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Designed this way Kawal Oberoi
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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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Parimal Parmar
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 -
Anurag Arora
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 -
Khyati Trehan
Khyati graduated from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and has since, gone on to work across disciplines, often exploring the edges of all things visual for clients including Instagram, Snapchat, New Yorker Magazine, the New York Times, Samsung, PRINT, Wework, Adobe and Apple.
Her work is playful, emotive and dimensional and has been featured in publications such as WIRED, Vice, Communication Arts, Fast Company, Creative Review, It’s Nice That and Wepresent among others. Khyati was one of Print Magazine's 15 New Visual Artists under 30 in 2017, was chosen as the Artistry Creator of the Year at Adweek’s Creator Visionary Awards, and is a Young Guns 19 Winner.
On today’s episode, we talk about her journey as a designer & visual artist, about her idea of curating her career to pick as many skill sets as possible, we try to peek into her design process and how she thinks.
RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological)
Khyati’s Site - khyatitrehan.com
Mirambika - mirambika.org
ISRO - isro.gov.in
Sri Aurobindo - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo
NID - www.nid.edu
Episode with Professor S. Balaram - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/singanapallibalaram
Beauty of Science Diagram - khyatitrehan.com/The-Beauty-of-Scientific-Diagrams
William Harvey - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey
Indian Type Foundry - indiantypefoundry.com
Satya - www.indiantypefoundry.com/designers/satya-rajpurohit
Tarsus - www.indiantypefoundry.com/fonts/tarsus
Bézier curve - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bézier_curve
Pranav Mistry - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranav_Mistry
Codesign - http://codesign.in
Sanchit Sawaria - sawariasanchit.com
Prateek Upreti - www.upretiprateek.com
Zalando - www.zalando.com
IDEO - ideo.com
Akshan Ish - akshan.in
Cinema 4D - maxon.net/en/cinema-4d
Spline - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spline_(mathematics)
Grey Scale Gorilla - greyscalegorilla.com
Collins - wearecollins.com
Karin Fyhrie - karinfyhrie.com
Khyati’s Editorial Design Work - khyatitrehan.com/Editorial-Illustrations
Kavya Trehan - www.instagram.com/kavyatrehan/
AndWalsh - andwalsh.com
Snapchat Spectacles AR Project - khyatitrehan.com/Snap
NFT - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token
Blockchain - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
Web3 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3
Tezos - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezos
Ethereum - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum
Libertarianism - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
Eric Hu - erichu.info
Sovereign Objects - sovereignobjects.com -
Aarman Roy
Aarman Roy is a young visual artists and graphic designer from New Delhi, India. He is currently pursuing a BFA in Design from School of Visual Arts, New York. Along with his partner Charu, Aarman Co-founded Akademi Magazine, a leftist print and web publication dedicated to politics, art, culture and society. Aarman overlooks Creative Direction at Akademi. With the tools of graphic design, Aarman liked to create work that’s diverse and beautiful, and the kind of work that pushes aesthetic boundaries. On this episode we talk about how he was about to become an engineer and then how he found his true calling in Design. We talk about the design education he’s pursuing right now, about his work experiences, we deep dive into his process of creating the amazing work he does for Akademi magazine.
RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological)
Aarman Roy - aarmanroy.com
Akademi Magazine - akademimag.com
Akademi’s Instagram - www.instagram.com/akademimag/
Charu - www.linkedin.com/in/charu-pragya-755956133/
Tripura - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura
Bangladesh (War of Independence) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh#War_of_Independence
Comilla - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comilla
Aarman’s presentation at Exun - www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Q98_pshNs
Delhi Technical University - http://dtu.ac.in
NID - nid.edu
Cinema 4D - www.maxon.net/en/cinema-4d
Panini Pandey - paninipandey.com
SVA - sva.edu
Paul Rand - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rand
New York Times Behind the Cover - www.nytimes.com/series/behind-the-cover
Zipeng Zhu - http://zz-is.it
Wix - wix.com
DIA - dia.tv
Louise Fili - louisefili.com
Adobe After Effects - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_After_Effects
CAA (India) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act,_2019
Citizenship Amendment Act protests - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_Amendment_Act_protests
Columbia University - columbia.edu
John Dewey - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
B. R. Ambedkar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar
Caste - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste
Suraj Yengde - scholar.harvard.edu/surajyengde/about
Article 370 of the Constitution of India - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_370_of_the_Constitution_of_India
Attack on Caravan Journalists - thewire.in/media/caravan-reporters-attacked-north-east-delhi
Time :) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time -
Lisa Rath
Lisa joined Itu Chaudhuri Design (ICD) soon after her graduation in 1997 from the National Institute of Design (NID), where she studied Visual Communication, and has been a principal at Itu Chaudhri’s Design for over a decade. Lisa leads their UI/UX projects, both ERP and editorial, maintaining a keen, yet skeptical eye on novel developments. Lisa has taught and judged at the NID and and has been a jury member, moderator speaker at UX events. On this episode, we talk about the series of events that led to Lisa becoming a designer, her experience at NID, how she joined ICD as an intern and then worked there for more than two decades. We talk about some projects Lisa has led, her concerns about the world of UX and about the new challenges a design agency like ICD faces in the 2020s and much more.
