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Find out how a fashion house is crafting fashion using Ryndia, heritage silk fabric hand-woven by the women weavers of the Ri-Bhoi district in Meghalaya and promoting indigenous legacies for the contemporary world through an interaction with fashion designer DANIEL SYIEM, Co-Founder and Creative Head, DSEFH, Shillong, Meghalaya
Find out how a type designer can impact an indigenous language and culture through the development of a typeface for the Tulalip tribe in Washington state, through an interaction with typeface designer, graphic designer and artist JULIET SHEN, USA.
Find out how a young filmmaker is actively engaged with her Munda tribal community in addressing human-animal conflict within the tea gardens of Assam while also endeavouring to preserve culture through visual mediums through an interaction with EPIL RANI KONGARI, Youth Ambassador for the Global Sustainability Film Awards 2022 and 2023 and director of the documentary film on the Kohora River in Assam.
Find out how an Ugandan rapper and Obama Foundation leader is using music to champion democratic values while reiterating his Muganda identity with greater authenticity through an interaction with RICHARD WALAKIRA a.k.a BANA MUTIBWA, Program Manager at the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Find out how a young multi-disciplinary artist and culinary maven is showcasing the diversity of India’s north-eastern region to the rest of the world by transforming local foods into gourmet delights through an interaction with Chef TANISHA PHANBUH, founder and director of Tribal Gourmet, Gurgaon.
The next TDF Bootcamp destination will be Ukhrul in Manipur in the heartland of the Tangkhul Nagas. More details will be made available very soon in this space.
Tribal Design Forum in partnership with 1EQ Foundation will be announces 1000 TDF SSC Scholarships 2024 for SSC Aspirants from Scheduled Tribes. Out of 1000, 450 Scholarships will be for Males, 450 Scholarships will be for Females, 100 Scholarships will be for all other Genders. Applications open till 7 April 2024.
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.
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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