Siddhartha Das

Utilising an approach grounded in collaborations across cultures and communities and drawing upon art, design, crafts and allied arts, Siddhartha Das works on projects that deal with culture, heritage and public usage.
 
Exhibition + Spatial Design Projects:
a. Museum + Curatorial Projects
   
• Design of an exhibit for the historic building, Jal Mahal, as part of a larger Tourism Development project, Jal Mahal Resorts Pvt Ltd, Jaipur , Ongoing
   
• Design + Curation of a Film Museum, cafe, shop and garden for the proposed Multi Purpose Film Complex, Guwahati, for Assam State Film Corporation, Guwahati, Assam, India, Ongoing
   
• One of the nine international designers invited to submit design proposal for the design competition for a permanent gallery on the Humanity and & Refusing Fatality), Red Cross Museum, International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010
   
• Design + Curation of a Museum of Chai for an exclusive tea company at one of the most visited heritage monuments of the country, Amer Fort, Jaipur; for Chaitime, Mumbai, Ongoing
   
•  Design + Curation of interpretation centre, integrated signage, publications & souvenirs for the historic Rajput garden, Chokelao Bagh at Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Ongoing
   
•  Craft based design exhibit at the premier British design festival,100% Design 2009, to showcase work as the winner of International Design Entrepreneur Award 2009, insitituted by British Council, UK, 2009
   
•  Concept Design + Curation for a Museum for Children on the History of Delhi, for Archaeological Survey of India (Govt. of India), New Delhi, 2008
   
•  Exhibition Design of Amarushataka, at Haus Zum Kiel Museum Rietberg Zurich, Switzerland, March 2006
• Exhibition & graphic design for 'Tribal Transitions,' an ehtnographic photographic exhibition on Arunachal Pradesh, a research project by the British Museum, SOAS, London; Arunachal University, for the British Council, India, 2005
   
•  Exhibition design + Curation for Indian Fans, at Haus Zum Kiel, Museum Rietberg Zurich, Switzerland, May 2005
   
•  Co-Concept designer for the exhibition: "Encounters: the Meeting of Asia & Europe 1500 to 1800" at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, 2004-5
   
•  Six month placement at the Victoria & Albert Museum's Design Department London, UK, 2004
   
•  Concept design + Curation for a Museum on the 19th century queen, Ahilya Holkar, Ahilyafort, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, 2002
   
•  Hypothetical Temporary Exhibition on Philippe Starck, Domus Academy +Kartell, as a student project at Domus Academy, Milan, Italy, 2000
   
   
b. Heritage + Public Space Projects
   
•  Design of signage+street furniture, for the Gateway of India precinct, Mumbai, under the aegis of INTACH, for Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Ongoing
   
•  Design of signage and wayfinding system for Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, the
40-acres complex designed by Moshe Safdie and his associate architect Ashok Dhawan,
Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, Ongoing
   
•  Design of signage, information, street furniture, visitor amenities and displays as a team member for conservation & revitalisation of three heritage sites in Amritsar, Govt of Punjab, Ongoing
   
•  Concept design of a new Plaza for the city of Monterrey, Mexico, with a group of five international designers in the International ICSID Interdesign Workshop, Mexico, 2009
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