Healthy Cooking Healthy Living Seminar by Dr. Bimal Chhajer

Today's sedentary lifestyle has lead to an increase in diseases such as hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. There has been a disturbing rise in the number of obese children in India too.

Ahmedabad is already referred to as the diabetes capital of India! According to a recent Diabetes Atlas released by the International Diabetes Federation, the number of diabetics in the country has crossed 60 million and is expected to breach the 100-million mark by 2030 – one person dies from diabetes and two more get the disease every 10 seconds in our country.

With such an alarming rise in lifestyle diseases, there is a crying need for healthy food. Awareness needs to be created. Exercise and eating right are two preventive measures one can take for the family.

It is imperative to eat healthy, without any compromise on taste. Be responsible for your family’s welfare and well-being.

Free Seminar: Introduction to Design – Opportunities on the Home Front at Ahmedabad – 11th May 2012

Timbor Home, leading Indian modular kitchen and furniture manufacturer-retailer, has organized a free seminar through its institute, Timbor Skillvarsity, on "Introduction to Design - Opportunities on the Home Front" at Ahmedabad on the 11th of May. Mr. Niraj Shah, Partner & Design consultant from Ido Design, Ms. Ranna Parikh, Architect and member of the Ahmedabad Chapter of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID), Mr. Dexter Pereira, Architect & Interior Designer and Mr. Moksh Thapar, Design Consultant will be speaking at the seminar.

Elaborating the concept behind the institute, Mr. Anant Maloo, CMD of Timbor Home says, "There is a huge skill gap in the furniture and modular kitchen industry. Timbor Skillvarsity, with its vision, 'Be Skilled. Be Employed.' is a skill development initiative aimed at reducing this very gap and creating a skilled employable workforce." He further adds, "The initiative has been appreciated and funded by the Gujarat Government Industries Commissionerate through the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED)."

This seminar aims at giving information about the fundamental principles of design, creating awareness regarding the opportunities in the furniture industry and the need for Kitchen Designers, the skills required to be a designer, current trends in interiors, furniture and modular kitchens while also emphasizing the importance of having one’s own personal style and how to incorporate it while decorating one's house.

Participants ranging from students to housewives to design enthusiasts or just the curious are welcome to come and gain an insight into the industry at the Timbor Home Showroom at Zodiac Square, Opposite the Gurudwara, S.G. Highway.

The flagship course, 'Kitchengineer' is a 3 month certified full-time kitchen design course with guaranteed placement after completion. Other courses offered are Basic English, Woodwork & Carpentry and ProFit. The institute has been rated first for employability by the Gujarat Skill Development Mission (GSDM).

With this encouragement from the design fraternity and the support from the entire industry, Timbor has plans to hold regular workshops and seminars related to Beautifying one's home, Public Speaking, Personality Development, Healthy Cooking, and much much more over the next few months.

Seminar - Introduction to Design: Opportunities on the Home Front - 11th of May.

Edible Furniture! - Milan Furniture Fair

The annual furniture fair at Milan had a very interesting display by Milan-based designers Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira. The Sapore dei Mobili (Taste of Furniture) is a waffle pan that turns out tiny edible furniture, as a "reflection about the velocity of the contemporary furniture industry and how the consumers are unable to digest the huge amount of new products launched every year." Because how better to make design digestible than to make design that can be literally digested?





Apart from miniature lamps and tables, the furniture pan also molds edible chairs, vases and credenzas, from a mix of traditional Japanese small cakes, baby castella and a Portuguese egg pastry called ovos moles, a culinary mirror of the designers' respective nationalities. But Fukusada and Pereira encourage experimentation: topping the tiny furniture set with jam, sprinkles and powdered sugar. Simply put, it is design in good taste.!








Sources:

Huffington Post
laweekly

Musician, Lenny Kravitz now a Funiture Designer too!

The extremely talented rocker, songwriter and actor, Lenny Kravitz has now added another tag to his creative credentials, that of a furniture designer. Kravitz's two new creations were unveiled at the Milan Furniture Fair, with idolizing fans applauding the projects. Kravitz has created a series of chairs for Kartell based on Philippe Starck's iconic "Mademoiselle" armchair, clad, like, at times the rocker himself, in python, leather or fur. And he also designed black and white tiles inspired by water drops and waves for Lea Ceramiche.

Lenny Kravtiz dates his inspiration to design way back in his childhood, where his drive pushed him to create an environment where he would feel inspired to write songs. Interestingly, Kravitz already has a background in design. He founded his own design company Kravitz Design Inc., in 2003, and has previously worked with Swarovski on a series of crystal chandeliers, designed a luxury recording studio in Miami Beach and conceived the Florida Room lounge at the Delano hotel in Miami, among other projects. The two Milan debuts represent a step toward larger scale production.

Is it only rock stars and celebrities that can become designers or add to their skill set - obviously not! Today, there are multiple courses available, in India and abroad. One just needs to take the initiative, do a search on the web and choose from the varied options available.

Source: Huffington Post
 

Home Expo India (HEI-2012) kickstarts this Sunday

For the first time in India, a four day long product-segmented mega triple show, Home Expo India shall begin this Sunday at the India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida Expressway in Greater Noida. 


This show has been organized by the nodal export promotion body for handicrafts, The Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH). It shall be made up of the Indian Houseware and Decoratives Show (IHDS), Indian Furnishings, Floorings and Textiles Show (IFFTEX) and Indian Furniture and Accessories Shows (IFAS) in which more than 600 Indian exporters shall have their goods on display.


R. K. Malhotra, President, Home Expo India 2012 stated that the most important aspect of Home Exp India is the confirmation from large number of top buyers, buying houses, import houses, chain stores, boutique owners and interior decorators from leading markets like the United States, European Union, Far East, Latin America, Central Asia and African continents to visit and source at this show.

He further added that HEI will  be visited by many Indian architects, interior decorators, hoteliers, On-line buyers, E-commerce portals etc. for sourcing their varied requirements. According to Indian Brand Equity Foundation, India ranks fourth amongst the 30 countries that were surveyed in global retail development index. The projected size of Indian market is estimated at USD 637 billion by 2015.


Source: SME Times