Mid September, ART D’ECO joined the artist in residence program at the Dune eco Village , a LOST PARADISE ! (http://dunewellnessgroup.com/dune-eco-village-and-spa/) , near Pondicherry in South India. The eco village itself is a gorgeous green place on the beach and still in the making. 50 thematic villas and suites are available as hotel rooms. there is […]
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2009 . Back to Ranthambore , Rajasthan, India
….excerpts from the book The Freedom of Having Nothing, Ecodesigner and Modern Nomad After three long years of absence it feels like time to re-visit Dastkar women’s craft cooperative at Ranthambore. Ujwala has been continually asking me to return, playing with my emotions, “Katell, this is your home here, just come.” I do wonder how I […]
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2008. Social Design Workshop, Ignaeda, Turkey
The Social Design Workshop was organized by TOG (Community Volunteer Foundation which counts 14000 volunteers in 72 universities all around Turkey ) named “Hamdım, Piştim, Oldum” . It aimed to support the use of local materials and manufacturing techniques after having questioned the consumption society and solved a common problem through different ways of design. Only […]
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2004. History of The Dastkar women’s craft cooperative
The Dastkar Ranthambore Kendra (= a center) is off the main road of Sawai Madhopur town, on land bought by the Dastkar society. Their projects began in the nearby villages surrounding the Ranthambore National Park. The 400-square-kilometer national park is one of the finest natural tiger habitats in the world, but when the park was […]
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