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Creativity & Design

Prof M P Ranjan
Design Thinker & Academic Ahmedabad, India

Bamboo for Rural Development

Design: Villages
ranjanmp@gmail.com www.designforindia.com www.ranjanmp.in

Design: Products Traditional Wisdom & Design

Design: Bridges

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Bamboo: Field Study

1979 - 1986
Anthropology & Design Field Work - Design Intent People & Objects Material & Technology Location & Politics

Northeast India

Context People

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Poverty - Empower Caste Politics - Organise Strategy - Product Diversification Markets - New Organisation - Community
Research Insights from Crafts Documentation / Design Education

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Research Insights from Crafts Documentation / Design Education

400 Baskets
Boxes Trays

Structure and Function Significant Details Local Differences Cultural Variety History

276

Photographs

Selection Classification Archiving Organising

Furniture Houses

Tools

Bamboo

People

Activities
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Bamboo: Publication

1981 - 1986
Anthropology & Design

Think Culture

Context People

Community Expression Identity Culture

Paikawng Mizoram

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Bamboo: Traditional Wisdom

Rhizomes Shoots Sheaths Culm Branches Leaves Buds . . .

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Paikawng: Lushai - Mizoram

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Kophi: Angami Naga - Nagaland

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Longkhai: Dhimasa Cachari - Assam

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These are not Bamboo: gical capability.

Field Trials

1982 - 1996
IICD - Tripura Design Strategies

Agartala, Tripura

Sociology, Economy & Design Field Work - Design Intent People & Objects Material & Technology Location & Politics

cted either by tradition or technological capability.

Poverty - Empower Caste Politics - Organise Products Bamboo M P Ranjan Product Diversification Strategy G Upadhyaya Markets - New Local & Global NID sign helps create new products. These are not Organisation - Community

Jaipur 2005

People Politics

for Development Tripura Project

sis of many desirable aze the user. P Ranjan (2003)

* Land to People

Handicrafts Furniture Tools Mats Baskets Laminates

utes that add value, excite and amaze the user.

Design is an act of synthesis of many desirableRural Development 2011 -Bangkok 2011 M P Ranjan : CREATIVITY & DESIGN Bamboo for

Bamboo for Development


Seedlings of Wealth
Bamboo Fringe
Forest Fringe Controlled Extraction of Bamboo

Agriculture Food Crops Cash Crops


Village House Clusters Service Providers Know-How Design & Technology Scientific Finance Transport Communications .... Towns Cities

Bamboo as Primary Cash Crop

Local Products
Commerce

FROM THE LAND TO THE PEOPLE


Bamboo as a Sustainable Human Development Resource for India
A development initiative by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of India.

Common Facility Centres Craft & Agro Based Industries

Export Products

Institutions Traditional & Modern

Final Report: 1 February 1999

M P Ranjan Faculty of Industrial Design National Institute of Design Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007

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Craft & Education


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Bamboo & Cane Development Institute Agartala

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Field level Traditional tools and techniques Skill related issues (existing)

BCDI DC(H) 2001 NID

Technology and process innovation Laboratory level Improvement and innovation of tools Raw material processing New technology

Bamboo and Cane Plantation Studies Laboratory level Genetic studies Biotechnology Chemical properties and Applications

Field level Region specific distribution Allied material Species identification Ecological issues

BCDI Agartala
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Bamboo and Cane Product Innovation Implementation Design Prototyping Manufacturing processes Quality control Alternative applications

Trends Issues Identification of market specific needs for innovation Research

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Innovation IT aided Research in the related fields Sector specific innovation and delivery

Information technology and and knowledge managemen

Design Research Technological Research Product specific raw material Traditional Innovation Alternative processes

Upgradation

Digital documentation and maintenance o Technology and Knowledge managem

2001 National Institute of Desi

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BCDI Agartala
Creating Human Resources
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BCDI - SFC

New Delhi - September 2003

BCDI - Agartala

Set up by the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts Government of India

Bamboo & Cane Development Institute Agartala

Concept & Structure for

C
Field level Traditional tools and techniques Skill related issues (existing)

Technology and process innovation Laboratory level Improvement and innovation of tools Raw material processing New technology

Bamboo and Cane Plantation Studies Laboratory level Genetic studies Biotechnology Chemical properties and Applications

Field level Region specific distribution Allied material Species identification Ecological issues

D
Market Research

Disciplines & Activities


Market Research and Innovation

B
Market Studies

Bamboo and Cane Product Innovation Implementation Design Prototyping Manufacturing processes Quality control Alternative applications

Major Disciplines

Implementation Material Sources Design & Processes Branding & Promotion Research Media Strategy Trends

Trends Issues Identification of market specific needs for innovation Research

E
Innovation IT aided Research in the related fields Sector specific innovation and delivery

Information technology and and knowledge management

Design Research Technological Research Product specific raw material Traditional Innovation Alternative processes

Upgradation Digital documentation and maintenance of Technology and Knowledge management

2001 National Institute of Design


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BCDI - Agartala
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-Exposure to bamboo products from around the world -Understanding new markets -IT inputs -Talks, Films, Exhibits Field trips

Development of World View


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cs basi ane sses nd C roce p oo a amb anized working -B ch e mboo tion -M ba uc for s prod - jigs, uality as iques ts, q -M hn en tec surem es a me trol etc chniqu ues on ving te chniq c a te -Westening -Fa

-Ma -Expnageme o n fund sure to t inputs othe ing, res NGOs, -De r agen earch -Tecsign pro cies , and with hniques cess com plex for deal ing ity

p ts

Strategies: Region & Species


Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Tripura

BCDI - Agartala

D. giganteous D. strictus
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B. affinis

Cube Stool Collection - Guwahati

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D. strictus Collection - Madhya Pradesh

esign

sign

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bamboo boards

AND

BEYOND

CLEANING AND SIZING THE SPLITS

Chinese techniques for sizing of bamboo splits are simple and cost effective.

