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Dashrath Patel was the first Director of Design & Education of The
National Institute of Design, (NID Ahmedabad) and was closely
associated with the institute for a period of nineteen formative
years.During this period he interacted closely with stalwarts such
as
Charles Eames, Louis Kahn, George Nakashima, Buckminster Fuller,
William Hayter, Herbert Matter, Frei Otto, Robert
Rauschenberg,
Leo Leoni, Saul Bass, Ivan Chermayeff, Jeroslav Fric, John Cage,
Chandralekha, Gautam Sarabhai, and Gira Sarabhai, among
others.
He designed almost all the major public exhibitions of Independent
India such as......... |
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| 1964 |
'India Pavilion', New York World Fair |
| 1965 |
Nehru Exhibition, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo & Chilly |
| 1969 |
'World is My Family' Gandhi Centenary Exhibition,New Delhi |
| 1972 |
'Theme Pavilion', ASIA '72, New Delhi |
| 1984 |
Exhibition Design, Vishwakarma (Master Weaver), New Delhi |
| 1985 |
Inaugural events of 'Festival of India', France |
| 1987 |
Inaugural events of 'Fesival of India' USSR |
| 1965-66 | Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship for Study of
Design & Architecture, USA. |
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| 1980 |
He was the first recepient of 'Padmashri' for
Design & Design Education |
| 1980-95 |
Conducted a series of workshops in alternate design,
vegetable dyes, craft, at several venues in India and
also in the Philippines. |
| 1987-90 |
Swaminarayan Akshar Dham,Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
| 2000 | ‘MASTER TEACHERS’ at University of California,
Berkeley, California. |
| 2000 | Paricipated as panel member and speeker at the book
‘Vision of Art’ release function at Guggeneim Museum,
New York. |
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