Blooming TypewriterArt @GodrejArchives
Godrej Archives Plant , Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. , Pirojshanagar, LBS Road, Vikhroli (w), Mumbai 400079, Maharashtra I am very much proud of being a Mumbaikar, still I had never visited Vikroli. Thanks to the invite by Godrej Archives, I got the opportunity to visit Godrej's Hubble nestled in Vikhroli. It was one of it's kind 'Typewriter Art Event' conceptualized by Godrej Archives on August 12, 2015. Godrej Archives, in line with its philosophy, ‘Restore. Reflect. Reimagine’, has given a new lease of life to Godrej’s last batch of typewriters from 2009 through this collaboration and subsequently the lotus bloomed out of the spare parts of typewriters. Technical details of Lotus sculpture : 1. Sixty typewriters used from Godrej and Boyce’s last production. 2. Approximately 248 man hours were used for disassembly and organization of parts. 3. More than 1700 man hours have been used to c...