Winter is here!

Issue 02

Hello folks!

Winter is here! So are we with the next issue of The Collective.

First of all, we would like to thank you for showing immense love and appreciation to The Collective. We received an overwhelming amount of responses for its first issue (Exploring Sustainability through India Centric Lens). Some of you even contacted us personally to contribute as guest authors.

The issue 2 of The Collective will be published in the haze of winter festivities. Theme for the issue 2 is ‘Visual Aesthetic of India’.

In this edition, we are looking to expand and explore the visual narrative of India, & its influences.

Through this issue we would like to explore Indian & South Asian identities, and how cultures here have been influenced multiple times making it a combination that is sometimes difficult to trace or navigate through, especially as a unified visual style. The association that mythology has with many Indian art forms influences even the non-artistic populous. The movements of art and artists through war and exodus. Diving into subjects that raise questions, like the West appropriating South Asian aesthetics for inclusion while imperialism of Western aesthetics is still prevaling in Eastern countries. These are some thoughts and interesting subjects that we have been tinkering with.

We are looking for un-speculated stories that make us curious to understand and collectively decode the visual aesthetic of a country as diverse as India and other South Asian countries.

We would like to invite you as a guest author for this issue.

In case you have a unique perspective, ideas, project, or narrative, please write to us at hello@crosseddesign.com by 10th December 2023 and get featured in the upcoming issue of The Collective.

Spread the magic!