Naresh Khanna, editor, Indian Printer and Publisher in conversation with the ICD design team led by Lisa Rath and the Hindu editorial team uncovering the Hindu website redesign story. In early 2015, when one of the country’s most respected English dailies, The Hindu, decided it was time to redesign its popular website, it engaged Delhi-based… Continue reading Redesigning a legacy: The Hindu website redesign covered by Indian Printer & Publisher
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Indian Express on Witness
Indian Express reviewed Witness in a piece titled ‘The Book of Wounds’. “Witness is a book of enormous collaboration and camaraderie. Kak’s editorial skill is matched by powerful design and production by the studio of Itu Chaudhuri.”- Indian Express Read the full article here
A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Come summer, the armies gather their men for one last climactic campaign. Wounds and fatigue must be ignored, hidden or repaired, or else the bodies in question kept out of the unforgiving battle. Loyalties are re-configured, enemies and friends re-shuffled, or is it every man for himself? It will be dark, but it will be… Continue reading A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Design to Consumer: I’m Not Sure We’ve Met?
Design, properly understood, is inherently social. Designers make objects and symbols, for the eventual use of other people, to fit into, or sometimes transform socially determined situations. So an invitation to ‘share a fresh perspective’ at a consumer summit, to an audience of marketers, should hardly have caused unease. But inquiry is born from unease;… Continue reading Design to Consumer: I’m Not Sure We’ve Met?
impact of design, a discussion by #changemakers at #PearlWhatsNext
#PearlWhatsNext was conducted by Pearl Academy. Itu joined the event as part of #changemakers and shared his views on ‘Impact of Design’. Here are some selected shots from the event.
Is it time to bury the logo?
Everyone loves a logo, or loves to hate one. Designing logos is the most easily understood example of the graphic designer’s work. Among the additions to visual culture since the 19th century, the logo ranks with television and cinema. Stand in Tokyo’s Ginza or New York’s Times Square and you will be overrun by them;… Continue reading Is it time to bury the logo?
Trending: The World In A Shade Card
It’s a modern, seasonal disease. The new year brings with it a thick flow of trend forecasts, cheery and sweeping, and we read them with the forgiving spirit that the holiday season demands. For Deep Design, it seems foolhardy to indulge, yet churlish to desist, so here’s a holiday smoothie on trends themselves. Some trend… Continue reading Trending: The World In A Shade Card
The Language of Identity
It was a film-maker friend on the phone. “I’m making a film,” he said, “on a new script that’s been developed for the Wancho language, spoken in Arunachal Pradesh. Right up your street.” Perhaps my friend was referring to my interest in typeface design? But my friend, aware of the distinction between the script (a… Continue reading The Language of Identity
Ira Chaudhuri website wins CII Design Excellence Award 2016
ICD wins the CII India Design Excellence Award in the Interaction Design category ‘website, infographics and online ads’ for a website on studio potter Ira Chaudhuri, an eminent artist in the field of studio pottery—a lesser-known art form that is distinct from commercial art. The platform explores and appreciate Ira’s work by giving a view… Continue reading Ira Chaudhuri website wins CII Design Excellence Award 2016
Hidden In Plain View: Physique
Brands place a premium on attention, firing images and words shaped into messages to inform and persuade. Indeed, we live amidst a war for our attention, an exquisitely perishable wisp that lives in the now. But like breath, attention is a quick burning fuel that enables the flow of communication but does not add to… Continue reading Hidden In Plain View: Physique