Tag Archives: India
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Are you a student joining IISc Bangalore in August, 2009?
A few tips that may help you in the first couple of days are compiled here, just click to download (PDF, 82KB). These are based on the last year’s (2008) procedures. Deviations may happen. I strongly recommend this blog — IISc Life — to know more about the campus and happenings there.
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Design — Poster: Election 2009
Pawns in the game
Results of general elections in India are announced a few days back. This time, many of the candidates used the latest technologies like blogs, twitter, Orkut groups, Flash banner ads in websites, SMS campaigning… Also we saw a lot of public service ads urging citizens to use their fundamental right to vote.
In my college, this year’s Students’ Council Elections were held on 16-May-2009. I got the opportunity to design a series of posters to inform students about the election. Time frame for executing the work was very short.
Standing Ovation
Although this is a blog related to design, I am taking a little liberty today…
That is a great achievement! May God bless you, A R Rahman and Resul Pookutty, in your future endeavours… We expect great magic from you.
A R Rahman wins OSCAR for Music (Score) and Music (Song); Resul Pookutty wins OSCAR for Sound Mixing. Film: ‘Slumgdog Millionaire.’ Photo courtesy: Reuters
Design — Greeting Card: Independence Day
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Are you looking for a wallpaper or calendar?
On the occasion of the Indian Independence Day (15-Aug), here is a ‘Jai Ho!’ desktop wallpaper/calendar for you to download.
Visit this blog entry: Design – Independence Day Desktop Wallpaper Calendar
Regards,
Team antzFx.com; 13-Aug-2009
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India:
Vibrant,
Dynamic,
Young at heart and
A million opportunities.
Above were the words that came to my mind when I sat to make a greeting card to mark the occasion of India’s Independence Day (15th of August).
The result
Download this Greeting Card >
(JPG, 800 X 600, 192KB)
Design – Roadside Bench
“Your time starts now!”
Just 90 minutes.
Within this time, I need to visualize a good design, make isometric, plan and elevation drawings, dimension all the parts and give two cross section views.
The Test
I was attending the Entrance Test for a Product Design Course (M.Des.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB). The question given to all the aspirants was to design a roadside bench for elderly people to rest in between long walks. The design should be attractive, should withstand all weathers and should be stackable for easy transportation.
A lot of images flew in my mind. I tried to remember whether there are any furniture designs that captured my attention before. Any design process, when bound by a time frame, results in a shabby product. But entrance tests need to be bound by time.
The Design
After fifteen – twenty rough sketches and 50 minutes, I managed to come up with a design.
Design – Logo for 50 Million
I don’t know how many zeroes are there in ‘50 million.’ That much dollars is huge money and I will never get a chance to own such a magnificent number in my whole life.
A technology group in a large IT (Information Technology) firm recently crossed 50 million dollars in business. This group works in Telecom Domain. To mark the occasion, they are planning a celebration and needs a logo to be printed on gift articles and posters. The brief was that the logo should capture the essence of the celebration to mark this milestone. This logo design was an open contest and I was fortunate enough to send two designs to them.
There should be a ‘50,’ there should be a ‘Million’ and there should be a ‘$.’ This was the thought in my mind. After a dozen attempts, I came up with a line drawing.
