Ripu
2025
Time | 7 Weeks
Project Overview
Project Overview
This project explores Rafoo (Ripu in Bengali), the craft of mending, not only in cloth but in many forms as a metaphor for healing and resilience, celebrating the beauty of repair in both fabric and human connections.It was a personal design project where I wanted to create an experimental publication in which every element like layout, color, and imagery should communicates the story.
This project explores Rafoo (Ripu in Bengali), the craft of mending, not only in cloth but in many forms as a metaphor for healing and resilience, celebrating the beauty of repair in both fabric and human connections.It was a personal design project where I wanted to create an experimental publication in which every element like layout, color, and imagery should communicates the story.
Secondary Reseach
Secondary Reseach
Topic Selection
Topic Selection
Conceptualization
Conceptualization
Content Wrinting
Content Wrinting
Binding
Binding
Layouting
Layouting
Final output
Final output
Process
Process
Guided By
Guided By
Dr. Anil Sinha
And special thanks to Prof. Sudhanya Dasgupta
Dr. Anil Sinha
And special thanks to Prof. Sudhanya Dasgupta
What is Rafoo?
What is Rafoo?
But is it just mending clothes?
But is it just mending clothes?
Rafoo is the traditional art of mending fabric, where each careful stitch preserves, restores, and gives new life to what is broken..
Rafoo is the traditional art of mending fabric, where each careful stitch preserves, restores, and gives new life to what is broken..
Then I started wondering that is rafoo beyond just mending clothes? Do we also mend our relationships, ourselves, or things we cannot see? May be it is…..
Then I started wondering that is rafoo beyond just mending clothes? Do we also mend our relationships, ourselves, or things we cannot see? May be it is…..
For me,
Rafoo is where the act of repair meets the art of restoration and evolves into renovation.
Rafoo is where the act of repair meets the art of restoration and evolves into renovation.
Then I started writing some stories based on my understanding of rafoo ;some about repair, some about restoration, and some about renovation. Each story was connected in some way to life, relationships, or even something as simple as a concrete wall and its feelings.
Then I started writing some stories based on my understanding of rafoo ;some about repair, some about restoration, and some about renovation. Each story was connected in some way to life, relationships, or even something as simple as a concrete wall and its feelings.
Language Development
Language Development
Colour Palette
Colour Palette
#FFFFFF
#FFFFFF
#ffb753
#ffb753
#f3dbb7
#f3dbb7
Typography
Typography
Aa
Aa
Century Gothic
25 pt. Display font
Designed by Sol Hess and published by Monotype in 1991.
Century Gothic
25 pt. Display font
Designed by Sol Hess and published by Monotype in 1991.
Aa
Aa
Inter
14 pt. Body text
Designed by Figma designer Rasmus Andersson
Inter
14 pt. Body text
Designed by Figma designer Rasmus Andersson
Grid System
Grid System
Moduler Grid
Moduler Grid
Gutter: 4.233 mm
Gutter: 4.233 mm
Treatment
Treatment
Certain spaces include a red thread stitched into the images, adding an additional layer of meaning. The stitch can symbolize a person, a healing patch, or even an unspoken emotion which gently binds the story and its feelings together.
Certain spaces include a red thread stitched into the images, adding an additional layer of meaning. The stitch can symbolize a person, a healing patch, or even an unspoken emotion which gently binds the story and its feelings together.
Final Output
Final Output
Photography by : Het Naik
Photography by : Het Naik
Interact with the prototype
Interact with the prototype
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