Competitions & Awards Coming Soon
Design challenges that invite students and young creators to solve real problems and imagine better futures. Winners get recognition, mentorship, and a platform to show their work.
What We Do
Design challenges that invite students and young creators to solve real problems and imagine better futures. Winners get recognition, mentorship, and a platform to show their work.
Design-thinking workshops brought to small towns and villages at no cost, teaching problem-solving, teamwork and hands-on creative skills.
Join a workshopA public archive of India's local tools, crafts and everyday innovations, documented to preserve design wisdom and inspire future generations.
Explore the archiveA growing network of young creators, craftspeople and mentors sharing work, feedback and opportunities with each other.
Explore the communityDesign Challenges Coming Soon
Timed briefs, submissions, and a leaderboard. Nothing's live yet, so there's nothing to show here. In the meantime, explore what's already in the Archive.
Explore the archiveOur Mission
We run design challenges and build community archives that give local designers a platform and hill heritage a lasting record: work that starts local and is built to travel.
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For Artists & Craftspeople
If you're an artist, craftsperson or community keeping a local tradition alive, and you want your story documented and shared, we want to hear from you. Submissions become part of the Local Design Archive: photos, video, oral histories, the work itself.