Archive for the 'Indian Matchboxes' Category

Happy New Year

January 1st, 2010

2010 is gonna be ace. I can feel it.


Creative Review: The Indian Matchbox Monograph

November 26th, 2009

For Creative Review subscribers, the December Monograph features around 20 pages of my Indian Matchbox collection. Here is the blurb written for the intro…
Matchboxes from the Subcontinent. Walking around Bangalore city where I live you will come across matchboxes everywhere. Cheap and disposable, they litter the highways and footpaths, and are scattered around any [...]


Design Exchange - Indian Matchbox Feature

September 21st, 2009

Design Exchange Magazine were kind enough to feature my Indian matchbox collection in their latest issue. The magazine can be viewed online. Well worth checking out…
http://www.demagazine.co.uk/


Matchbox Collective

February 18th, 2009



160over90 ‘Collection Wednesdays’ feature

February 11th, 2009

Branding agency 160over90, have started a new weekly installment on their blog called ‘Collection Wednesdays’ where they hope to explore why people collect things and feature unique collections. This Wednesday you can read an interview with me about the Indian matchbox collection at their blog here.
Thanks also to all the websites and blogs who have [...]


Matcheboxes from the Subcontinent

January 3rd, 2009

Have just uploaded my immense collection of Indian matchboxes to the photos section of my site.
Collected during my time working from Bangalore, these matchboxes are the tangible memories of my various travels and experiences through India. The random and disparate juxtapositions of the imagery encapsulate the mix of historic, mythological and contemporary visual culture [...]