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Morii Dero by Morii Darshan

September 15, 2026 Matter Leave a comment

MORII DERO by MORII DARSHAN is one of six projects that emerged from the mentorship of the Godrej Design Lab Fellowship in 2025. The fellows exhibited their projects and processes at the Concious Collective in December 2025.

A portable textile tent, Morii Dero extends the craft-led practice into an interpretive process blending field-led research, designer-artisan collaboration. Using a stitch library and digitising processes, appliqué, Sujni embroidery, and block-printing, artisans translate natural forms into layered textiles. Freestanding, reassemblable, and foregrounding lineage, and the emotional resonance of hand-made environments, Morii Dero reimagines an archetype as an introspective textile space.

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INDIAN CRAFT HOUSES by Site Practice

July 16, 2026 Matter Leave a comment

INDIAN CRAFT HOUSES by SITE PRACTICE is one of six projects that emerged from the mentorship of the Godrej Design Lab Fellowship in 2025. The fellows exhibited their projects and processes at the Concious Collective in December 2025.

Indian Craft Houses system presents prefabrication as a spectrum of possibilities for India, from industrialised forms to panelised systems and modular kits of parts. Venturing beyond efficiency, it interrogates materiality, user agency, and adaptability, proposing a relatively more participatory, context-sensitive approach that intersects design, craft, and sustainability, and rethinking the relationship between designer-builders, materials, and place.

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PAKHA by The Vernacular Modern

May 28, 2026 Matter Leave a comment

PAKHA by THE VERNACULAR MODERN is one of six projects that emerged from the mentorship of the Godrej Design Lab Fellowship in 2025. The fellows exhibited their projects and processes at the Concious Collective in December 2025.

PAKHA offers a way of revisiting the single-blade fan at a more sculptural level, an object as beautiful in stillness as in movement. The blade becomes a stage or canvas for moving art, adding craft as a layer of presence. Through reconfigured mechanics and materials that historically resisted both wind and the manual force of Hath Pakhas, it invites a contemporary reconsideration of vernacular techniques, evolving the fan into a functional and visually assertive expression of sustainability.

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KADALUM by Tarocollective

May 11, 2026 Matter Leave a comment

The KADALUM collection by TAROCOLLECTIVE is one of six projects that emerged from the mentorship of the Godrej Design Lab Fellowship in 2025. The fellows exhibited their projects and processes at the Concious Collective in December 2025.

Composed currently of seven products – Lounge Chair, Footrest, Chair, Dining Table, Low Footrest, Low Armchair, Low Table – elements in KADALUM arise from custom moulds and extrusions developed for furniture applications. The manufacturing process is a philosophical extension of the studio’s industrial design ethos.

A custom high-stability aluminium extrusion was engineered to echo the refined profile and elegance of the Kadam collection while simultaneously outlining structural lightness and outdoor durability. Achieving the requisite precision led to the integration of machining to ensure a crafted advantage for foldability, mobility and versatility for sustained outdoor usage.

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Abdul Kalam Shaikh: इलेक्ट्रिशियन बनने का सफर

January 16, 2026 Matter Leave a comment

The Gyaan Project x Matter

Abdul Kalam Shaikh

A conversation with Abdul Kalam Shaikh, an extraordinary electrical contractor who built his contracting practice on an understanding of what well-executed electrical and power services enable quality work on site.

With over 15 years of experience, Kalam has enriched many projects, including a few at Matter. His work is a constant reminder of the many hands that make a good building. This episode is an insight into Kalam’s practice, his ideas on electrical contracting work, and his passion for things done well.