Cocoa and Jasmine is a cultural publication and agency that facilitates multi-disciplinary & cross-cultural collaborations and conversations between various creatives, organisations and cultural entrepreneurs.
We engage with the community both online and offline
MAGAZINE / Our annual magazine focuses on visual documentation of crafts, arts, and design with relation to place and travel. The content includes interviews, photo essays and journals, design guides, special projects on material culture, events and artist features.
ART PUBLISHING / We recently set up a conceptual collaborative zine collective to produce small run prints to speak about singular ideas.
EVENTS / We also curate independent exhibits, discussions and residencies open to public that brings together a community of creatives in different cities around the world.
LAB / Our experimental global boutique consultancy and creative agency offers unique services within culture, travel, brands, crafts and education fields.
SHOP / We see beauty in everyday design and thoughtful products. A gallery like shop that offers magazines, zines, city guides, crafted products, vintage objects, art prints and original art.
Our Mission
To voice contemporary arts, crafts and design globally that are rooted in tradition on a global platform, thus making them more accessible and inclusive.
Celebrate diversity in culture through visuals and materials.
Facilitate collaboration and dialogue within the creative community of makers and curators globally, thus a promoting cross-cultural work and exchange of ideas that have a socio-cultural impact.
Understand the value of cultural documentation.
Create an ecosystem to support design led slow living.
Promote creative entrepreneurship with a focus on women.
Contribute to developing cultural and creative infrastructure in the country in a meaningful way.
Provide a platform for people to question and critique the cultural environment we live in.
We believe that arts and culture are powerful and necessary social tools to express creativity and understand the other. It encourages us to broaden our horizons and engage. It brings a quality into our lives that is human and slow in this digital, scalable and quantity driven entrepreneurial environment.
Founder
Sayali studied Surface Textiles and Fashion at the University of Arts London, after which she lived and worked in Berlin, Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. Before finding Cocoa and Jasmine in 2018, she worked for over 7 years in the design and travel industries and also created several personal projects within visuals arts.
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