Our lab creates advocacy platforms for craft, design and culture. We initiate and collaborate on  projects which prioritise assigning greater awareness, and economic value to labour, skill and cultural practices.

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We work with stakeholders to drive critical and impactful dialogues and facilitate equitable relationships between consumer, community and industry. Our projects are future-driven and built as digitally scalable and accessible models.

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We produce projects which are widely adopted, supported and critically acclaimed. Connect with us here to reach the lab.

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Special Projects

An Incomplete Manifesto
An Incomplete Manifesto
Our ‘Incomplete Manifesto for Design & Craft - Made in India’ was first circulated in 2016. It calls to areas of focus and importance for more equitable relationships within the handmade sector. Signed by over 700 industry members, it continues to be referenced as a standard of ideals, and a set of provocations to consider for practitioners around the globe.
Read the Incomplete Manifesto here
The Silpa Catalogue
The Silpa Catalogue
Śilpa is a Sanskrit word whose translation includes art, skill, craft, labor, ingenuity, rite and ritual, form and creation. Created during the pandemic, Śilpa digital catalogues are intended to directly connect consumers to karigars free of cost. Features karigars benefit from a wide digital dissmenation and often end up at retailers.

If you know others in India who might benefit from their own version of this catalogue, or if you’re interested in receiving future catalogues, fill out the form here
Indian Family Jewels
Indian Family Jewels
‘Family Jewels: Indian Adornment Revealed’ is a commissioned initiative by Aurus Jewels to impart knowledge, both researched and crowd sourced, on the origins and oral histories of India’s precious jewellery. It recognises complexity and dynamic use, including those tribal, agrarian, trade based or royal in nature. View Indian Family Jewels here
The Sari Series
The Sari Series
This critically acclaimed digital anthology documents India’s regional sari drapes through short film. Focused on contemporary and future narratives, this free resource has been recognised as a leading catalyst towards shifting the urban perception of the sari drape. It has garnered strong public and institutional support including presence at the MoMA (NY) and inspiring much of the recent Design Museum (London) exhibition, ‘The Offbeat Sari’. Experience The Sari Series here
Semantics
Semantics
Semantics is an ongoing project addressing the need to develop a new lexicon for Indian craft, acknowledging the change of perception with regards to economic equitabilty of skill and production as a central theme.
Border&Fall Archive
Border&Fall Archive
A true archive, there is where we started in 2011: documenting visionary voices in India's craft and design industry. Access past articles and interviews from www.borderandfall.com here