Textile designer, Sanjay Garg, has been credited with the revival of Chanderi textiles from Madhya Pradesh, brocades from Varanasi and soft cottons from West Bengal, through his label Raw Mango, a brand of contemporary Indian hand-woven textiles crafted using traditional techniques.
Originally from Rajasthan, he has grown-up with many craft traditions around him since childhood, and he has tried to bring about an appreciation of these in his collections and professional life. More than just a matter of design and colour, Raw Mango draws inspiration from Indian colour, philosophy and culture to create a unique voice through design that responds to places and perspectives.
Raw Mango has adapted traditional designs to make them simple, sophisticated and distinctly contemporary, thereby creating a fresh new aesthetic that is both indigenous and modern. Raw Mango do not believe that they designs need to be kitschy to be Indian – they colours and designs find their roots in Indian philosophy and traditions”. As a result, Raw Mango's design innovates century-old skills as well as pursues and defines a new aesthetic vocabulary.
- Interiors: Sanjay Garg
- Words: Gina