Rishav Jain
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Rishav Jain

Associate Professor
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About Rishav Jain

Rishav Jain is an Associate Professor and the Program Chair for Bachelors of Design(Product/Communication Design) at the Faculty of Design, CEPT, Ahmedabad. He has curated and designed several exhibitions, and publications. His research and writings explore the idea of craft beyond traditions and objects. . .
Rishav Jain is an Associate Professor and the Program Chair for the Bachelor of Design(Product/ Communication Design) at the Faculty of Design, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He also works as a Research Expert with Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC),CRDF , CEPT University.
  • Craft Futures
  • Exhibition Design
  • Design Pedagogies
  • Design Research
  • Editorial Design
  • Professional Training — S‑2026
  • DRP — S‑2026
  • Craft +Future= ? Speculative Interior Practices — TOI 5 — S‑2026
  • Professional Training — S‑2025
  • Print matters — S‑2025
  • Tales of Denmark: Exploring Danish Craft-Design Cultures — S‑2025
  • Interior Graphics — M‑2025
  • Print Matters — M‑2025

Journal Article

  1. Craft and Spaces: Contextualising Contemporary Indian Design Designing India 1947 to the Present
  2. Craft as Inclusion: The Design We Must Seek INSCAPE
  3. Redefining Value: Studio Raw Material and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished Designing India 1947 to the Present

Report

  1. Craft Design Collaboration Pedagogy Toolkit Book
  2. Threads of Innovation Monograph Monograph

Book

  1. Craft Experiential Tourism Toolkit Book
  2. Craft Design Collaboration Pedagogy Toolkit In process

Conference Proceedings

  1. Computing the Craft& Crafting the computational: an interdisciplinary approach to design practices in India. Future of skills in architecture, design, planning and allied fields 2023
  1. Power of Stonecraft Sculpting Spaces: Stones Role in Architecture and Interior Design
  2. Corridor: Is the Water Consumed? Book Chapter
  3. Toolkits as an emerging framework for engaging with Craft Routledge Handbook of Craft and Sustainability in India

Book Chapter

  1. Toolkits as an Emerging Framework for Engaging with Crafts The Routledge Handbook of Craft and Sustainability in India

Conference

  1. Envisioning Craft Experiential Tourism: An Adaptable and Actionable Toolkit Kula 24 Conclave
  2. Positioning ​‘Indianness’ in Modernist Cosmopolitanism : Arguing ​‘Two Indias’ and Innovation in the 21st Century Architecture-Craft Practice Design for Inclusive Futures Conference 2026
  3. Positioning Uniqueness in the 21st Century Craft-Product: Arguing ​‘Usefulness’, ​‘Appropriateness’ and the Emergence of ​‘Sloppiness’ in Negotiated Craft Authenticity Design & Verification Conference India 2025
  4. Reimagining Craft in a Digital Age: Tradition, Technology, and the Future of Making 5th International Conference on Recent Trends and Sustainability in Crafts and Design
  5. Craft + Future = ? — Speculating Interior Practices in India Extreme Making Expansive Methods and Critical Themes in Design Doctoral Research and Education
  6. ENGAGE: DISENGAGE — methods of working with craft communities Crafting Connections: Bridging Borders

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