MATEREALITY, is a series of experiential workshops initiated by the Material Library of India, focusing on the optimisation of everyday materiality from our homes to create and recreate raw material and products. We strive to introduce you to the inter-connected reality of our daily-life choices, and show how these choices can aid or hinder our collective journey towards conscious living. Exploring the five elements of existence, or Panchtatva, we examine the necessities we have as humans and how we derive essentials from our planet and its subsequent impact on our environment. Our programme offers workshops on the 5 basic materials we consume daily, these workshops urge you to move beyond the common beliefs and conceptions related to materiality and face the layered reality of the subject.
All our workshops include experiential activities and encourage discussions to make the learning experience relatable and exciting.
Summer Workshop
Let’s transform waste into wonder with MateReality Summer Workshop for Kids!
MateReality is a series of experiential workshops initiated by Material library of India that aim to promote material literacy and sustainability. Our focus on optimising the use of everyday materials found in our homes. Our upcoming summer workshop is designed specifically for kids aged 8-15 years and aims to help them understand the impact of everyday waste on the environment, and what they can do to handle it in the best way possible. Through hands-on activities, kids will learn how to up-cycle and transform textiles, plastics, food waste, and other everyday materials.
Join us in this exciting journey towards creating a more sustainable future!
Ex - Change a thrift store
Divorcing the idea of unwanted / used / worn out / outgrown clothes is a brilliant way to declutter your system as well as reduce the burden on the environment.
We will help you declutter these clothes jumping out from your wordrobe and give them a second life.
Three ways you can shop from us-
1. Bring 1kg and get 1pc- Bring 1kg of unwanted / used / worn out / outgrown clothes BUT CLEAN and get one cloth of your choice from our exclusive MLI thrift store.
2. Swap one to one- bring your preloved clothes in an intact condition for another of your choice.
3.Buy thrifty- Buy these trendy thrifted clothes guilt-free, at affordable prices.
We, at MLI further recycle these clothes and give them a new life.
Textiles
We, Material Library of India in collaboration with Blue Tokai are conducting a workshop on materiality of textiles.
Glamorised by the blinging sequences of fast fashion, we find ourselves trapped in the constant cycle of purchasing and discarding clothing.
In our textile workshop, we bring your attention from burning holes in the pocket to instead the burning piles of discarded clothing.
Our textile workshop is a journey to understand the making, usage and discarding of this essential material.
Charges : 1800/- INR (with complimentary coffee of your choice)
Date: 25th February, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM
Venue: Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
Waste Age
What can design do to tackle the critical problem of waste production across the globe?
HKDI Gallery is proud to present “Waste Age: What Can Design Do?”, a touring exhibition from @designmuseum , London which deals with the current issue of waste and the following consequences towards us and the planet.
Textiles
@nhdc_textiles under @ministryoftextilesgoi is celebrating 75 Handwoven Saris of India’ Sari Festival.
Following up on last workshop, Material Library of India is conducting a sequential workshop on materiality of textiles.
Join us to dive deeper into one of the aspect of textiles, i.e. dyeing.
Free for all
Date: 13th, January 2023
Time: 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM
Venue: Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi
Textiles
@nhdc_textiles under @ministryoftextilesgoi is celebrating 75 Handwoven Saris of India’ Sari Festival.
We, Material Library of India are conducting a workshop on materiality of textiles.
In our textile workshop, we bring your attention from burning holes in the pocket to instead the burning piles of discarded clothing.Our textile workshop is a journey to understand the making, usage and discarding of this essential material.
Free for all
Date: Dec 28, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM
Venue: Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi
Plastic
Pla-sticks forever
Plastic has always carried with it a bad reputation, making many of us boycott plastic shopping bags and even plastic bottles and packaging. But is that enough?
In our plastic workshop, we elucidate on how plastic makes its way into our daily life and what we as consumers can do to minimize our dependence on this immortal material.
Movie Night
Following up on our textile workshop, Material Library of India is organizing movie screening for sustainability enthusiasts. It’s free of cost with complimentary snacks and drinks.
Although this event is free of cost, if you wish to donate to the MLI foundation the information is embedded inside the form.
Textiles
Let’s choose our second skin carefully
Glamorized by the blinging sequences of fast fashion, we find ourselves trapped in the constant cycle of purchasing and discarding clothing, and the only downside we seem to notice are the prices. In our textile workshop, we bring your attention from burning holes in the pocket to instead the burning piles of discarded clothing. Our textile workshop is a journey to understand the making, usage and discarding of this essential material.