Designed by default
This was a flash talk which I did last year at Meta Refresh. The topic was Thali and how it’s designed by default.
In India, entire meal is served at the same time including starters main-entree desserts, and beverages. The system is called Thali. Traditional Indian meal consists of nine basic components. In a given meal, all components need not be present, each component varies by region, and may contain several items.
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I don’t know who designed the first thali and then how did it evolve, but I am sure it comes from some Vedic knowledge, something from Ayurveda. However this talk is just my interpretation of how it’s neatly designed with respect to design. Considering culture, science, psychology and many more aspects of human life.
I also found this nice article on Thali while writing this post. Hope you enjoy it.
