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The Beetle Launches in India

Before there was a Nano, there was the Beetle, and now it is here. The original “people’s car” was the Volkswagen Beetle that became synonymous with freedom, the sixties and the “drop out” hippy culture. Now it is India – overpriced and nowhere near teh original vision of a cheap affordable car – but still an Icon of the automobile 110 year history.

C3CUBE plans release of new International Film on the Story of Yoga in 2010

C3CUBE Multimedia (http://www.c3cube.com) today announced that it will be producing a new film and educational multimedia project called “Cracking the Inner Code: The Story of Yoga.” This exciting project is being driven by veteran award-winning multimedia producer Raja Choudhury and Dr. Karan Singh, the eminent Indian cultural ambassador, Hindu Scholar, President of ICCR and a Member of the Rajya Sabha.

For the first time ever on TV, DVD and Web, this production will tell the compelling story of the history, art, science, spirituality and evolution of Yoga from its start in India through its passionate following today around the world.

DilliDilSe.com brings a fresh take on the success of the Delhi Daredevils.

New Delhi, 22 May 2009 – As the Delhi Daredevils make their way into the semi-finals, one website is proving a big hit with fans as it celebrates the victories in a novel and unique way. Developed by New Delhi and New York creative hotshop, C3CUBE Multimedia for Coca-Cola India, www.DilliDilSe.com takes Daredevils fans into [...]

Forecasting the World in 2019

A new online multi-player game has been launched by the Future Institute in Menlo Park (Silicon Valley) called SuperStruct:
….the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game. By playing the game, you’ll help us chronicle the world of 2019–and imagine how we might solve the problems we’ll face. Because this is about more than just envisioning the [...]

Live Edge: Win $100,000 and save the world…

If you are a designer, inventor or environmental genius and have never heard about the “Live Edge” award then it may just change your life. This competiion offers an award of $100,000 and “to enter, your design must be original and innovative, use electric and/or electronic components, and positively impact the environment, such as by [...]

Pune set to be the next creative hub in India

Creativity was always considered to be the domain of Mumbai, Ahmedabad or Kolkata. But now Pune is set to join the ranks of design school centered cities with the launch of the new International Institute of Industrial Design, Gaming and Animation. According to the Business Standard:
In a bid to tap more than 80,000 jobs that [...]

The State of Indian Design

Business Week, the international business magazine has done an interesting article – reflecting its current fascination with India as I am sure subscriptions must be climbing here – analyzing the the state of the Indian Graphic Design industry and the growing demand for talent, ideas and education. According to the article by Eliza Williams:
For a [...]

Hope for all Creative Indians

In case you ever begin to feel that we creative types could never make it in a really big way or have a real impact on the world, there is comfort in the knowledge that India’s most pioneering and successful entrepreneur Ratan Tata trained as an Architect at Cornell before turning to revolutionize his family’s [...]

Chandigarh Loses it Architectural Treasures

While most of the residents of Chandigarh are critical at worst or ambivalent at best about their “modernist” architecture, the rest of the world has slowly been stealing its unknown treasures and making a killing at international auction houses like Christies.
Furniture designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret – both were responsible [...]

Brand Building in a “Web 2.0” World

Web 2.0 seems to be the new holy grail for all entrepreneurs and marketers, and while many experts sing its praises, an equal number do predict its demise into enterprise ether. The truth, as always, lies somewhere in-between. But one business area where Web 2.0 certainly has had a major impact is in branding and [...]

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