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Bold Bohr

Bohr believed in quantum jumps even when it came to his own propositions, putting bold concepts, of the atomic model and wave function, out there. He was one of the few physicists to be okay with confusion and uncertainty when it came to quantum mechanics.
I'm a great fan of how he worked. I made this for his 117th birthday.

Film poster

Made a poster for my friends fiction film screening. Took a joyride with this one. The film was called  सांप-सीडी.  :) You should watch it.

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LOMO Goa.

These are from the first roll I developed from my Lomo Diana F+. I tried everything I could, filters, multiple exposures, 1/2 exposures, to get a hang of it. Will create something more explosive in the next lot. Keep looking!

The salt desert.

The white salt desert in the Rann the Kutchh is an amazing place. There is no reference of distance or sound or anything. Your sense of space and time goes for a toss. All you can hear is the wind blowing. Pure meditative peace of mind.

lekin kyoon?

One thing I've learnt while studying design is the the very fundamental necessity of asking WHY every now and then ( every 10 min. approx.). There are so many unnecessary rules and guidelines that are created and stored in our brain. The best we can do is not let our brain fool us or fool ourselves enough to think that we are not being fooled by our foolish brain. Both work.
But why?

RGB2012 Posters

Sell Graphic Design.

We ( my classmates and me) were asked to sell graphic design to our confused juniors. Each one of us was allowed to have one slide along with something to say about why we loved graphic design personally.
Well this is one of the reasons i have for loving it. I think what we learn in graphic design keeps us quite sane. On one hand we develop OCDs for type on the other we love doing flowy illustrations. There is always a balance of obsessions and reality checks. I made this artwork to show how we can use our learning of this therapeutic design discipline. (1)To make money. (2)As a language to voice our obsessions and remain sane forever! Yay Graphic Design!

Calender2012

Im tired of linearity. Specially that of time. So, I tried this calender which is based on days and not months (dont get bewildered by the lines it works quite simply). The whole perception of time becomes quite jumpy because of that.
A lot of interesting combinations become evident. For example, the constant sets of numbers which re-cur in different orders in different months. I have traced this order using colored lines. These lines, through dates or directly, cross the centre as a compulsion. Some orders of sets are identical. The pattern progresses in a parallel fashion.
There may be a lot of other stuff like this that I havent noticed yet. Im goin to try and use this for a few months and see if it has any effect on my routine or way of organizing/thinking.

Spill

Its fun to see what all comes out on
an empty page when you let your
brain loose. Its almost like what our
dreams look like.

A Diamonds Birthday.

He was never really a musician ( or just a musician). He would do gardening or  paint the same way he played his guitar. He was generally curious and immensely honest towards his curiosity, in my opinion. That's what set him apart, that's what made him experiment with sound and music like he did.
There are a thousand speculations as to what happened to him, well i just think he couldn't keep up with the times. He would have been an excellent teacher if he wasn't making music.

Reality Check

Merry Christmas

A Condition

I just realize that I have a condition! It almost got out of hand, but then i became aware of it. Im making a conscious effort to get cured. Im sure im not alone. My obsession is drawing leaves, yours could be something else. May something good come out of it. :)

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24 non-graphic design books for graphic designers.

A theory of semiotics –Umberto Eco

Introduction to communication studies –John Fiske

Social semiotics –Robert Hodge & Gunther Kress

The archaeology of knowledge –Michel Foucault

Visual research methods –Sage Publications

Deconstruction & criticism –Continuum

Visual thinking –Rudolf Arnheim

Surface color perception –Jacob Beck

Visual tools to transform information into knowledge –David Hyerle

Small is beautiful – Economy as if people mattered –E.F. Shumacher

No Logo –Naomi Klein

Ideas & opinions –Albert Einstein

Lateral Thinking –Edward DeBono

Why so stupid? –Edward DeBono

Understanding media –Marshal McLuhan

The medium id the message –Marshall McLuhan

Ascent of man –Jacob Bronowsky

Designing interactions –Bill Moggridge

The design of everyday things –Donald Norman

About face 2.0 –Alan Cooper

The art of the book: From medieval manuscript to graphic novel –James Bettely

Watchmen –Alan Moore

The politics of aesthetics –Jacques Ranciere

The rational imagination –Ruth M.J Byrne

The alphabetic labyrinth –Johanna Drucker

This is my list! Go make yours! :)

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This guy is a character of mine.
Known for thinking outside his shell!

Human Rights Logo

My entry for the Human
Rights logo competition.

Poster on India

A poster I made for a typography
competition in 2nd year.