Designed this way

Designed This Way
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Designed this way podcast is an initiative to start candid conversations with designers and other creative folks, to bring out the stories about the realities of living a creative life. Not just the stories of courage, hard work and success but also the stories of mistakes, rejections and doubts. These wide-ranging conversations also reveal the diversity of thoughts, practices and opinions that exist in the creative world. Made by Kawal Oberoi for young creatives and creatives who are young at heart. It's designed this way.

  1. Tara Kelton | Contemporary Art

    17/07/2024

    Tara Kelton | Contemporary Art

    Tara Kelton is an Indian-American artist living in Bangalore. She investigates forms of drawing and the relationship between human and machine in light of new technology and tools of image production. Her practice focuses on the diminishing role of the human in contemporary society as it is being replaced by automation, AI, and digital mediation, and the remote control of labor by Western bodies and corporations. Tara is also co-editor of the publishing series Silicon Plateau, an art project and publishing series that explores the intersection of technology, culture and society in Bangalore. In this episode, we talk about her life, work, and opinions on internet, automation and techno-utopian/dystopian future we are heading into.  RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Tara Kelton - https://tarakelton.com Silicon Plateau - https://siliconplateau.info Yes my wish project - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down) Magic 8 Ball - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8_Ball Arlington, Texas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas Ali Akbar Khan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan Millennium (Indian band) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(Indian_band) VHS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS Parsons Design - https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/ Zach Lieberman - http://zach.li Open Frameworks - https://openframeworks.cc Processing - https://processing.org Undergraduate Thesis Project - Outsourced Typeface (Mentioned as Untitled Project in the Podcast) - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down) Black Box Project - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down) No Storage Search Engine - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down) Unproductive Solutions Exhibition - https://unproductivesolutions.com Marialaura Ghidini - https://marialaura-ghidini.hotglue.me Rebekah Modrak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Modrak Autopotraits - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down) Microwork - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwork Amazon Mechanical Turk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Mechanical_Turk Mechanical Turk Original Story - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk Amazon 'Just Walk Out' AI tech News Report -  https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/amazons-ai-based-just-walk-out-checkout-tech-was-powered-by-1000-indian-workers-manually-11712196827721.html News Story on Mechanical Workers by BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48881827 John Cleese - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese Kevin Roose’s Chat with AI Bot named ‘Sydney’ - https://x.com/kevinroose/status/1626216340955758594?lang=en Northern Lights for Sydney - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)

    1h 8m
  2. Priya Kuriyan | Children's Books Illustration

    09/04/2024

    Priya Kuriyan | Children's Books Illustration

    Priya Kuriyan is a renowned children's book writer-illustrator and comics maker. She is the author of the comic book Ammachi's Glass, and the author of the picture book and children's adaptation of the writer Perumal Murugan's acclaimed novel Poonachi. Kuriyan was the recipient of the Big Little Book Award at the Mumbai Literature Festival in 2019. RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Priya Kuriyan - https://www.instagram.com/priyakuriyan Her Wikipedia Page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priya_Kuriyan Ammachi's Glasses - https://www.tulikabooks.com/picture-books/ammachi-s-glasses-wordless.html Kochi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi Target Magazine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_(magazine) NID - https://www.nid.edu/home Famous Studios - https://famousstudios.com Galli Galli Sim Sim - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galli_Galli_Sim_Sim Miditech - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miditech Doordarshan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doordarshan Poonachi - https://champaca.in/products/poonachi?variant=39894007414819 Perumal Murugan article - https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/perumal-murugan-book-controversy-and-madras-high-court/article14476037.ece Poonachi: Lost in the Forest - https://www.amazon.in/Poonachi-Lost-Forest-Perumal-Murugan/dp/9389648319 The Poop Book! - Kalpavriksh https://kalpavriksh.org/our-store/the-poop-book/ Guano - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano Beauty is Missing - https://champaca.in/products/beauty-is-missing?variant=39794928156707 Pratham Books - https://prathambooks.org Story about Missing buffalo -  https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/azam-khan-stolen-buffaloes-up-cops-punished-for-negligence-179479-2014-02-03 Water Buffalos origin from India - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_buffalo When Ali Became Bajrangbali - https://www.tulikabooks.com/picture-books/when-ali-became-bajrangbali-english.html Priya Kuriyan’s Sketches about Face Masks - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52792382

