Makeshift was part of a new generation of publications committed to content, form and society. Makeshift talked about people in underdeveloped countries and how to find creative solutions when the possibilities are limited.
I did multiple stories for Makeshift on interesting topics like marriage detectives in India; a story on mobile phone parts and rubbery earbuds serving as low-cost hearing aids for India’s rural residents; artist Meera Sethi’s take on a classic Indian poster that redefined what it means to be a man; and one-litre farming: one farmer’s free invention could produce India’s calories using a tiny fraction of the water.
It was a print magazine and their website doesn’t exist anymore. But you can (and should) read more about this truly wonderful magazine on magCulture and elsewhere on the internet.
In their review of Issue 11, magCulture listed my interview with illustrator Meera Sethi, on her project reworking traditional Indian school posters to challenge gender norms, as one of the issue’s stand-out articles.
