Design x Craft Residency at The Johri

Cocoa and Jasmine curated a creative residency program at The Johri in January 2021 that explored multidisciplinary arts and crafts in Jaipur to create a holistic-contemporary design experience. The goal of the residency was to bring together a creative community to inspire them and encourage collaborations. The 3 day residency included activities that were hand-picked and curated with special facilitators, especially for the residency like a panel discussion with local contemporary designers exploring cross-cultural design, a design walk exploring shades of pink with an art collector, techno style block printing, demonstration of natural dyeing, learning about the gemstones and jewellery making, paper mache factory visit etc.

Through this project we re-looked at how we travel post pandemic and engage with the local and global creative community. "Design tourism is experiential and conceptual striking a balance between learning and wandering for inspiration. The difference lies in what you do, rather than what you see. It’s all about authentic immersion and meaningful engagement. We wish to do more versions of this in many cities"- Sayali

We hope to create more design x craft residencies for an international audience to extend our efforts towards design, craft and arts communities.