and sense that in our collections for Kenzo.” – Humberto Leon By Nazvi, 19 April, 2020 There are colors, multiple layers, diverse materials and some evil-eye-warding motifs. This collection stands in testimony to the spirit of India. Kenzo creative

Balloon Dresses: from Dream to Reality

“All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art.” – Sol LeWitt By Nazvi, 19 April, 2020 A purple balloon with legs walks onto the ramp, stops in the middle and gets deflated to reveal the model in a rubber crop

Inflatable Pants: Dog’s-eye view

“Conceptual art is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.” – Walter Darby Bannard By Nazvi, 19 April, 2020 Harikrishnan, a NIFT Bengaluru student, had probably never expected such a response to his graduate show at London College of Fashion. All set to feature his work in two music

Flying Buttresses and Arches: Some Things that you don’t expect in Couture

“I don’t follow trends or try to compete with anyone. Everything I do stems from following my passion and my love for design.” – Guo Pei By Nazvi, 18 April, 2020 With my love for goth, architecture and fashion, I have truly fallen in love with Guo Pei’s gravity defying clothes. Guo Pei is a

Chanel’s Pre-Spring 2018 Collection from Greece

“I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes—it’s about all kinds of change.” – Karl Lagerfeld By Nazvi, 18 April, 2020 Karl Lagerfeld was a German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer, and caricatures. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983

Social media is the New Black

By Nazvi, 16 April, 2020 In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook, and within a few years, a revolution had taken place online. Within a decade, nearly the entire planet had joined Facebook. With this, the concept of connecting with people through online social networks sprang! The idea of using social media to share experiences and

Socially distant protest: The Illuminator

By Nazvi, 11 April, 2020 NYC-based political projection collective ‘The Illuminator‘ protested against the US government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by projecting calls to action onto a New York skyscraper. The art activist collective, staged a large-scale public projection in Manhattan on Saturday night, March 28, at 8:00 pm to make several demands on their local,

5 Must visit Art Galleries in Delhi

“A painting is worth a thousand confused art-gallery visitors.” – Ljupka Cvetanova By Nazvi, 9 April, 2020 Art Galleries: a place where even a person who is not an Artist falls in love with the artwork, a place you can just spend hours and hours, gazing and reading about art and not get bored. Here

Social Media: Platform for Artists

By Nazvi, 12 April, 2020 About 3.8 million people on this planet are on Social Media out of which there are many artists. This interview is about artists who use Social Media as a platform to put up their work, to reach out to their audience and for job opportunities as well. In this interview