Tarshaa Krishnaraj is a Designhead
Blog — 12.7.22
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<What’s design got to do with it? DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay interview series featuring the new generation of designers, tastemakers, and creatives *shaking up* the design world.>
Name: Tarshaa Krishnaraj
Age: 21
Location: New York City
Instagram: @tarshaakrishnaraj
Website: https://tarshaakrishnaraj.com
Are you a designer? Why or why not?: I am a designer second, an artist first. I love thinking about food and furniture within liminal immigrant spaces.
One word to describe your take on design: Sensorial.
The last thing you made: An anti-heat saree chair called 'Kulir' with sanded metal, saree and handheld fans.
The next thing you want to make: A horizontal metal rock with cushions embedded inside. Ambitious but I am starting next week!
A designed object you adore: My Tamil calendar. I do not know how to read it, but it's an object from home that takes me back to my days in India (quite literally).
A designed object you can’t stand the sight of: Scaffolding. It's not only plain ugly, it also steals the charms of its neighboring objects.
A moment of pure creative joy: Cooking for someone I love. It's vulnerable and an act of labor. When I am interacting curiously with my external surroundings, that's when the ideas flow. And as long as I have ideas, I know I’m still young.
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind? Being able to see the designer in the design and the artist in the artwork :)
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, who would it be? bell hooks.
Your aesthetic embodied as a
Your *grail*: if you could own one iconic design work, what would it be?: Tom Botner’s customized kitchen knife.
What’s next for you?: Super excited to go back into my studio after a week-long hiatus.
<DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay project . Are you a DESIGNHEAD? Send your responses to these prompts, 2 hi-res portraits, and 6-8 photos of your DESIGNHEAD world to hello@pinkessay.space.>
Blog — 12.7.22
<What’s design got to do with it? DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay interview series featuring the new generation of designers, tastemakers, and creatives *shaking up* the design world.>
Name: Tarshaa Krishnaraj
Age: 21
Location: New York City
Instagram: @tarshaakrishnaraj
Website: https://tarshaakrishnaraj.com
Are you a designer? Why or why not?: I am a designer second, an artist first. I love thinking about food and furniture within liminal immigrant spaces.
One word to describe your take on design: Sensorial.
The last thing you made: An anti-heat saree chair called 'Kulir' with sanded metal, saree and handheld fans.
The next thing you want to make: A horizontal metal rock with cushions embedded inside. Ambitious but I am starting next week!
A designed object you adore: My Tamil calendar. I do not know how to read it, but it's an object from home that takes me back to my days in India (quite literally).
A designed object you can’t stand the sight of: Scaffolding. It's not only plain ugly, it also steals the charms of its neighboring objects.
A moment of pure creative joy: Cooking for someone I love. It's vulnerable and an act of labor. When I am interacting curiously with my external surroundings, that's when the ideas flow. And as long as I have ideas, I know I’m still young.
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind? Being able to see the designer in the design and the artist in the artwork :)
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, who would it be? bell hooks.
Your aesthetic embodied as a
- Sound? Splash of water on a searing cast iron pan.
- Color? Evening.
- Texture? Stacks.
Your *grail*: if you could own one iconic design work, what would it be?: Tom Botner’s customized kitchen knife.
What’s next for you?: Super excited to go back into my studio after a week-long hiatus.
<DESIGNHEADS is a Pink Essay project . Are you a DESIGNHEAD? Send your responses to these prompts, 2 hi-res portraits, and 6-8 photos of your DESIGNHEAD world to hello@pinkessay.space.>