Furniture Traditions of Gujarat: Study of Traditional and
Vernacular Furniture Mitraja Vyas
COURSE NUMBER
S16FD016
CREDITS
3
FEES
Rs. 16,500/DATES
6th June to 14th June
DURATION
8 Days
Mitraja Vyas is a Senior Researcher at Design Innovation and Craft
Resource Centre (DICRC) CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Mitraja
completed her Bachelors in Architecture from Arvindbhai Patel
Institute of Environmental Design (APIED), Vallabh Vidhya Nagar.
It was her ardent interest in research led her to pursue Masters in
Interior Architecture and Design (MIAD) from CEPT University, with
specialization in Craft and Technology.
NO. OF STUDENTS
20
OPEN FOR PROFESSIONALS
Yes
PREREQUISITES FOR PROFESSIONALS
Ability to make computer aided
drawings
FEES FOR PROFESSIONALS
Rs. 20,625/PREREQUISITES FOR STUDENTS
Ability to make computer aided
drawings
LOCATION
Gujarat
EXPENSE
Approx Rs. 13,500/STUDENTS DELIVERABLES
Research paper and Monograph
FACULTY OF DESIGN
She is passionate about research on Indian crafts besides their
application in Interior Architecture and Design. At DICRC, she works on
various projects related to documentation and research of traditional
Indian crafts, education and training initiatives, craft innovation
workshops, and the likes.
Image source: Course Faculty
This workshop aims at understanding traditional and vernacular furniture of Gujarat. Indian furniture in its vernacular and traditional form is a
subject that is largely untouched. This workshop is an attempt to explore furniture traditions of Gujarat in the current scenario. This workshop
draws reference form the DICRC – SADACC collaborative project ‘Study of Vernacular Furniture of North West India’ and will follow a structure of
mapping, documentation, usage patterns, history, stories and myths associated to various traditional and vernacular furniture pieces of Gujarat.
Selected furniture pieces would be studied in a live context in a given region. The output of this project would be in the form of individual research
papers as well as a collective monograph.
This course will be conducted in association with DICRC.