About Us
Explore the development of a versatile typeface for the Tolong Siki script of the Kurukh language, a vulnerable Dravidian language spoken across northern India and neighbouring regions in an interaction with PAWAN KUJUR, Type design & Graphic Design student from the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Understand the concept of Buen Vivir and explore the intersectional and pluriversal perspective that focuses on collective well-being, indigenous knowledge, crafts-design-arts and creativity to discover a Buen Vivir-centric approach in design through an interaction with Dr DIANA ALBARRÁN GONZÁLEZ, Programme Director PhD in Design, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Get an insight into the Sámi knowledge system and multigenerational threat of mining against the survival of Sámi body lands and lifeworlds in Sábme, the transnational Sámi territory spanning northern Fenno-Scandinavia and the Murmansk peninsula...
Find out how an artist is exploring personal identity and its intersection with the complex layers of communal memory and representation with a commitment to bringing social memories and narratives into public consciousness, especially those concerning loss and violence in an interaction with DHIRAJ RABHA, art practitioner, Goalpara, Assam
Tribal Design Forum is a community of multidisciplinary designers and creative professionals from various tribes of India. Tribal Design Forum is a platform to share ideas and learnings to explore the role design can play for the benefit of designers and tribal communities in India.
TDF sessions are weekly sessions to interact and learn from designers and multidisciplinary domain experts from India and around the world who have been actively working for the benefit of tribal and indigenous communities. These sessions also provide a platform for members of the Tribal Design Forum to share their work and experiences as professionals.
Special projects have been initiated, planned and executed by the Tribal Design Forum to create awareness about tribal culture and tribal communities in India – both through online engagements and offline.
TDF City Meets are meetups hosted by our community members and associates at different locations across India for a cup of tea and a conversation on tribal culture and design.processes upclose and understand the role of design amongst local tribal communities.
TDF Open Studios are visits to studios and workspaces of our community members and associates at different locations across India to see the products, processes upclose and understand the role of design amongst local tribal communities.
Tribal Design Forum keenly participates and contributes in conversations at various events and platforms that are organised for constructive purposes especially in discourses that are cognizant or are open to understanding the impact that art, design and other creative professions can contribute towards the benefit of tribal communities in India.
Become part of a unique multidisciplinary community with the interests of the tribal communities at the core
Speak and Be Heard
Share learnings and experiences with a diverse group on a wide range of subjects
Meet and Engage
Interact with students, professionals, academicians and various domain experts
Connect and Collaborate
Explore the potential of working together and cocreating by forging networks
Keep pace with the Past, Present and Future
Participate insessions, discussions and workshops to stay updated with the future
Get insights to Excellence
Witness the journey of excellence by the domain experts and get inspired by their success
Get insights to Excellence
Witness the journey of excellence by the domain experts and get inspired by their success
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