STACKING THE SPLITS

2000

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

DESIGN

AHMEDABAD

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INDIA

Bamboo Boards & Beyond


NID show at UNDP New Delhi

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Drill Dowel Pin Joint - Katlamara

Katlamara Chalo/21

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Bamboo for Development Katlamara Bamboo - Sustainable Development :Katlamara Project

[ 1998 ]
HUMAN RESOURCE LOCAL MARKETS SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY FARMING

PROJECT CREDIT: National Institute of Design

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Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID

Bamboo: Village Focus

2002 - 2007
IICD - Tripura Design Strategies

Katlamara, Tripura

Sociology, Economy & Design Field Work - Design Intent People & Objects Material & Technology Location & Politics
Jaipur 2005

People Politics

Poverty - Empower Caste Politics - Organise Strategy - Product Diversification Markets - New Local & Global Organisation - Community

IICD - Tripura Design Strategies

2011 M P Ranjan : CREATIVITY & DESIGN

Bamboo for Rural Development 2011 -Bangkok

IICD - Tripura Design Strategies

Jaipur 2005

Jaipur 2005

Katlamara Chalo - Tripura Bamboo Mission

Katlamara Chalo/37

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Bamboo - Sustainable Development

Katlamara Project

Natural Resource
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Training
Bamboo for Rural Development 2011 -Bangkok

Application
Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID

Cluster Development
SUGGESTED BUSINESS PLAN FOR PRODUCTION OF BAMBOO POLE CHAIRS IN TRIPURA

2008 - 2010
Sociology, Economy & Design Field Work - Design Intent People & Objects Material & Technology Location & Politics

Poverty - Empower Politics The locally available bamboo in Katlamara can therefore be fashioned into a wide Organise range of artefacts and these could be launched to serve needs of nearby towns and Product Diversification Strategy cities such as Agartala. The population of the region can support a substantial Markets - New Local & Global bamboo based industry which can help many first time entrepreneurs to set up their small and micro enterprises and through these learn the art Organisation - Community of business of manufacturing. This is a huge learning experience and the challange of the initial Action - Decentralised
years is the building of local capability to deal with the complexities of industrial
Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at NID

People & Politics

production and distribution at a reasonable profit. From this experience base they will
National Institute of Design
Paldi Ahmedabad 380007 India

NID - IL&FS - TRIPURA BAMBOO MISION

Katlamara, Tripura
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BamFest Collection - Agartala

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BamFest Collection - Agartala

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Footprints in Time:

Craft Research Methods

IICD, Jaipur

Web 2.0 Hand Holding

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Develop Refine Concepts Share Publish

7
Feedback Listen Empathise

Training Camps Opportunity Maps

6
Try Build Prototype Develop Insights

9
Collaborate Incubate

10
Partner Handhold Share Value Select Candidate

Village Incubatee

5
Resource Maps

Explore Experiment Study Understand

1
Feasibility Report

Angel Invest Venture Capital Know-How Transfer Partner Programme Sustained Contact Community Action

Contact Engage Confirm

4
Try Do Learn

2
Macro-Micro Survey People Place Culture

Raindrops

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Raindrop Strategy:
Village Incubatee-Institute Contact Model Books Websites Films Prototypes Strategies

Field Activities

Products ............

Incubation Nurture Support Feedback

Partners Colleagues NGOs

Partners
Government Regulators Enablers Providers Well Wishers Philanthropists

Knowledge Strategy Skills Ability Conviction

Decentralised Action

Crafts Incubatees

Programmes ...........
Incubation Seed Farm Design Architecture Sociology Anthropology Technology Management

IICD, Jaipur

Institute

Test Beds Action

Experiments Innovations

Network
Web 2.0 Community Interactive Live Connected Caring Community Cluster Action

Agents of Change
Students Graduates Masters Thinkers Apply 5 Principles of Design Led Action 1. Humility (Propose vs Build) 2. Attention to Detail (Macro - Micro) 3. Meaning & Semiotic 4. Context - Tradition & Culture 5. Values & Ethics

Disciplines ............

Footprints in Place

Principles
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after Bruno Latour

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Creativity & Design


Prof M P Ranjan
Design Thinker & Academic Ahmedabad, India
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Bamboo for Rural Development

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ranjanmp@gmail.com www.designforindia.com www.ranjanmp.in

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Systems Spiritual Material Craftsmanship Function

Design as Seed

EFFECT

Cultural

Technique

Science

Political & Legal

Economy Aesthetics Social

Environmental

Linguistic

Design: Three Orders Products Design Theory & New Insights

Design Bridges Design:as Seed

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