Subtle Technology: The Design Innovation of Indian Artisanship

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October 01 2011 Subtle Technology: The Design Innovation of Indian Artisanship Ken Botnick, Ken Botnick Ken Botnick directs the Nancy Kranzberg Book Studio, a letterpress printing and binding facility. He also teaches graphic art and typography in the Department of Communication Design. Ken was Fulbright Fellow (2005–6) at the National Institute of Design in Ahmadabad, India, and has continued his relationship with Indian craft and design through yearly excursions, most currently directing the Village India Program for Washington University at St Louis in Andhra Pradesh. Botnick publishes limited editions under the imprint emdash. His recent book, KAMINI: Selections from the Gitagovinda, printed in Sanskrit and English, was an AIGA selection for 50 Books/50 Covers. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Ira Raja Ira Raja Ira Raja has edited Grey Areas: An Anthology of Indian Fiction on Ageing (Oxford University Press, 2010), co-edited with Kay Souter, An Endless Winter's Night: Mother-Daughter Stories from India (Women Unlimited, 2010), and with John Thieme, The Table is Laid: Oxford Anthology of South Asian Food Writing (2007). Ira has published articles in a number of peer-reviewed international journals including Narrative: A Journal of Narrative Theory, Journal of Aging, Humanities and the Arts; Journal of Commonwealth Literature; Commonwealth: Essays and Studies; among others. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ken Botnick Ken Botnick directs the Nancy Kranzberg Book Studio, a letterpress printing and binding facility. He also teaches graphic art and typography in the Department of Communication Design. Ken was Fulbright Fellow (2005–6) at the National Institute of Design in Ahmadabad, India, and has continued his relationship with Indian craft and design through yearly excursions, most currently directing the Village India Program for Washington University at St Louis in Andhra Pradesh. Botnick publishes limited editions under the imprint emdash. His recent book, KAMINI: Selections from the Gitagovinda, printed in Sanskrit and English, was an AIGA selection for 50 Books/50 Covers. Ira Raja Ira Raja has edited Grey Areas: An Anthology of Indian Fiction on Ageing (Oxford University Press, 2010), co-edited with Kay Souter, An Endless Winter's Night: Mother-Daughter Stories from India (Women Unlimited, 2010), and with John Thieme, The Table is Laid: Oxford Anthology of South Asian Food Writing (2007). Ira has published articles in a number of peer-reviewed international journals including Narrative: A Journal of Narrative Theory, Journal of Aging, Humanities and the Arts; Journal of Commonwealth Literature; Commonwealth: Essays and Studies; among others. Online ISSN: 1531-4790 Print ISSN: 0747-9360 © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2011 Design Issues (2011) 27 (4): 43–55. https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00104 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Ken Botnick, Ira Raja; Subtle Technology: The Design Innovation of Indian Artisanship. Design Issues 2011; 27 (4): 43–55. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00104 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsDesign Issues Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2011 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.