    2h 3m
  3. Neethi | Illustration Design • Mural Art

    16/10/2023

    Neethi | Illustration Design • Mural Art

    Neethi is an illustrator, muralist and surface pattern designer based out of Bangalore, India. She has illustrated for companies like Google, Instagram, WeWork, NPR, Whatsapp and Mahindra, amongst others, and is currently a Creative Partner at studio How About That! Bright, fantastical, pattern-infused still life and exaggerated interior scenes are a recurring theme in her work. She aims to captivate and transport her audience into these worlds. Neethi proudly carries a mononymous name, given by her father as a symbol of equality in representation as well as independence from gender norms. In today's episode, we discuss her life, designing for spaces, the nuances of creating mural art, illustration design, and much more. RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Neethi - http://www.neethi.co.in All India Radio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Radio NIFT Kannur - https://www.nift.ac.in/kannur/ Ritu Beri - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritu_Beri Marimekko - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimekko Noida - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noida Tumblr - https://www.tumblr.com Neethi’s Tumblr - https://kneethee.tumblr.com WeWork - https://www.wework.com Neethi’s Blog with WeWork - https://www.wework.com/ideas/workspace-solutions/flexible-products/how-wallpaper-can-enliven-a-space Anant Ahuja - https://www.instagram.com/typethug/ Podcast with Anant - designedthisway.com  Jeremiah Britton - https://www.jeremiahbritton.com Aarey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarey_Forest Kabootar Khana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabootar_Khana Maruti 800 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruti_800 Hornet - https://hellohornet.com/home.html WhatsApp Pay Stickers - https://www.instagram.com/p/CVX21FkPRrK/?img_index=1 UPI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Payments_Interface Global Diwali Stickers for Instagram - https://www.neethi.co.in/Global-Diwali-Stickers-for-Instagram Google Doodle for Indian Independence Day 2022 - https://www.behance.net/gallery/150517181/Google-Doodle-for-Indias-75th-Independence-Day Mural for Ukkadam Arts District - https://www.neethi.co.in/Ukkadam-Art-District St+Art - https://www.instagram.com/startindia/ Hanif Kureishi - https://www.instagram.com/hanifkureshi/ Giulia - https://www.instagram.com/giulia_ambrogi/?hl=en Kashmira Sarode - http://kashmirasarode.com How About That Studio - https://howaboutthat.in

    1h 32m
  4. Pulak Bhatnagar | Graphic Design • Branding • UI Design • Business of Design

    16/08/2023

    Pulak Bhatnagar | Graphic Design • Branding • UI Design • Business of Design

    Pulak Bhatnagar is the founder of PulakB Design, a studio that specializes in Branding, UI design and Storytelling. Over the last 11 years of his career, Pulak has worked with various brands and renowned design studios. Pulak’s client list has gone on to include art festivals, fin-med-edu-tech startups, hotels, healthcare and wellness brands, paper companies, magazines, contemporary artists, street culture brands, FMCG brands, alcobev brands, architecture firms, sports organisations and more. On this episode, we talk about Pulak’s journey of continuous learning and creative pursuits. We delve into a variety of engaging topics, including the delicate art of work-life balance, nurturing mental well-being, and the insights Pulak has gained while navigating the intricacies of running a design studio. RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) PulakB Design - https://pulakb.com Orkut - www.orkut.com Indore - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore NID - www.nid.edu DJ Academy - djad.in Prof. Balaram - https://soundcloud.com/designedthisway/singanapallibalaram Coimbatore - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore Kriti Monga - kritimonga.com Turmeric Design - turmericdesign.com Kyoorius Design Yatra - designyatra.com Irma Boom - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Boom Typervention - typerventions.com Codesign - codesign.in ClearTax - https://cleartax.in The Brew House - thebrewhouse.in Serendipity Arts Festival 2018 Branding - pulakb.com/portfolio/serendipity-arts-festival-2018/ Andaz 401 book - pulakb.com/portfolio/andaz-401-reasons-book/ Clockwork: design your business to run itself - mikemichalowicz.com/clockwork/ Toggl Plan - toggl.com/plan/ QShala - pulakb.com/portfolio/qshala/ Adopt a Rice Seed - www.adoptariceseed.com SerendipityArts Org - pulakb.com/portfolio/serendipity-arts-org/