PROJECTS LINKS
The Hindu - icdindia.com/projects/energising-the-online-presence-of-indias-most-trusted-daily-newspaper/
Re:Reader - Ministry of Utmost Happiness - www.theministryofutmosthappiness.com
Quint - icdindia.com/projects/bringing-vibrancy-to-the-quint-website/
RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological)
ICD - icdindia.com
Itu Chaudhuri’s Podcast - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/itu-chaudhuri
Ambassador Car - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador
Satyajit Ray - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray
NID - nid.edu
CEPT - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEPT_University
S Balaram’s Podcast - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/singanapallibalaram
Elephant Design - elephantdesign.com
CD ROM (For Gen Z) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM
Rohtang Pass - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohtang_Pass
Rajesh Dahiya’s Podcast - soundcloud.com/designedthisway/rajesh-dahiya
Indigo Restaurant - icdindia.com/projects/putting-a-face-to-nouvelle-cuisine/
Open Magazine - openthemagazine.com
InDesign - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_InDesign
SEO - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization
Srijan (Drupal Developer) - www.srijan.net
SENSEX (For non-Indians) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSE_SENSEX
Witness (Exhibition) - icdindia.com/projects/giving-witness-a-room/
The Guardian - theguardian.com
IAS - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service
The Hindu - www.thehindu.com
Responsiveness - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_web_design
Ministry of Utmost Happiness - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Utmost_Happiness
Arundhati Roy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundhati_Roy
God of Small Things - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_of_Small_Things
After Effects - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_After_Effects
CSS - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS
Bahaus - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus
2002 Gujarat riots - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots
Quint Magazine - www.thequint.com
Ritu (Quint) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritu_Kapur
Raghav (Quint) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghav_Bahl
Ayodhya Dispute - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya_dispute
Confirmation Bias - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
First-mover advantage - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-mover_advantage
Zamindar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamindar
Richa Bharghava - www.richabhargava.com -
Singanapalli Balaram
Balaram is a veteran industrial designer and educator. He was among the first batch of trainees at the National Institute of design. Later he served as a senior faculty and Chairman of Education at the NID. After retiring from NID, he served as a Dean at DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore. He also helped in the formation of the Craft Development Institute in J&K. Currently, he is the Director of SASI Creative Colleges, Coimbatore. Apart from his contribution to design education in India, he has practiced industrial design for objects/products critical to Indian masses - like a Bicycle, Bullock Cart, Stone-top, Bamboo Duster, Tongue Cleaner etc. He has also published a book compiling his thoughts and academic papers named ‘Thinking Design’. On this episode, we talk about his surreal childhood, the history of Design in India and his love for designing critical ordinary objects that affect the masses.
RELEVANT LINKS & INFO
S. Balaram’s blog - balaram43.blogspot.com
NID - nid.edu
DJAD - djad.in
J&K Craft Development Institute - cdisgr.org
Sasi Creative Inst. of Design - scid.ac.in
Kashayam - Crushed Mixture in Ayurveda
Gunnathotavalasa & Bobili - https://goo.gl/maps/NfVR58STgyqFcTUi8
Visakhapatnam - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visakhapatnam
Kolam - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolam
Datun (Balaram used it to make brush) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth-cleaning_twig
Tholu bommalata - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tholu_bommalata
Sari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari
Telugu - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu
Projector Slides - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_projector
Bapu - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bapu_(director)
Rabindranath Tagore - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarat_Chandra_Chattopadhyay
Premchand - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premchand
Sardarji (Sikh Man) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism
Shantiniketan - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantiniketan
Kumar Vyas - indianexpress.com/article/india/design-fraternity-mourns-demise-of-nid-faculty-h-kumar-vyas-4585703/
Dashrat Patel - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru
Sarabhai family - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarabhai_family
Charles Eames - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eames
Pupul Jayakar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupul_Jayakar
The India Report - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_India_Report
Lota (vessel) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lota_(vessel)
Calico Mills - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Mills
Le Corbusier - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier
Bob Gill - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gill_(artist)
Mahendra Patel - designedthisway.com (3rd episode)
George Nakashima - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nakashima
Soul of a Tree - nakashimawoodworkers.com/accessory/the-soul-of-a-tree/
Henri Matisse - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse
Bruce Archer - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Bruce_Archer
Shiva Nallaperumal - shiva-n.com
Kalamkari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamkari
Narasimha - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha
Laurie Baker - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Baker
Padmanabhapuram Palace - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhapuram_Palace
Indian Oil Corporation - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Oil_Corporation
Vimana - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana
Oxygenator - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygenator
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute - sctimst.ac.in
Dhimant Panchal - www.mitid.edu.in/Dhimant-Panchal.html
V. S. Naipaul - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Naipaul
Arundhati Roy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundhati_Roy
Parimal Parmar - parimalparmar.in
Langar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism)
Thinking Design (there’s another edition with NID)- www.amazon.com/Thinking-Design-S-Balaram-ebook/dp/B01L1UX5FE
Irma Boom - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Boom
Barefoot doctor - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_doctor
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Tiramisu
Relatable, honest & inspiring ! The conversations are just so easy to follow and always open our eyes to new perspectives. Kawal asks the right questions, with humility. If you don’t know which one to begin with, it has to be Mahendrabhai Patel’s episode. And believe me, you will find yourself listening to the rest of them by yourself.
At a time when I felt a little lost, these podcasts showed me hidden directions. They’re tiramisu (literally meaning - cheer me up) !
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Documenting the scene
Great insight into the indian design scene. Kawal asks the right questions and reveals so much of the common ups and downs that a designer faces in India. Good work, K!
An absolute must!
Thank you so much Kawal for making this podcast. This is a must for designers who are active in the field in India.
Such great insights from the professionals who are doing amazing work in India.
This is a delight for so many of us who have been following the work of western studios and designers for so long.