This is the first in a series of posts describing Malika’s encounters with sustainability during her travels in India … “Tires” by Malika Kumar “Tires” shows a boat pulling into a harbor at Mumbai’s southern tip. You’ll notice that the sides are lined with scratched-up tires – all of the [...]

One of the best classes I have taken at Stanford is called BEST—Branding, Experience, and Social Technology– taught by Jennifer Aaker and Chris Flink through the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and d.school. Before I took BEST, I thought that branding mostly focused on a company’s visual identity whether [...]

At the end of June I had the chance to attend an event called Dwell on Design, an exhibition featuring a slew of modern design ideas and a range of products that included furniture, lighting, textiles, and more.  The expo, hosted by Dwell Magazine – a monthly modernist shelter magazine [...]

In 2010-2011, I received funding from the student-run Arts Grants Board to complete a multi-media sculpture project addressing an environmental issue.  The sculpture, titled Dumpster Diver: California Brown Pelican, debuted at the Vision eARTh Art and Sustainability festival on April 21st of this year.  I graduated in June of 2011 [...]

I wish I could say this photograph was my own; I came upon it while looking at Gavin Gough’s portfolio. His caption to this picture is the following: Nepalese women buying vegetables, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal I would like to offer my own commentary, though. As farmers’ markets become more [...]

The exhibit of works combining art and biology currently on view in the first floor of Wallenberg Hall (Gallery 160 – usually devoted to the “Your Art Here” program) provides an enticing taste of a new senior capstone experience offered by the Biology Department and compelling evidence that that tech [...]