    2h 13m
  5. Nidhi Singh Rathore | Civic Design • Design Research & Strategy

    25/03/2023

    Nidhi Singh Rathore | Civic Design • Design Research & Strategy

    Nidhi is a multi-disciplinary creative based out of Washington, D.C. She applies design methodologies to reimagine civic infrastructure. Her value centered practice focuses on deconstructing nebulous concepts, bringing people together, and breaking down complex problems—for better and equitable services. She has spent the past four years in the local government. She has collected a range of partners, collaborators, and clients in the last few years, starting from ArtCenter College of Design, City of Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Stanford University, Stanford Impact Labs, to Montgomery County Government. The few hours she has left in the day she uses to mentor design students through Designmatters at ArtCenter or Coding It Forward during the summer. She holds a master’s degree from ArtCenter College of Design and an undergraduate diploma in Visual Communication from the National Institute of Design. RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Nidhi - nidhisinghrathore.com Jawaharlal Nehru - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru Uttar Pradesh - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Allahabad (Pryagraj) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad Triveni - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triveni_Sangam NID - www.nid.edu NIFT - www.nift.ac.in Art Center College of Design - www.artcenter.edu Network By Desire - https://nidhisinghrathore.com/networkbydesire Ethnography - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography La Fabula De Las Faldas - nidhisinghrathore.com/la-fabula-de-las-faldas IAS (Indian Administrative Service) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service Designmatters at ArtCenter - designmattersatartcenter.org Los Angeles Innovation Team - losangelesinnovates.com Mayor’s Challenge - bloombergcities.jhu.edu/mayors-challenge ADUs - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_suite LA ADU Accelerator Program - adu.lacity.org Project Page - nidhisinghrathore.com/making-housing-affordable-in-la Covid in LA - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_California Montgomery County - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland Federalism in the United States - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States Article I mentioned in the podcast - ‘Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?’ - www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/ The Takshashila Institution (I accidentally said ‘Takshashila Foundation’ in the episode, which is different organisation) - takshashila.org.in

    1h 46m
  6. Somnath Bhatt | Visual Arts • Graphic Design

    23/01/2023

    Somnath Bhatt | Visual Arts • Graphic Design

    Somnath Bhatt is a designer, artist, and writer who lives between Ahmedabad and New York City. His work has been shown at MoMA PS1, Art Week Dubai, India Art Fair, the ICA London, and Mécènes du Sud Montpellier-Sète, among other venues. Selected clients include Instagram, the New York Times, The New Yorker, Reebok, HYEIN SEO, and the musicians Nicolás Jaar and Mitski. Currently he is an Art Director at Bloomberg. He also works as a contributing editor at MOLD Magazine and AIGA Eye on Design. Somnath believes in the power of the unseen, the chaos of myth, and that labor has the right to all it creates. RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Somnath Bhatt - somnathbhatt.com Bloomberg - bloomberg.com Ela Bhatt - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Bhatt Ahmedabad - /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad Dashrat Patel - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Patel Parimal’s Episode - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/parimal-parmar Montessori - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education BV Doshi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._V._Doshi Rabindranath Tagore - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore RISD - www.risd.edu Baul Singers - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baul The White Pube - thewhitepube.co.uk Mohenjodaro by Somnath - www.printedmatter.org/catalog/51003/ Walker Arts Center - http://walkerart.org November - instagram.com/nvmbr_in Steven Heller - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Heller_(design_writer) Mold Magazine - thisismold.com AIGA Eye on Design - eyeondesign.aiga.org Hyein Seo - hyeinseo.com SSENSE - ssense.com Shesh(Naag) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shesha Tyographics - 2022.typographics.com Thanks to Type@Cooper http://coopertype.org , The Herb Lubalin Study Center lubalincenter.cooper.edu and The Cooper Union cooper.edu for the Typographics conference audio section.

