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Designed by @ChoiShineArch the Urchins and Lace are hand-crocheted Light Art Installations, proliferating an interactive urban environment. Can traditional crafts create social urban interactions in the digital era? Leave us your comments here…

Out and Proud to Serve

Genetically Capitalist? The Malthu- sian Era, Institutions and the For- mation of Modern Preferences.

Optimism is so deeply embedded in the American national psyche that it withstood the Great Depression in the 1930s and a string of recessions since then. But in the era some economists call "the new normal" in America, optimism is fading.

It has become clear that in a era of Republicans focused on defending tax breaks for millionaires while cutting government assistance for everyone else, the middle class - and its influence in society - is shrinking. But we haven't just lost our political clout.  It turns out that we're no longer that influential in multiple spheres, including marketing.  At some point as more of the nations wealth became consolidated within the top percentage of the upper class, the consumer industry turned to them as the only people to woo.  And as the income gap grows, that's only going to continue.

Make in India Week saw a lively workshop on the survival of Indian traditional arts & crafts in the digital era, conducted by India Art n Design (dot) com. Check it out here…

Palatial settings, elaborate art-deco interiors and an ambience that recalls the grandeur of the golden era of cinema, this PVR at Gurugram by DesignEx is an ode to its legacy and nostalgic memories. Check it out here…

Creative Designer Architects redesign a palatial bungalow in Lutyens, New Delhi, by contemporising the spaces in tandem with the current lifestyle of its homeowners; yet conserving the soulful ethos of the regal bearings of classical architecture. Check it out here… http://bit.ly/2ks1W8R

The retro futuristic Cabinette coworking space by Masquespacio borrows from 'Sexy, Lux and Fun' concept that embodies the ideas of timelessness and originality. Check out its 70's Parisian vibe inspired interiors here

A mirror made entirely of metal. A mirror believed to bring Goodluck and prosperity. A mirror that is a legacy. This is 'Aranmula Kannadi' a mirror as ancient as the Vedas!

"Social scientists, in turn, are beginning to reexamine human history from an empathic lens and, in the process, discovering previously hidden strands of the human narrative which suggests that human evolution is measured not only by the expansion of power over nature, but also by the intensification and extension of empathy to more diverse others across broader temporal and spatial domains. The growing scientific evidence that we are a fundamentally empathic species has profound and far-reaching consequences for society, and may well determine our fate as a species. What is required now is nothing less than a leap to global empathic consciousness and in less than a generation if we are to resurrect the global economy and revitalize the biosphere."