Kalyani Tupkary

His work reflects his affinity for matters of import and impact.

His areas of expertise include book design and brand identity design, while his areas of interest cover wider ground—including film-watching (current phase: slow-burn, kitchen-sink dramas) and verse-writing (rhymed, epigrammatic, and sadly, quite sporadic).

Put another way, who stands outside for hours, gazing at a starflower instead of a Samsung Galaxy? When you’re stalking a hawkweed at daybreak, time is an afterthought.

When you find something that resonates, its use is not always immediately apparent. A line in a song might be the seed for your next coding project or inspire the title for the book you’re writing. It can be difficult to predict how something that resonates today might be useful in the future.

The unit operates on a number of levels: collaborative research projects, commissions, self-initiated projects, and taught studio classes, all disseminated through talks, exhibitions and publications.

Designed Realities Lab

Dunne & Raby

our biology is tethered to the sun, yet the clocks society uses to keep time are influenced by a tangled web of political and historical factors.