Issue Four

The Kerala Issue

 

Dayanita Singh's Kochi Box

We chat with the photographer and bookmaker about her explorations with the book object and finding the intersection between book and exhibition. 

 

 
Casting and production by LOVER Studio for @mohindersshoes. 📸@sanajaverikadri / as always send us your portraits to stay in our books #streetcasting #diversity
Casting and production by LOVER Studio for @mohindersshoes. 📸@sanajaverikadri / as always send us your portraits to stay in our books #streetcasting #diversity
Casting and production by LOVER Studio for @mohindersshoes. 📸@sanajaverikadri / as always send us your portraits to stay in our books #streetcasting #diversity
We recommend @safomasi, whose illustrated and handcrafted home textiles and accessories tell the story of their travels all over the world. Follow them as they take us behind the scenes creating a sustainable independent business this month with #marchmeetthemaker. One of the most asked questions we get at LOVER is ‘where to shop’. What are the labels doing it right - being kinder, slower, more ethical, less wasteful, uplifting communities? We’ve curated a small, slowly growing directory of the brands you need to know and will get to know better so you can make better choices. 
On loverand.co now to view on web or hit the link in our bio. #indiandesign #loverrecommends #loverandco
We recommend @inaistory, a label from Madras whose minimal and thoughtful leather bags and accessories are handmade in their own workshop by their team of skilled artisans. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of the most asked questions we get at LOVER is ‘where to shop’. What are the labels doing it right - being kinder, slower, more ethical, less wasteful, uplifting communities? We’ve curated a small, slowly growing directory of the brands you need to know and will get to know better so you can make better choices. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On loverand.co now to view on web or hit the link in our bio. #indiandesign #loverrecommends #loverandco
We recommend @rabbitsfootinc whose inspired, artisanal tableware and home essentials are handmade (in-house) from various woods with various finishes. One of the most asked questions we get at LOVER is ‘where to shop’. What are the labels doing it right - being kinder, slower, more ethical, less wasteful, uplifting communities? We’ve curated a small, slowly growing directory of the brands you need to know and will get to know better so you can make better choices. On loverand.co now to view on web or hit the link in our bio. #indiandesign #loverrecommends #loverandco 📸 by @neha_jain_s
Casting by LOVER Studio for @bodicebodice.
Casting by LOVER Studio for @bodicebodice. 📸 @sha.shin_
Casting by LOVER Studio for @bodicebodice. 📸 @sha.shin_
 

ART

Scenes from the Kochi Biennale

Illustrators Sameer Kulavoor and Lokesh Karekar let us peek into their travel sketchbooks.
 

 

TRAVEL

The Museum Hotel

We stay at a little known boutique hotel in Cochin that is at once ephemeral in nature and filled with history. 

 

 

 

DESIGN

Gunjan Gupta's Chairy Tale

An interview with the artist and designer about her exhibition Kissa Kursi Ka.

 

ART

3BHK

We get comfortable at  Home Sweet Home's Kochi exhibition and discuss the curious case of Bangalore's apartment art galleries. 

DESIGN

Viakerala

We visit the studio and flagship store of homegrown design label Viakerala and talk identity, animals and Malayalam type with its founder Theresa J. George.

 

 

 

 

DESIGN

At Home with Annah Chakola 

Take a tour of this BohoGypsy's Kochi abode.

 

 

 

 

ART 

Dia Mehta Bhupal

Our pick from the 3rd Kochi Muziris Biennale, the Hyderabad-based photographer who sculpts her subjects lets us into her world.