Interviews

Abhishek Chaswal : Interview With A Senior Advertising Creative

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Self-proclaimed Led Zeppelin groupie in past life. Dhakkan of IITJEE 1994. Faizabad returned. Anti-depressant salesman. Occasional poet and balcony singer.  Pharmacist by education. Copywriter by profession. Time-killer by choice.

Why are you into Advertising?
Because it keeps my best instincts blissfully stimulated. Also, it’s probably the only profession in the world where everyone (sometimes, even the client) wants to do your job. Copywriting saved me from doing MBA.

Did you attend school for fine art or design or Communications?
Yes.
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Sonali Zohra : Dangercat : Art and Graphic Design

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Sonali is an illustrator, photographer and graphic designer based in Bangalore. She goes by the alias; Dangercat.

Why are you a Graphic Designer?
I was inclined to the arts from a very early age. As an only child, drawing was something I did to keep my mind occupied. I kept journals where I would document what I learnt in school, wrote down lyrics of songs I was listening to, even made detailed accounts of school trips through photography and drawing. I added leaves and feathers and other things along the way to the pages and soon found myself focusing on the layout of the page itself. I remember enjoying drawing, painting, writing, taking photographs and filling up those pages so much; I didn’t ever want to do anything else.

Did you attend school for fine art or design?
Yes I did, College of fine arts Bangalore. It wasn’t the best of courses, but it did give me a lot of time to wander off and explore different mediums, I went on to study photography at Light and Life Academy in Ooty.

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Sharanya Kunnath : Artist And Graphic Designer

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Sharanya Kunnath is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Dubai. Her work centres around spirituality, mysticism, mythology, women, and nature. She is just starting out on her career, and hopes to work in the publishing industry, and with anyone who wants her to draw pictures.

Why are you an Illustrator?
Because I love words and images, and I like to draw.

Did you attend school for fine art or design?
Yes, I did. I went to the American University in Dubai to study Graphic Design, and then did a Masters degree course in Illustration at the Arts University Bournemouth in England.

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Ravi Chavan : Interview With An Advertising Creative

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Ravi Chavan. Day dreamer. Design enthusiast. Loves everything designer. Avid traveler. Loves working on ideas in any form (Advertising, fashion, Marketing, business etc..) Amateur photographer. And last but not the least a keen learner.

Why are you into Advertising?
I realized early in my career that engineering was not my cup of tea. Still I went ahead and completed the task of “being an engineer” given by family; worked in that space for nearly 6 months and then finally broke the shackles.
I knew that I wanted to do something interesting and exciting enough for the daily life; and which will keep me young, Always. I guess that’s the reason I am here.

Did you attend school for fine art or design or Communications?
I come from a school of life… though I had never attended any art school. But yeah…currently I am pursuing a “Post-graduation in Digital Design Pro” (part-time) from Ecolè Intuit-Lab (A French School of Design).

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Kritika Trehan : Graphic Designer To Follow

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Kritika Trehan is a student in her final year at Srishti, Bangalore. Her main interests lie in illustration and graphic designing. She often finds inspiration in Indian streets and the rich visual culture present in the country. Apart from design, she likes to travel and read.

Why are you a Graphic Designer?
I feel like Graphic Design is not just about creating pretty pictures, its more to do with how people perceive things around us and using that to create something out of the ordinary.

Did you attend school for fine art or design?
Design.
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Sukanya Bose : In A Chat With a Student Graphic Designer

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Sukanya is a student at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. An avid dog lover and daydreamer, she seeks inspiration in the everyday things of life. Passion for visual designs and image making her motivation. Exploring with forms, typography and media – design is her attempt to make this world a better place!

Why are you a Graphic Designer?
I have always had an interest in art since I was a kid. Over a period of time it grew into passion for images and colors. What really pushed me to be a visual artist was my keen interest in understanding the psychology of images and how it affected each human mind so distinctly and differently.

Did you attend school for fine art or design?
Design School, I always knew I wanted to attend design school.

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Prateek Suri : Interview With An Advertising Copywriter

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Prateek Suri, Creative Group Head, Contract Advertising is also an avid drummer. Till his metal outfit disbanded a few years ago, he was often seen on stage at music festivals across the country. He now spends his free time as a part-time session drummer, who loves the outdoors as much as beer, YouTube, trolling the internet and annoying his wife.




Why are you into Advertising?
You stare into nothingness, day dream with your feet on the desk and ‘think’ all day long. Just when you delude yourself into believing that this is life, you get so busy that your coffee goes cold, days blur into nights and your dog forgets your face. Gotta love that unpredictability.

Did you attend school for fine art or design or Communications?
Yes, I studied advertising and PR at IIMC, Delhi after graduating in English from DU.

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Sudeepti Tucker : Graphic Design

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Sudeepti Tucker is a Delhi based Graphic Designer and Illustrator, and a recent graduate from the National Institute of Design. Her work is a lively mix of visual styles and themes that jump across music, mythology, nature and the mind. She finds herself happiest while lost in details.

Why are you a Graphic Designer?
When you’re small and parents push you to learn a whole bunch of different things, the only one I found myself eager about was art. It was much later that I was exposed to design as a professional pursuit and things fell into place. Design is largely about problem solving and visual design, while immediately suggests surface level engagement, is a much broader discipline. I suppose to sum it up, I’m a Graphic Designer because I enjoy using artistic tools in a deliberate creative manner to solve problems and communicate.

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Shruti Esto : Graphic and UI/UX Designer

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Shruti is a Graphic Designer based in Chandigarh. She is born and brought up in Shimla and studied animation & design from Arena Animation Shimla. Specializing in Digital Marketing Collaterals, User Interface Design, info graphics and Graphic Designs. She builds clean, appealing, and functional interfaces which comply with the latest web standards. She is  working in the industry for last 3 years. As a professional graphic and web designer, she brings a range of art and design disciplines to every project she works on.

“I am a Graphic Designer based in Chandigarh, But that’s just a part of it. Design is my life. It’s my roller-coaster. Without it, my world would be black and white.  After completing my course, this love of creating lead me into various directions which included becoming a vfx artist and animator. As soon as I was introduced to the world of digital graphics however, I fell in love.” I’ve got one foot in the world of digital media one in UI/UX, and a love for both.”

Why are you a Graphic Designer?
I’ve grown up like any other kid watching cartoon network or pogo. That time I always wondered how does these things are created what’s the idea behind this but never thought of making it as my career. I always wanted to something creative but it was never clear to me what. So here I’m still learning and creating something creative every day.

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Maya Pillai : Interview With A Photographer/Graphic Designer/Artist

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Part-time photographer, part-time cat-stalker. She pays her bills by training school teachers in the art of Design thinking and creative classroom techniques. She burns the midnight oil while trying to figure out how best to combine pencil with a roll of film.
Why are you a Communications Designer?
I have always loved to talk, take pictures and draw. In that order. So becoming a communication designer just sort of happened without my doing much.

Did you attend school for fine art or design?
I went to Symbiosis Institute of Design for their undergraduate program in Graphic design, following which I went to the National Institute of Design to pursue a masters in Photography.

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