Cardboard Cafe - Behind The Scenes
PrintWeek India speaks to the creative team behind the Mumbai-based Cardboard cafe
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Kashmira Sarode - "Self-publishing has quickly become an essential part of my work"
PrintWeek India talks to the Bengaluru-based independent illustrator and graphic designer about her work experiences
"Packaging should do way more than just scream out the name of the brand": Pritha Sahai
Nestled inside the charming blue Kitab Mahal building in Fort, Mumbai, Please See’s office is suffused with natural light and enthusiasm when we visit them on a warm March morning. Pritha Sahai, along with her husband and business partner Avinash Thadani, relocated from the US to India to start Please See//. A meeting with the owner of Portside Café, a premium furniture brand, made her realise the potential of creating interesting brand stories with design. Over the last seven years, Please See/
"Printers need to adapt to how the content consumption has changed over the years," Ruchita Madhok and Aditya Palsule
We speak to the co-founders and principal designers of Mumbai based Kahani Designworks about some of their recent work
"We wanted to follow a deeper ethos and a process oriented approach towards design" - Samira Gupta and Dhritiman Deb Pillai
Devoting a generous amount of time to research, design thinking, and the process of creation is very important for Studio Eksaat, and the result of that is clearly reflected in their work. Based in Delhi, Studio Eksaat is a communication and interior design studio co-founded by Samira Gupta and Dhritiman Deb Pillai.
Advertising is no more. There’s only content
PrintWeek India talks to Kunel Gaur and Sharon Borgoyary, co-founders of Animal, an independent creative outfit based in New Delhi.
It’s raining packaging design, hallelujah!
WhatPackaging? gets design professionals in India to talk about their recent favorite packaging designs.
“Labels in local languages are emotionally appealing to consumers” – Anjana Ghosh
We speak to the director of marketing at Bisleri to know more about the brand’s packaging plans including the recent launch of regional language labels in India.As they often say, with great power comes great responsibility. One of the great responsibilities that comes with your brand name becoming synonymous with the product category is to keep the counterfeits out of the game. The leading mineral water brand of India, Bisleri, has armed itself with regional language packaging as a way
The Zine Culture
PrintWeek India speaks to two of the few Indian visual artists who are championing the print zine movement in India.
Jagdish Acharya: Hierarchy and structures don’t mean much in a creative environment
PrintWeek India talks to the founder and creative head of the boutique creative agency Cut The Crap about his agency’s trajectory so far. CTC has also recently forayed into the design space with its new outfit Design Sell.
“Consistency is really important for branding” - Aditya Mehta
PrintWeek India speaks to the founder of Art&Found, a curated online platform for limited edition and original works of contemporary Indian visual artists.
"We are loud without imitations. We take space without apologies" - Priya Gangwani
PrintWeek India talks to the makers of The Gaysi Zine, an LGBTQ print magazine published out of India
Advertising awards are destroying print advertising: MG Parameswaran
PrintWeek India speaks to MG Parameswaran, former adman and founder at Brand-Building.com, to get an overview of the current state of print advertising in India.
Dhunji Wadia - president at Rediffusion says: If there is no challenge, then what’s the point
PrintWeek India talks to Dhunji Wadia, president, Rediffusion - Y&R about all things advertising.
Vodafone's SuperCampaign
With the re-entry of the much-loved pug, a simple yet innovative newspaper innovation and a truly dazzling outdoor presence, Vodafone Supernet 4G campaign packs a punch., Business
Print isn't dead
The statement ‘Print is Dead’ has been carelessly floating around in our universe for many years now. It obviously manages to get a lot of attention because, well, it sounds sensational, sexy, and provocative. It is far from the truth though. In fact, thanks to this statement, print has had to rise from its, so called ashes many times like a phoenix., Business
Fun with print
Welcome back to the world where graphic designers turn commonplace into unique by, well, having fun with print. In November 2015, we featured four eclectic design works where basic print projects like wedding cards, calendars and school textbooks were injected with a fresh lease of life by taking a nifty approach., Business
Bhavika Shah: "Paper and print are not developing together in the country"
PrintWeek India talks to the founder and creative director of Mumbai-based Beyondesign about its work and work culture
Design Dialogue: We are in an interesting era of creating multi-sensorial, multi-media experiences
Printweek India talks to Ashwini Deshpande, co-founder of Elephant, a design led innovation company that’s been around for three decades
The last five years in the life of Indian print comics
PrintWeek India speaks to four people from the print comics business to get a lowdown on how the landscape has evolved over the last five years
"The main challenge is to find work that’s genuinely engaging and yet keep the studio running" - Rukminee Guha Thakurta
We speak to the founder of Letterpress Design Studio about her journey as a publication designer
At AGI London: Jeremy Leslie
Jeremy Leslie, one of the judges of the first edition of Kyoorius Awards, is the founder of magCulture. He has been addicted to the magazine design space since he first produced a music fanzine in 1977. His most recent book The Modern Magazine was published by Laurence King Publishing in September 2013. , Business
Taxi Fabric
Taxi Fabric collaborates with graphic designers to create exclusive theme based designs for the seat covers and ceilings of Mumbai’s omnipresent black & yellow taxis. We catch up with Sanket Avlani, founder and curator of Taxi Fabric, to find out how the project has evolved so far.
The odyssey of print innovation
A look at the print advertising innovations space in India where a lot has been brewing since the last few years.
Spicing up the reading game
If you really want to read, there's nothing that can stop you from getting the right content. Payal Khandelwal tracks four ventures which are making sure that Indians read.