Proceedings of Seminar on
Formal Product Design Education
in Bangladesh
This was the first initiative of its kind to create awareness for design education in the country where eminent resource persons from overseas and home took part in. This was solely organized and hosted by us in collaboration with the then GTZ (Component C-BDS Prog.)
PUBLISHED IN 2003
Behind Products
A comprehensive study on crafts of Bangladesh. This was based on an in-depth research and numerous field study where indigenous knowledge of traditional craftsmen was anthologized.
PUBLISHED IN 2004
Country Boats of
Bangladesh
Traditional Boat Building is an oral tradition, the oldest craft of Bangladesh, not being taught to young carpenter. In the light of this thought, we came up to partner with GTZ and Mr Yves Marre, the person who actually trailed this lost tradition for years. A seminar and exhibition were held, and a yearly calendar came out featuring all those extinct traditional boats, design thoughts behind them and sketches of each.
Published in 2004
Creating Awareness of design and product development as a tool of obtaining competitiveness
A European funded project where ECOTA Fair Trade Forum was the working partner. We were the implementation partner where we worked with the aim to train local designers on product design, supported by international product designing experts. An exhibition and publication on this were followed.
Published in 2006
A census study on
Leather Sector in Bangladesh
As a part of PROGRESS, a collaborative initiative of Governments of Germany and Bangladesh, this was undertaken for the development of private sector in Bangladesh. GTZ and Ministry of Commerce, GoB, were instrumental to bring forth the potential of Bangladesh’s Leather Sector and make it an export churning one. This comprehensive publication was researched, anthologized and published by DTC.
Published in 2006
Man And Water
This seminar was conducted by the Goethe-Institut, GTZ and the Alumni Association of German Universities in Bangladesh. The sole objective was to shed light on the ways people and cultures dealt with water in recent centuries and responsible management of water and natural resources we should go for.
Published in 2008
Smooth and Striated
City and Water
Dhaka/Berlin
A research publication on architecture, hydro-geology and public spaces for sustainable development. Parallels were drawn between two cities that have almost nothing in common. A seminar was held in Goethe-Institut Bangladesh in cooperation with Habitat Forum Berlin, where we were the partner from Bangladesh.
Published in 2008
Brand Furniture Fair 2011
This was the first expo we hosted for Best Brand Furniture Manufacturers of the country. Bangladesh Furniture Exporters’ Association (BFEA) were the organizer where we were event and communications partner. A number of publications came out to draw attention to this sector that we then believed could be the next export revenue earning source for our economy.
Published in 2011
Souvenir
National Furniture Fair
For 15 consecutive years, we have been working as the sole event management entity and communications partner for the largest expo of country’s furniture brands. Every year, a showcase takes place, communications run across media platforms and souvenirs, pamphlets come out.
Published in 2014
Training Manual
For Tech-Based Furniture
Manufacturing
Funded by The European Union, GoB and taken under Bangladesh INSPIRED, an initiative to help develop SMEs to be large scale manufacturers – this publication is the first comprehensive detailed and pictorial training manual developed and designed by us for country’s furniture manufacturers.
Published in 2015
