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Mira Malhotra, Studio Kohl

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Mira Malhotra is a Mumbai-based graphic designer, visual artist and founder of design house Studio Kohl. Her personal work tends more to image-making and illustration. Having been exposed to a variety of cultures as a child her work is oftentimes an amalgamation of what it is like to be Indian with what it is to look upon Indianness as an outsider. Colourful, humorous, charming and witty, it stems from her fascination with the decorative items at local bazaars, Indian history or from indigenous arts and crafts.

Why are you an Illustrator?
I love image, and I love ‘drawn’ images. I think it’s mainly because drawing can be unhinged from reality, so what cannot be represented in a photograph or even be conveyed via photorealism can be conveyed via drawing, which can be simplified and broken down, or made complex, at the artist’s/illustrator’s will. This ability that only illustration has, makes me fascinated with it and prompted me to dabble in illustration.

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Trip Creative Services : Agency Profile

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Trip Creative Services is a visual communication design house. Their team of creatives, developers and producers are always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to help you communicate. Their strength lies in their ability to fuse your vision with their various backgrounds, to create constructive ideas, movements and experiences.
Their services include: Film/ Video / Animation / Motion Graphics / Branding / Graphic Design / Web+ / Digital / Apps / Games

 

 

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Is Trip Creative primarily an illustration and design company? Do you also work on brand building and corporate identities?
Trip is not just about any single medium like illustration or graphic design. We have a more holistic approach to projects and work towards finding a creative design solution, using whichever medium, that is best suited to the project- be it film or animation or illustration or in rare cases the need of strategy rather than creating another campaign.
Yes, we do work on brands and corporate identities. We also provide video, digital and on ground solutions as well.

Tell us about your designers. Did they go into fine art or design schools? How do you pick them up?
We’re always on the lookout for this inherent ‘keeda’ in our crew, something unique or new that each one brings to the table. Yes, most of our designers did go to design school but it really doesn’t matter where they come from as long as they have that creative mindset which they’re willing and able to apply to any given spectrum.
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Kahani Designworks

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Kahani is a young communication design practice. We love a good story and we’re passionate about using design to tell interesting, engaging stories. The kind of work we enjoy doing brings together people, ideas and inspiration from life, literature and art.

Is Kahani Designworks primarily an illustration and design company? Do you also work on brand building and corporate identities?

We do many different kinds of creative and strategy work including illustration, graphic identities, publication design and digital design. Every kind of assignment we take up has the same objective: communication. So whether the need comes from industry, the arts or social entrepreneurs, we work with every kind of client.

Tell us about your designers. Did they go into fine art or design schools? How do you pick them up?

Everyone that’s been part of our team at the studio went to design school. It’s not a requirement, but it happened that way because we’re always looking for people who bring rigour to their work. That’s something that seems to come from formal education, though it’s not a rule. What we do ask of our team is that they commit to the studio culture and work ethic, because we’re not a media house or ad agency and the rules of the game are very different.

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