Designer Studio
STUDIO HIPA
"HIPA" derives its meaning from assamese dictionary meaning roots of bamboo plant. HIPA Design studio mainly focuses on locally available eco-friendly materials to design utility products and furnitures in way that it engages local artisians and craftsman of the region. The studio also endeavors to collaborate with the bamboo craftsman of the North-East region so that they can utilize the craft to produce more functional products which can be in demand admist this global pandemic. The Studio draws inspiration from the Mising community, inhabiting parts of the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The Mising community has a proud heritage of handicraft which carries both decorative value and utility in daily life.The basket makers of Assam including the Misings have never formed a separate occupational group like the Potter or blacksmith. Each and every workman of the village folk possesses the working knowledge of basketry.In most of the Mising families the head member is a basket maker, his wife, the weaver for the members of the household; thus keeping every household self sufficient.
About STUDIO HIPA
"HIPA" derives its meaning from assamese dictionary meaning roots of bamboo plant. HIPA Design studio mainly focuses on locally available eco-friendly materials to design utility products and furnitures in way that it engages local artisians and craftsman of the region. The studio also endeavors to collaborate with the bamboo craftsman of the North-East region so that they can utilize the craft to produce more functional products which can be in demand admist this global pandemic. The Studio draws inspiration from the Mising community, inhabiting parts of the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The Mising community has a proud heritage of handicraft which carries both decorative value and utility in daily life.The basket makers of Assam including the Misings have never formed a separate occupational group like the Potter or blacksmith. Each and every workman of the village folk possesses the working knowledge of basketry.In most of the Mising families the head member is a basket maker, his wife, the weaver for the members of the household; thus keeping every household self sufficient.