Learning WordPress from scratch
It is now easier than ever When WordPress was new, it was only meant for creating blogs. But, later it became so popular that People started using it for several purposes by tweaking it. Website developers and programmers can easily manipulate the code mainly because...
Advertising – the Lies they tell us: Mountain Dew
Hi, I'm writing this post after more than 2 years. I'm sorry and ashamed of being lazy, but also happy that finally I'm adding something meaningful, something I relate to, to my otherwise neglected blog. A lot has changed in these 2 years. I got married, migrated to...
Perfect Isn’t Pretty
The new campaign by Gillette shows the pain, the struggle, the sacrifice athletes have to make on their way towards an Olympic medal. The campaign beautifully captures the struggle with the soundtrack "Unstoppable (Perfect Isn’t Pretty Mix)” by Sia feat. Pusha T,...
Did Lays just call that girl FAT?
A new Fruto Lay's advert is taking rounds of the commercial breaks these days. It shows a young girl in a hot-air balloon basket. She is unable to get take off. She tries to heat some more air in the balloon above her, but in vain. She then frantically throws heavier...
SACF Re-Branding Project
Introduction South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) is a Non-Profit with an aim to showcase, highlight and promote quality South-Asian cinema in United Kingdom. I have worked with them earlier too when I was in Blue Ornate. They approached me this year in the month of...
A Special KFC for Specially-abled
Earlier last year I had a chance to visit this KFC in New Delhi, in Vasant Kunj area. On the outside it looks like any other KFC. It has big red signs and the famous picture of the colonel Sanders, the inventor of the recipe for the KFC style fried chicken, and also a...
Wally Olins: The Brand Handbook
I've been recently reading this superb book on branding by the superb brand guru Wally Olins. He has had several years of experience in corporate identity design and branding of big organisations. He has provided consultancy to many organisations like - Renault, BT,...
You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier
I was recommended this book by my tutor Brian Johnson. I had it for quite some time, but just recently found the time to finish reading it. I must say that this book has got me thinking. Even though, I sort of disagree with the author on some arguments made in the...
Data Visuaisation Workshop by Karin von Ompteda
Yesterday we had a wonderful workshop by Karin von Ompteda. She was a Biologist and turned to Graphic Design. Currently she is a doctoral researcher at Royal College of Arts in London. Its interesting where she comes from. She used her knowledge of biology and the...
The Surreal Photo-manipulations of Sarolta Bán
As I mentioned in my previous post Photographer Saves Lives, about a photographer named Seth Casteel, who changed lives of the innocent animals who are left lurking at the animal shelters, waiting for someone to adopt them until they die. I came across another artist...