19 Jul Peacock with Fiery Tail
Ramsingh Urveti: I saw a peacock with a fiery tail.
19 Jul The Source of Life
Ramsingh Urveti: The sun gives birth to all life on earth.
19 Jul The Moon Gives Rise to Time
Ramsingh Urveti: We read time according to the phases of the moon.
19 Jul The Peacock
Ramsingh Urveti: When the peacock dances in the forest, the trees change turn their leaves into peacock feathers.
11 Sep Design Changes the Way Meaning is Made
When you design something, you go about your task deliberately and intentionally. Design, by definition, is intention. It’s concerned with how to solve the problem of giving the best possible form to an object. Yet curiously enough, when something – say a book – is well designed, the form appears self-evident, as though it could be no other way. The design process has erased itself. So we wanted to give design its due, by drawing attention to how it creates the final manifestation – or meaning – in our books.
29 Aug I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail
Pardhan Gond Art and modern design combine to capture the meanings behind a 17th century trick poem
19 Jul Moon and Sun
Radhashyam and Ramsingh: The sun and moon are always in relationship.
19 Jul The Night Life of Trees
A cosmic vision of trees featuring art and folklore by Pardhan Gond artists, and silkscreen printed by hand
12 Jul Tree Covers: The Night Life of Trees Keeps Growing
By Gita Wolf & Divya VijayakumarOur enduring classic The Night Life of Trees is currently in its 15th English-language edition! Along with the 33 foreign language editions of the book, which have been published by our partners in 8 languages, this adds up to a staggering total of 120,864 copies worldwide! To celebrate its long-standing legacy, we’ve brought out a poster called Tree Covers, showcasing the many looks of this quintessential book.