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Poet Rabindranath Tagore and artist Okakura Tenshin have collectively preached exploration of design semantics and semiotics based on Pan-Asian ideologies. The present paper attempts to establish their preaching based on an exploration of design in forming the un-built and built Architectural spaces. Design parameters integrated with nature and tradition are the major concerns in inseminating language of architectural expression. The paper attempts to establish the triad of Nature-Originality-Tradition, with a juxtaposition of heritage based creativity and innovation based high-end technologies. Finally, a conception of shared identity by the twin preachings through a confederation of art systems driven by a Pan-Asian viewpoint is identified as a major outcome of this paper.
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Bhattacharya, T., Sen, J. (2017). An Exploration of Design: Based on Pan-Asian Semiotics and Semantics. In: Chakrabarti, A., Chakrabarti, D. (eds) Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2. ICoRD 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 66. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3521-0_64
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