    1h 39m
  7. Parimal Parmar | Type Design

    13/04/2022

    Parimal Parmar | Type Design

    Parimal is an Indian Type and Graphic Designer. Parimal has designed some retail typefaces with ITF i.e Indian Type Foundry and Typotheque. Some of the notable typefaces he has designed are ITF Gujarati, Lava Devanagari and Katana. Katana is one of my favourite typefaces. He is also working on a typeface for Sharda Script. Sharda is a script native to the Kashmir region. RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Parimal’s WebSite - parimalparmar.in Stefan Sagmeister - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Sagmeister Swastika - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika Surat - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat Gujarati (Language) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_language DJ Academy of Design - djad.in NID - www.nid.edu/home Professor Balaram’s Podcast - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/singanapallibalaram Indian Type Foundry - https://www.indiantypefoundry.com White Crow Design - whitecrow.in Ek Type Foundry - ektype.in Devanagari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari CJK characters - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJK_characters Codesign - codesign.in Rajesh Dahiya’s Podcast - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/rajesh-dahiya Unbox Festival - http://unboxfestival.com Design Habit - designhabit.com Satya Rajpurohit - www.indiantypefoundry.com/about ITF Devanagari - indiantypefoundry.com/fonts/itf-devanagari Akhand - indiantypefoundry.com/fonts?search-term-submit=&term=Akhand Katana - indiantypefoundry.com/fonts/katana ITF Gujarati - www.indiantypefoundry.com/fonts/itf-gujarati Rocky (Hitesh Malaviya) - www.instagram.com/rocky_sandboa Peter Biľak - peterbilak.com Kohinoor Devanagari - indiantypefoundry.com/fonts/kohinoor-devanagari Lava Devanagari - typotheque.com/fonts/lava/devanagari Glyphs App - glyphsapp.com Ramakrishna Saiteja - typotheque.com/authors/ramakrishna_saiteja Sharda Script - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharada_script Kashmiri Pandits - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmiri_Pandits Our Moon has blood clots - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Moon_Has_Blood_Clots Brahmi Script - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts Siddhaṃ script - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhaṃ_script Gurmukhi Script - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi Takri script - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takri_script Sharada Peeth - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharada_Peeth Anshuman Pandey - pandey.github.io ANRT - anrt-nancy.fr Article 370 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_370_of_the_Constitution_of_India Ladakh - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh Dogri - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogri_language Economic, social and cultural rights - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic,_social_and_cultural_rights eGangotri - egangotri.wordpress.com Delhi :* - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi

    1h 50m
  8. Anurag Arora | Product Design • Culinary Arts

    11/03/2022

    Anurag Arora | Product Design • Culinary Arts

    Anurag is a product designer based out of Bengaluru. He worked at Uber India as a Senior Product designer for over 5 years. He is known for his work on Uber Lite, Uber Bus and Phone call to ride. Before Uber, he worked briefly at Twitter and Microsoft. Now, he’s a co-founder of an on-demand interviewing platform called Intervue. Besides Design, Anurag also has a strong passion for Food. His love for food landed him at Le Cordon Bleu in London, where he pursued a professional culinary course. And he has also worked briefly in professional kitchens and Michelin Star restaurants. On this episode, we talk about Anurag’s interest in design and food, and about how he balances them both. SECTION TIME STAMPS Old Delhi Food Crawl : 00:02:00 - 00:19:30 Childhood, School and Design Education : 00:19:30 - 01:06:00 Internship at Microsoft | Work at Twitter : 01:06:00 - 01:20:00 Work at Uber : 01:20:00 - 02:06:00 Culinary Arts | Le Courdon Bleu | Food (Basically) - 02:06:00 onwards RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Anurag’s Site - anuragarora.com Le Courdon Bleu - cordonbleu.edu/home/en Old Delhi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Delhi Nihari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihari Offal - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offal Kulfi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulfi Harees - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harees Punjab - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab Tadka - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempering_(spices) Kashmiri Wazwan - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazwan Moga - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moga,_Punjab Sikhism - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism Langar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism) Jalandhar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalandhar NID - nid.edu IDC - idc.iitb.ac.in DoD, IIT - design.iitd.ac.in OCAD, Canada - continuingstudies.ocadu.ca Travis Kalanick (Uber) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Kalanick Uber Lite - www.uber.com/in/en/u/uber-lite-app/ Uber Transit (Bus) - www.uber.com/us/en/transit/ Uber Rebrand - wolffolins.com/case-study/uber Wolff Ollins - wolffolins.com Brand New Conference - bnconf.com Neapolitan pizza - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_pizza Punjabis making cheese in Italy - www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33149580 & www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Cheese_makers_of_Italy Ciabata - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciabatta Balsamic Vinegar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsamic_vinegar Cuisine of Sardinia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Sardinia Risotto - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risotto Honeycomb toffee - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb_toffee Anthony Bourdain - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain Atul Kochhar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Kochhar Kricket, London - kricket.co.uk Pidgin, London - pidginlondon.com Burrata - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrata The Soul Company, Bangalore - thesoulcompany.in Miso - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso Intervue - intervue.io

    3h 51m
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Designed this way podcast is an initiative to start candid conversations with designers and other creative folks, to bring out the stories about the realities of living a creative life. Not just the stories of courage, hard work and success but also the stories of mistakes, rejections and doubts. These wide-ranging conversations also reveal the diversity of thoughts, practices and opinions that exist in the creative world. Made by Kawal Oberoi for young creatives and creatives who are young at heart. It's designed this way.

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