Designed this way

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)

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

Neethi shares her unique journey as an illustrator and muralist in Bangalore, emphasizing the significance of her mononymous name in challenging gender norms. She discusses the creative process behind her vibrant murals and the way they reflect local culture. Explore her transition from the textile industry to illustration, the lessons learned from early career setbacks, and how she found her signature style. Neethi also touches on recent projects, including playful WhatsApp stickers and engaging community murals, while contemplating the impact of AI on creativity.

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/

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

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.

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 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 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 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