InDEpendent Design, research & editorial Practice · Pune
Building India’s Design Literacy
Kaagazi Labs is an integrated design practice looking at how India can use design for innovation through research, publication, teaching and advisory
Three Pillars, one integrated practice.
Design capability already exists across India. At Kaagazi Labs, we make it local, visible and accessible.
Essays & papers
Research
Long-form essays and conference papers on the meaning of design literacy and how design capability is distributed in India.
Weekly
Editorial
Design Futures India — a weekly signal scan tracking design and innovation across Indian policy, technology, and culture.
Advisory & teaching
Practice
Helping entrepreneurs, institutions, educators, and innovators use design as a tool for innovation and organisational capability.
कागज़ी — of paper; the thing written down.
A puzzle piece for a mark, because the work is in the joins — connecting design across craft, code, and everyday life.
This week in Design Futures India
A weekly scan of India’s design future.
Every Friday, five signals from Indian policy, technology, and culture — read for what they mean for design. Free to read, always.
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About the Founder
“Eventually everything connects”
Kavya Agarwal is an independent designer, researcher and educator based in Pune. She writes and studies about how design reaches everyday India.
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