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The art of anger: how underground comics are inspiring the Occupy movement Posters and graphics for the Occupy movement draw their inspiration from vintage socialist art and present-day comic books

Team India Art n Design (dot) com strives to present select gems from the vast fabric of design - with the sole aim to inspire, impact and trigger that elusive quality of breaking new ground! We bring you a recap of our most popular stories that have left a trail of comments and discussions; garnered compliments and generally endorsed the impact of design in 2016! Get your share of inspiration here...

Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...

How important is the product in a shop design? Read more on how a product inspires the concept of the interior scheme and inspires the designer to deliver a stimulating design solution.

Inspiration can be found anywhere, amidst anything, literally! Check out this flower-inspired built form and leave us your views…

ADD Architecture designs the headquarters of Greek fashion brand "Devotion Twins" using the dynamic lights of fast-moving cars on Athens National Highway as a unique source of inspiration. Check out the full story here…

Team IAnD looks back at our featured luxury residential interiors in the year 2020 and picks out #20 inspirational snapshots that can influence and guide your next design and décor exercise…

More Design Office designs a theatre space in Shanghai inspired by and based on the film noir genre, complete with dark spaces that intrigue and add drama! Check out the full story here…

DCA Architects, New Delhi play with monochromes and mirrors to create a luxury salon in Hyderabad inspired from the branding concept. Read on to know more here...

Respecting old-world architecture without compromising on contemporary needs, Gautam Desai Design flags off the BBlunt salon blueprint in Mumbai, India. Read on to know more about this multi-functional, inspiring and at places, quirky design...

Inspiring traditional elements of design anoint the refurbished interiors of this Japanese inn in the mountainous landscape of Yugawara outside Tokyo. Check it out…

The US imagines itself a great democracy, yet most Americans despise its politics. Which is why direct democracy inspires them

An installation at the Delhi Duty Free in the Indira Gandhi International Airport's departure terminal draws inspiration from the surging waters of the sea...

What do you think is the life of a thematic design and decor? Check out the ship-interiors inspired boutique suites in Greece and leave us your views...

Ar. Shigeru Ban designs instant relief from disasters, inspired from Nepalese architecture. Check out the veteran's work for the recent Nepal earthquake victims and leave us your feedback…

What is the shelf-life of a novel idea? Does one have to constantly push the envelope to sustain interest? Check out this theme-based hotel in Italy and leave us your views…

Classic elements tend to usher in romanticism and luxury into interiors as perhaps none other. Agree? Check out this classically inspired home in Ahmedabad and leave us your views…

An Arab country with neither secret police nor censorship is unprecedented in recent decades. Tunisia is inspiring similar demands in Egypt and Jordan. When skeptics wonder if the Revolutions of 2011 would really change anything essential in the region, they would be wise to keep an eye on these two developments in Tunisia, which, if consolidated, would represent an epochal transformation of culture and politics. Arguably, Tunisians are now freer than Americans. The US government thinks our private emails are actually public. The FBI and NSA routinely read our email and they and other branches of the US government issue security letters in the place of warrants allowing them to tap phones and monitor whom we call, and even to call up our library records and conduct searches of our homes without telling us about it. Millions of telephone records were turned over to George W. Bush by our weaselly telecom companies. Courts allow government agents to sneak onto our property and put GPS tracking devices under our automobiles without so much as a warrant or even probable cause. Mr. Obama thinks this way of proceeding is a dandy idea.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is well into its second week of operation, and is now getting more attention from media as well as from people planning similar actions across the country. This is a promising populist mobilization with a clear message against domination by political and economic elites. Against visions of a bleak and stagnant future, the occupiers assert the optimism that a better world can be made in the streets. They have not resigned themselves to an order where the young are presented with a foreseeable future of some combination of debt, economic dependency, and being paid little to endure constant disrespect, an order that tells the old to accept broken promises and be glad to just keep putting in hours until they can't work anymore. The occupiers have not accepted that living in modern society means shutting up about how it functions. In general, the occupiers see themselves as having more to gain than to lose in creating a new political situation - something that few who run the current system will help deliver. They are not eager for violence, and have shown admirable restraint in the face of attack by police. There may be no single clear agenda, but there is a clear message: that people will have a say in their political and economic lives, regardless of what those in charge want. Occupy Wall Street is a kind of protest that Americans are not accustomed to seeing. There was no permit to protest, and it has been able to keep going on through unofficial understandings between protestors and police. It is not run by professional politicians, astroturfers, or front groups with barely-hidden agendas. Though some organizations and political figures have promoted it, Occupy Wall Street is not driven by any political party or protest organization. It is a kind of protest that shows people have power when they are determined to use it. Occupy Wall Street could be characterized as an example of a new type of mass politics, which has been seen in

One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Answering in his infectious, culturally omnivorous style, using his fluency in fields from neurobiology to popular culture, Johnson provides the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of how we generate the ideas that push our careers, our lives, our society, and our culture forward. Beginning with Charles Darwin's first encounter with the teeming ecosystem of the coral reef and drawing connections to the intellectual hyperproductivity of modern megacities and to the instant success of YouTube, Johnson shows us that the question we need to ask is, What kind of environment fosters the development of good ideas? His answers are never less than revelatory, convincing, and inspiring as Johnson identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of such ideas, and traces them across time and disciplines. Most exhilarating is Johnson's conclusion that with today's tools and environment, radical innovation is extraordinarily accessible to those who know how to cultivate it. Where Good Ideas Come From is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how to come up with tomorrow's great ideas.