Abhirami handles content at River, from blogs to video scripts. Growing up, she was sure she’d write novels, briefly became a teacher, and eventually found her way back to words. She cycles through hobbies, but storytelling always stays put.
Stories
The clay department’s workshop is kept deliberately plain: bright white tube lights overhead, and a temperature that’s never allowed to drift outside 19 to 25 degrees. Any warmer and the clay softens unpredictably under the modellers’ hands; any cooler and it turns stiff and unworkable. Inside, a tiny
Stories
Imagine a chair—a standard structure with four legs. Except, this one is so tall that you have to push yourself just to climb up and sit on it. It is made of steel, has no cushion, and features a tiny backrest that does not support the entirety of your
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The first strawberries to sprout at The Bangalore Berry Company were painfully small, misshapen and a little ugly, but the dopamine kick they gave Ramakrishna knew no bounds. How could they not! For months, he had poured his time, savings, and faith into a crop he had never grown before.
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No one needs to read anymore. But some of us still want to. To slow down. To think. To be moved. And so we started this space, to be, build, and belong. Our blog exists to think out loud. And encourage curiosity about design. Design that takes people from where