What is INDIGO?
Indigo is a project that asks: What is Indigenous design? To address this, it has set up a network of designers and a series of projects that explore its meaning and interpretation throughout the world.
Indigo seeks to understand what makes design distinctive to its home and the connections to the place where it is made and for whom it is made. The notion of local design is frequently contested, hard won and often indeterminate. It includes themes of colonisation, migration, politics, language, history, identity and conditions such as the economy and natural resources.
As designers work within a global context seemingly without borders, Indigo provides a platform for design practice as it contributes to the formation of national cultural identities.
Indigo is highly participatory and collaborative in its approach and welcomes contributions and commentary from designers everywhere. To be kept up to date with Indigo news and projects, register here, or write to us about your own related projects at info@indigodesignnetwork.org. We will feature selected projects on this website in the Indigo World section.
Indigo is Icograda-led IDA project, operated under license by the National Design Centre
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